Your lips are curled into a jack o’lantern smile
but there is no warmth in your face
because instead of flame behind your eyes,
there is a haunted house.
Monday Meme in Newfoundland August 18, 2014
The return of the Monday Meme!
On Facebook, one of my former students, all grown up and living in Newfoundland, posted this photo of her daughter that just cries out to be a Monday Meme, and so, with her permission, now it is!
The rules:
- You use this photo as a prompt for some writing. Poem, story, memory, it doesn’t matter.
- Copy the photo onto your site, leaving the text.
- Link back to this post AND submit your link in the comments below.
Note:
While I post the photo on Mondays, you don’t have to post your writing on Mondays. You can post whenever you choose. If you enjoy this one, click ‘Monday Meme’ at right, and respond to any of the old posts.
poem-jaundiced August 16, 2014
Your photo
sends me back thirty years.
In your place,
I see your old man:
his suspicious eye
pot belly
and bald head.
He was nearly eighty
and always angry.
You hardly look younger
with your belly and baldness,
and you’re wearing
his discontent
like an inherited suit.
It’s ageing you more
than your years are.
poem-when July 31, 2014
It was a moment,
a frozen smile
caught forever.
A photograph
recording you
as I longed for
you to be.
A moment when
happiness pushed
away illness and
illuminated
all our dreams
awesome site- Maddie on Stuff July 17, 2014
I have discovered a really lovely website of charming dog photos. Photographer Theron Humphreys photographs Maddie the Coon Hound in all sorts of places. She’s a very easy going dog, and his photos have a delightful whimsy about them. Enjoy!
Oh! Maddie and Theron also have book!
MondayMeme-walk carefully October 21, 2013
Here is a photo meme for you!
“On the edge”
This photo is compliments of Prairie Knutsen from A.Bigger.Picture,Photography. I have some very talented former students, and this young photographer has delightfully interesting and innovative photos!
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Your assignment:
1. create a poem, story, or article based on this photo.
2. Post it on your blog.
3. Cut and paste the photo onto your post (leaving the Monday Meme text).
4. Put a link to your post in the comments to this post below so we can visit your blog.
I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with! (I will leave a comment on your blog post itself, rather than posting in response to your link here).
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Monday Meme- 2013-09-09 Red Woods September 9, 2013
Here is a photo meme for you!
Your assignment:
1. create a poem, story, or article based on this photo.
2. Post it on your blog.
3. Cut and paste the photo onto your post (leaving the Monday Meme text).
4. Put a link to your post in the comments to this post below so we can visit your blog.
I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with! (I will leave a comment on your blog post itself, rather than posting in response to your link here).
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wild photos January 8, 2013
This is just cool. Wildlife taking self-portraits at Banff National Park.
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Shawn L. Bird 