IMPROMPTU #104: Self Portrait
Write a self portrait. Could be your self, could be a persona. Could be a character. Go deep. Make it weird.
Write a self portrait. Could be your self, could be a persona. Could be a character. Go deep. Make it weird.
but what if I,
had harmed, love? I howled this out,
and on my glasses the salt water pooled, almost
sweet to me, then, because it was named,
the worst thing - and once it was named,
I knew there was no god of love, there were only
people.
- Sharon Olds, "The Worst Thing"
Today's prompt is inspired by Sharon Olds: "The worst thing." Whatever form this takes for you. <3
Happy Friday, here's a word pool from my dear friend Joelle Barron's incredible debut poetry collection Ritual Lights:
mythology
lattice
temper
nettle
bioluminescence
threads
poison
bridge
insectile
spellbound