Teagan’s Writing Challenge
The challenge: The challenge, or exercise if you prefer: Look at a favorite photo, painting, mural, or other image. Drink in the feelings that it brings to mind. Then write something related to the image. Short or long, fiction or memoir. It doesn’t have to be a complete story. A vignette is fine.
You can join in here: https://teagansbooks.com/2024/02/07/wednesday-writing-thursdaydoors-favorite-photo-exercise/
This is an Etheree poem comprising of 10 lines starting with one syllable and ending with 10 syllables.
Magic Mirror
Pond
Reflects
Winter Sky
Gloomy and Grey
Duck sets in motion
A series of ripples
Decorated with silver
Water magically transformed
Into a mysterious mirror
Provocatively hinting at summer
Cee’s CWWC: Dirt roads or dirt paths
You can join in here: https://ceenphotography.com/2024/02/08/cwwc-dirt-roads-or-dirt-pathways-or-trails/
No Passage (shadorma)
Wall of thorns
What lurks behind your
Natural
Barricade?
You completely block the road
Impenetrable
roberta-writes.com 
Teagan’s challenge is interesting. I’d love to give it a try. Fabulous photograph and poem. Poor zebra. What an amazing experience to witness the wild in its natural habitat.I like the lion, too. He looks so comfortable lazing in the middle of the road.
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It’s fun, Smitha. I’d love to see your image and what you write. Hugs.
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It is great fun, Teagan. Thank you, again, for inspiring me.
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Thanks so much, Teagan. I’ll put my post up soon.
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Hi Smitha, I am glad this interests you. I love challenges like Teagan’s that make me look at something and access why I like it – what it brings to mind. I hope she does some more challenges like this.
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Monet said that to paint a thing you had to forget it had a name. Instead let it become bits of color. Like Chekov’s Don’t tell me the moon is shining. Show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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HI Phil, that is a very true statement by Monet. I am currently painting a hyena in the sun and it is a collection of splashes of colour and light as I paint. Thank you for that. I like Chekov’s words too. I suppose any creative visual medium is the same in many ways.
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Cross curriculum differences are often down to a set of tools.
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That makes sense.
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Excellent post, Robbie. I’m honored to be in any way associated with these beautiful poems. Hugs.
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HI Teagan, I would not have written the pond poem if you hadn’t provided your challenge. I am delighted by the train of thought it inspired so THANK YOU!
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I can see why you want to paint the lion! I like your words for the poem about the pond. You captured many aspects … the setting, the sights, stimulating thoughts, and wonder. Cheers to the joy you find in the wonderful animals in your region.
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Hi Frank, I will pain the lion. I am currently painting a hyena. I definitely started with the most difficult project – smile. I love that pond picture, but hadn’t thought of writing about it. Teagan set this line of thought in motion.
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I consider this an absolutely great game, Roberta, combining pictures of past experiences, poems and words or sentences! I will propose this to our playgroup:)
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HI Martina, I am delighted you enjoyed this post. It is a great game. I do enjoy using pictures and experiences as inspiration for poems and flash fiction. If you write anything along these lines, I hope you will share.
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I very much like your instigating answer, Roberta! Unfortunately,I am absolutely no poet, but I have found some nice pictures with monkeys, which we took in Indonesia and on one of these a monkey is sitting on my daughter’s shoulder, so I could say something like: The monkey just verifies, if Rami has some lice
Have a nice Sunday:)
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That sounds like good fun too, Martina. Your monkey pictures sound interesting. I’ve not been to Indonesia.
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Absolutely. 🤗💐🦚and you are still young!
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Fabulous pictures and beautiful poetry, Robbie. The zebra’s scar is astonishing! It makes me wonder why it didn’t gut it and how it healed up. That lion sure looks comfortable. I guess he’s confident that he won’t get run over by a vehicle.
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Hi Tim, in the game reserves, the animals ignore the vehicles. They do know they are safe. Of course, it makes them totally unprepared for poachers. We had a bit of discussion with the guide about that zebra. It is astonishing that it survived.
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Great combination of poetry and photos, Robbie!
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HI Dave, I’m glad you enjoyed this post.
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that lion on the road is marvelous and so is the lighting 😀
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Thank you, Cee. That is my new photography and painting project, to capture the light.
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Those are beautiful poems that go so well with the beautiful photos. I also love that picture of the lion at the botton. I think it will make a great painting.
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Hi Thomas, I also think it will make a great painting. I am currently painting a hyena in the morning light. I think I started with the most difficult subject matter – haha!
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Hi Roberta: I like the sly transition from winter to nascent summer in the first; love that wide, open road 🙂
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Hi John, it is amazing how light and change our perception of the environment. Cold to warm because of some silver streaks. The road picture was taken by my son, Michael.
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he’s a good photographer, Roberta: keep him on the payroll 🙂
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He is shaping up. We end up fighting over the camera which he has most of the time.
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We have acacia in Texas, too. We call them “twisted acacia,” and they have fern-like leaves, but oh, those thorns! I enjoyed the Etheree poem.
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Hi Priscilla, the environment, cacti and scrub in Texas seem similar to this part of South Africa. It moves on from this semi desert area to the Kalahari desert.
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I love how well the nature photos and poems go together. There is a good flow to them.
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Thank you, Liz. Wildlife and the bush are my big inspiration in life.
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You’re welcome, Robbie. I can tell!
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Love it. Did you take those photos, Robbie? They’re amazing.
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Hi Mike, yes, these are mine. The road to nowhere is actually my son, Michael’s, picture. I am teaching him photography.
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Your photos are wonderful Robbie, as is they way they connect to your verse. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe. The bush is a source of great inspiration to me.
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Thanks for sharing it!
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My pleasure
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Love your poems Robbie. The photos are amazing, especially the lion. 🦁 He seems to be a bit sad 😞
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Thank you, Sadje. He was in the process of waking up. They start to move and yawn, then they move a bit and flop down for a little rest, then they start moving and yawing again. This goes on for about 30 minutes before they actually get going.
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Ah! Sounds like a teenager boy 😂
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Haha, yes, exactly.
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Reminds me of how my grandson behaves
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Fantastic poems, Robbie. And the photos are stupendous! Thanks for sharing.
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HI Jan, thank you. I was quite pleased by the thought process Teagan’s challenge started.
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With such and abundance of wildlife and beautiful scenery on your door step Robbie its no surprise that it inspires you x
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HI Carol, I am fortunate, as are you. We both live in ‘different’ places and there are unusual rewards.
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I love your entry into Teagan’s challenge. I have something in mind too. The lion is my favourite picture as well. I can’t wait to see your painting. All the photos are perfect. The road to nowhere could be anywhere. I love it.
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Hi Darlene, Michael to to the road to nowhere picture. His photography is improving. I look forward to reading your entry for Teagan’s challenge.
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Hi, Robbie – You are a very talented poet. Thank you for the ‘hint of summer.’ I will take every summer hint that I can get. ❤
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HI Donna, thank you for your lovely comment. I am sure you are desperate for spring now.
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Hi Robbie, Thank you for a great post!
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Such a nice combination of thoughts and photos, Robbie. I love the lion one – looking forward to seeing a painting of it 🙂
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Thank you, Barbara, I’m pleased you like the photos, especially the lion.
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Have you started painting it? I hope you’ll share it with us 🙂
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Hi Barbara, no, I am currently painting a hyena on A2 paper. It is a time consuming job because I am a painter of great detail. The lion is fourth in my Into the Light series queue, but I will get there.
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You are amazing!
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Thank you, I just enjoy painting and drawing.
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🙂
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Great pictures and beautiful poems
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Thank you.
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I enjoyed this, Robbie. I’m looking forward to your painted lion picture.
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Hi Jennie, thank you. I am currently painting a hyena and then its a vervet monkey. The lion is painting number 3 on my list.
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Wonderful!
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Fabulous poems and photos, Robbie, and I love the lion! xo
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Thank you, Lauren. That lion was a young male, the equivalent of my son, Gregory’s, age.
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Lovely poem and that lion picture in the end was just adorable.
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Thank you, I’m delighted you enjoyed this post.
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Lovely combination of poems and images as well. Thanks, Robbie!
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Thank you, Olga. I’m glad you enjoyed this post.
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Terrific post, Robbie.
YES… paint the lion! Luv!
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Thank you, Resa, I have few pictures lined up for this Into the Light series. I am a slow painter though, because I love detail.
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