It was lovely to see my young creative writers today as we had some fun with the elements.
Inspired by our journaling, I thought it might be great to share a poem inspired by today’s creative writing activity and perhaps carry on with all four elements. If you’re inspired to share some words of your own, please ping the post back here for all to enjoy.
Here’s how it goes:
- Choose an element.
- Put the element in unlikely places (list).
- Have the element act in unexpected ways (list).
- Then, blend your favorite images from both above lists to create a work of fiction or poetry.
Happy Tuesday!
Codchanaree : Water elemental woman by Salahwarin Jaijuntuck
The Water in my Wigwam
The water in my wigwam
apologized
as it misbehaved,
flickered past the hide
my husband flayed
on my 21st birthday–
the year a woman
learns the wigwam
she maintains
is to be her early grave.
The water gloated
by the entryway,
ignored me
for I was but a
dehydrated slave,
a prune in the
steam of a venison stew,
dried grass beds
needing to be
refreshed, but
instead, I
floated through
the smoke hole
to escape an early grave.
The water giggled
because it knew
I’d never fit through
even as my saliva joined
its transitory pool.
©2023 | K. Hartless
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Dehydrated slave in venison stew. Love it. ☺️
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More of a jerky at that point, huh. Thanks for reading this, John.
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Well… Venison is delicious in a stew or mixed with beef as well as jerky. ☺️
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Very creative poem, K.! Dreamy song. 🎶
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Thank you. I may move on to the other three elements to keep things fair. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
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Fair and balanced, you are. 😃
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I love what you did with the water here… for once the water rescues rather than something to be rescued from. 🙂
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Thank you, Simon. I think of all the elements, water is the one that calms me the most. So, I guess it is my rescuer, at times.
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I know what you mean, there’s something soothing about it.
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stunning with your water and creativity K! ❣️
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Thank you kindly, Cindy. I am so glad you liked this experiment. 💜
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Wow. Very strong. Particularly love that last stanza and also “dehydrated slave,
a prune in the
steam of a venison stew”—sooo good!
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