Jessica Maybury is stirring the Poetry Jam pot this week & has given us a choice of two prompts: 1) write about insomnia, or 2) write about these pictures:
here,
here and
here. I chose option #2. I
sort of followed instructions. As per usual, I didn't have a lot of control over the end result. (I wonder if I should explore the possibility of
automatic writing). Anyway, here you go!
Ordinary Girl
I have always been
an ordinary girl.
Brown & brown
and pale pale skin.
I watch my eyes
in this broken mirror,
fractured irises
reflected back.
I wonder if I were to
wear my broken soul
Or, even broken,
is my soul an
ordinary girl
Please go here to read other Poetry Jam poems!
oooo nice :D I liked the hello kitty reference. Those alt people are mad about that cat. As for automatic writing, I do that occasionally. I find it loosens me up and I get really good ideas and images to start off from when I do it. Definitely recommended.
ReplyDeleteI am fascinated by Morticia Addams.
ReplyDeleteI like to believe we are all special inside.
Happy Sunday~
Reflections and poetry really work well together!!!
ReplyDelete"fractured irises" - I like that; and I like your face in the mirror.
ReplyDeleteThere's a cracked-ness here that I like. It's caused, I think, by the opening protests of brown & brown ordinariness, jusxtaposed (o, what a word!) to that fractured soul. It works. Good job, Dana. I loved your photo manipulation.
ReplyDeleteordinary can be rather extraordinary you know...fractured irises is a great turn of phrase...
ReplyDeleteExtraordinary poem from an "Ordinary Girl"
ReplyDeleteNothing ordinary about your poem.♥
ReplyDeleteA pretty good result, particularly if you claim no control over it. Photos go great with it. Very nice.
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