Like a River Makes a Mountain
Prose Potlatch Challenge--Ekphraksis17 total reviews
Comment from dejohnsrld (Debbie)
Do you really have hallucinations? I have them when I'm sleep deprived and mine are scary and usually result in my calling the police thinking someone is in my house with the intent to harm me.They are really tired of hearing from me. A good write, my friend~Debbie
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Do you really have hallucinations? I have them when I'm sleep deprived and mine are scary and usually result in my calling the police thinking someone is in my house with the intent to harm me.They are really tired of hearing from me. A good write, my friend~Debbie
Comment Written 28-Dec-2016
Comment from Giddy Nielsen-Sweep
Thank goodness for author notes, Mikey, or I would have thought you had finally flipped! The mind can do funny things and it can reassure us of peace and contentment with it our own selves. You seem to have reached that point. A lot to think about and that's good. My blessings to you for the New Year. May you be rewarded with all the things you could hope to achieve for yourself, Giddy :)
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Thank goodness for author notes, Mikey, or I would have thought you had finally flipped! The mind can do funny things and it can reassure us of peace and contentment with it our own selves. You seem to have reached that point. A lot to think about and that's good. My blessings to you for the New Year. May you be rewarded with all the things you could hope to achieve for yourself, Giddy :)
Comment Written 28-Dec-2016
Comment from Pearl Edwards
I am this river, one of many rivers.
Time is the sum of all moments
A very deep write mikey to accompany this artwork.
I love the way you've written this, it leaves the reader with plenty to think about, to contemplate, - Nothing is drab in her realm.
Well done,
cheers,
valda
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I am this river, one of many rivers.
Time is the sum of all moments
A very deep write mikey to accompany this artwork.
I love the way you've written this, it leaves the reader with plenty to think about, to contemplate, - Nothing is drab in her realm.
Well done,
cheers,
valda
Comment Written 27-Dec-2016
Comment from Gloria ....
This is just lovely, Mav. You've taken what I consider a very plain photograph and transformed it into a work of art.
This is what I would call prose poetry and from the POV of the river it is a fantastic read.
I absolutely love this. It's beautiful.
Ange
reply by the author on 27-Dec-2016
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This is just lovely, Mav. You've taken what I consider a very plain photograph and transformed it into a work of art.
This is what I would call prose poetry and from the POV of the river it is a fantastic read.
I absolutely love this. It's beautiful.
Ange
Comment Written 27-Dec-2016
reply by the author on 27-Dec-2016
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I'm so pleased you liked this, Ange. This is what I write if I just want to write for myself. Prose poetry sounds about right though I'm not exactly trying to do that. I do have poetry in mind though, so that IS the idea. I thought this was one of the most difficult challenges yet for us. I picked something very simple just to see what folks would come up with. I must say, everyone came through beautifully. What variety. The Potlatchers are impossible to stump. :))
Thanks so much. Big smiles.
Mav
Comment from barbara.wilkey
Once again you entertained this reviewer with your creativity and talent. I enjoyed reading. I really like these challenges. It's the reviewer who benefits.
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Once again you entertained this reviewer with your creativity and talent. I enjoyed reading. I really like these challenges. It's the reviewer who benefits.
Comment Written 26-Dec-2016
Comment from Pantygynt
When I first saw this picture I saw the man on the rock midstream in contemplation. Today there is another man there on the bank. Has ekphraxis caused this multiplication? How many others have failed to to see the guy on the bank?
This is a very poetic piece of prose that becomes more poetic as it moves along. One entry for both challenges perhaps.
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When I first saw this picture I saw the man on the rock midstream in contemplation. Today there is another man there on the bank. Has ekphraxis caused this multiplication? How many others have failed to to see the guy on the bank?
This is a very poetic piece of prose that becomes more poetic as it moves along. One entry for both challenges perhaps.
Comment Written 26-Dec-2016
Comment from ciliverde
Wow, Mikey, you have produced something half way between poetry and prose here, and it's wonderful, and I'm just overjoyed to hear the river speaking to me! "It isn't the water that makes me a river" - ahhh, no, it's so much more than that. It's a flow, living connections, a little sentient stream of consciousness. This is why I love FS (and you)
Happy Tidings!
Carol
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Wow, Mikey, you have produced something half way between poetry and prose here, and it's wonderful, and I'm just overjoyed to hear the river speaking to me! "It isn't the water that makes me a river" - ahhh, no, it's so much more than that. It's a flow, living connections, a little sentient stream of consciousness. This is why I love FS (and you)
Happy Tidings!
Carol
Comment Written 25-Dec-2016
Comment from robyn corum
Sometimes you scare me.
Most people, when given a simple image and told to write an ekphrastic poem about it, would be happy to just suffer through a quick write. But you get all fancy and creative. And elysian. *smile*
Go, boy!
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Sometimes you scare me.
Most people, when given a simple image and told to write an ekphrastic poem about it, would be happy to just suffer through a quick write. But you get all fancy and creative. And elysian. *smile*
Go, boy!
Comment Written 25-Dec-2016
Comment from LIJ Red
Okay, guy speaks, gal speaks, creek speaks, who dat talkin' 'bout time? This is more like free verse than prose, and is an excellent response to the challenge.
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Okay, guy speaks, gal speaks, creek speaks, who dat talkin' 'bout time? This is more like free verse than prose, and is an excellent response to the challenge.
Comment Written 25-Dec-2016
Comment from Sasha
You never cease to amaze me with your talent to write about subjects that stump me. Beautifully written and filled with marvelous imagery. Superb job with this one, I enjoyed it immensely.
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You never cease to amaze me with your talent to write about subjects that stump me. Beautifully written and filled with marvelous imagery. Superb job with this one, I enjoyed it immensely.
Comment Written 25-Dec-2016
