December 8, 2007
Day 8: Object fetish
Choose a small object or entity for close observation. Give it your closest attention. Describe in writing all your sensory impressions of this object and craft it into a poem. You may want to generalize from your specific, concrete images to some meaning drawn from your observations. Or compare it to something very large.
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ooooh this is fun!
Snap
Flash
Capture
Light that reflects pain, sadness, joy, surprise
Snap
Flash
Capture
Intensity, brilliance, black and white
Snap
Flash
Capture
My life, your life, their life
Tablecloth
The faded tablecloth, patterned
with red and white checks, is bordered
with bunches of strawberries.
The puckered surface, unironed,
is dusted with crumbs from toast
and last night’s dinner rolls.
There is a smear of sticky jam
under a knife; a brown patch
where gravy tipped in passing;
salad oil spots when a hand slipped;
spilled red sauce dried to orange.
A stained history of past meals,
not suitable for company,
but serviceable, good enough for every day.
Brown binding
worn and tattered
showing how much
you have been loved
over time
Pages are detailed in pen
lined to emphasize words
that have changed
lives
Corners folded and torn
stained with sips of tea
messages written in margins
of hope
Almost missed whispers
of something more
something larger than
what you hold
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