Like guardians
Sandstone sphinxes
At the gate
Of Canyonlands
A world of articulate geology
And exquisite beauty
Under ominous skies
Awash in golden sun
While I imagine pyramids
And Pharaohs
Slaves and Gods
In a dreamtime
Of human greatness
And cruelty
A time when we reached
Into the heavens
And touched the sky
Carried aloft
By the blood and sweat
Of the expendable
A time
Not so different
In the telling
From my own
Sandstone Rock Formations
Canyonlands National Park
Utah, United States of America
Taken during travels, 2009
The Pic and a Word Challenge is a weekly creativity prompt offered Sunday mornings.
Each week I provide a photograph of mine along with a single word. The challenge? Use the pic and/or word as points of inspiration to create something — a photograph, a painting, prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, longread or just a few words. You are welcome to use these two elements (photograph and word) literally, thematically or metaphorically. If you create both images and words, all the better.
To participate:
- Use any title you like
- Your response can be words and/or an image
- You may use my image in your post, or any image you have created
- Place the challenge’s Pic (if you use it for inspiration) and Word prominently in your post
- Mention that you are responding to the Pic and a Word Challenge
- Add a link to this post in your response
To help us find your response, you can also:
- Add a comment on this post to announce your response
- Apply the tag “Pic and a Word Challenge” to your post
Each week, I’ll list the previous week’s responses at the end of the new challenge. I may also share some on my social media: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.
Three perceptive responses this week. Thank you! =)
- What I Thought I Saw (Mirage), by Leara Writes
- Perceptions of Love in a Dying World: Ondina’s Dream, by Fetch
- Perception, by Dancing Echoes
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.