To places forbidden
Marvel and wonder
So much grander
More formidable
Than I
The places
The people
Who challenge them
Whether they succeed
Or fail
Sometimes
I take a step closer
And sometimes
No more than that
Is necessary
To take another step
To test the forbidden
Then rediscover
Places seem forbidden
Only to those
Who believe themselves
Small
Tantalus Mountain Range
Tantalus Lookout
Sea to Sky Highway
Just north of Squamish
British Columbia, Canada
2016
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 — whether on WordPress, Instagram, Flicker, Tumblr, etc. — you can also:
- Add a comment on this post to announce your response
- Apply the tag/hashtag “Pic and a Word Challenge” or “#picandawordchallenge 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 geometric explorations this week. Thanks everyone! =)
- Geometry, by Dancing Echoes
- Geometry, by Serendipitous Weblife
- The London Eye at Night (Geometry), by Waterblogged
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.