Fujifilm X-T2, Landscape, Poetry
by Patrick Jennings

Stars ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #102

Rocky Mountain Starburst, Athabasca Glacier, From Wilcox Pass Trail, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Aided by
Small aperture
In this starburst
Am I reminded
The sun is just a star
In blackness infinite
Speckled with
Uncounted stars
And this Earth
We sometimes believed
Like no other
Solar satellite
But now are finding
More watery rocks
Each unique
Though, really
Only to slightest degree
So I stand here
On our pretty stone
With some billions friends
No, all family
I wonder how
We divide ourselves
Such finite passing presence
What small precious number we
Who twinkle in the darkness
Each of us a star
Unto ourselves
In our tiny blip of time
We have no space
For hateful folly
Or shall we die
Utterly alone
Perhaps unknown
Pass into oblivion
In this expanse
Of possibility

Rocky Mountain Starburst
Athabasca Glacier
From Wilcox Pass Trail
Jasper National Park
Alberta, Canada

Taken during travels, 2017

Last week we chased Rainbows. This week, let’s lie back and gaze at the Stars. Or find something else to inspire your creativity in this photograph of a starburst sun over the Rocky Mountains in Alberta’s Jasper National Park, Canada.

The Pic and a Word Challenge is a weekly creativity prompt offered Sundays.

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.

Last week’s challenge: Rainbows
Rainbow in the Spray, Athabasca Falls, Athabasca River, Icefields Parkway, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Challenge #101 ~ Rainbows
The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #101 was Rainbows, along with this photograph of a rainbow inside Jasper National Park’s Athabasca Falls, Alberta Canada.

Two responses to Rainbows this week. Thanks you two! =)

View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.