Detail, Fujifilm X-T2, Poetry
by Patrick Jennings

Wisdom ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #124

Broom & Detritus, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
A broom
To sweep away
The detritus

Of wisdoms found
And wisdoms lost
Wisdoms over-written

Time-worn wisdoms
Worn out
Worn down
Worn through and through

Worn like a cloak
Like a shield
Or wielded
Like a sword

Bon mots
Of thought

Here collected
Erased
Memorized
Forgotten

Fragments of
Fragmentation

Misjudged
Misunderstood
Misapprehended
Mistaken

The nattering
Incessant
Of those
Who tell
But do not ask
Themselves

And should not
     Yes
     There’s the rub
Instead be
Silent

Who am I?

This wall
Has no wisdom
For me

Words
They clutter up
My consciousness

Lead me astray
Turn me away
From where I find
The one true I
Deep inside

I breathe
Let go

In quiet mind
At the core
Of silence find
The I that is not I
But All
And One

That is all
I need to know
This simple wisdom

All are One

What more is there
To ask?

Who am I?
Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh, India

Taken during travels, 2017

For yesterday’s WordPress Daily Prompt which was “Inscrutable“.

Last week we went high contrast with Silhouette. This week, let’s consider Wisdom. Or find something else to inspire your creativity in this photograph of a weathered wall of wisdoms along the sacred Ganges River in Varanasi, India.

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: Silhouette
Three Figures, Frank Island, Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Challenge #123 ~ Silhouette
The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #123 was Silhouette, along with this photograph of inscrutable human figures scrambling over the Frank Island rocks at Chesterman Beach, Tofino, British Columbia, Canada.

Five bloggers balanced the darkness and the light with Silhouette this week. Thanks everyone! =)

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