So the pilings
So the day
So my life
In a whir of calm
And failing light
The river
Never stops
Steveston
British Columbia, Canada, 2019
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 images
- You may use my image in your post, or any image you have created
- 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.

Nine bloggers made Words this week. Thank you, everyone! ❤
- Words, by Dancing Echoes
- Words, by Woolly Muses
- I Want to Move to a Place with a Better Climate – A Poem, by I Do Run
- Energy of Words, by Stuff and what if…
- Words, by Manja Mexi Moving
- WORDS ~ they’re just words…, by Pen to Paper/Camera to Beauty
- Words, by Ladyleemanila
- Gift of Silence, by Mellow Curmudgeon
- A Scrapbook of Words, by Beyond the Window Box
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.
Happy Creating!