Just One Minaret, The Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Wonder ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #373

Just one minaret
Towers over us
Backlit in dull amber
Through thick smoke

With casual demeanour
We mill about
As though we’ve forgotten

This place’s exalted status
It’s majesty

Now somewhat diminished

Just One Minaret
The Taj Mahal
Agra
Uttar Pradesh, India

Taken during travels, 2017

Pic and a Word Challenge

Last week we tumbled down the Cascade.

This week, let’s give some reverence to things of Wonder. Or seek something else to inspire you in this photograph of visitors milling about the base of a minaret at the Taj Mahal, in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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

With each challenge I provide a photograph of mine along with a single word. The challenge? Use the pic and/or word as  inspiration to create something — a photograph, a painting, podcast, video, 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 to illustrate your post, or any images 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.

The previous challenge was: Cascade

Cascading Rapids, Cheakamus River, Sea to Sky Highway between Squamish and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Challenge #372 ~ Cascade

The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #372  was Cascade, along with this photograph of cascading rapids in the Cheakamus River, just off the Sea to Sky Highway south of Whistler, in British Columbia, Canada.

Two bloggers caught the Cascade this week. Thanks!

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

Happy Creating! ❤