Stars and planets step down from the sky
Chasing the departed sun
While I contemplate
My own next steps
Then decide to follow
The beacon’s example
And become the light
Choose to rise
Into glorious dawn
Rather than follow the heavens
Into celestial night
Amphitrite Point Lighthouse
Wild Pacific Trail
Ucluelet
British Columbia, Canada
Taken last night, during travels, 2024
Pic and a Word Challenge
Last week we showed our gratitude to Motherhood.
This week, let’s Step out with the stars. Or find something else to inspire you in this HDR photograph of Amphitrite Point Lighthouse in Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada.
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: Motherhood

The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #391 was Motherhood, along with this photograph of just the eyes (well, and nose) in a mural painted by Mihai Darvasa on the concession stands at Barnet Marine Park in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Just one blogger gave love to Motherhood this week. Thanks Woolly! 🙂
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.
Happy Creating! ❤