Sun departs the day
With drawn-out sigh
As do I
Long exhalation of a day’s excesses
Collected in mind, heart and spirit
They flow from me
An outgoing tide
To lap against the shoreline
Of night’s welcome emptiness
Now breathe in the stillness
As the wind and the sea
Whisper lullabies
Until even the sparrows and gulls
Are content in the descending silence
Amphitrite Point Sunset
Wild Pacific Trail
Ucluelet
British Columbia, Canada
Taken during travels, 2024
Pic and a Word Challenge
Last week we took Steps to find our way to the end.
This week, let’s settle into a calming Peace. Or find something else to inspire you in this sunset photograph taken on the Wild Pacific Trail at Amphitrite Point, Ucluelet, BC, 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: Steps

The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #392 was Steps, along with this HDR photograph capturing sunset off Amphitrite Point on Ucluelet’s Wild Pacific Trail in British Columbia, Canada.
Just one blogger counted out some Steps this week. Thanks Cathy! 🙂
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.
Happy Creating! ❤