of a waft of butterfly wing
or wrenched
from the heart of loss
love’s crucible
is breath
or lack of it
Sanaa is prompting today at Real Toads offering up a poem by Carol Ann Duffy as inspiration. You can read the poem at the Toads link. The challenge is to write about love, using a common everyday image. Choose your own form or write in free verse
My goodness this is good! It feels like you plucked out the essence of the original and poured it like diamonds into your own! Beautifully executed. Thank you so much for participating, Paul 😀
Lots of love,
Sanaa
Thank You Sanaa.
Enjoyed the word play here, and the idea of breath as a component of love and so much else. Thanks. k.
You are welcome.
Can’t argue with that!
Glad to hear that Rosemary. I fear I may be on the losing side in an argument with you 😉
Wow!
‘love’s crucible
is breath
or lack of it’
Thanks Kim. I kinda liked where this went.
breath…or lack of it.
Oh, yep. That’s it all right. So (seemingly) simple. Essential.
Tis there to be taken away.
love’s crucible… That is a lasting image.
Thank You Kerry.
This is beautiful.
I appreciate your comment Susie.
The last three lines tell all sorts of true tales.
Lived em all Magaly, lived em all.
Wow! Look at that “love’s crucible is breath…” accomplished line. Brilliant take on the prompt.
Thanks.
Beautiful !
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
Breathless is my choice. Nice writing, Paul.
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Thanks Jim.
The brevity gives it a lovely delicate quality, just like the breath you described. This piece succeeds on many levels.
Thanks Rommy.
this is so beautiful!
Thank You