Mother

    Image by Tess Kincaid

She was womb

I was tomb

where her identity

lay down to die

Check out Magpie Tales where Tess Kincaid provies a weekly writing prompt. This one was in color, but I felt B&W was more appropriate for my bleak lines.

Of Magpies and Toads

    Muscian in the Rain by Robert Doisneau

I love you darling

with your comfort at arm’s length.

but when rain falls soft

on black and white autumn days

I seek the warmth of your touch.

This is generated by writing prompts from two wonderful writing sites.  The first, IGRT, is responsible for the form, which is called tanka.  A tanka contains 31 syllables in a line pattern of 5/7/5/7/7. Check out the link for a much more complete description, and other writers' tankas.  The second source, The Mag, has provided the picture.  Check that site for more writers' responses to this image.

Past Perfect?

    self-portrait, Francis Bacon

When I look back,

even then,

life was never

just black and white.

There have always

been grey areas.

Always.

Read more at The Mag.