15 May 2024

An Historical Moment


Seize the Moment


& Describe the scene!

Description so we can imagine, description made up of images--this is the challenge this week.  Chose a big moment or a small moment in history, and focus on the specific event rather than on an individual person or on a general idea. Take us there.  Examples: a specific ball game, birthday party, parade, battle, protest, explosion, stock market crash, harvest . . . also see the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Song above and Guernica below!  (Suggestion: First brainstorm a list of events you know intimately or events you want to research, and only then choose.)

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Guernica by Pablo Picasso 1937

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Example poems:

Ballad of Birmingham

BY DUDLEY RANDALL

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Link one poem that is your response to this prompt.

After you link your poem, please visit other linked poems.

And please include this link in your post.

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