“I believe that every line in every poem
Teju Cole ~ Blind Spot
is the orphaned caption of a lost photograph”
A lepidopterist’s last words
For my poetics prompt “Words of departure” we are creating a deathbed poem using some famous last words and imagining the scene or creating an imaginary one to match.
an insidious sea
Winslow Homer’s Summer Squall inspires this poem – one of Merril’s options for her Poetics prompt: Sun, Sand, Storms, and Celebrations: Summer Ekphrastic