POETRY PROMTS

Nina C. Peláez

Imagine a photograph that does not and perhaps could not exist, for whatever reason. Write a poem describing it as you would a work of art. Picture the image in your mind's eye. Try to get as detailed and vivid as you can. What colors (if any) do you see? Who is there, if anyone? What are the textures? What is taking place? What is and isn’t in focus? How does the photograph look and feel in your hands? Treat the imagined image as if it were being seen through the adoring eyes of a curator or held in the careful hands of an object conservator.

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