Walking the hard packed earth
(or is it moon dust?) in dying
sunlight, a cruising Crusoe
shipwrecked, seeking food
or any other hopeful thing,
a trail of footprints
(or breadcrumbs?) behind
for the wind to taste and
consume, an eroding
journey of a circular
gastronomy of air.
Seeking a way, the way
or even a Friday (willing
to settle for a Thursday and
a Saturday is too much
to hope), finding footprints,
totems of human breadcrumbs,
now pressing, emerging whole,
breaking through, an eruption
from the underside, a mirrored path
of walking the hard packed earth,
or is it moon dust?
This poem is submitted for the One Shot Sunday photo challenge sponsored by One Stop Poetry. To see other poems and the interview with iPhoneographer Iquanyin Moon, please visit the site.
Photograph: Footprints by Iquanyin Moon for One Stop Poetry. Used with permission.
12 comments:
Wow, to suggest that the image could depict a moonwalk completely catches me off guard. You always have such imaginative responses to the challenges, Glynn. You had me imagining Robinson Crusoe playing the part of Neil Armstrong!
Nice write! My first thought upon seeing the photo was of another planet...I thought Mars first (color) and then the Moon (footsteps). Nice to see how you captured that association in this poem. I like the juxtaposition between "hard packed earth" and "moon dust"
..or is it moondust...? it may be - and i have some in my eyes now...nice write glynn!
ha. great word play...cruising crusoe...setlling for a thursday or saturday...very nice write.
nice insertion of Crusoe... I still am amazed at you techical smoothness to your writing. I vote for mooondust
beautifully composed
it leaves me dancing
on the moon
moondust
what word could be more lovely
Could well be a moonwalk, loved the settling for Thursday or Saturday lol done that it doesn't work :D great take on the prompt Glynn, as always very original.
"a circular/gastronomy of air": quite an unusual image.
I was about to write about 'a circular/gastronomy of air' -- and there was Maureen!
Very clever write.
The image captured perfectly in words that surprise.
"totems of human breadcrumbs" ... you give us some unusual imagery
Interesting imagery, though I like best these last words... 'an eruption from the underside, a mirrored pathu
of walking the hard packed earth,
or is it moon dust?
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