Time again for Friday Fictioneers, my weekly fix of 100 words of fiction for the weekly changing photo prompt. The challenge is not only trying to keep within 100 words (although you’re not hung, drawn and quartered for going over) but also trying to alter /adapt / change your style each week. Well, God loves a trier, and I’ll try anything once (almost)….
Original Photo : Kent Bonham
What if you could hold a memory in your hand; you could touch it, taste it or catch the scent from where it came. Would it still catch you off guard, make you fall back into the past?
What if summer was a flower, a bloom upon your palm or a lover was a flavour, a taste of liquid balm. What if laughter was a scarf or guilt a tarnished chain, would a scent of forgotten perfume really make you feel the same? What if sorrow was a candy, with its blackness all congealed, would you look upon it hungrily or leave the pain concealed?
helen midgley 
Lyrical take on the prompt. Liked it.
Cheers Paul 🙂
Brilliant Helen.
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Thanks for following my stuff David 🙂
Nicely reminiscent.
Another triumph. Lovely flow to it.
You gotta love a good flow 😉
brilliant!
nice prose poetry posers… Randy
I really liked this, and these days I’m not really into poetry much. It’s one of those pieces that unfurls on second and subsequent readings. Well done Helen.
Beautiful words.
Dear Helen,
Great thoughts to ponder and savor. Poetry written in prose form. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle 🙂
Dear Helen,
This flowed off of the page and into my mind like chocolate syrup. i can still taste it and it tastes delicious. Imaginative, well written, evocative, thought provoking, fluid, subtle and pretty amazing are just a few of the thoughts that came to mind upon my reading it just once. it won’t be the last time. i’d save this. It’s a keeper.
Aloha,
Doug
Dear Helen – What Doug said above is better than anything I could write. Your piece is beautifully written, I am in awe of your writing ability, Just amazing! Nan 🙂
Thanks Nan 🙂
Thanks for such a beautiful comment Doug 🙂
I really like your take on the photo. Nice job!
Very imaginative and poetic. After reading it I went back and tried imagining some of those things!
The similes and metaphors worked perfectly here…
Many Thanks Bjorn 🙂
Such ornate wording. Well written.
Hey, that’s a great poem, Helen! I mean, who knew that something that looks like a dirty lollipop would “inspire” something neat like this? You’re a WHIZ! 🙂
Yes, its strange we were drawn 😉
Thoughtful, lyrical, and memorable.
What a delightful flowing prose-poem, I never would have imagined that such sweet imagery could have been inspired by that particular photograph. Brava!
This could be put to music without much difficulty. Well done.
wow, that was lovely. I agree with Doug. This one’s a keeper.
Dear Helen , I left a note above under Doug’s reply – Color me a ninny again. Great writing! Nan 🙂
Reads like a poem or song. I could see this as lyrics to a song. Know any musicians? This is beautiful and sensuous.
Unfortunately I only know shower singers, me included, lol 😉