Oct. 20 Prompts: In a Thick Fog

OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears

Lost Version One: Write a poem about a time you’ve been lost or felt lost.

This could be a fun day to try another spoken poem in a different space. To create a spoken poem, record yourself speaking the poem as it comes to you then copy down what you said, and use that to write your poem. Today you may want to try that dark closet, or the shower, or outside in the fog.

Here’s a spoken poem I wrote during the Writer’s Digest Chapbook Challenge November 2022:

Thinking Out Loud: Fulfillment or Disappointment

This isn’t the first time I’ve heard the lonely lady speak of fulfillment
I mean she must have known it at some point for better or worse

Don’t laugh, I—
Laugh if you like, but it seems odd to me for the lonely lady to be talking about fulfillment
Don’t worry I’m not trying to sensor her, but it seems odd, don’t you think?
Someone who obviously knows disappointment,
where would she find fulfillment in her loneliness?

Don’t let me get swept away in these difficult abstractions
come to think of it my bias might come shining through

And when she’s lonely in the empty darkness
swept away by her dreams the color of night—hmm
and another thing is there really ever fulfillment for anyone?
As we wander along between right and wrong
in an area with at least fifty shades of gray,
what is it that defines the disappointment?
Is it the one who seeks fulfillment,
or the one who doesn’t measure up?
I mean, you tell me
Where is the line?

Once a goal is reached, there is always a further one
Fulfillment is never completely reached
Like I always say:
You can’t be disappointed, if you have no expectations.

Writober 2023

Today’s image prompt shows a man standing in a swamp looking at a giant monster.

Halloween Photography Challenge

The images at the top of the post were taken last year on October seventh for Tourmaline . ‘s Halloween Challenge. It wasn’t foggy that day, so I made fog by using hairspray on plastic filters over my camera lens.

Please link to your creations in the comments. I can’t wait to see what you come up with.