Writing Prompt: The Artistry of Feelings
Our feelings are a tool for self-cultivation.
Writing prompt: What texture and what color are your feelings?
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Waves of blue calm and serenity.
Smooth plains of radiant, joyful purple.
Ant hills of bristly red anger and frustration.
No longer mountains of red – since my new beginning.
Janean…what a great response to this writing response! Definitely one for your archives. You are a gifted writer. Keep going.
(Aunt) Janet
Red like the color
of roses
Gold in the summer mountains
Silver like a river
flowing over rocks
Clouded blue of a sky
on a spare yard of winter
Dear Lilie,
What good use of color! I can see the scene clearly. I hope that you submit some poems for my poem of the day series. Look forward to hearing more about your creative life.
Janet
TODAY
Grey before sunrise
a snowfall waiting
coffee and a quiet day
brewing