Afternoon, Daliesque
Because
in the lazy
heat of
afternoon
when I pour
molten silver
fingertips
that run
the valley
of alpine-
white inside
your elbow
clocks melt.
by Alton K. Fallow
Alton K. Fallow is an poet and amateur rock skipper who lives in Dubuque Iowa, and yes, it really is that boring there.
On Writing Prompts
I really enjoy the prompts at Notebooking Daily, they’re open-ended, work for both poetry and fiction and by reminding you so frequently not to stare at the screen not typing, trying to find the perfect words, you end up with a completed draft immediately, and it’s often a much better draft than you’d think. Without trying to keep myself to a time limit I tend to get half-written pieces that never go anywhere.
This piece was sparked by the 2020 Writing Exercise Series #332: Six Word Shootout 37 which was to write a piece using the six words: Run, Elbow, White, Because, Silver, Pour
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