Writing prompt for issue 13.3

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Time for a quiet autumn stroll in the park while we assemble tinywords 13.3.

Okay, this issue’s photo prompt is from New York City’s Central Park so you’re going to have to create your own quiet. The image, courtesy of photographer Bryan Schorn, is of the iconic Gapstow Bridge which gaps the narrow neck of the Pond at 59th Street in Manhattan. Built in 1874, this graceful bridge is worthy of a poem or two.

So, add your best effort to our comment box below. A small poem inspired by anything you see in this image. We will consider the best of the best for inclusion in tinywords 13.3. We will also continue to accept regular submissions through October 20th at our Submit page.

111 thoughts on “Writing prompt for issue 13.3”

    1. Should have three lines – computer glitch or author return key error (more likely!):

      Nature's flourish
      eclipses
      manmade tinkerings

  1. In the Park

    old pond—
    sunlight shimmers
    on the still water

    yellow leaves drift
    both above and below
    the stone bridge

    the stones soften
    and blur in their
    shadowed reflection

    echoes of the sun
    bounce off a few
    skyscraper windows

    long ago picnic—
    faint melodies still
    in the twilight

    Penny Harter

  2. So the green leaves had there fun,
    there four months of cozy summer
    before the cycle of life said,
    we must shed our coats, our skin,
    and give chance to next guy to live his out.
    So we will make room, but first we
    will dazzle the NY masses with
    our dynamic colors, then fall off
    ever so gently dancing our
    last dance; strutting our stuff
    all the way to the ground.
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    I hope this isn't too long and I don't know what subscribe to means. I subscribe to your site and sent in some haiku and I'm a New Yawker to boot lol.

  3. We cross the bridge
    from summer to autumn
    deeper into our age
    with memories behind
    and more ahead to make

  4. I apologize, I somehow submitted the same poem twice. Please disregard the duplicate since I cannot delete it myself.

  5. 59th street pond
    under the arched bridge
    autumn skyscrapers

    59th street pond
    a patch of wet snow
    through autumn

    59th street pond
    the sound of autumn traffic

    59th street pond
    autumn leaves pass
    through me

  6. skyscraper reflected
    in the Pond —
    unfinished work

    skyscraper reflected
    in the Pond —
    unfinished business

  7. falling leaves
    partner seconds
    through the hours —
    the bridge watches

    ——–

    tall buildings cast
    new shadows 
    on old stones

  8. Cat Bridge in Fall

    Spry young trees
    stand straight & tall,
    flaunting autumn foliage
    at facades of distant buildings
    showing off taller, straighter flatness
    & out-whiting one another.
    Ancient tree
    bows to autumnal calico
    reflected in stream-like pond.
    Tree tries to emulate rustic curve
    of patchwork bridge built
    of rough brown stones.
    Bridge
    mimes feline spine
    of cat seen only by bridge herself,
    & by large stone alligator
    sprawled on shore
    & small bird
    perched on
    bent old
    tree.

    © Georgia Kornbluth 2013

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