Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Everyone Knew



“Everyone knew.”
First line provided by speakeasy #97 winner
Erica Mullenix
 
 
Everyone knew
the statue of the lady
and the babe.
No one knew anymore
whom they were
or whom they once were.
Books were long forgotten,
tales were long untold,
and the people were long years gone
from the one who chiseled the marble.
 
Yet people still came to look,
sometimes to leave flowers,
or say what passed for prayer in those times.
Somehow sensing in some wordless way
that sacredness surrounded
the Lady and the Child.
 
 
 
This piece is part of the speakeasy at "Yeah Write".  Each writer posts a piece of fiction or poetry with a given first line and a photograph to reference. To see what other folks created from the same inspiration click the button below.
 
 



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    1. Thank you! I guess you could say its fictional poetry.

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    1. Thank you Natalie.The muses were being kind to me yesterday!

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  3. Everyone knows and no one knows. Well said.

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  4. Nice futuristic tale. It makes me think about some archaeological sites I've been to. There are places that were considered holy and even though it is in ruins, you can see whyl

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    1. Thanks Ann,Thats exactly the feeling I was striving for, like one was standing on the Acropolis or at Stonehenge with no idea what it was about yet knew it was a sacred place, without even knowing what sacred was. I have a reproduction of the Willendorf Venus, and you can tell through all the thousands of years that there was a spiritual feeling behind it making.

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  5. I like this. Imagine no religion...I wonder if you can... ;)

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    1. Well...obviously you can... you did! ;)

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    2. Thanks Linda, I hear its easy if you try!

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  6. Very effective take on the prompt. Well done.

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    1. Thank you Sandra. Usually I never think of anything for the prompt quickly enough, but this one fell into my lap.

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  7. Very nice take on the prompt! Love the glimpse of the future you've painted. Well done!

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    1. Thank you Suzanne, just what I was striving for.

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  9. This is a gentle, contemplative poem. Soothing to read.


    (I'm sorry about the duplicate comment! I had the wrong account & tried to switch it and it didn't work! :) )

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    1. Don't worry about it. I'd rather have your feedback twice than not at all. Thanks for stopping by

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  10. Short and thoughtful . . . beautifully done!

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    1. Thank you very much. The prompt took me to a differant kind of writing than I usually do and I liked it.

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  11. So interesting to think about how people generations from now will look at our artifacts!

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    1. It is indeed. You like to hope that some aspects of our culture will survive and be understood, but who knows.

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