For the Poetry Challenge by Ter |
Lonely car on County Home Road City truck in the neighborhood, mist following, Sprays for mosquitos but not the gnats That fly through the holes in the screen Shades of green and brown in the front yard Covering the sloped, uneven ground Wide sidewalk a bordering pale-gray ribbon To the tarrred-and-gravelled street beside Across the street new neighbors build A house to block my view Of the little baseball diamond Out beyond the main road The neighborhood still has many empty lots Peppered here and there Betwen them I see the fields Planted in corn already tassled, not beans this year. Spot, the black and white neighborhood cat, stalks What looks to be a Box Turtle Must have crawled up from the rain-soaked river Not a quarter mile away Here I sit looking southward Out the home office window Waiting for my husband To get home in time for dinner Prompt Subject: Out My Window (describe, in vivid detail, what you see out your window) Word(s) to use: [none] Word(s) not to use: [none] Other requirements/restrictions: This is an exercise in imagery, it should be filled with descriptive words. Paint a picture with your words! |