Prompt Seven: (Used Image for prompt and went off theme for this one)


this house

your front door, blue –
hers, purple –
mine, green –

but they open onto
us, just the same

behind this door, you care for
a newborn (tears from lack of
sleep – yours, not the child’s)

behind that door, she cares for
a grandmother (spotted hands
crinkling into smooth ones)

behind another other door, i care for
my best friend (multiple myeloma
filling his marrow)

larcrimal fluids spilling forth,
just the same

erythrocytes flowing through
us, just the same

hematopoietic cells filling
us, just the same

poetry elevates and renews us,
just the same

…common denominators

(Cristy Watson, 2021 – I used the image for this prompt)

14 thoughts on “Prompt Seven: (Used Image for prompt and went off theme for this one)

  1. wish you had added the image (they are in the media library) b/c I don’t recall it. nonetheless, this is powerful and evocative; and in many ways not all that unrelated to your theme. in retirement – even earlier for many of us – we find ourselves caring for others in different situations. but with this common denominator … among others

    1. Found it and added it, SarahW – thank you for the hint re: media library – and for your insightful comments – you are so right about looking after others in our retirement years!

    1. Thanks, oxmtch11!! I have enjoyed playing with ekphrastic poems – I used a picture this year in the CV2 2-Day Poem contest and was surprised with where it took me – much like this one.

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