{"id":8537,"date":"2019-10-11T01:02:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T08:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=8537"},"modified":"2019-10-07T13:10:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T20:10:44","slug":"an-experience-in-nature-prompt-451","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/an-experience-in-nature-prompt-451\/","title":{"rendered":"An experience in nature. . . Prompt #451"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today’s writing prompt is inspired by Poetic Medicine<\/em> by John Fox, Infusing our poems with what nature teaches us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A forest fire is awesome and frightening but clears the forest floor for new growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metaphors<\/a> and poetic images of earth can often express such feelings better than plain descriptive words, which seem to crack under the pressure of deep feeling. Feelings of grief might bring to mind images of winter’s coldness. Pablo Neruda crystalizes a wintry grief image: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes:\nseed germs, and grief, and everything that throbs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

frightened\nin the crackling January light <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

will ripen, will burn, as the fruit burned ripe.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ninsights we gain by observing nature, and the poems we make which include these\ninsights, help us cope with our rage, grief and pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poetry of earth<\/a> offers us a chance to experience something<\/em> more about life than our self-definition and ordinary language usually permit. Like the forest after the fire, this something more<\/em> is full of new growth and unknown potential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing Prompt:<\/strong> Choose an aspect of the natural world which you feel has something to teach you. It could be an animal, plant, or mineral. What specific quality does it express that speaks to you about your own life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or write about an experience in nature that had a profound effect on you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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