Discovering a Character's Voice with Poems and Photography
Voices come to me when I see a snapshot. In my off-guard moment of grasping an image, any ol' character might push through to yak at me, jumping into the photo itself or pointing at the scenery from my train of thought.
"One at a time, one at a time!" I yell over the din. They can get unruly.
In this blog I am giving those voices a chance to be heard, whether it is a character I am working on, or anyone else needing to share their opinion. The photography is mine; the poetry is in a character's voice.
Please leave a comment if you have an epiphany (or hear voices) of your own!
Playing with syllables on this one. Haiku is really short for voice, so I extended things. Still feels very short!
ReplyDeletePerhaps because life is short for ant brigade that march through houses.
ReplyDeleteI loved it. Strong visual imagery. I'm feeling a little squeamish about all that squishing with bare feet (or so I imagine the scene from knees down.