Snapshot inspiration

Much like the very first prompt I used to write an ekphrastic poem, we were given a series of photographs from which to draw inspiration. The photograph which caught my eye was one of a snowy sidewalk.

 

Winter Morning

 

Silence surrounds me

As I follow frozen footsteps

To nowhere

 

Where will these foredreamers lead me

Under these comforting trees,

Along this frosty path of wonder?

 

My steamy breath does not answer me,

Nor does the sky

Or the mist,

 

But crunching footsteps

Echo in my ears,

Leading me towards the unknown

Deeper into my curiosity.

 

Andrea Vermaak