Another installment of Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle. 100 words or so based on the image below. Click on the lil frog icon (after this piece) and come join us!
I sat with this all day. It’s not a story. It’s not even 100 words. But this is where the photograph took me so…I’m gonna go with it…
Those Ivy League Blues
The last thing she’d thought about
realistically
was that she couldn’t fly
but that some people could.
Some people even wanted to.
The train tracks
were near
yet she kept on.
Sometimes
she tried to cheat life
but it always won
in the end.
All that wasted ivy
dying on some vine.
Ellespeth
PHOTO PROMPT-Copyright-Melanie Greenwood
Views From A Poet 
Dear Ellespeth,
she tried to cheat life
but it always won
in the end.
I went back and read your poem twice and it was worth it. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Hi Rochelle ~
Thanks for reading twice and still coming back to comment 😛 She’s still dying – just like the rest of us…perhaps more aware of that. I had to fight my initial thought – to just have her die.
Ellespeth
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Ellespeth, It sounds to me as though she has a low opinion of many of the attitudes she finds at her college. It seems to depress her. I hope things improve for her. Well written. — Susan
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Hi Susan ~
Things do improve…I can see her out and away from all of that and becoming herself. Thanks for passing by this week…
Ellespeth
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Intriguing piece. I read so many alternative interpretations into it and am still pondering. Keeps my brain juiced!
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I’m grateful to read this, Patrick. When I’d finished this piece I realized all the many directions it could take – even though I meant one particular direction. I’m experimenting, lately, with this sort of poetry and finding it very rewarding.
Ellespeth
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Well, I like it. It tells a story of sorts, in poetic form. I like that you went with ivy league from this prompt.
All my best,
Marie Gail
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Hi Marie Gail ~
That reflection in the glass looks like an arched walkway at some Ivy League college. And this is where that led me…
Thanks for reading this piece and for your comment 🙂
Ellespeth
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Escape story?
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That might do her some good! A long spa week-end.
Ellespeth
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I loved the idea of trying to cheat life, but it winning in the end.
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Thanks, doc. A little bit of hope in the midst of gloom.
Ellespeth
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I loved this, especially those last 2 lines, fab 🙂
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Thanks, Helen! I don’t know where this came from so I left it all intact 😛
Ellespeth
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