Writing Prompt
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VISUAL PROMPT
Write a story or poem in any genre, where the overall theme or moral is about the bond of family.
Writings
When your world dies, you do. That’s what the books I’ve read say. Then why am I still here? Why am I still alive?
I stare up at the dark, starless sky, wishing it would suck me up into its depths of oblivion. The moon watches me from its perch, a full moon shining ever so bright. I here the crunching of leaves behind me before the sound stops and I feel a warm body beside me.
“James, you look l...
I have a different relationship with each family member.
My dad is my adventure buddy. No matter how stupid the thing I want to do it, he will go along.
Volleyball, running, juggling, he will do it all.
My mom is interesting. She can tease me so much it’s unbearable, but she is the most loving person I know. She loved the horses and the boys and whatever else I throw at her.
My brother is kind ...
I run free with my brothers
They’re my friends for life
They’ve been by my side
Through joy and through strife
Bedside at my birth
They’ve been with me since then
And we’ll live our whole life together
And even be each others best men
Nothing can break us apart
We’re tight as can be
That’s something
Everyone can plainly see
I love my brothers
And they love me
Nothing can break
The bond o...
a great man was born
in dublin, 1939
oh, a country torn
by many a wretched swine
with more siblings than
fingers on two hands
born to a clan
deep in the lands
brought to a small home
on the wrong side of the Liffey
oh, but his heart did roam
told his Mam he’d be back in a jiffy
for how could he predict
he’d meet an english girl
Islington they had picked
they were married in a whirl
a kind sou...
We were visiting a family friend on his farm.
I remember running through the cornfield, towards the forest behind the farm.
We entered the woods, stepping over the rocks on the ledge.
Green floura grew through the cracks of the rocks reaching towards the warm golden sun. Yellow flowers began to bloom, dotting the ground how crystals sparkle in granite.
We follow the lightly tread dirt path.
I ...
A body was propped flat on our dinner table. This wasn’t the first time. I remember that first time, when my heart was beating so heavily in my chest that I thought I would faint. I had been 3 years old. Now, I was eleven, and my heart was still. Just another day.
“We’ll need to dispose of this,” Father said, his hands clasped behind his back. “Jackie knows what to do.”
That was me. I nodded. ...
Children see colors.
Sky so blue,
Drifting with each breaths
Wild to our minds how vast it was
Like an ocean watching us from above
Grass so green,
Following us as it waved
Chasing us across the fields
Shuttering and shivering with the wind
As we raced it to the edge of the world
Flower so pink,
Planted and blooming alone
Making it all the more beautiful
Adults grow blind.
Sky so dark,
Storm b...
Elijah felt the wagon wheels bounce across the rutted prairie path below him. He knew he wasn’t well, his leg hurt terribly, but he’d never known serious sickness in his short ten year life.
His mother Abeline sat next to him, holding his hand and keeping the cool moist towel pressed to her son’s forehead. She worked hard not to cry.
Selling their little plot of land and most of their possessio...
(I really hope this isn’t cheesy I’m not the best at poetry)
Family
Is hard
This I know
Family
Has challenges
This I know
Family
Is love
This I know
Family
Is feeling safe and secure
This I know
Family
Is people you care about
This I know
Family
Is not limited by who you’re bound to by blood
This I know
Families
Will change
And families
With grow
But that’s the beauty in them
This I know...
Throw it in the fire and watch it burn
The memories we had
They make me sad
Every time you leave saying goodbye is easier
And every time you leave these tears dry
I don't know who I'm looking at but I know the person I'm looking at isn't you
I get a glimpse of you every time I get a whiff of that cigarette smell I hate the way I remember you
The pain you caused was too much to bear but...