Hello everyone and a warm welcome to PART 4) of the entries for my weekly: “Fiction in A Flash Challenge” Week #22. Today I’m featuring a contribution from Roberta Eaton Cheadle
Last week I set the following Challenge:
Hello everyone and welcome to my new “Fiction in A Flash Challenge!” Each week I’ll be featuring an image and inviting you to write a Flash Fiction or Non-Fiction piece inspired by that image in any format and genre of your choosing. Maximum word count: 750 words.
Here is the image prompt and Roberta’s Contribution.
I decided to take a very literal interpretation of this prompt and share exactly what I think needs to be said.
How I see
How I see
And how you see
Will differ
How much we differ
Will depend
On how you view
What we both see
Versus how I view
What we both see
That same scene
Could be interpreted
By you
In a most literal
And straight forward way
You could take the path
Well worn by the majority
And embrace it
As your own
I, on the other hand,
May chose to take
A unique approach
Demarcated by difference
The one chosen by few
Or even none other at all
Where you see mild damage
I may see calamity
Where you see death
I may see an new beginning
Where you see straight lines
I may see soft curves
Of great hope
Does this make me wrong
And you right?
If I stand alone
And you concur with many?
Or is there still room
For differing interpretations?
by Roberta Eaton Cheadle
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Terrific Ronnie.
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Thank you, John.
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There’s that fat finger typo again. 🙄
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Haha, I guessed.
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Your poem is perfect for what is going on in the U.S. these days. Differences have become threatening divides. Thank you for capturing how we see through your lovely poem. And thank you, Soooz, for the great prompt! 💙
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Hi Gwen, you are right about this. Thank you for adding your thoughts here.
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Powerful words, Robbie!
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Thank you, Joan.
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Thank you for sharing, Suzanne, and for the great prompt.
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My pleasure.😊
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Great question and poem, Robbie:) I do think there is room for both Interpretations.
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I love this, Robbie. I often speak about perceptions and perspective with my students.And I agree with Gwen. This hits home right now in the U.S.
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It takes courage to share one’s perception and perspective even when it’s not a popular one, Robbie! Great thinking and poem!
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Robbie’s poem really makes me stop and think. Well-done!
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