Trifextra: Week Fifty-sixThis weekend we are playing another type of word game with you. Below are photos from the 33rd page of one of our very favorite books, Elizabeth Strout's Olive Kitteridge. What we want you to do is to scour the page (click to enlarge), choose 33 words, and reshape those words into a piece of your own. Your piece does not have to tell an entire story. We just want to see what you can do with this particular word bank. Punctuation is up to you. Use whatever you need, whether or not it appears in the photos.
The urgent sensation flapped through her mind on thin wings
She shouted it down, then carried it to her cupboards
Where they collected in comforting blankness
Hollow umbrage hidden by the cedar door
I love that she can hide her errant thoughts in the cupboards. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI love "flapped...on thin wings." Great imagery.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lumdog. That was my favorite line as well! Great post.
ReplyDeleteI need some mind cupboards of my own (:
ReplyDeleteYes! I want to store my urgent sensations and hide my hollow umbrage! Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteWell written:-)I could really see her doing those things-ah,only if we could do that with the unwarranted thoughts-lock them up in a cupboard!
ReplyDeleteLove that first line and the images it conjures up.
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