WRITING OBSTACLE

Submitted by Maranda Quinn

Show a powerful emotion – love, grief, rage - in a quiet, everyday moment.

Instead of writing a dramatic and drawn out scene, think about how subtle actions and sensory details can carry the weight of the feeling.

life

I stubbed my toe

Wringing out a stream of cuss words

And soon after, my left foot stung

And the anger that the chair was left in my bones

For hours after


Last night I watched

The Fault In Our Stars

All alone

With a pint of ice cream

Bawling


I saw him last night

On a date he brought me flowers

And my heart swelled

With a feeling I couldn’t

Beer to describe


My plant dies today

It’s leaves wilted and flowers fell

My heart with my as well

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