First Love
She said the wind at the water’s edge would devour her, and shouted into the spray.
He collected violets and lilies, as wild as she. Quietly, carefully, on the open leaves, they touched.
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This is my submission for this weekend’s Trifecta writing challenge, in which we had to follow these guidelines:
This 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. (Scoot on over to the Trifecta blog to see the pictures from Elizabeth Strout’s book.)
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Image credit: © Kushnirov Avraham / Photoxpress.com
This is really really good. Like it. 🙂
Thank you so much!
How you managed to come up with this I don’t know…
I just kept rearranging the words obsessively. Nearly pulled all my hair out doing it! 🙂
Wow! How you found and arranged those words from that page mystifies me. This is lovely.
Thanks Betty! 🙂
I loved how you found the words and turned them into something beautiful.
Aw, thank you Deana!
leaving me smiling, you are.
That’s excellent to hear Barbara! Thank you.
awww this was so lovely! you created a very beautiful piece with 33 random words. excellent. 🙂
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it.
Wow! This is lovely. You wouldn’t know that there were severe word constraints. Love this.
Thanks so much Lumdog! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Beautiful.
🙂 Thank you!
Loved the feel of the words-beautiful,like pearls on a string:-)
Thank you! I love your analogy.
🙂
Awww.. this is so nice. I love the violets and lilies as wild as she. Terrific!
Thanks Steph! I’m glad you liked it.
Ah romance (:
Indeed! Thanks for commenting Draug!
Beautiful tender piece.. 🙂
Thank you MissM!
This is beautiful, Suzanne! shouting into the spray ❤
Thanks so much Kymm! Yeah, I’m pretty fond of that line too. 🙂