napowrimo #10
The prompt was to write a poem about a celebration. Well, this turns out not to be a celebration, per se, like a birthday party, but a celebration of a ritual begun before the couple is married and carried on throughout the family's existence.
Our Scary Family Album
Here’s my mother
just graduated, looking
into the lens suspiciously,
her starched nurse’s cap
impossibly perched.
This is my father astride
his Harley, booted right foot
asserted on the dirt road,
goggles posed in his wild hair,
his grin naughty.
A gorgeous man before he had us.
Wanda McCollar
Wanda, thanks for the inspiration and reminder about the wealth of prompts in family photos. I have a similar project that's been stalled, this might give it a boost.
ReplyDeleteFamily photos are priceless!
ReplyDeletePamela
that is perfect wanda family photos are such treasures... i had to laugh outloud at yr last line... when i saw my dad's photo i thought the same thing... backwards bliss
ReplyDeleteLoved it, Wanda! The last line had the opposite effect, though. For me, it carries a sense of bittersweet foreboding...suggesting that this was an image of your father at his most charming, before trouble in the family years. (?) =)
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your "family portrait"! I was just looking at old photos of my newly wed parents yesterday and thinking what a glamorous couple they were. :)
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