Things that go fast
Suggested by Glow: Write about things in motion–horses, melting ice, the wind, a spring day. Slow down your (and the reader’s) perceptions of these things by paying attention to details, using all the senses. Dwell in the contrast between the things that go fast and the slow recollection of them in the poem.
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Wind whistles down the shaft
As the arrow speeds toward its target.
The twang of the bowstring
Echoes after it
But the arrow speeds on
Leaving the sound behind
In its wake of misplaced air.
The arrow spins faster than the archer’s eye can follow
Blurring the arrowhead and the fletching.
It slices through the air
Aim pointing truly at its target,
A sudden gust of wind brushes it.
The arrow doesn’t stop until–
Thud!
Sound catches up to the arrow,
Which is planted solidly…
Outside the painted bullseye.
“Damn it! I missed AGAIN!”
Tags: five senses, motion, poetry, recollection, writing, writing prompt
Mattie's Pillow 
May 7, 2009 at 11:18 am
Wind whistles down the shaft
As the arrow speeds toward its target.
The twang of the bowstring
Echoes after it
But the arrow speeds on
Leaving the sound behind
In its wake of misplaced air.
The arrow spins faster than the archer’s eye can follow
Blurring the arrowhead and the fletching.
It slices through the air
Aim pointing truly at its target,
A sudden gust of wind brushes it.
The arrow doesn’t stop until–
Thud!
Sound catches up to the arrow,
Which is planted solidly…
Outside the painted bullseye.
“Damn it! I missed AGAIN!”