Our new Spring Semester middle-school team of bloggers warmed up this week with a creative exercise–responding to a Poets&Writer’s “The Time Is Now” Creative Nonfiction Prompt.
Our creatives were asked to write a spatial autobiography of the objects in their home or room, to tour their favorite things while weaving into the passage the memories attached to them. In this week where so many of our LA loved ones have lost the places where they feel most at home, we were moved by the comfort and association Morgan Richardson draws from her special place. The class voted it the spatial autobiography that best captures the essence of the writer.
The loud whistle reminds me of leaping off the starting block
The lane line reminds me of swimming as fast as I can each race
The green field reminds me of warm ups in winter before swimming
The bench reminds me of where I slick my hair and put on my cap each day
The kick board reminds me of challenging myself and becoming faster
The little pool reminds me of when I first stepped foot in the pool
The shallow end reminds me of moving up levels, scared but prepared
The water jug reminds me of jumping out of the water thirsty and parched
The deep blue pool reminds me of the place where I feel happy and most at home
Lovely, Morgan! Keep writing your poems!
Morgan, you are a talented artist and a great writer!