Your Broken Hallelujah

We all have experienced a broken hallelujah at some point in our lives. It didn’t have to be about a religious awakening but it felt like one. That point in your life when something you strongly believed in shattered and you were left with broken pieces to try to put back together or find some sense among the shambles. It doesn’t have to be written in the form of the original broken hallelujah (although mine is)... just show us your broken pieces...give us your broken hallelujah.

Dancer and Tree

Dancer and Tree - Tad Richards

From Tad (drawing as well as prompt):

I decided as I drove into town today that I would base my prompt on something I saw or heard. I was going in to pick up a print that I had exhibited at a local gallery, and I thought, why not an ekphrastic poem? "An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art. Through the imaginative act of narrating and reflecting on the “action” of a painting or sculpture, the poet may amplify and expand its meaning."

Joy

From Tasha: 

What brings you Joy? Happiness is different from joy, which can come from a variety of sources, and is not always connected with "something nice." Joy is a very different emotion and one it can be fun to explore.

Waking up

From Paul: Write a poem that begins with you waking up.

Who Are You?

This weeks prompt is brought to you by Linda Rivas Bole... Tell us, in a poem, who you are. What makes you uniquely you? Use adjectives to share the real you with us.