Poetry Challenge 18: Continuity Errors
Visual media makes sense to our brains because we derive a sense of continuity from one image to the next, drawing connections between the images even if they don’t really actually exist. Like how when we read a comic and interpolate the action between the panels even though that action isn’t being drawn frame by frame.
This challenge asks you to create a poem as a series of images. They can be compact images like the knock at the door or the tan line on the ring finger. They can be more complex sequences separated by stanzas like so:
She removes the band and rubs it between her fingers,
She palms the ring and fusses the bronzy scratched finish
There are bouquets on the counter and a knock at the door
The geraniums are in season
Bees dart between the stalky underbrush
The birdbath is still all dried up from the winter
Let the reader infer an action between the images, or let them search for a thematic connection. The nice thing is it forces the reader to do all the heavy lifting just by being vague!
