The over-all picture is winter
icy mountains
in the background the return

from the hunt it is toward evening
from the left
sturdy hunters lead in

their pack the inn-sign
hanging from a
broken hinge is a stag a crucifix

between his antlers the cold
inn yard is
deserted but for a huge bonfire

that flares wind-driven tended by
women who cluster
about it to the right beyond

the hill is a pattern of skaters
Brueghel the painter
concerned with it all has chosen

a winter-struck bush for his
foreground to
complete the picture

…The Hunters in the Snow by William Carlos Williams, Rutherford

Doc Williams of Rutherford and Paterson on a winter's day here in New Jersey.  (That downward slope suggests a waterfall, no?) A poem from a painting - art begets art.  A study in depth-of-field.  What were you hunting for today?

Today's Writing Prompt:

Walk around your house and find a picture that you have always liked.  Tell its story in a poem, paragraph, or story.  Not your own story, now, but the story being told by the storyteller.  Right now, I am looking at a framed copy of the Abbey Road album.  Remember how many stories were told about that picture?  How could Paul be dead if he was at the Super Bowl on Sunday?

Keep reading and writing,

Maureen