kph
2 years ago
love love LOVE this. love how thoughtful it is without judging the memory morphing as good or bad. love the phrase "dawn-bright loam". thanks for sharing!
kph
2 years ago
also showed this to my gf who started gardening in the past couple years and she loves it too
commemorative-ghosts
2 years ago
This is gorgeous; it reminds me of how our experience with things changes as we age, such as with a favourite childhood film as an adult, and the cycle of rediscovery.
inkcaps
2 years ago
The image in the first few stanzas are so striking!! * __ * You really succeeded in capturing how scent is tied so closely to memory!!
kph
2 years ago
the straightforwardness of this is very clean, very powerful. it feels like a monologue, almost, a warning with weight from the line breaks. i like how it closes and ends with 'you never forget the smell'--giving it the definite article and repetition instead of a description
owlroost
2 years ago
Hey, if it's any comfort, I read other people's pieces all the time before writing my own. It prompts me to think about the prompt in new ways, which gives me a more original idea than what I started with!
percevalprintpress
2 years ago
Just read your prompt for this week - loved it especially the last few lines!
owlroost
2 years ago
Looking forward to this- this prompt hits differently when you have synesthesia. :P
Vivid and succinct. I especially enjoy the use of repetition.
oh this is so wonderful. chills is v correct that it's so vivid!
This is stunning- love the use of Greek. I could see this as a song (honestly, I'm a little tempted to ask you if I could put it to music).
@owlroost omg—you have my full permission to do so, i would be honoured
Just did the sample recording- I think this is going to be neat. I leaned into glitchy effects for the repeated bits of text.
Really love it!
obsessed with being thrust into other people's perspectives/ worlds when they write in second person, great job putting me in a new place :o) <3