Ready for some fall fun? Fall is my favorite season and writing's my "jam" so participating in the second year of the #FallWritingFrenzy is right down my alley or...my road to fall.
The goal for this contest hosted by Lydia Lukidis and Kaitlyn Sanchez is to create connections in the kidlit community and challenge oneself to grow by writing something new. Plus we win prizes, critiques by industry professionals. YAY. Thanks to Lydia, Kaitlyn, judges, and those donating critiques. Good luck to all who enter, too. You can find other entries here.
The rules instruct participants to write to a visual prompt (see mine above), 200 or less words, and audience age PreK on up. The piece can be a poem, mood piece, happy, scary, beautiful, grotesque, whatever suits the season and the chosen visual prompt.
WC:123
The Road to Fall
by Kathy Halsey
The road to fall runs wild
with pops of pumpkin orange.
It lead to murky mists
settling in the hollows.
What's there?
The road to fall hints of hidden haunts
with dappled leaves shadow-dancing,
hovering overhead.
What lies beyond?
The road to fall rolls down shrouded paths
where the chitter-chatter of chipmunks
is swallowed by
sudden stillness.
What looms large?
The road to fall—
floats
somewhere between real
and make-believe.
Step-by-step we creep closer
What's behind brambles and bushes?
The road to fall reveals steep stone steps
up-up until a cold metal gate stops us,
prevents our climb
inside a squire's castle.
The road to fall...
It's on our minds—
murky mists,
hidden haunts
between real and make-believe.
What wildness might we unlock?
