Prompt #93, It’s Post Your Poems Day!
Finger painting
The Body, a series, part 2
We Write Poems:
Finger painting works with fingers wet with paint, and it works with words as well. Write a poem about your fingers. That’s what we really meant. But we also wanted to imply, suggest, cajole you to freely discover all the multiple moments when fingers expressed something elemental about yourself and life. Second to eyes, maybe lips, our fingers do much that inform our lives – all those faces touched, meals made, times when they were mischief, times when their touch was closer to divine. Tell us about the life of your fingers please. We now await. Surprises are welcome too!
Don’t have a poem yet? Perhaps read a few done by others here, be inspired. There’s still plenty of time to discover a poem for yourself!
Leave the links to your poems in the comments of this post, then go visit your fellow writers’ sites and read their work. Remember to leave only positive comments in the spirit of sharing and not critiquing. We look forward to reading your poems!
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We Write Poems 
Bedtime soon, but first…
fingerpainting
For some reason this promp touched (pun unintended at first) a chord,
and I just kept writing after I finished the prompt poem. The rest is on a long self-indulgent page, though. http://wp.me/pdTja-2Gi
I’ve combined your finger prompt with Joseph Harker’s Reverie #6 for poetic form “Fornyrðislag”. Hope you enjoy reading it.
http://miskmask.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/a-musical-avalanche/
– Misky
http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/fingers/ I nearly forgot to post this link!
This one came to me in a rush of memory, glad for it. Thank you for this creative prompt!
http://wordrustling.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/of-mothers-hands/
A Moment Suspended in Time
Three people gathered at the altar
One small band of gold being forced
to slip down the finger that had a
swollen knuckle.
A young woman on the verge of panic
praying silently “Please, please, please!”
The almost husband twisting the ring
off and on and then on again
The priest, beginning to realize that
there might be a small problem here,
bends his head to investigate…
The congregation, gathered as witnesses
to a celebration, starting to twist and turn
in the pews and crane their necks to see
what was going on……
The bride, promising God and any saint
listening , that she would never, ever
play softball again….
Poor baby. Those things hurt, too.
Continuing with the poem series… Pilgrimage II: Mudra
Here’s mine:
http://mareymercy.com/2012/02/14/war-paint-poem/
A reflective piece, which wasn’t my intention. Oh, well…
Pamela
“Kites Woven in Yarn”
This week, Pele Courts Vishnu, In Human Form
-Nicole
I felt so good writing about my fingers ! thank you :
http://ladynimue.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/fingers/
Hi all! Here’s mine for the week: http://ablefires.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/blueprint-of-hands/
Late to the party….
http://wp.me/p1ZKiY-hl
Great prompt. Thank you!
Mine is here:
http://whimsygizmo.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/carpals-metacarpals-phalanges/
thanks for the prompt…mine is here:
http://waynepitchko.blogspsot.com/2012/02/no-fingers.html
Oooh I’m awfully late to post the link.
oiling grandmother’s hair
awfully late here too – and a newcomer . .
http://turnsofendearment.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/open-hand/
First opportunity to play catch-up. Fingers at the ready…
http://wojisme.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/rheumatoid-piano/