From Sonya’s 3LineTales at Only100Words.
You can find the original prompt here. Thank you, Sonya.
photo by Ty Feague via Unsplash
The ferryman’s pole sunk deep in the mire beneath the water’s calm surface and the boat slid silently onward.
I leaned into freezing fingers of mist as they caressed my flayed flesh as welcoming as a lover’s touch.
Silence beat upon my soul forcing a single tear from my bloodshot eye.
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
Jo Hawk 
this one just has me wrapped and pulled into my element, the sight of the boatman and tortured body clinging on to its soul – you are so very poetic in this one Jo, there’s a poet in that body somewhere.
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Ha. I love to read poetry, but writing it… that is a different matter. Counting syllables and lines and the whole rhyming thing is too much like torture for me. 😱 Still I am glad you liked the lines here. 😊
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it can be when we have to stick to rhyme and meter, but oddly it has helped me write better prose. choosing words and having a flow of thought. i did like your three line tales, the beauty of flash is when it flows so effortlessly like this but there is this huge story going on behind the scenes.
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I agree strictures on writing makes you consider word selection and embedded meanings which only serves to make the piece stronger. Conveying a story that touches the reader on several layers is what poetry does so well. It is what I like about your work.
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i appreciate that so much, i pick up a lot from you too Jo, your determination to keep on writing is a huge motivation and i read your scripts hungrily
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Beautiful!
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😊
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I love how the story depends on the title, so contextual and entrancing!
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Thank you Sonali. It was born out of necessity. I am glad you like the device. 😊
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