Write an Encounter

Encounter

We were riding through frozen fields in a wagon at dawn.
A red wing rose in the darkness.

And suddenly a hare ran across the road.
One of us pointed to it with his hand.

That was long ago. Today neither of them is alive,
Not the hare, nor the man who made the gesture.

O my love, where are they, where are they going?

The flash of a hand, streak of movement,rustle of pebbles.

I ask not out of sorrow, but in wonder.

~ Czeslaw Milosz ~

Notice the series of action-packed words. The six lines contain everything needed to stir your emotions.  Hope arrives in the last three lines.

Creative write:  Write of an encounter.  Begin in the middle with action. Show emotion and reveal the intensity of experience by writing:   Suddenly . . .

End with an image that lets the reader feel the effects of a flash, streak, and rustle.