Silent Screams

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Joanne Edith

Photo credit: [ changó ] / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND

Written in response to Trifextra challenge, asking for a thirty-three word interpretation of the posted photograph.
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Category: Prose, Trifecta Writing Challenge (Archives), Well-struck NotesTags: Freedom, Homeless, Hopelessness, Humanity, Postaday, Scream, Subway, Trifecta Writing Challenge (Archives)

16 Comments on “Silent Screams”

Let's CUT the Crap!
August 5, 2013

A demoralized existence. How sad but well done!

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 6, 2013
  
  Thank you.
  
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jannatwrites
August 5, 2013

“Shadowy fringes of humanity” – I like that! The subway sounds unpleasant.

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 5, 2013
  
  I agree. Thanks for commenting.
  
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Heather @gardenofedits
August 4, 2013

I really like this piece. Nicely done!

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 5, 2013
  
  Thank you, Heather.
  
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Draug419
August 4, 2013

I like this. Great work.

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 5, 2013
  
  Thanks, Draugh. It’s ironic that my imagined subjects are seeking freedom, while surrounded by several forms of transportation, i.e. busses and subways, but I couldn’t squeeze that thought into the poem.
  
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chamblee54
August 4, 2013

Poem for the modern Statue of Liberty.

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 5, 2013
  
  Yes-exactly. I should have used that as a title, perhaps.
  
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barbara
August 4, 2013

like the reference to trifecta 🙂 (3:33)

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 5, 2013
  
  I couldn’t help myself. Thanks for noticing.
  
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Jo-Anne Teal (@jtvancouver)
August 4, 2013

Creatively written and presented. I also think yours is the first to mention the vent/drain which I wish I had incorporated too. Silent screams – powerful image.

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 5, 2013
  
  Thank you, Jo-Anne.
  
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trifectawriting
August 4, 2013

Great job with the rhyming. Thank you for linking up!

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- BCIJo (aka Joanne Edith)
  August 5, 2013
  
  Thank you…it was an intriguing prompt.
  
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