An interminable waterway,
welded,
luminous estuary,
sharply peaked.
Vanished spirits,
red clusters of canvas,
resembled an idol,
ascetic aspect.
Joint,
mournful gloom,
brooding motionless,
convictions.
Virtues,
cross-legged,
complexion,
toying architecturally with the bones.
Author notes
Prompt: Open a book that you're reading to any page. On this page are the materials you have at your disposal to make a poem. Circle words and phrases that strike you, as well as words with which you're not familiar or are overly familiar. Use the words on this page to make a new literary object. Repeat words as you see fit, but do not add any other material.
I used the first page of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
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