I wrote my poem, Breathless, in response to Sadje’s #Whatdoyousee #290 Photo Prompt Challenge. This challenge invites participants to write something inspired by the image below—a time-lapse image of a man climbing a rock face by Dennis Yu @ Unsplash
I hope you enjoy my ‘minimalist’ interpretation of the prompt.
Breathless
1. The Ascent
I clamber up
and
up—
higher
I go
clinging on—
cleft and ridge,
sheer
and
narrow
my foot
slips—
I catch myself
by fingertips
2. The View
when I reach the top
I stop—
at the peak
I
cannot
speak
until
I get my breath…
then
the view
takes my breath away
again
Lesley Scoble, May 2025
Breathless
a minimalist poem in two parts
- The Ascent
2. The View
Thank you, Sadje, for your #WDYS inspirational prompts.
Thank you, dear reader, for your time reading my poem. 🙏
I’ll leave you on a breathless note with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (with some help from a few rabbits:)
LesleyScoble.com 
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