One hundred word prompt http://madisonwoods.wordpress.com
The coming season slowed the ripples on the shallow side of the bend as the last of the leaves waited on a wind. Winter would be here. John pushed his fingers into the cold mud, the worms all but gone. He stared out at the river hoping to see a splash but instead found a perfect reflection of the riverbank. The fall run was over, soon the water would thicken and ice in the corners. The fish had fed well and the bite had slowed. Under the tree blanketed beneath some leaves he found one last worm, he found hope.
Reminds me of the current phenomenon of A Game of Thrones, in the North where “winter is coming”. I love the similarity, the hope in the dwindling autumn/fall, found in the simplicity of a worm to bring in the fish.
I suppose my love of fantasy is a factor in my findings… 🙂
Mine is this-a-way:
http://garybaileywriting.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/fridayfictioneers-catfishing/
Thanks Gary. Love A Games of Thrones! Normally I am not a huge fan of stuff like that but one of the reasons I love it is because they tie the natural world to myths and legends. The way it should be.
i could feel the cold. i felt like saying “after being here for this long, im not leaving without one more shot at a fish. god, let me find one more worm; get this fish and get home where its warm.” i could see the beauty of the moment but damn it was cold.
love ya man.
Thanks Kato….Good to see you on here! I can’t stop thinking about fishing this year..May even just spend the summer roaming from one beach to the next!
Love ya man
Nice to see that there was a light…er, a worm…at the end of the tunnel : )
Thanks for sharing!
Here’s mine: http://the-drabbler.com/life-disturbed/
…er, thanks!
Powerful last few words. Hope found.
http://tedstrutz.com/2012/04/04/844/
Thank you Ted!
Thanks for your comment.
Yours is a good reminder of the changing seasons and the truth of working within them. When finding a worm signals hope, you’ve just got to love it.
Thank you Erin. That is what I was going for!!!
Tom
I loved “the last of the leaves waited on a wind”–very poetic and beautifully phrased. Nicely done!
Mine: http://www.vlgregory-circa1800.vpweb.com/blog.html
Thanks V.L. Gregory. I look forward to reading your work. You always seem to do a nice job with these prompts.
Tom
I like your poetic description of the riverbank site. Love the ending. I will be rooting for him to catch one last fish with that single worm. This was a pleasure to read after so many tragic ones. Here’s mine:
http://www.triplemoonstar.blogspot.com
Lora, I am glad you found my attempt “a pleasure to read”. Thank you for your kind words.
Tom
I enjoyed the changed of the seasons and the leaves that “waited on a wind.” I like that the worm acknowledges even though all is dying, there is still life…(hope). PS – I can’t WAIT for the summer run – my father-in-law always brings me steelhead from the Columbia River!
~Susan
Thanks Susan!!! That’s great a father-in-law that brings you fish, sounds like my kinda guy!
Tom
You’d be even more impressed if I told you he brought FIVE and the largest weighed in a hair over 14lbs. Whew!
OK when is he going to take me? LOL
And me! I want to go crabbing and clam digging again too.
Hope for the poor fisherman as winter begins to set in…Nice imagery and now I have a chill!
Great flash!!
Thanks Susie! You need to have hope and a little faith if you are going to be a good fisherman!
I have such a hard time writing hopeful endings sometimes. I liked yours a lot.
You are a wonderful writer Madison…no worries!
Hey, well done here. I love your piece.
Thanks Charles!