Behind the Bones

An Exercise from My Writer’s Notebook — Developing Themes Through Imagery & Metaphor

When I think about the word bones, it represents trauma — physical, emotional and/or mental abuse — but it also represents memories. For Ms Larsen’s exercise, I described all of the things that could happen to bones — broken, crushed, ground, shattered, decimated, discarded, buried, hidden, etc. Then I described how bones are viewed by myself and others — scary, sacred, exhibited, studied, honored, worshiped, etc. And finally, I put all of these elements together and created poetry.

Here is an example of how I use bones as imagery and a metaphor to represent the devastation I endured in a toxic relationship — Bone and Sinew:

In this next example, I have used bones as imagery. In Desperation, I am describing what would happen if I returned to a toxic relationship, with promises of change that may never come:

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