Writing prompt – colourful vegetables

Vegetables on sale at a farmers’ market in Morocco

A few years ago my wife, daughter and I travelled through magical Morocco for two wonderful weeks. One of the places we visited was the village of Sefrou which is about 30km from the city of Fes. It was one highlight in 14 days filled with many highlights. You can read more about my journeys on another site I write for: Trevor’s Travels (click here).

On our visit to Sefrou we wandered through the local farmers’ markets, featured in today’s photo above. Farmers from the surrounding districts had brought in their produce for sale, set up on stalls in the streets, squares and lanes of the town. The locals crowded into the cramped spaces buying up delicious looking vegetables and fruits. We bought some yummy bananas and mandarins as a treat. Other fruits included oranges, apples, dates and many more. The vegetable range was even more diverse, with tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, silver beet, cauliflower, capsicum, beans, cucumber and much more.

The displays, like that shown in today’s photo above, were colourful and inviting.

Writing prompts:

Here are some ideas for writing. Use these prompts as an exercise in warming up your writing at the start of the day, or perhaps even as the start of a short story or poem.

1. Describe the scene shown in the photo above.
2. Imagine being one of the vendors shown in the photo. Describe what you are feeling.
3. Write a short story from the point of view of a young child lost in the marketplace.
4. Tell the story of the journey from the farm to the home of the buyer. Try it from the point of view of the farmer – or perhaps even a vegetable.
5. Write a poem describing the sounds, colours and smells of the market.
6. Write about how you would feel if you had no money and was starving and you saw the above scene.

Good writing.