IN A FLASH (photo) & THIS VESSEL (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

THIS VESSEL

the frailness of this vessel,
the symbol, that cannot retain
what runs through it like water

yet holds the unholdable
long enough, and just so long,
to illumine the dark

like a lightning-lit hillside
bearing the first diamonds of winter


[non-dream free verse poem written in 1987 & tweaked several times over the ensuing years. Photo "In A Flash" (3-22-16 003v2a) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers, as the above is), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

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until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
**** If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”). Roswila's other blog (dedicated to her photos only, i.e. no poetry or other writing; daily post); TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.