METAPHOR RISING (photomorph) & WHY SHE WRITES (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

WHY SHE WRITES

imagination's
fighting for her life
again,
will she let it win?
or give in to the pain
we label reality
and let it run her
down,
saber toothed predator
that it is: ah, see, there's
imagination
starting to wriggle its way
out
one more time,
as if to say: "OK, I can't
control content, but I can
reshape 'the real,' and blunt
its biting edges with flashes
of metaphor"


[non-dream free verse poem written 2-16-17. Photomorph "Metaphor Rising" (3-28-16 001v2a) 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), 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.