AND THE DEVIL GRINS (photomorph) & THE SURPRISE (free verse dream poem) by Roswila

THE SURPRISE

it's a bit of a surprise when
my nearly life long friend
sings out full voice as she's so
shy about any sort of performing
for others; I can even hear her way
over here in the dingy grey office
hallway; I rush to her sunny,
wall-less work area,
to tease
her about
her sudden
brazenness,
brandishing
a costume
devil's pitch-
fork in front
of me; as I
approach
her I start
scribbling
magic sigils
in the air with
the pitchfork
that I make up
as I go along;
her tension
when she sees
me turns
immediately
to amusement;
a bright smile
lights her dear
face: I guess it
really is OK
to play
devil's
advocate


[free verse poem on a dream of 8-7-17. Photomorph "And the Devil Grins" (3-3-10 10002v2c) 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]
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