AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (photo) & STUFF (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

STUFF

the question always seems to be why?
why the obsessing about some relationship
to the point of nausea; why all the over-
and wrong eating that burdens both body
and spirit; why the forever reliving
of a sharp edged past till all will
and energy and sense bleed away,
and more to the point, beneath it all,
behind each frantically produced
and garish cover, why this intense
intolerance of emptiness as if to even
stand before it would be to burn into
a wisp of smoke, this fear of the void
so deep that even a vague hint
of the vacuum just the other side
of the space hatch door sends one
scuttling to weight oneself firmly
against the floor with every possible
heaviness, with all the painful freight
one can scramble terrified toward and
catch "See, I'm not empty, just
look at how impossibly full my
aching arms are with all this
meaningful stuff!"


[non-dream free verse poem written 3-14-17. Photo "At the Edge of the World" (3-14-17 015v3) by Roswila]

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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.

OUT FOR A STROLL (photo) & ON THE PROWL (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

ON THE PROWL

ah, my dear friend of almost
sixty years, what twists and flips
life takes: I'm sure you recall
when, as young women parading
on the prowl for guys -- mostly
those beautiful young sailors
on shore leave, you'd growl
at me again and again under
your breath to slow down,
that your legs aren't as long
as mine? what irony! for now
this oldster not only walks
so slowly you'd make the
opposite complaint, but uses
a walker for her long prowls;
and yet, the speed's all that's really
changed for I still sometimes
wish you weren't all the way across
this wide continent, but right here
beside me on a lazy stroll, as we draw
the approving eyes and bold approach
of a couple of hot men


[non-dream free verse poem written 3-16-17. Photo "Out for a Stroll" (6-10-09 2014) by Roswila. And I would shame my family name, Kelly, if I didn't wish everyone a very HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!)

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.

STALKING THE LAND (photo) & WHAT IF (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

WHAT IF

keep your mitts off me!
and don't ever whisper like that
in my ear again unless you
really mean it! I'm the stuff
stalkers are made of, with any
more encouragement at all,
I'll attach every last bit of my
yearning to you and never
let go, then no matter where
you travel my obsession
with you will trail behind,
an endless wake of desire ...
ah, but don't worry, you'll
never even know it's there,
except maybe when your nights
echo hollowly and you sense
an odd resonance running
through you at an unbidden
thought of me, a startling
wistfulness you do not care
to own and huff quickly away
as an insignificant mystery:
what if?


[non-dream free verse poem written 3-9-17. Photo "Stalking the Land" (3-14-17 037v2) 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.

THE SHADOWS STACK UP (photomorph) & IMAGINATION (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

IMAGINATION

in my imagination you're on that bus
passing by, your powers of observation
and -- more importantly, your interest --
are such that you know how chilly
I am in the willow's shadows,
that you envy their fingers of darkness
as they brush my breast, and that your
thoughts of me trail behind the bus
like a long sigh; unfortunately, the limits
of my imagination tell me otherwise:
I cannot envision any of this
ever being true


[non-dream free verse poem written 2-25-17. Photomorph "The Shadows Stack Up" (2-27-17 008v2f) 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.

ATTRITION (photo) & "the disaster spreads..." (dream tanka) by Roswila

the disaster spreads
outside my plate glass window
I wake while writing a song:
nothing’s a sure thing, baby,
so play the game with most heart


[dream-based tanka written & posted 5/28/08, also composed a melody for the two last lines while dreaming, but could not recall it on waking; I'm re-posting this tanka as it's a very timely reminder for me. Photo "Attrition" (3-11-17 009v2) 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.

* * * *

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.