WINTER BRANCHES (photomorph) & A FLEETING PAS DE TROIS (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

A FLEETING PAS DE TROIS

the snow raises her long white
arms whose bones are trees

open ... alone
she waits for her two lovers:
the one who melts her
the other who receives her

her softening extensions upstage
even the beauty of the night sky,
where the sun will soon
enough rise while the earth
stands at the ready
to embrace her

she dances her great sorrow
and her great joy:
to love them both

and so she does not
choose between them but
lets these two lovers make
of her together
what they will,
as she reaches
and melts
and flows


[non-dream free verse poem, written 3-22-18. A friend sent me this link to a YouTube music video of "Spartacus & Phrygia's Adagio" in the ballet "Spartacus." He said when he was watching snow falling "with such intensity" from the trees against the brilliant setting sun that he could almost see this duet. And then he kinda, sorta challenged someone to explain why because he didn't understand himself. Well, I don't know why, but maybe this poem of mine above that started, um, flowing, if you will, as I watched the video of the duet, will answer him in some small way. BTW, this adagio/duet was just about the only part of the ballet Spartacus that I liked when I saw it years ago in its entirety. And not a small liking at all, as it brought me to tears. Photomorph "Winter Branches" (3-24-10 10006v2d) 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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