EAGLE EMERGENT (photomorph) & REST STOP (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

REST STOP

Sitting on a sun-warmed boulder
I hear distinctly behind me
"Tit-willow, tit-willow,"
each syllable crisp and definite.
Then a more melodic phrase,
followed closely by a raucous one.

I am perched before a mockingbird
airing its entire repertoire,
from stand-up comedy,
to manic scolding,
to lilting serenades.

The sun sets on my wish that it
would entertain me this way
forever, the creaking of budding,
breeze tossed branches
its metronome.


[non-dream free verse poem written in May of 1985, and revised several times over the years, the most recently today (6-25-18). This is another of those poems I spoke of (and posted) yesterday that I've always liked but had trouble with. I'm still not certain it's "finished" (is anything ever?). But it's a good day to post something less intense. Something more externally focused, for a change. My arthritis has taken a new twist in my right knee, almost literally. And I don't know if this is a change I'll just have to accept, or if it will heal. Only time will tell. BTW, I did do a tremendous amount of walking recently, knowing I was taking a risk. Ah well, I don't need my knees to write or to listen or to look, etc., etc. And this poem raises a precious memory. Photomorph "Eagle Emergent" (2-28-15 002v10a) 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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