INCIPIENCE (photomorph) & ON INGS (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

ON INGS

life is in the gerunds:

what's a swing without -ing,
just another static butt rest

what's a walk without an -ing,
but another lost adventure

and what's love without it's -ing,
but a gift ungiven, a bet
on the best in life unmade


[non-dream free verse poem written 6-25-18. My dream recall's abysmal these days. And what vague fragments come with me into waking are non-compelling images that had kept repeating. I've actually been having a lot of repeating dream images within dreams recently. Maybe it's a way my less conscious mind is trying to get my attention enough to remember and write about the dream on waking. But none of this has anything to do with the above little poem. I'd probably not even post it (it's no great shakes, it was more intriguing as an idea) except I have nothing new to share and don't feel like searching for something to re-post. BTW, I recall being told (waaaay back when I was a total tyro as a poet) that my work had an awful lot of gerunds in it. That left me with an acute awareness of when I use them (or don't). And recently (decades after that anti-gerund comment) I've decided that they're lovely things that ring and sing, not just sitting there but doing something. Photomorph "Incipience" (1-29-14 005v7a) 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.