GENESIS (photomoprh) & THE RIGHT WORDS (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

THE RIGHT WORDS

how can the right words be found, or maybe
that's the problem, the freight of words is too much
and breaks the back of any attempt to describe this
moment ... hm, could one word do it by itself? like that
famous haiku: the single word "tundra"* in the middle of
a blank white page? or maybe (if I'm not over-reaching
myself) like my own one word effort of "fringe"** at the
edge of an empty page? ok, ok, so, the words "beauty"
and "liveliness" come to mind but each is as much of a
botheration as a gaggle of words, and they're not even
concrete -- though, true, one can sometimes see their
referents and even touch them, however, not without
endless differing interpretations and opinions to tell us
that this -- and not that, or some other of  so many 
ungraspable things -- is what they are  -- ah! how's 
about  the solitary word "emergence," in a rainbow 
of colors at the very bottom margin of a black page? 
as if about to fall like a shiny ripe apple into one's 
lap, or maybe even roll backwards into the grand
unknown from which it tumbled?


[non-dream free verse written 7-30-18.  *There is an actual famous "tundra" one word haiku by Cor van den Heuvel. **And in March of 2015, my "fringe" was accepted for inclusion in Joan Rosenberg Dent's ceramic book art:

Photomorph at top of this post: "Genesis" (2-8-10 19524ev2) 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.