ECHOES OF WINTER (photo) & "Not the winter ..." (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

Not the winter, but what haunts it.
Not the sterile egg, but the expectation.
Not the two thousand rocks in a cold garden,
but the wish for easy.


[free verse poem written prior to 2007. This is a re-post, but since it’s been 12 years I’d say it can be almost considered a first time post. And, sadly, it's as applicable today in my life as it was in 2007 and when I wrote it years earlier. "The more things change …" sigh. Photo “Echoes of Winter” (2012 or earlier) 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.