SHADOWS AT WORK (photo) & WATCHING THE AFTERNOON SLIP AWAY (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

WATCHING THE AFTERNOON SLIP AWAY

these may be
only shadows
and it might not
be discernable
which
have fallen
from leaves
and which
from branches,
to float their darkness
on the packed earth,
but the crisp silhouette
of the trunk stands out,
slipping clearly – if
oh-so-slowly – around
beneath this old tree
like the hand
of a clock
on the wall
... ticking ...
... ticking ...


[non-dream free verse poem, drafted 10-8-18 and edited 5-7-19. One of those poems I had such decidedly mixed feelings about that I’m surprised I even saved the notes. But when I stumbled across the draft it so distinctly called up the experience that I thought it might have something to offer … if only to me … so I finished it. (As "finished" as any writing of mine ever is. :-D) Photo “Shadows at Work” (7-9-09 3580e b and w) 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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