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Moonflower
Dreams
Poems of Reflection
by
Rebecca, M.Ed.
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To
my guiding light
My
eyes like two moons
gaze into your night
unveiled in purity
Art and Poems Copyright 2006
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Introduction
Welcome to my poetry page:
When gazing into memory, poems will often pounce
on me, demanding they be written down. Now and
then a moment will inspire me, but often I write
poems as they emerge after silence.
Most of my poems arrive without
warning and will slip into my mind as the first
sentence. I then follow the images, mirroring what
I see in words.
One
of my first introductions to my inner world was an
image of a caged bird floating on waves in a
storm. This was surprisingly dark for my early
innocent years of writing and yet now I realize
how the inner world expands over time.
If you would like to know what
inspired these poems, I have also included
explanations. At times I am inspired by a
movie, a friend's relationship, inner visions, my
own experiences, the depth of emotion I feel and
images presented to me as visualizations of
emotion. Water images are very prevalent in my
poems.
The watercolor art was created on November 9, 2006
when I suddenly decided to take pictures of a
modern art project I was working on one
night.
Warmest Wishes,
Rebecca |
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Invitation
Run
away with me poet
you and I
Laced together, words our threads
You
pattern me
In
your beauty
Entangled
loss
looms thick in forests of words
where
once you found God
and now death
your words still breathing
whisper
to you softly
that poems are still alive
a cry from darkness
seeking light
spaces of introspection
books piled high on graves
Observed comfort
hidden disregard
or revelation
You
invite me into your world
Poet of the past
Poet of the future
Poet who will be born
Creating my future
meanderings
of
mind
Listening
to your words
in
silent echoes
contemplation
inspiration
I
find you sitting solitary
observing the world
from painted playgrounds
where you reach for words
from walls of concept
creation
and
culmination
a life processed,
uncovered,
reworded
Paper shining with glossy glimmers
pale images of your memory
Vivid
daylight dancing
Silence and awakening
I crave the sensuality of longing
Where
our souls will dance between your moments
Poems infusing me with sweet word kisses
and the shock of gritty real
Pulling
me into your danger
Softly
inviting
Run away with me poet
You and I
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Directly
inspired by the reading
of The Oxford Book of American Poetry.
The poems span such a great
amount of time, it is as if poems
have been brought back to life
and I am introduced to
the lives of over 200 poets.
"Running
Away" implies
not a physical action, but
a situation where I am lost
within the moments
of the poems.
12/18/2006
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Thank you for reading
Moonflower
Dreams
Comments
From Readers
| 7/18/2010
What attracts me to poetry is the feeling of
being drawn deeply into a visualization or
experience of an emotion or situation by a twist of
words and associations outside my ordinary language
-- a twist that gently sneaks past my
"thinking" preference and speaks directly
to my "intuition". One that I can welcome
and open to, rather than intellectually defend
against. Yours did that often. I started to write
the names of some that particularly touched me but
the list became too long -- plus all the phrases or
verses within poems that were engaging. I came away
feeling I had just visited a holy space. Thanks so
much for your effort, openness and vulnerability to
post these!!! I also appreciated the
explanations.
~ Q. |
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