here i am
inhaling the delicate silence and
teetering on the edge of darkness
juggling the insistent words
of my own secret
dialogue
feverish with the sound
of my own tremulous
voice
yet paralyzed...
in the fragile echo
of hope
it’s a precarious balance
this life that we live….
about a year ago i started collecting words – any time i ran
across words that spoke directly to me, words that carried more than a mediocre
dose of meaning i would write them down.
eventually i started
combining the words into simple phrases – just for fun. i made a whole slew of 2-5 word sequences
that fit together in a provocative way.
i typed the whole list up a while back and ended up with several pages
of seemingly nonsensical jargon.
it’s fun to play with these little phrases and combine them
in new and interesting ways. somehow
this little poem came out of my play and, for me, it holds more meaning that i
ever would have guessed. you should try
it sometime!
i so appreciate all of your thoughtful and insightful comments on my last post. lately some of my posts have been stretching the edge of my comfort zone... remember, my word-of-the-year is "venture!"
thanks for being there!!!!
(all iphone macros)
stunningly beautiful, Patty Waite. Both words and photographs ... they live in harmony. hugs, Donna
ReplyDeletelove that poem...how awesome to collect words! it's sorta reminds me of collecting images in magazines to put together for a goal collage...things come out that you never would have expected!!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are just gorgeous!!!
Exquisite beauty!!!
ReplyDeleteYour photos are sooo beautiful and I'm impressed of the iphone capasity. I've been thinking before about your word collecting but I couldn't decide what word I should have.
ReplyDeleteThose are with your iPhone?! I am especially in awe of the raindrops in the first photo (or dew maybe).
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are mind-blowing, Patty. As Marcie put it, exquisite beauty. The idea of collecting words never occured to me, but reading your poem twice I start to see what you mean. It sounds interesting and very worth a try.
ReplyDeleteOh Patty..the photos are stunning! But I love your words too! Do you remember an actress by the name of Ellen Corby? She played Grandma Walton on "The Waltons" for years. I once read an article on her and she too began collecting "words" as a young woman. She said in the article that every time she came across one that moved her in a particular way, she'd jot it down in her journal and look up its meaning so to remember it always.
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo..when you said you had begun collecting words..it reminded me of the only other person I've ever read that collected words. I think it's actually a beautiful idea..thanks for sharing yours today. Love&Sunshine, Terri