Archive for the ‘stream of consciousness’ Category
Stream
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, dark, ecstatic, flash fiction, love, mystery, photo, prose, science fiction, stream of consciousness, tragedy, wonder
…I wrote this free verse poem in a single-draft, stream of consciousness, surrealistic spirit, with minimum edits, inspired by the ‘We Write Poetry’ prompt #11 — hence the title.
I then re-imagined it from a steganograhic perspective, and added the flash fiction prologue, so as to also offer it in response to the July [...]
July Midnight
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, stream of consciousness
July Midnight
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relentless din
of crawling
prowling
night
pours steaming
through my window
midnight intrudes
damp and searing
insistent
scalded air
too hot and thick to breathe
a heat to suffocate
coarse whirr drones overhead
promising relief
in vain
sweltered darkness
lays heavy upon me
unbearable
I toss in labored half-sleep
gasping for cool relief
haltingly
I deep inhale to fill my lunges
only to bake them
in cruel sustaining breath
this oven to endure
salted droplets trace my spine
baste [...]
HeartFire
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, joy, love, music, mystery, sensuality, stream of consciousness, whimsy, wisdom
…I wrote this in response to the May 24th prompt at Big Tent Poetry…
HeartFire
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the velvet nape
of your slender neck
swept with wisps
of your silken hair
the tender swells
of your pouted lips
blossomed full
and glistening
your quiet sighs
of throaty passion
breathy hushed
in twilight deep
autumn sunrise
crisp and fresh
blushed coral
on your waking smile
sterling moonlight
that fondles you
in naked slumber
‘neath midnight’s window
sunlight’s gold
that falls dreamlike
filtered [...]
No First Ink
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, courage, dark, humor noir, mystery, photo, prayer, satire, stream of consciousness, suspense, wisdom
In response to prompt #189 at Three Word Wednesday
No First Ink
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I lean upon my folded fist
cool against my temple
elbow solid on my cluttered desk
eyes droop and flicker
aflame with spoiled sleep
face slacked
head now dropped
held in my hands
heavy with confusion
skull upon the finger bones
in weighted indecision
procrastination presses down
I seek weightless inspiration
to be lifted by my muse
instead
the hum [...]
Why I Write
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, courage, gratitude, homage, humor, humor noir, joy, photo, satire, stream of consciousness, wisdom
In response to prompt #87 at Poetic Asides
Why I Write
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I write as proof that I exist
so as not to lose my mind
to prevent my sorrow
from choking the life
from my soul
to know what I really think
to ride the currents of my joy
and laughter
to track my growth
share what I have experienced
shed light on my ignorance
to leave my [...]
Boxes - Contemplation in 3 Parts
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, Tanka, art, courage, dark, horror, humor, love, mystery, photo, rhyme, stream of consciousness, tragedy, whimsy, wisdom
In response to the Ist prompt on the newly opened We Write Poems, I contemplate boxes
Boxes
Contemplation #1
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my memories gather and squabble
like crows in fallow fields
they pick clean
the bones of my recall
bones against the cruel clay
of an arid barren mind
bones spilled from soul boxes
in which I’d desperately collected
the scarred and damaged pieces
of my broken dreams
dreams now [...]
Mind’s Eye
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, courage, dark, horror, love, mystery, science fiction, stream of consciousness, suspense, tragedy, wisdom
…response to prompt #13 from Magpie Tales…
Mind’s Eye
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I sit
with my mind’s eye
I watch the flow of people
the shuffle of feet
with their different sounds
according to their shoes
I see wan faces of unsmiling lips
their void curves denounce this night
yet unseen
is the gossamer curtain’s fall
that defines their soul’s duality
the divergent reality
through which truth stumbles blind
to move in the [...]
NaPoWriMo #29
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, action, art, courage, dark, gratitude, homage, joy, mystery, science fiction, stream of consciousness, suspense, tragedy, wisdom
This is my Twenty-ninth, and penultimate post for National Poetry Month 2010
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…this poem was inspired by D.S. Apfelbaum’s day 29 post at readwritepoem…
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Space Is
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a lightless void of soundless vacuum
spinning masses of revolving orbs
hurtling fragments in crystalline vapors
molten cores
mingled gasses
dead husks
black holes
magnetic icefalls
plasma rain
liquid lightening
solid clouds
attractions and repulsions
of precarious fragility
a frozen dance of chaos
on the tentative [...]
NaPoWriMo #28 - part 2:
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, art, courage, dark, joy, love, mystery, philosophy, photo, stream of consciousness, wisdom
This is part 2 of my twenty-eighth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one ecstatic poem
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…this first poem was inspired by Julie Jordan Scott’s day 28 at readwritepoem
the second is an edited rewrite of a poem I wrote a couple of years ago that I wanted to share…
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In following Julie’s suggestion [...]
NaPoWriMo #16 - Breathe Deep / On The Bar-B
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, Tanka, food, homage, joy, love, photo, sensuality, stream of consciousness, whimsy, wisdom
This is my sixteenth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one tanka
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…this piece was inspired by Julie Jordan Scott’s day 16 prompt at read write poem…
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…the three photos that follow here are of my yard — the poems are just below them…
Breathe Deep
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I sit
writing at my desk
a cool afternoon breeze
wafts through [...]
NaPoWriMo #11 - Play Ball!
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, action, gratitude, homage, joy, love, photo, stream of consciousness
This is my eleveth post for National Poetry Month 2010
• one free verse poem
• one haiku
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…this piece was written in keeping with the spirit of a prompt by Angie Werren over at read write poem who asked us to write about the choice we didn’t make…
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Spring Recall
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it is this time every year
perhaps coaxed by the [...]
Infinatum
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, NaPoMo 2010, Poetry, joy, love, mystery, philosophy, prayer, stream of consciousness, wisdom
Infinatum
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…this is an ecstatic poem echoing the mystic tradition…
their fire and light
incandesce my essence
burn deep my soul
stir my spirit
unsettle my being
ignite my wonder
and whet my seeker’s vessel
with need to be filled full
at once familiar
yet exotically foreign
strangely boxed
but exquisitely wrapped
in longing
loss
love
and infinitely more
they reach to a hollow place
deep within
echoing a past
awakening a myth
exposing that which I [...]
Dark Stream, Deep Current
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, dark, minimalist, stream of consciousness
22 ripples
ripple 1
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a place within
closed away from scrutiny
from the world
angry at the wind
at the rain
at daylight
angry at your smile
at the sound of your voice
angry at it all
this is where I live
and how
you come
like a void
false journey-mate
embossed with promises
a coat of synthetic
edges peeled back
its leatherlessness
revealed
shivering
I wrap it round me
seeking warmth
but it is not supple
ill-fitted
it does not [...]
