Posts Tagged ‘imagination’
Ship of Dreams
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, art, beauty, dreams, ecstatic, fantasy, homage, humor, irony, joy, memories, mystery, rhyme, whimsy, wisdom, wonder
…I have always loved the fantasy art of Dean Morrissey and James C. Christensen, and this week’s prompt at Writer’s Island put me in mind of their highly imaginative and captivating work, which in turn inspired the poem below, with its “tongue-in-cheek” ending…
Ship of Dreams
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fantastic is this spell I’m under
magic of a splendorous kind
a world [...]
Trouble Comes to Dry Gulch
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, courage, dark, family, gratitude, horror, love, mystery, photo, suspense, tragedy, wisdom
• In response to the 4th prompt on the newly re-opened Writer’s Island, I introduce you to my imaginary childhood friend. In the heart of a terrified young boy, he was more than real…
Trouble Comes to Dry Gulch
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you were my truest friend
my steady rock of safety
my captain of escape
you were always there
the amazing man [...]
