Posts Tagged ‘unknown’
Always Options
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, Poetry, Reverse Senryu, art, courage, humor, joy, love, mystery, philosophy, photo, whimsy, wisdom
…in response to the 10th prompt of 2010 on Writer’s Island, I offer a perspective on perspective…
Always Options
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he came upon divergent ways
that stretched beyond the road he’d trod
he would go forth this was his mind
but had no notion which way that was
the pathway left was sparse with step
the roadway right was traveled plenty
leaning low to [...]
The Key
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, courage, dark drama, family, horror, mystery, photo, suspense, tragedy, wisdom
• In response to the 3rd prompt on the newly re-opened Writer’s Island, I offer a gothic tale…
• I also offer this in response to prompt #116 at One Single Impression…
The Key
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I must move quickly from this light
that pools incrementally
in this long
pungent
segmented hallway
there is some safety in the shadows
that linger tight
to the arch walls
so I [...]
Val
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, NaPoMo 2009, Poetry, art, dark drama, found poem, mystery, rhyme, science fiction, suspense, wisdom
NaPoMo poem #10
This is the tenth of the poems I will be writing each day here in April, in honor of National Poetry Month, as proclaimed by the Academy of American Poets.
Suggested by read write poem as a poem for day 10 of National Poetry Month; this type is known as a ‘found poem’. [...]
Vessel
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, photo, sculpture, wisdom
…sculpture below by the remarkable Rose Bean Simpson… she is a 3D poet…
Vessel
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there is a needing and a caring
a taking and a giving
pieces of one’s soul
peeled away
for the sake of the cherished
a duality of dark and light
positive and negative
that haunts the reaching out
and clutch of profaned hands
which inflict raw wounds
that also blesses the sacred touch
to [...]
Continuum
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, mystery, photo, wisdom
Continuum
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emerald eyes stare
fix me in their grasp
lift me into the realm
of unfinished dreams
strip me of fear
longing
of inhibition
render me transparent
as I rise weightless
unburdened of care
an untethered being of pure moment
filled with universes within universes
a vessel of time and space
ever-expanding consciousness
aware of all
not as separate
but as the is - the was - the to become
with infinite reach
embracing [...]
Sunrise Requiem
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, mystery
…this poem was inspired by two wonderful lines of refrain provided by Michelle McGrane…
Sunrise Requiem
Lost Meditations
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry
Lost Meditations
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lost meditations resurface
in these november years
reflections of mysteries once pondered
beauty beheld
of veiled truth pursued
in quiet depth
disturbed only by faint breath
beckoning me inward
to the bright center of joy
where a flutter of understanding
in a snap-flash of oneness
shudders me conscious
in shivering anticipation
of that which is not known
that which cannot be named
in the twilight of the finite
as threads [...]
Drawn
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art
Drawn
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seduced by the fog
I seek the mystery
it enshrouds
always just ahead
round the bend
over the hill
behind the heavy gate
my ears prick
to its distant call
just beyond clarity
my heart longs
my soul is drawn
to the unknown
down the path
around the curve
over the crest
into the mist
where
shut away
the clarion awaits
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rob kistner © 2008
Sacred
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, beauty, ecstatic, gratitude, homage, joy, love, memories, mystery, nature, philosophy, photo, prayer, wisdom, wonder
A hike into the Cascade Mountains, in image and verse.
Author’s note: It was a beautiful day for hiking here in Oregon, so I made a trek into the Mt. Hood wilderness — camera in hand, notebook and pen in my shirt pocket. This is my day, shared with you here, in image and verse. The [...]
