…and so it begins with essence—unmeasured, all-seeing, untranslatable, present.
What is really there–here? Everywhere. It gathers nowhere, takes all in. Releases the vast emptiness of center. Unpredictable but never random. Jumping through and crossing over. Falling down down down into the other side of what was never, into the opposite of what is.
Only the light. The compass that points in all directions, overlapping and then merging into pure vibration. A conduit of currents, waves with wings, voices without identifiable form or name. Pinpoints glittering against the darkness, floating on the gasp of final breaths, forever on the verge.
Belonging neither to man nor to god nor to anything in between.
Immersed in song.
This prose poem is a revision of a revision of a revision (no doubt to be continued). The art, on the other hand, was an experiment that exceeded my expectations. And so it goes.
For NaPoWriMo Day 15, on the eve of the full moon, where the prompt is to “write a poem about something you have absolutely no interest in”. To put it plainly,
I have no
interest in writing
a poem
about something I
have no interest in
But I’m enjoying reading the rants of my fellow poets on the subject.
K. 
This is the correct response. I solved it by writing a list poem. 😀 The art is deep.
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Thanks Manja. Your list was a good response too.
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Beautiful poem and art. And so it is, and as it is, the waves, the light.
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Thanks Merril. Yes.
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You’re welcome.
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Your art today does look different, what did you do with that center part? It looks like a cosmic crocus.
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It’s a shell–I drew it first with oil pastels and painted over it in watercolor. The effect was between repelling and absorbing the paint–a wonderful surprise.
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Beautifully said, Kerfe! The art echoes your thoughts.
You are right, why write about something one is not interested in.
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Thanks Punam. Some prompts speak to me, some don’t.
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This one is beautiful but the art really is the star!!
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Thanks Muri. I think so too about the art–sometimes it just comes together.
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Immersed in song and awash with colour is not a bad place to be!
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No it’s not Ingrid, thanks.
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these images remind me of those shown thru the Hubble telescope ~
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Those images inspire all my work, but this came directly from Redon, who must have been born with the cosmos imprinted in his brain.
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