February 21
Graffiti Poetry: Soul Decanted
dVerse
18 comments
February 21
dVerse
18 comments
When someone you love is diagnosed with dementia as a caregiver your own life gets turned inside out as well. In fact probably even more as the caregiver. But really who knows? All of us are having our own experiences through our personal realities. Who are any of us to say what's real or not real in any given moment for anyone else.
For me poetry and music have been consistent ways to examine emotions and personal growth the experience gifts me. Recently, I have found myself, once again, pulling at the threads my emotions through poetry. Some how by placing one word next to another I am able to find peace with grief. But even more powerful, I have been able to unravel the gift of the journey.
Here are two of my most recent poems:
a cardinal rests
it’s frozen reflection
~ encapsulated
your colorful life stilled
in a lake of memories
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Great blog tagline – and imaginatively presented in your graffiti poem: swirl, sip, spit, repeat – just like wine or whisky tasting.
Thanks Tony and thank you for reading. Cheers!
Nice one.
Thanks Rosemary and thanking for reading :).
What a fabulous perspective… souls decanted! I pondered the phrase in a literal sense and find it so apt. The opening up, releasing initial impressions, then adding color notes to complete the experience. Clever!
http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2013/02/22/it-is-written-vehicles-of-the-word/
Thank you Kim;
It is really how I feel about poetry in general. The airing of emotions,swirling them in the light, watching their effects against our glass souls; and how how it is like decanting wine. 🙂
Thanks for reading!
soul decanted…ha…that’s great.. swirl…sip..spit..repeat…i like
Thank you Claudia;
It Soul Decanted is my “tag”-line last night’s prompt was perfect to let me play with it some. I might even change my header. What do you think? 🙂
Love the playfulness of this. Beautiful and simple, but also thought-provoking.
Thanks Susan I was hopeful for playful deep, as graffiti can be very powerful in few words. It was another fantastic night hanging with the dVerse crowd that is for sure. Thanks for reading.
Ooh! I like it. Like a shampoo bottle instruction label for spoken word 🙂
🙂 Thanks Gretchen I had not thought of the shampoo similarities…rinse and repeat.Thank you for reading and commenting 🙂
So glad you got a chance to make some graffiti and go multimedia. Makes me want to hit the repeat button, like a little kid and say ‘Again!’
Thanks for stopping by Anna but thank you for the prompt and the like to the graffiti it was a lot of fun to just that a moment and play. 🙂
Ha! Looks like we had the same idea for format. Nice.
Hey Charleen great minds think alike hua? 😉
Thank you for reading,
cheers!
swirls sip spit repeat…ha, love it….great title too…soul decanted…evocative itself…
Thanks Brian;
Just having a little fun and playing with my tagline Ha!