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fractal007
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since 2000-06-01

Posts 1958

0 posted 2003-03-23 04:08 AM

This is a sort of people about meditation and the creative process. I used to lie on my bed and stare up at the sort of bumpy ceiling for hours, especially when the light was on. I would see all sorts of cool things in it, as my mind tried to make sense out of the chaotic bumpbs here and there, hence the references to the ceiling in this poem. Anyhow, enjoy:

This is my fantasy
It starts in a real room
devoid of real people

The walls are dead,
the paint is chipped,
and I am lying in bed,
staring up into the endless light,
letting thoughts depart into the night
that I may now receive forgotten sight.

This is my fantasy
beginning in a real room
free of social obligation

the ceiling leads,
the mind is still,
as I fulfill my needs,
gaining greater creative will and power,
letting my angst depart this very hour,
and I am cleaned by the eternal thundershower.

This is the fantasy
that begins in a real room
devoid of real people.

2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2
--Smit
My Creations

[This message has been edited by fractal007 (03-23-2003 04:08 AM).]

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

1 posted 2003-03-23 01:47 PM

Interesting! Do you start your fantasy with your eyes open? I would think that we should start with our eyes closed - to see into our minds. Hmmm..I'm going to try your method.

Local Parasite

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since 2001-11-05

Posts 2527
Transylconia, Winnipeg

2 posted 2003-03-23 04:57 PM

Meditation is a wonderful way to write poetry. It's one of the two extremes that I find most useful and most vital to writing decent poetry. It all starts in a room with no real people, where nothing is real but the imagination...

I write, therefore I am.

Right?

Parasite

fractal007
Senior Member

since 2000-06-01

Posts 1958

3 posted 2003-03-23 05:25 PM

LP:

Thanks for the reply. I like your interpretation.

PDV:

Well, to tell the truth, this isn't something that I always engage in. This poem's more about my preferring imagination and solitude to the company of other, real people.

Thanks for the reply.

2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2
--Smit
My Creations

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