I borrowed the words to inspire my poem from Terry Tempest Williams Book, When Women Were Birds. The words she loaned me were Beyond, Walking & Blue.
Fellini Told Me So It Must Be True
Blue on Blue on Blue
Sky ocean eyes
beginning irrelevant
ending unnoticed
passion served on the page-plate.
Music pushes the pencil
beyond vibe of the electric guitar.
Waves play the sound
of unraised light switches
last year’s Christmas lights
yearning to be lit,
wrapped in a neat
not quite circle
across baggies filled
with silvery Santa Clauses.
She walks to the attic
to push the Easter boxes away.
Chattering jogger won’t stop -
unable to hear the gentle mama bird
won’t quietly blush at the sea lion’s
romantic interlude wooing the
Plein air writer. She understands
what it means to take a morning
walk beyond the boundaries
Grey on grey on grey
Path Fog Walrus
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© 2012 by Julie Jordan Scott
Julie Jordan Scott has been a Life & Creativity Coach, Writer, Facilitator and Teleclass Leader since 1999. She is also an award winning Actor, Director, Artist and Mother Extraordinaire. She was twice the StoryTelling Slam champion in Bakersfield. She leads Writing Camp with JJS & this Summer will be traveling throughout the US to bring this unique, fun filled creative experience to the people wherever she finds the passion & the interest.
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Julie, this is beautiful!
Posted by: Susan L Daniels | October 24, 2012 at 01:45 PM
Some really wonderful phrases here - "passion served on the page-plate" is one of my favorites.
Posted by: Lena Corazon | October 24, 2012 at 11:56 PM