Existentialist Poetry

A Foray Into Existentialism

I’m not sure where it came from

Do you ever get things that tumble about in your mind, like sneakers in a dryer? You can’t ignore it. The irregular tumbling, drumming, thumping will keep poking the back of your mind.

Composing poetry or lyrics can be like that. Something comes into your head and… “Oooo, I gotta write that down!” You just cannot write anything else until you work that out of your brain.

The poem which follows was one of those things… I’m not sure where it came from. One day, I was just running lines in my mind, trying to come up with a theme upon which to compose a new poem. This little oeuvre just tripped from my fingertips!

A Foray Into Existentialism

Blue is red… And green is true… Dark is dread… And light is through. I am… I am… am I? ‘Pon wing-ed thought, I fly!

© 09 September 2014 by D. Denise Dianaty. Previously published on WritersCafe.org and in my short ebook of poetry on Amazon, entitled, My Life In Poetry.

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D. Denise Dianaty is an American artist, art photographer, poet, writer-activist and self-published author. Much of her poetry is autobiographical or writer-activism. The majority of her essays are writer-activism. Denise’s first published work is an ebook of poetry entitled My Life In Poetry. She has a second published work, also an ebook entitled The Dance Plays On…

She considers herself a writing activist for a just and equitable society. As a photographer drawn to the dichotomy of decay being overtaken by new life in the form of natural growth, Denise gravitates to rural scenes of old and/or abandoned structures. She tries to capture something more quintessential in human or animal photography than just another portrait.

Denise is also owner/editor of the WE PAW Bloggers publication. It’s an exclusive pub for members of the Facebook group, WE PAW Bloggers group is a writers’ forum.