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Aug 27 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

A Transition through Poetry II

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Mask

The Mask

My life was a mask I wore

to hide my secrets

Bleak, flat, colorless,

bland was my world

filled with responsibility

devoid of joy

Anguish washes away

meaningful emotion

The mask blinded me

to life’s possibilities

tunnel vision

eroding hope

love tainted by a lie

so immense

it can’t be seen

Lies piled upon lies

a false truth

that comforted

everybody

but me

Meaning dwindled

distorted

Heart broken

blackened

Soul warped

crushed

The walls

of my reality

were too close

Going forward

requires

destroying

the mask

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–January 17, 2006

Aug 26 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

A Transition through Poetry I

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Organizing a Rainbow

The Migration

I am.

I am a boy.

I am different.

I am supposed to be who my family wants me to be.

I am bad.

Something is wrong with me.

Something is wrong about me being a boy.

I have to be who my mother wants me to be.

I am supposed to be a boy.

I am counter-culture.

I am supposed to be a man.

I am supposed to be a husband.

I have to be who my wife wants me to be.

I am supposed to be a father.

I have to be who my daughter needs me to be.

I am caught.

I have to be who society wants me to be.

I am a soldier.

I am a student.

I am a teacher.

I have to be who my employers want me to be.

I am unhappy.

I am suicidal.

I have to take a chance on being who I want me to be.

I am afraid.

I am really a woman.

I really am a woman.

I am a transsexual.

I am proud.

I am transsexual.

I am a transsexual woman.

I am transgendered.

I am transgressively-gendered.

I am queer.

I am gender-variant.

I am Robyn.

I am free.

I am me.

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–September 22, 1998

Aug 25 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

2009 Poems: Dreamcatcher

Designs on a Better World

Moving

Moving

to a new spot

a new home

if it can be

means new neighbors

new trials

tribulations

sometimes

with always the thought

that dangers can lurk

that have been cast aside

for the past nine years

Fitting in

is not always easy

for those

of alternate shape

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–July 31, 2009

Aug 24 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

2009 Poems: Dreamcatcher

Illusion

Frustration

Small weights

individually not much

bound to my joints

dragging me down

generating immobility

accumulating

Frustration

As a world changes

too slowly

or not at all

And hopes

may be dashed

And dreams

may evaporate

And vision

deteriorates

both for individuals

and for a society

Frustration

–Robyn Serven

–July 24, 2009

Aug 21 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

2009 Poems: Dreamcatcher

Dream Catcher #10

Cycles

The wheel turns

orbiting onward

progressing through

space and time

available

for the wanting

until the void

ruptures

into reality

all generated

by those initial

hopes and dreams

of a better

world to come

Like a circle in a circle

a wheel within a wheel

the painted pony spins

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–March 24, 2009

Aug 20 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

2009 Poems: Dreamcatcher

Dream Catcher #9

Craftwork

Strands

of space and time

crystalized

out of the emptiness

endlessly wound

on a bobbin

forged

from an uncarved block

The tatting

knitting and knotting

interlace

the hopes and dreams

in the reality

of the fabric

of the tapestry

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–March 22, 2009

Aug 19 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

2009 Poems: Dreamcatcher

Dream Catcher #8

Hardscrabble Progress

Structure

begets structure

hope gives birth

to greater hopes

dreams are dreamt

even by beings

existing only

between the breaths

of a dreamer

The present

condenses

out of untold

alternate futures

and drags the past

forward

like a ball and chain

Life is endurable

if only one can find

the beauty

amidst the ugliness

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–March 19, 2009

Aug 18 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

2009 Poems: Dreamcatcher

Dream Catcher #7

Geometric Dreams

Dreams

within hopes

within dreams

solidifying

essence

off absolute void

formulating

the building blocks

of possible futures

while casting off

the seeds

which grow

if tended carefully

into what should be

our better natures

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–March 18, 2009

Aug 17 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

2009 Poems: Dreamcatcher

Dream Catcher #6

Effervescence

Collapsing

folding

tumbling

through time

and space

the fractured

connections

melt and reform

bubbles seeking

minimalism

clasping securely

as much form

as can be

remembered

while embellishing

with renewed hopes

and refreshed dreams

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–March 17, 2009

Aug 16 2009

DD Writers Jam Fest: Group poetry jam edition

By MinistryOfTruth in Poetry

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Greetings and salutations!

In my last entry to the DD Writers Jam Fest series, I discussed various styles of poetry.

For more info on styles of poetry, click my previous DD Writers Jam Fest diary

But, having dispensed with formalities, I think it is time for some real inspirational brainstorming.

And, knowing the brainpower on display daily here at Docudharma, I doubt we will be disappointed.

So, I open up the floor to any and all who are inspired by the muse, for those who want to share the classics or there own verse or prose, for thse who wish to collaberate, pontificate, meditate or celebrate.

We come to celebrate the word, spoken and written.

We come to celebrate one another, and share this gift called life

We come to celebrate ourselves, and to honor what we hold dear

And we come to pay our respects, to the muses and the Gods of Bacchus and Hera, and to other Gods long forgotten.

Go below, and on to the show

Aug 14 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

2009 Poems: Dreamcatcher

Dream Catcher #5

Fractured Hope

Designs expand

replicating

inexactly

stretching

the fabric

of existence

until it shatters

Shards compress

in an optimistic

but perhaps

unattainable

quest

for a stable

future

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–March 15, 2009

Aug 13 2009

Muse in the Morning

By Robyn in Art, Community, Poetry

Muse in the Morning

2009 Poems: Dreamcatcher

Dream Catcher #4

Living Wings

Wings spread

designs of life

unfolding

between the filaments

as the tapestry

is woven

out of sparkling threads

against the background

of the void

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–March 15, 2009

Category: Poetry