The 60-Second Sabbath

imagery

  • Into the Stream of Consciousness

    Dipping my toein the stream of consciousnessI find it oddly cooling–soothing in a wayI didn't anticipate. Next the foot..and soon, stripping to nothing,I take the plunge–waters of cluttered, un-institutionalized freshnesswash over me,tumble me in their turbulent current,bracing,bruising,bathing,revealing… Is this dream or… Continue reading

  • Dawn and Dusk

    Dawn comesspilling over the Eastern horizonlike a broken egg yolk running through the fields,up and over rooftops. Dusk comesflouncing over the Western horizonlike an overlooked debutantegathering her dusty skirtsand exiting the dance. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries.… Continue reading

  • A Poem

    A poem:why five wordswhen three suffice? The lone, stripped pine,silhouetted against the otherwise uninterrupted horizon,carries more of methan a forest of language and imagery. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading