Yes, readers, you know of the surreal painter Salvador Dali, but do you know the name of Remedios Varo, the Spanish/Mexican woman artist whose work only recently is being recognized? Like the artists, poets were influenced by the Surrealist movement. You may want to check this out from the Poetry Foundation.
Well, the poem prompt for day 2 was for a surreal poem, a bit complicated but interesting. Read the Day 2 poem prompt here, but the quick version was to choose some words from a list, ask questions for each and answer them. Those answers were worked into the poem. Below is my effort! I have actually created two line stanzas (couplets), but the WordPress format is not cooperating as yet. The poem is all there though!
Poem removed by Poet Voice for revision and publication elsewhere.
Poet Voice 
Hi Jackie! I chose 7 words. I’m not sure about the result, but it was interesting indeed. I learned I wasn’t comfortable if things don’t make perfect sense, but in surrealism, they don’t have to!!
Where The Soul Waits
Golden gaze of Owl gleams from the river of my dreams
running dark like a witch’s brew
surface shudders under gray plumes of thunder
that pierce a milky veil of fog.
Faded Ghost glides in search of a Soul
elusive as the flutter of a butterfly’s heart.
Longing drains life and hope
down a jagged slash in stone
to open full into silver-toned splendor —
Solitude — where my Soul will wait for me.
There you go!
Carolyn
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Wowie! This poem is so surreal I can see the images. Love the alliteration in “silver-toned splendor”!
Brava, Carolyn!
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