ROOMS
by Bob Stegner
(Trish Steele)
Wow! I just received the latest update of the cover of Rooms from Greg Opalinski. It's really going to be good! He is a real talent, and the cover will create an image for the reader that will also set the right mood for reading the book. I'm excited!
ROOMS
by Bob Stegner
(Trish Steele)
New Book: "Beatrice"
(Forest)
My new book, Beatrice, is now about 42,000 words long. I don't think it will be as long as Rooms, but it should be between 60,000 and 70,000 words. I'm into the heart of the plot now where more and more is being divulged as it moves towards the climax. It is a blast to write it!
Poem
I like this poem. I wrote it after walking around Green Lake in Seattle, Washington on a brilliant day of sun and color. It made me think of Monet's works.
New Book: "Beatrice"
(Forest)
Poem
I like this poem. I wrote it after walking around Green Lake in Seattle, Washington on a brilliant day of sun and color. It made me think of Monet's works.
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The Lake
A malleable portrait of dots and scraps of
color
On a canvas shifting the world from focus
Step back
Those same brush strokes become lucid
We see
A tree, a running creek, a bridge
A world recognizable, yet nonetheless new
Monet dared us to see
The painter of impression’s journey
From mind to canvas to eye
Giving form,
As the canvas took shape
Around lives, beliefs and memories
Monet taught us to look
Even so,
We recognized these things
From the beginning
From the beginning
As a child turning its head
Staring in that strange way,
Until a slight smile revealed
Awareness
And as we go through time
The earth brings us wonders
Pushing us beyond plain sight
We gaze at sunsets, storms and evenings of
light
Mornings of bright, brisk awakenings
We focus
And reach deep
To catch a glimpse
Of it all
Of it all
Monet remembers
One day, I saw a lake
It embraced me in vegetative abundance
And shades of color beyond knowing
It lay surrounded by mounds of earth and trees
Wild fowl traveled its surface
And set upon it as dots on a dream of light
And set upon it as dots on a dream of light
People gathered
Paid homage
Paid homage
And dared not leave its magnificent shore
For fear of losing
The moment
The moment
The vision
Was as if we could perceive
Was as if we could perceive
Monet’s painting
Of a perfect Lake
Of a perfect Lake
We stepped back and viewed its splendor
Becoming part of it
The people, the plants, the animals, the
ground, the sky,
The liquid shimmering ripples of radiance
I sat on a bench, mesmerized
Partially closing my eyes
And caught sight of
And caught sight of
The light from the evening
Sparkling and changing shape
Sparkling and changing shape
Transforming perception
The jewel in my eye
Taught me
How to live
How to love
How to see beauty
Monet smiled
Copyright © Bob Stegner 2006
Copyright © Bob Stegner 2006
Image of Door:
Trish Steel [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Tree/Moon Image from:
Forest Blue Moonlight Wallpapers.. Digital image. Travelization. N.p., 30 June 2012, Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <www.travelization.net>.
"Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge" by Claude Monet - In U. S. works published before 1923 are in the public domain
Image of Door:
Trish Steel [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Tree/Moon Image from:
Forest Blue Moonlight Wallpapers.. Digital image. Travelization. N.p., 30 June 2012, Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <www.travelization.net>.
"Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge" by Claude Monet - In U. S. works published before 1923 are in the public domain
"Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge" by Claude Monet - In U. S. works published before 1923 are in the public domain
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