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Stream of Consciousness Ramblings

My stream of consciousness runs

As the clock ticks.

The night is dark.

My heart is part dark.

I hear the TV

In the other room.

I imagine a girl’s perfume

But it is just I

Alone, unable to call.

Yet I may fall again

When I return to the capital city.

I can be witty

And I have desired pretty

Girls. I still do so,

But know

The night is cold

And I grow old

As the clock ticks the hours away.

In May

Girls dance around the pole.

I desire women and wine,

But time is short

And what I ought

To do

Is …

But to kiss

A girl’s soft lips

And for it to be meaningful

Would kill

This itch of mine

For women and wine.

Or perhaps I lie

To myself.

It is a truism

That wealth can not buy

Happiness.

Yet I

Continue to lie …

 

Stream of Consciousness

An interesting post, on the site Interesting Literature, regarding “Stream of Consciousness”. The article defines “Stream of Consciousness” as follows:

“Put simply, ‘stream of consciousness’ describes a literary style in which the various thoughts and impressions of a character are relayed
to us in a way that captures the suddenness, spontaneity, and often inconsequentiality of those thoughts and impressions. Usually, the syntax will reflect
this, and it will either break down into fragmentation or, in some extreme cases, punctuation will be largely absent”. (See https://interestingliterature.com/2020/02/what-is-stream-of-consciousness-introduction/).

The author traces the origin of “Stream of Consciousness” from 19th-century psychology and philosophy, through to the 20th-century author James Joyce’s “Ulysses”.

Back in 2016, I composed “Composed Mor or Less in Realtime While Sitting in a Liverpool Garden”. At the time of composition, I thought of my poem as being (in part at least) a “Stream of Consciousness” composition. However, having read the above article on Interesting Literature, I think that it is, perhaps better described as an “Interior Monalogue”, rather than as a “Stream of Consciousness” piece of writing. To read my poem please follow this link, https://kmorrispoet.com/2016/05/30/composed-more-or-less-in-realtime-while-sitting-in-a-garden/.

Composed More Or Less In Realtime While Sitting In A Liverpool Garden

My poem, “Composed More Or Less In Realtime While Sitting In A Liverpool Garden”, was written while sitting in my mum’s garden in the city of Liverpool.

The poem is a stream of consciousness piece and is one of very few written by me.

To read the poem please follow this link, https://newauthoronline.com/2016/05/30/composed-more-or-less-in-realtime-while-sitting-in-a-garden/