Pressing On To No Avail
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Nourished Reason
They took the boat to Blakeny Beach,
sat side by side to watch the sun.
Lay back and wrap your arms
around the sea shore folly.
Toes that dig into barbs,
of the earth and sickly jolly.
Connecting garb of patch and weave,
first and slipping deep into cozy.
Break glass to cherish the warming eve,
with wine in droplets of past time rosary.
She took a minute to walk
and a fresh breath to gather flower.
Cook your vegetable plate
for nourished health and color.
Rise each day with warmth and power,
just so he'll forget the need to judge her.
Paisley textures may reason with matter,
when wind shakes the gutter's latch.
For every sign that points to static,
they equal planes of rising batter.
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About the Book
With the first installment known as "My Personal Journal" complete and considered as an exercise tool based on finding council within the art of writing. R.L. Swarts has decided to continue the experiment with respect to the initial concept. That of course being an attempt to find resolution and peace of mind with the help of poetry. The new book, "Pressing On To No Avail" is the continuation of the fictional journal format. This time around even though the intention is the same, the writing has in fact matured with the hope that the reader has too. Mr. Swarts has taken certain freedoms to explore deeper concepts and perspectives. As indicated in the first book, without any formal training as a poet, the style of prose expressed in the text here has again tried to push the limits of expression. Atmosphere and emotion are the focus, space and feeling are described delicately within the metaphoric sentences. Stories that desperately want to be revealed and moments that deserve interpretation weave their way with a subtly yet poignant rhythm. R.L. Swarts has collected one hundred poems and developed ten images that make up the second attempt at expressing a creative exaggeration of life and it's reality. The combined processes of taking black and white photographs with a Polaroid land camera, then implementing found images/text to achieve a meshing of visual narrative best describes the pictures you'll find in the book. Similar to a photograph, these poems are a simulation of our day to day journey of self discovery and awareness. This book of poetry is developed in a non-subjective void and placed down as a means of reaching out to those who search for ways to get out what they feel, but perhaps have trouble finding the words to do so.
About the Author
A left behind coaster for the beautiful server, gestural scribble formed into a landscape. Fixed on the icy sidewalk at the face transposed by snow and cement, I showed all three as they walked passed but only one was amused. As it goes, much of my experiences have been dominated by the sheer unwillingness to think of myself as an artist. Fortunately, with pigment in hand the wooden planks go shaky at the knee, their very skin is turned into decoration by the so called anti-artist. At times nothing appears on these substrates and the inner visions come so frequently that the whole film strip could be ignored with another honest distraction or task. This would be just fine if I didn't feel the emptiness that overwhelms me when their is no new creation. So what am I supposed to do, ignore the abundant clusters of leaves that lay beneath my feet shining their bellies and backs up at me? Is my flakiness such a recompensing trait that you would rather me concentrate more on a plan that reassures me monitory gain? Traveling through and touching ground on both coasts like a diving seagull, wetting it's breath and living in the places in between. I've gained a certain awareness to what makes a person tick and what is left when crucial elements are taking away or denied. The quiet individual can very easily be pushed around this world like a pin ball taking pictures here and there, recreating a moment with words or paint on a canvas. But unless you spell it out for people they might never have a connection to you as a person, let alone an understanding of how a conservative individual could survive in what is mostly considered a liberal field. The business approach of SWARTS DESIGN CO. will hopefully be the saving grace that provides a little stability to every endeavor. The symbols that represent this strategy are that of a proper pattern, one which illustrates the work in progress of a sole proprietor. Thankfully, practicing our chin up sport and swimming against the current has allowed us to gain perspective over the years. Though dreaming may be frowned upon, still the building blocks over shadow any negative thoughts that time spent being pensive was not valuable. The beginning organic and primal thoughts that permeate over our pergola are honest in nature and simulate a good foundation for development. Secretly, from time to time I think we should go back to this well for truth and simple salvation if only for release, never to regress. R. L. Swarts SWARTS DESIGN CO.