Stream of Consciousness
Blue light haloes me in the cocooning dark
A moth to the screen
Hair aflutter, legs gooseflesh
As a whir scours the void from the corner, steel teeth whispering,
Spewing cool breezes, white noise against a feverish torrent
Coursing through fingers beating furious insect tentacles on lit keys
Pounding words in the obsidian space
Before time rises navy blues beyond skylights
Dawn awes, vibrating
A stream of consciousness
A deep inhale… exhale
Vivid ribbons of color deepen
Thoughts pinnacle
Turbulent words
Words
Words
Words
Ebb with daybreak
A streamflow
A trickle
I’m done…
~ E. Denise Billups
Stream of consciousness is a writing technique used to emulate the natural flow of thought that a person(character) has through narration, sometimes disorganized in nature making the writing seem fragmented. Stream of consciousness was employed by many of the earlier writers and current writers. A few well-known are:
James Joyce – Ulysses (1922)
Virginia Woolf – Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and To The Lighthouse (1927)
William Faulkner – The Sound and the Fury (1929)
Dorothy Richardson – Pilgrimage (1915- 38)
Stephen King – Carrie 1973, The Shining, 1977
I have an old tattered copy of James Joyce’s Ulyssess on the bookshelf. Perhaps I’ll attempt to read it again.
Happy reading!
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That sounded dark, Denise.
I’ve never tried this technique before, but imagine if i ever do, i’ll start with a topic and end up talking about something else completely.
Hahaha! 😆I tried it a couple of times and went off in a tantrum of unrelated topics. Totally made no sense. But it was a good exercise.
It felt like a psychedelic journey through your mind. Loved it 💚
Hahaha! 😆 That’s a great way to describe it. Thanks for reading O. D.
You’re welcome, Denise 🙂