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images moons & lips from internet  Graphic design by Anaya

Liminal Space:  An image of an empty hotel hallway, an example. In Internet aesthetics, they're empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal, transition, pertaining to the concept of liminality. Broadly, the term is used to describea place or state of change or transition; this maybe physical, a doorway or psychological, the period of adolescence. Imagery often depicts this sense of "in-between", capturing transitional places such as stairwells, roads, corridors, or hotels unsettlingly devoid of people. The aesthetic may convey moods of eeriness, surrealness, nostalgia, or sadness, and elicit responses of both comfort and unease.

Surreality Poetry Contest
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4.28.24

Liminal Space Surreality

Classical infusion, Beethoven’s “ode to joy”
playing on blaring audiophile speakers annoy 
purposely looped to destroy vagrants with electronic music
blends of subversive elements and anxious acoustic 
the solution to loitering the bodega doo dropping
spicy Shiitake broth smelling pissy store front, 
jaded daily stunt, at midnight wino corks popping
abruptly segway into a film from one music scene 
to a melting hallway, a lipstick alley with animate occupants  
disconnected unmoored, appearing eerie and dormant 
fluorescent lights unleashing a hum buzz in duress                       
hissing sizzling hornets’ nest of unsettling unrest 
illogical levels of unease, an iniquitous den
such madcap absurdity is beyond my ken
not a shack, mall, nor a Holiday Inn, 
a queasy Quasi-Moto mood which lies within
backrooms filled in with discarded filets 
of fishy maceral that have no place, 
frolicking pixella's in a glossy abyss of liminal space
plump puce brushed lips affixed
swollen browns and purple mixed
deep maroon and dusky rose,
make-up art is what they pose 

I wish I may I wish away what is unreal with blinky eyes
I pray not to awaken one more inky surreal surprise

Crescent shaped moon portions mounted in pseudo walls 
mounted upon the glare in unpleasing patterned halls
side by side quagmired half discs dawning a contorted face
in a half dazed-half-moon crest loon’s invisible phase 
not unconscious but in some in-between state
bored while in transition and abandoned as they await
whimsical moldings who see me try not to take a peek
an exit to this madness is what I and they seek
maybe re-evaluate my sleep number, for gravity defying rest
What insight imports this encounter and what test?
what it means for a doomed generation Xer or baby boomer,
tacked in stucco, Silly Putty it seems, in a warped sense of humor

I wish I may I wish away what is unreal with blinky eyes
I pray not to awaken one more inky surreal surprise

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Paula Goldsmith August 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM What a write/pictures you have here. Love your ending... Hope you are OK. Wish you were writing more. Have a lovely day writing away............

Sara Kendrick August 7, 2026 at 10:32 AM Creative work and the use of the old I wish I may we have all heard so many times but now in a new way. Way to go. Thank you for sharing. ✍️👏 Sara K. I Am Anaya August 7, 2026 at 8:57 PM Thank you, Sara. The nursery rhyme came to mind, some versions may slightly alter the wording or add additional stanzas to expand the theme of wishing and dreams. Modern adaptations sometimes appear in poetry collections or children’s books, keeping the rhyme alive for new generations ! -Tyvm for reading, & kind review. Blessings _/\_

Carlene Juju The Dragon May 21, 2024 at 6:06 PM Warped In The Liminal Dimension...Perfectly Penned! I Am Anaya May 21, 2024 at 7:27 PM Thank you, Carlene!

Duke Beaufort May 9, 2024 at 1:50 PM Anaya, try searching for a YouTube video by Ricky Page and include the search words Norman Doors. It's one of my favorites. In the video, Don Norman provides some insights on design. In the case of the spaces you describe, the architects usually just get one go and they don't anticipate that well. I hope you can find it. Don Norman is an older person and his picture could be featured. I Am Anaya May 10, 2024 at 3:46 PM doors that are extremely heavy in public bathrooms, knobs that don't hold your towel up in gyms, sliding doors in bathtubs that annoy, cold & hot switched around to confuse, let's not stop there, we are trapped in mazes, fences, gates, islands, slow down bumps and humps. Annoying! What has happened is easy & cheap fixes are mandatory for these engineers. Thank you, Duke!

Duke Beaufort May 6, 2024 at 6:18 AM Anaya, I think I get what you're saying. The design of all these spaces doesn't actually work out the way designers intended, and this can create some pretty annoying spaces. You might get a kick out of this short YouTube video I recommend on design...it's a bit insightful: https://youtu.be/qtCEoGyfsxk?si=iclDVVuDHdBcyClt I Am Anaya May 9, 2024 at 11:44 AM Duke, the URL pulled up so many videos, I'll need the title.

Charlotte Puddifoot April 29, 2024 at 2:12 PM well i thoroughly enjoyed this piece, it's like a trippy meander through a funhouse mirror maze or something lol what a pity it was too late for the contest, would've been a brilliant entry I Am Anaya April 29, 2024 at 2:57 PM The admired and respected poet that you are, I receive your accolades with pride! ;)

Daniel Henry Rodgers April 29, 2024 at 6:27 AM Dear Anaya, You have plunged me into the depths of surrealism, a journey through a landscape of dissonance and distortion. What a cacophony of sensory overload, blending together disparate elements into a scene of bewildering imagery. Yet, I feel that amidst the chaos, there's a longing for clarity, for escape from the unreal and the surreal. I loved this enigmatic voyage into the recesses of the mind. - Blessings, Daniel I Am Anaya April 29, 2024 at 10:45 AM Abstract as it may be, the first part is absolutely true! There is a 711 on Wilshire, Santa Monica and a few others that play music over the PA system music blasting classical that loiterers cannot tolerate, this their solution to disperse the vagrants who drink and well urinate and pan handle. It actually started in Kalamazoo 10 yrs ago with great effect. Liminal spaces concept I thought was fascinating and wanted to write on it. Dead malls, halls, anywhere can be a liminal space. Thank you, Daniel! Hugs