As I have said in previous posts about dream haiku, I am still working out the relationship for me between the haiku form and my dreams. My tendency still is to favor the dream, so I am aware many of these may give those knowledgeable about haiku heartburn. However, there is something to be said for experimentation, for stretching the limits of a form. And even as I do so, I work very hard to honor the haiku form -- a form I continue to learn about, by the way. Given all this, my dream haiku notebook looks like a much-edited inter-state highway roadmap! (What the dream needs to be saying comes through very readily; its getting it into "proper" haiku form that can take lots of thought.)
I should mention that these haiku were not necessarily written on the date they were posted, nor were their source dreams dreamt on that date. I choose a dream haiku to post on any given day by looking through my handwritten notebook and picking one that appeals to me for one reason or another. The dream haiku in this little notebook are based on dreams I had from yesterday all the way back to many years ago. I do have the month and year of the dream recorded with the haiku so I could sort all these dream haiku in date order of their source dream should I ever want to.
June 30, 2006
disabused
her hidden horse is not dead
only starved
June 29, 2006
the evil tree
can’t tolerate saliva
spit fire
June 28, 2006
he takes her toy
inchworm from her hand
disarming
June 27, 2006
the old horse
can only see to the side
circuitous path
June 26, 2006
double indemnity
dwelling on a simpler time
that never was
June 25, 2006
translucent white globes
ring the solar system’s edge
crowded offing
June 24, 2006
cool morning breeze:
dream clings of being
half man, half woman
June 23, 3006
strange bedfellows
the disaffected thieves
make love
June 22, 2006
she finds the hurt boy
beneath a sheltering tree
deep haven
June 21, 2006
she writes
the old URLs in script
living links
June 20, 2006
futile effort
she painstakingly staples
the trashed image
June 19, 2006
the villains
closet the full moon
lunatic fringe
June 18, 2006
she asks her father
to point out the bus stop
there’s no place like home
June 16, 2006
crowded subway train:
fear makes the tiger
aggressive
June 15, 2006
she does not want
to be like other women
sour grapes
June 14, 2006
the rope-like scar
down the middle of her breast
one twist too many
June 13, 2006
William Shatner
has had a sex change
she runs the show
June 12, 2006
women bend saplings
to fling themselves over
bridging the gap
June 11, 2006
a newborn kitten
nurses at her blouse button
blind faith
June 10, 2006
two Buddha statues
lie together broken
touching
June 9, 2006
George Harrison
sells cakes across the veil
soul food
June 8, 2006
the air at the edge
tugs as it rushes by
fear and elation
June 7, 2006
we urge the foal
to separate from Pegasus
a crucial grounding
June 6, 2006
the snakes’ bites
put her in an altered state
strangers ask questions
June 5, 2006
little footprints raise
on my friend’s pregnant belly
a new path
June 4, 2006
all she sings
are someone else’s songs
her spirit wilts
June 3, 2006
sheet after clear sheet
offers more clarity
on a roll
June 2, 2006
the plague survivors
fling windows open for air
starting yet again
June 1, 2006
Matthew asks questions
I wake
and he dies again
* * * *
P.S. of 1/8/07--I just noted there's no daily dream haiku for the 17th of June. I know I posted one, however, I obviously forgot to enter it in my word processing file from which I make the full month's post. There's no way I can figure out which one it was. Sigh.
‘til next time, keep dreaming,
Roswila
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