DREAM HAIKU SERIES II (With Tarot Images)

we share our stories
as we wait to check out
the lines are long

she says she was
sort of abused by him
still not owning up

there is no one
to accept our money
we can't buy freedom

the aging actress
will read my cards as we wait
she's a quick study

there is a way out:
the tulip Ace of Cups
and rooted wand





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This series is based on a dream I had on August 4, 2006. The Devil card was not actually in the dream, but certainly implied. The Ace of Cups, The Queen of Wands and The Eight of Wands were all images in the end of the dream, both "verbally" and "visually." All the above card images are from the Rider/Waite/Smith deck.

Resource: Reiki-Seichem/Tarot, some basic meanings of all the cards illustrated with the Rider/Waite/Smith deck.

‘til next time, keep dreaming,

Roswila
[aka: Patricia Kelly]
****If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”)****My other blog: ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL.

POEM INSPIRED BY THE UNIVERSE CARD IN THE THOTH TAROT

Click here to go to my Tarot blog and find the post of August 4, 2006, which has the above title. Here's the card on which the poem is based:

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‘til next time, keep dreaming,

Roswila
[aka: Patricia Kelly]
****If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”)****My other blog: ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL.

A POEM ABOUT NOTHING

[The Five of Pentacles in the Rider/ Waite/ Smith Tarot deck]


A POEM ABOUT NOTHING

The chasm of darkness
yawns a bit darker, a bit wider,
beneath each dawn.

She turns her back on them, wed as they are,
shadow and its caster.

The sun attempts to warm her shoulders
as darkness eats into the underside of her life,
causing cave-ins, here and there,
sink holes in an arid life.

Each morning as she turns away
from this darkness that seeks to know her,
she wonders why:
the soft clamor of nothingness
will overcome her soon enough.

Why not walk willfully, head high,
into the emptiness and let it know
what is left of her, entire.

At the very least she will have had this:
that at the last she faced her fate,
she did not run away.

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Resource: Fractulus.com, even in the mood I am today -- reflected in my above poem (written in 2001) -- I can still enjoy viewing fractals; this site has galleries of artists' work and other fractal resources.

‘til next time, keep dreaming,

Roswila
[aka: Patricia Kelly]
****If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”)****My other blog: ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL.

To New York City Poets (Another Passing)

[The Two of Cups from The Rider/ Waite/ Smith Tarot deck, often representing friendship]

We've had another loss to our community. I was just informed that Neal Grossman passed away. I had not seen him in many years, but remember him very fondly. Neal had a wonderful talent with song lyrics. He and I connected beyond our love of writing in our mutual interests in things like the I-Ching. Many years back, when I was still doing Tarot readings for other people, he came to my house for a reading. It was a delightful experience. I hope his loved ones will take solace in the fond memories so many hold of him. Neal will be missed.

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‘til next time, keep dreaming,

Roswila
[aka: Patricia Kelly]
****If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”)****My other blog: ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL.

ALL DAILY DREAMKU POSTED IN JULY 2006

[Haiku #121 from Haiku Series by Joan-of-Arts; "An on-going series of collages using fabric, paper and metal leafing." Be sure to vist the rest of her gallery, as well.]

There is a long-standing and still common belief that a “real” haiku should have little emotion to ruffle the still reflective pond of a moment; that haiku should be totally “Zen.” There’s also a long-standing and common belief that a haiku should offer a profound resonance of some sort (frequently spiritual), leading to that famous “Ah HAH!” moment on part of the reader.

I’ll address the above points in greater detail in a future post. But for now I’ll simply add that these effects are certainly, IMHO, welcome in haiku or in any poetry. However, they are not necessarily “native” to haiku – i.e., prescribed to by all the classical Japanese haikuists – or the only emotional tones which haiku can or should carry.

More and more, I believe haiku can and do share part of any moment of life, not just those profoundly deep, still, or reflective ones. Therefore, I encourage you, dear reader, to enjoy my dream haiku. Laugh, be saddened, get angry, be moved or be puzzled by them to your heart’s content. Let that reflective pond of the moment be stirred or ruffled or enjoy its stillness, or find profound meaning or a silly joke or an intriguing picture, but I do hope you will find something here worth the reading.

ALL DAILY DREAM HAIKU POSTED IN JULY 2006

July 1, 2006

the flowery scarf
frames her long face
she neighs softly



July 2, 2006

wake up call
he stops at the entrance
again and again



July 3, 2006

hands on –
the remote control
will not work



July 4, 2006

highfalutin
she falls through the tree branches
knocking guns down



July 5, 2006

sweet secret
my young lover
avoids my gaze



July 6, 2006

the crow’s screech
trails into morning –
thunder crash



July 7, 2006

dream shard
children dig for
what’s been buried



July 8, 2006

the swordfish
cuts off my head
unthinkable

[Based on one of two childhood nightmares I remember.]



July 9, 2006

she reads minds
so knows of our deceit
collusion



July 10, 2006

I see the wounds
on her bare back
my own ache



July 11, 2006

he’s not concerned
he’ll just catch a later train
waiting for Godot

July 12, 2006

he’s not my father!
I grind the mirror
to dust



July 13, 2006

old photos peel
off the light blue walls
a fresh start



July 14, 2006

a movie starlet
lectures the old woman
amused silence



July 15, 2006

she strikes a balance
in the tracks of others
a narrow path



July 16, 2006

old workplaces
empty even of sorrow
the past laid to rest



July 17, 2006

she claims no man
has taken her for a ride
my eyes betray me



July 18, 2006

she hooks up as
the butt end of a centaur
ancient masquerade



July 19, 2006

colorful globes
light the spreading candelabra
tree of life

[Based on a 20 year old dream, when I was first reading about The Tree of Life in the Qabala and how the Tarot has been related to it. It was only on waking that I saw the resemblance of the globes to the Sephira and the candelabra to the Tree of Life.]



July 20, 2006

a naked woman
curled on the dinner table
chewed out

July 21, 2006

leap of faith
to join fellow travelers:
midnight express



July 22, 2006

a light at the top
of the vertical gutter
keeping things clear



July 23, 2006

curtains create
private spaces down the hall
a wind comes up



July 24, 2006

tether broken
he floats away in space
the mothership fades



July 25, 2006

there are none so blind...
the pattern on her skirt
is a language



July 26, 2006

summer rain
dreams of writing haiku
about death



July 27, 2006

close to home
my cowardly lion
impersonation



July 28, 2006

the steamy mirror
we pick up our argument
from the dream



July 29, 2006

super-aliens
at war inside the church
I burn between



July 30, 2006

the gods’ shoemaker
creates great sandals
shod for the trek



July 31, 2006

pregnant again
what will be born
this time


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Resource: Marlene Mountain's site; amazing one-line haikus, essays, art work, etc.

‘til next time, keep dreaming,

Roswila
[aka: Patricia Kelly]
****If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”)****My other blog: ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL.