TWO LOOKS AT HALF-IRISH (A Pair of Dream Haiku)

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Yes, it's not St. Patrick's Day, but I'm half-Irish year round! :-) So, here are a pair of haiku I just wrote in the wee hours of this morning, based on a dream I had during the night. Irish was not specifically referenced in the dream, but was clearly contained within the imagery.

lace curtains
the rips let in
more light

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the shanty escape
back through the mob
mindful

(Click here for explanations of "lace curtain [Irish]" and "shanty [Irish].")

The last dream of the night ended with Sarah Jessica Parker reluctantly taking the lead in a musical. She was dancing and singing in a lengthy production number of a song called "Flying." LOL! Maybe I will get off the ground again, out of the past and history. So Mote It Be!

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Resource: Finding the Easy by William Stimson, an essay that speaks very deeply to me right now.

‘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 HAIGA, DREAM 'KU & SCIFAIKU: Response to One Deep Breath 1-15-07

Phew! This week's prompt about reflections and/or taking a moment to reflect precipitated three widely different responses in me. The first below is an old haiku of mine I put on a graphic from webshots.com:



The words aren't as clear as I'd like, so just in case, the 'ku is: houseplants reflected/in the gazing ball/winter rain...I'm still learning to edit pictures and text in PaintBox. :-D BTW, the actual gazing ball is held on the wings of a fairy figurine, who sits among my plants on the table near the living room window. She is in a posture of reflection herself, but who knows on what.


This next is a dream 'ku, i.e. based on a recent dream:

crowded bus
the baby learns from me
to wave bye-bye

Writing this dream 'ku led me to think about how the world always mirrors our human actions, from the large as in the effects of global warming, to the "small" as in the somehow always awesome reflectivity of a baby.


And this last below is a scifaiku (link is to my post with more samples of this haiku-based scifi/fantasy/horror form):

unreflective
she styles her long hair by touch
petulant vampire

I just finished a book in which a vain and ancient female vampire has never gotten used to not being able to see herself in a mirror. She is an exceptionally evil and powerful vampire, and this lack of self-reflection is true in both senses of that term. (The graphic is The Queen of Swords in The Gothic Tarot of Vampires, published by LoScarabeo.)


Please visit One Deep Breath to read the full prompt, and to enjoy others' reponses.

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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.