SASQUATCH FOOTPRINT (Dream Poem by Patricia Kelly)

SASQUATCH* FOOTPRINT
(from fragment of larger dream; dreamed & written May 1996)

I.

What never was can also die,
needs also to be mourned.


II.

The leathery face of a Sasquatch
parts the aggressive tone
of the dream as if it were a curtain,
looming sorrowfully,
draped in a maroon shawl.

“My child is dead,” this Yeti mother says.
No anger, no accusation,
just simple truth framed in human speech
clearly alien to this maternal
mythic creature.

She reclaims then cradles
the limp body of her infant son
against her earthen breast,
as her mate appears behind her
hovering briefly in their shared grief.

And this family
of dark angels
is gone.


III.

What never was can also die,
needs also to be mourned.

* Sasquatch is the Native American name for Big Foot, and Yeti is the Tibetan name for these huge hairy humanoid creatures who may, or may not, exist at the edges of what is left of our wild spaces. [The photo is from Webshots.com]

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Resource: Notes from a Non-Existant Himalayan Expedition; this is the poem by Wislawa Szymborska that a friend forwarded to me, which put me in mind of my Yeti poem above. Please note I make no comparisons between these two poems. Szymborska's is in two words "utterly amazing!" It's one of those poems that, as Emily Dickison said, made me feel as if the top of my head were coming off. And that from reading it in translation. I can't imagine what it would be to read it in her original language.

‘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 blogs ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL and ROSWILA’S TAIGA TAROT.

ALL DAILY DREAMKU POSTED IN JULY 2007

"Defender," by Stephanie Pui Mun Law
(try clicking on the image for a larger version)

July has been another rather mixed-theme month. Although it may not be reflected totally in the first half of the month’s dreamku, I was feeling and behaving more positively than I had been in some time. Then I had the dream this one is based on:

we have not escaped
I pull linked lengths of evil
from the cargo hold

Well, that sure put me on notice that stuff was brewing down below and that my consistent efforts to be conscious are part of that “outing” process. (All to the good, I keep telling myself. :-D) Soon enough a dream gave me this dreamku:

son of privilege
he waffles on the extent
of his collusion

Recently (about a week after dreaming the above) I became clear on just what part of me is in collusion with what other part, and causing all sorts of trouble in that bursting dark cargo hold. Making me even more nauseous and cranky than all the more “objective” storms going on around me in my life. Then last night I had the dream this one is based on:

she taps her fingers
across her pregnant belly
a light rain

“What dark beast...” Hmmmmm .... Even a slouching beast will be welcome in the (albeit stormy) light of my day. I keep remembering Jung’s comment that only when something is unconscious can it control you. I hope this birth brings some healing consciousness.

ALL DAILY DREAMKU POSTED IN JULY 2007


July 1, 2007

dream pronouncement:
proof against the quarterback?
the single bunny



July 2, 2007

he’s in that room but
I decide not to go there
the evening air



July 3, 2007

she expects me
to edit dirty water
I let it drain




July 4, 2007

ground floor business
an old frenemy gives me
my handful of change



July 5, 2007

two girls play hopscotch
on the island sidewalk
a twister looms



July 6, 2007

mountain survivor
his heavily thickened skin
flakes in patches



July 7, 2007

too near term
she can only watch
full moon dance



July 8, 2007

I almost forget
to cover my nakedness
eyes locked



July 9, 2007

surprise acceptance
the male-to-female
transgender worker



July 10, 2007

she opens her arms
and dives off the high building
joyful leader



July 11, 2007

she disconnects
the melting plug
chilling



July 12, 2007

I’ll need to flag
this meaning for The Star card*:
the risk is worth it

[*from The Tarot deck]



July 13, 2007

grass-lined path
a man prunes the gnarled
old grape vines



July 14, 2007

ON THE WAY

carousing driver
I demand he stop the car
so I can get out

blocks from home
I choose to heft all my stuff
but the garment bag



July 15, 2007

I want to make her laugh
at my extra long sleeves
waiting in ambush



July 16, 2007

I ignore the script
and question the actors
old west saloon



July 17, 2007

they work in the thick
branches of the old tree
shaping up



July 18, 2007

we have not escaped
I pull linked lengths of evil
from the cargo hold



July 19, 2007

one by one he kills
all who ever helped him
her endless dying



July 20, 2007

home improvement
I move my dinner table
to the hallway



July 21, 2007

change of venue
I leave the diorama
for the workplace



July 22, 2007

my friend’s beloved
deceased cat purrs
fading thunderstorm



July 23, 2007

SELF KNOWLEDGE

mind fucked
he knows he's really
an Indian deity

it's not like waking
it's just a change of mind
true self



July 24, 2007

children leap out
from piles of autumn leaves
no surprise



July 25, 2007

ALL IN THE FAMILY

they sell soup
made from the invading dogs
family business

son of privilege
he waffles on the extent
of his collusion



July 26, 2007

nursing mother
I’m relieved I don’t have to
care for the kittens



July 27, 2007

guarding the space port
a lavender coating peels
off the white pearl



July 28, 2007

IN THE NIGHT

telling him
he’s a vampire sets him free
the deep city night

a red dressed beauty
attracts the new vampire
her puzzled glance



July 29, 2007

subway system
the new machine confirms she’s
highly empathic



July 30, 2007

deep space opera
her animus kisses
my father



July 31, 2007

she taps her fingers
across her pregnant belly
a light rain*

[*Click here to see and read about The Empress card in the Taiga Tarot that this dream also precipitated.]

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Resource: See links above for A DREAMKU PRIMER, right below DAILY DREAMKU at the top of this blog.

‘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 blogs ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL and ROSWILA’S TAIGA TAROT.

DREAMKU: Response to One Deep Breath's Prompt of 7/30/07

with the haiku
notice of acceptance
a tome of edits

The prompt at One Deep Breath this week is about comparing and constrasting. I laughed when I woke up and recalled the dream this dreamku is based on. The suggested edits went on and on, for one tiny haiku! LOL! Talk about a contrast! (If you'd like to know more about this dreamku form that I'm developing, there are links to A DREAMKU PRIMER just below the DAILY DREAMKU at the top of my homepage.)

To enjoy how others "compare or contrast," click on One Deep Breath above. [The book image is a freebie from Littera Scripta.]

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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 blogs ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL and ROSWILA’S TAIGA TAROT.

THREE KINDS OF SEPARATION (Three Scifaiku) by Patricia Kelly

moonlit willow
oh, to be in his
arms, arms, arms


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an embrace of tentacles
oh, for the willows
of Earth


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no one to feel her death the last empath


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Scifaiku are science fiction/ fantasy/ horror/ galactic themed haiku-like poems. The image above is The Three of Swords in The Witches Tarot (by Ellen Cannon Reed, published by Llewellyn) which can have the meaning of "separation."

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Resource: Science Fiction Poetry Assocation.

‘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 blogs ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL and ROSWILA’S TAIGA TAROT.