ALL DAILY DREAMKU POSTED IN JANUARY 2008
So I’m just about toddling off to California. I pack up my computer early tomorrow morning for shipment on Thursday, all my “personal effects” get shipped Friday, and I fly out on Wednesday, February 6th. The above photo was taken of me not long before we moved from Florida to New York, so it seems the perfect one to post at this time of another big transition. What I find either amazing or disturbing -- depending on my mood LOL -- is that I really don’t feel any older in spirit now than I was in the above photo.
I really have no way to address the dreamku below except to say they do reflect the intensity and variety of memories and emotions raised by my move to California. I was, however, encouraged by the dreakmku posted for January 31 (I've posted a couple days ahead in order to complete the month of January):
the cat attacks the
top ceiling ladder-curtain
metal framework bared
I’ve tended to see top floor ceilings in houses as the direction of spirit. So the dream seems to be saying that no matter how attacked I may feel my spirit’s framework is quite solid. (Angry or attacking cats in my dreams generally represent guilty and/or envious feelings, my own or those of others.) Or, put another way, the connection to spirit is intact no matter the challenges. Hm....
ALL DAILY DREAMKU POSTED IN JANUARY 2008
January 1, 2008
invasion
each rubber baby buds off
into another
January 2, 2008
LEFT HANGING
I yell for him as
I hang from his window sill
midnight lock-out
my knotted grip
he tells his annoyed girlfriend
I'd tried other ways
January 3, 2008
she flinches away
he acknowledges at last
his ancient assault
January 4, 2008
finished basement
I do better than before
on the climb back up
January 5, 2008
NEW STYLE
gigantic blue bike
I walk by its ovoid
one wheel in awe
delicate balance
workers rotate captainship
of the huge bike
January 6, 2008
LIFE’S A BEACH
swimming lesson
he dips his days-old infant
in the shallows
we are stranded on
a sandbar beyond the surf
a silly movie
January 7, 2008
DARK SKIES
I watch her plane blast
the dark winged creatures
a bursting sky
wounded in deep space
ours kill themselves rather than
linger unreachable
I agree there is
“time yet to mend a friendship”
missive from the front
January 8, 2007
FRUITFUL
small blue-black berries
mature into large red fruits
laden bush
full stomach
must I eat all these juicy
faintly sweet fruit
January 9, 2008
A LIFE IN FOUR ACTS
(from dream of 1-07-08)
we both played murderers
in our acting careers
lumped together
I rejoin them all
in the beauty salon
my slimmed silhouette
I line my sneakers
with popcorn in lieu of socks
binge food run
a mother sits
in the cab I hail for home
late night traffic
January 10, 2008
THE WAY WE WERE
(A Novel in Four Chapters)
Preface:
one last newborn goat
beneath the deep bushes
toddling white runt
Chapter One:
the hallway's narrow
I ask to walk some other,
then look again
Chapter Two:
blue eyes flash on blue
her startled old one night stand
flirts with me
Chapter Three:
she watches me check
my makeup in her mirror
empty work stations
Chapter Four:
relieved, I close
the building door behind me
they will follow, or not
January 11, 2008
PERFORMANCE
a bare-chested man
pulls a carriage through the park
opening scene
her dancing gestures
unrelated to her words
new poetry form
January 12, 2008
belay the sails!
that disembarking pirate
was short-changed
January 13, 2008
in person the star
is not very well spoken
no memorized lines
January 14, 2008
her thin winter coat
I’ll ship mine back to her
from California
January 15, 2008
each woman’s unique
red, white, and black outfit
busy kitchen
January 16, 2008
the palm-sized poodle
resists as I pick it up
its arthritic joints
January 17, 2008
SHIFT WORK
disguised night shift workers
wait for shuttle buses
no trains running
street wisdom
children know
better ways to cope
January 18, 2008
my sketches presage
a terrible rainstorm
can her ceiling hold
January 19, 2008
the elevator
permits her to take the ride
her Da’s half-birthday
January 20, 2008
the transcriber receipt
lists an outrageous price
screwed again
January 21, 2008
LEVELING OUT
she asks for
and accepts my help
re-hired co-worker
elevator ride
I know I'm going on too long
about myself
leveling out
a lengthy sideways trip
on the lift
January 22, 2008
he feels rejected
she leaves me when she pleases
I can’t win
January 23, 2008
a dream by the tail
something about not needing
the recount they do
January 24, 2008
lead-footed and sad
forgotten dreams hangover
January 25, 2008
why’s he here each time
I lie belly down nude
check-out counter
January 26, 2008
overcast river
she returns to the dark rock
split by the tree
January 27, 2008
we refuse to wear drag
and peel off the jeweled pasties
proud opening night
January 28, 2008
turning in my sleep
there are still two ways
to go with this
January 29, 2008
NIGHT DANCING
the aging actor
reveals his ballet background
class in the woods
he corrects
the girl's ornate arm movements
his no different
less refined bowing
but more grounded than his
young students
January 30, 2008
my concern for
the charming young boy
his barrel chest
January 31, 2008
the cat attacks the
top ceiling ladder-curtain
metal framework bared
January 1, 2008
invasion
each rubber baby buds off
into another
January 2, 2008
LEFT HANGING
I yell for him as
I hang from his window sill
midnight lock-out
my knotted grip
he tells his annoyed girlfriend
I'd tried other ways
January 3, 2008
she flinches away
he acknowledges at last
his ancient assault
January 4, 2008
finished basement
I do better than before
on the climb back up
January 5, 2008
NEW STYLE
gigantic blue bike
I walk by its ovoid
one wheel in awe
delicate balance
workers rotate captainship
of the huge bike
January 6, 2008
LIFE’S A BEACH
swimming lesson
he dips his days-old infant
in the shallows
we are stranded on
a sandbar beyond the surf
a silly movie
January 7, 2008
DARK SKIES
I watch her plane blast
the dark winged creatures
a bursting sky
wounded in deep space
ours kill themselves rather than
linger unreachable
I agree there is
“time yet to mend a friendship”
missive from the front
January 8, 2007
FRUITFUL
small blue-black berries
mature into large red fruits
laden bush
full stomach
must I eat all these juicy
faintly sweet fruit
January 9, 2008
A LIFE IN FOUR ACTS
(from dream of 1-07-08)
we both played murderers
in our acting careers
lumped together
I rejoin them all
in the beauty salon
my slimmed silhouette
I line my sneakers
with popcorn in lieu of socks
binge food run
a mother sits
in the cab I hail for home
late night traffic
January 10, 2008
THE WAY WE WERE
(A Novel in Four Chapters)
Preface:
one last newborn goat
beneath the deep bushes
toddling white runt
Chapter One:
the hallway's narrow
I ask to walk some other,
then look again
Chapter Two:
blue eyes flash on blue
her startled old one night stand
flirts with me
Chapter Three:
she watches me check
my makeup in her mirror
empty work stations
Chapter Four:
relieved, I close
the building door behind me
they will follow, or not
January 11, 2008
PERFORMANCE
a bare-chested man
pulls a carriage through the park
opening scene
her dancing gestures
unrelated to her words
new poetry form
January 12, 2008
belay the sails!
that disembarking pirate
was short-changed
January 13, 2008
in person the star
is not very well spoken
no memorized lines
January 14, 2008
her thin winter coat
I’ll ship mine back to her
from California
January 15, 2008
each woman’s unique
red, white, and black outfit
busy kitchen
January 16, 2008
the palm-sized poodle
resists as I pick it up
its arthritic joints
January 17, 2008
SHIFT WORK
disguised night shift workers
wait for shuttle buses
no trains running
street wisdom
children know
better ways to cope
January 18, 2008
my sketches presage
a terrible rainstorm
can her ceiling hold
January 19, 2008
the elevator
permits her to take the ride
her Da’s half-birthday
January 20, 2008
the transcriber receipt
lists an outrageous price
screwed again
January 21, 2008
LEVELING OUT
she asks for
and accepts my help
re-hired co-worker
elevator ride
I know I'm going on too long
about myself
leveling out
a lengthy sideways trip
on the lift
January 22, 2008
he feels rejected
she leaves me when she pleases
I can’t win
January 23, 2008
a dream by the tail
something about not needing
the recount they do
January 24, 2008
lead-footed and sad
forgotten dreams hangover
January 25, 2008
why’s he here each time
I lie belly down nude
check-out counter
January 26, 2008
overcast river
she returns to the dark rock
split by the tree
January 27, 2008
we refuse to wear drag
and peel off the jeweled pasties
proud opening night
January 28, 2008
turning in my sleep
there are still two ways
to go with this
January 29, 2008
NIGHT DANCING
the aging actor
reveals his ballet background
class in the woods
he corrects
the girl's ornate arm movements
his no different
less refined bowing
but more grounded than his
young students
January 30, 2008
my concern for
the charming young boy
his barrel chest
January 31, 2008
the cat attacks the
top ceiling ladder-curtain
metal framework bared
* * * *
Hopefully, I will begin posting DAILY DREAMKU again in about a week once I'm in California. As I've posted here elsewhere: So much depends/upon a computer set-up/hooked to cable/beside a sunny window. (May the spirit of William Carlos Williams forgive me. :-D)
‘til next time, keep dreaming,
Roswila
[aka: Patricia Kelly]
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Labels: dream haiku, dream-based poetry, dreamku
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