NEFERTITI NEEDS NO GOWN: Dream Haibun by Patricia Kelly

NEFERTITI NEEDS NO GOWN

The Queen's garment arrives from the cleaners. Before I hand it over I tell her I've written her title for it on the white paper covering the hanger, so it won't be forgotten.

"Nefertiti
Needs No Gown"
long gold lame pleats

A wide dirt road spirals around the inside wall of the archeological dig. A dusty commotion begins at the rim.

Nefertiti
knows we murdered her back then
reincarnation

The swaying open curtained pallet on which she's enthroned confronts us. Her regal beauty more contemporary than I would have imagined.

Nefertiti
leads a slow parade down
ancient artifacts

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A haibun is a poetic prose paragraph completed by a haiku (it can also be a series of such). This one is from a dream I had the evening of April 3, 2008. (The image is public domain, and I have altered it a little.)

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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, and Yahoo DREAMJIN: Group for Dreamku – Haiku-Like Dream Poems.

JIM--LAST SPRING & BEGINNINGS: Poems by Virginia Wells

JIM -- LAST SPRING

All the time I worked on the computer,
He was sorting the mail.
someone to joke with or ask for help --
A man/boy with dark brooding look
Who carried himself lightly
Yet seemed grounded in grief.

One day we went to town
To take the uncollected mail.
We snitched time for the ice cream, too.

He told me he had been in Vietnam,
That he lived alone in the hills
On the other side of the river
In a small house with a bit of land,
And that he raised chickens.

I raised chickens once,
Carefully fattening them in their cages
To make prime eating and fetch a good price --
He said he did it to give away the eggs.
People seemed to like having something given to them.

This spring, I heard, he died.
They said his heart failed him.


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BEGINNINGS

Sitting all day long
On your second-floor balcony
We watch the magnolias unfold.
It takes hours,
But we are patient.
The sun is warm.
It is your birthday.

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Virginia ("Ginny") is a new friend I am having the delight of getting to know, here in my new home in California. It's been a wonderful journey of discovery to read her poetry, that ranges from the metaphysical through to the personal. Her love of nature shines particularly in the collection the above two poems are from: "Changing Landscapes." If you would be interested in obtaining a copy of this chapbook (or any of her others), just email me at maryschild44@yahoo.com and Ginny or I will email you all the information. I'll be posting more of her poems here in the future.

[Poems used by permission; image above: public domain.]

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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, and Yahoo DREAMJIN: Group for Dreamku – Haiku-Like Dream Poems.

DREAMKU: Response to One Single Impression Prompt of 4/7/08

the pawned figurine
of a woman and kestrel
shelved soul

The prompt this week at ONE SINGLE IMPRESSION is "stranded." I’ve sometimes thought there’s nothing more stranded-looking than items gathering dust on a pawn shop shelf. You can visit One Single Impression to read others' responses to this prompt (that I found a bit challenging, which is always enjoyable).

The above is a dreamku, a haiku-like poetry form for writing about our night dreams. The image above was painted by Katy Kianush, Copyright © 2003, Art Arena and the bird is a kestrel (small hawk, often used by ladies in "olden times" when hunting).

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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, and Yahoo DREAMJIN: Group for Dreamku – Haiku-Like Dream Poems.