ALL DAILY DREAMKU, DREAM TANKA, AND PHOTOS BY ROSWILA POSTED IN AUGUST 2009
Overall I’d say this sample dreamku series below covers the month and many other months; but especially this one. I’ve been getting more depressed than I have been in well over 20 years and feel my ability to understand myself or anyone else is incredibly limited at present:
BABEL DANCING
none of us speaks
the others’ language
dance on the green
a woman carries
a weighty soft round purse
we dance together
she speaks
a wee bit of English
cautious connection
However, I really like the positive hint in that last line.
As I mention in a previous post the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival is now being celebrated and my hope is that His kind and lovingly powerful presence is a positive influence in all our lives.
ALL DAILY DREAMKU, DREAM TANKA, AND PHOTOS BY ROSWILA POSTED IN AUGUST 2009
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August 1, 2009
THE CROWD WAITS
the crowd waits for
the lunch he promised us
obese philanthropist
clairvoyance shows me
he’s recovering in bed
belly liposuction
word comes to order
pizzas and charge them to him
relief and concern
I “see” him again
hefting his empty belly folds
pain and annoyance
[dreamku series on a dream of 7-31-09; Image by Roswila]
August 2, 2009
A CHANGE AT THE TOP
there’s been
a huge change at the top
what card reveals this?
“The Wheel of Fortune”
at least we agree
on this
he proclaims Set
as the ruling deity
I prefer Jupiter
lengthy discourse
I want joviality but
there’s no switch in ruler
there’s been
a huge change at the top
no denying it
* NOTE: Set is the Egyptian jackal-headed god of desert, storms, dark, and necessary chaos. Jupiter (Jove) is the Roman god of sky and thunder, and rules over law and social order. I have personal associations to Set of intellect and arrogance, and to Jupiter of merriment and over-indulgence. FYI, Jupiter the planet, is usually said to “rule” The Wheel of Fortune card in the Tarot, which card can represent big changes.
[dreamku series on a dream of 7-31-09; Image “The Wheel of Fortune” in The Found Tarot being designed by Roswila]
August 3, 2009
BABEL DANCING
none of us speaks
the others’ language
dance on the green
a woman carries
a weighty soft round purse
we dance together
she speaks
a wee bit of English
cautious connection
[dreamku series on a dream of 8-1-09; Image by Roswila]
August 4, 2009
my friend of years past
says we must leave right away
I take my time
[dreamku on an old dream of 4/25/08 with some current relevance; Image by Roswila]
August 5, 2009
three new born babies
dreams, hope, and enlightenment
heavy weights
[dreamku on a dream of 8/3/09; Image by Roswila]
August 6, 2009
I comment only
on her obvious success
ten foot pole
[dreamku on an old dream/ku with current relevance, from 12-07-07; Image by Roswila]
August 7, 2009
am I wanted
I horn into the car’s
black leather front seat
[dreamku on an old dream of 12-6-07 with current relevance; Image by Roswila]
August 8, 2009
a stretch to grasp
the long thick web-like strands
stick to my hands
[dreamku on a dream of 8-7-09; Image: "Shadow Screen Play" by Roswila]
August 9, 2009
ON THE HOOD
the older woman
lies on the hood of his car
healing relative
reaching out from below
the windscreen I touch her
“how are you doing”
she answers “quite well
and so’s my distant cousin”
we drive on relieved
[dreamku on a dream of 8-7-09; Image: "After Salvador Dali" by Roswila]
August 10, 2009
BOLDLY
he uses his psychic
powers to seduce her
she catches on
he needn't have
she embraces him boldly
and nibbles his neck
[dreamku on a dream of 8-3-09; Image by Roswila]
August 11, 2009
WHO’S IN CHARGE
the baby sitter
leaves me carrying her charge
swaddled woman
where do you live
I’ll cab you there I say
bribe for honesty
she lives on Ocean
at Channel Thirteen he says
she nods agreement
we three reminisce
on the starlit street corner
strange trio
[dreamku on a dream of 8-10-09; Image by Roswila]
August 12, 2009
TRINKETS
round table dinner
I cannot bear the noise
and confusion
in my rush to leave
I desert all my stuff
she follows with hers
shoe box of trinkets
she tries to charm me to stay
with a display
blue iridescent beads
catch the artificial light
I won’t change my mind
[dreamku on a dream of 8-11-09; Image by Roswila]
August 13, 2009
JUST WHAT I HAVE
waking up I can’t see
even as my eyes adjust
stumbling through the dark
toward my usual snack
I hear breathing to my left
hunger and fear
mix in my stomach as I
flinch away quickly
I’m handed two pizza slices
but can’t see from whom
a fleeting light touch
from my deceased stepmother
welcome visit
my breath held along
with the small pizza slices
silence and I’m alone
with enough sight now to see
that I need just what I have
[three dream tanka and one dreamku on a dream of 8-12-09; Image: "Remembering Pizza" by Roswila]
August 14, 2009
what's the stink
rotten food in the fridge
or is it me
[dreamku on a dream of 8-10-09; Image by Roswila]
August 15, 2009
opening each of
the letters from charities
asking for my money
out fall gold spoons and dimes
I hoard them all
[dream tanka on a dream of 8-14-09; Image: "The Accidental Pointillist" by Roswila]
August 16, 2009
NOT SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED
open hotel suite
James Bond dislikes me
because of my weight
I shrug it off
his shallowness hurts
only him
[dreamku pair on a dream of 7-25-09; Image by Roswila]
August 17, 2009
SHE SHOWS ME
my deceased friend
is slim and dressed to the nines
aqua platform shoes
she shows me that
the shoes are cushioned inside
my surprise
she gladly hurries
to get advice from a new friend
I deny this matters
[dreamku series on a dream of 8-14-09; Image by Roswila]
August 18, 2009
PANORAMA
the handsome racist
squeezes out the train window
panoramic butt
two men remain
one apparently forthright
the other a masher
speeding train a bullet through the night
[dreamku series (last one a monoku) on a dream of 8/17/09; Image by Roswila]
August 19, 2009
street life
she hauls a huge mattress
from the garbage truck
[dreamku on an old dream of 2-26-08, with some current relevance emotionally; Image by Roswila]
August 20, 2009
DRAMA IN THE ROUND
Dad’s in a group
forming the cast for a show
theatre in the round
the program cites
Logos, a play to be read
will there be singing
I wistfully wish
to duet with my father
childhood tradition
Dad starts reciting
his lines from the play Logos
the cast wears togas
cast and audience mingle dramatic reading
[dreamku series (the last a monoku) on a dream of 8/19/09; Image: "Garden Stew" by Roswila]
August 21, 2009
my handicapped friend
blocks traffic to bust chops
wicked sense of humor
[dreamku on a dream of 8/20/09; Image by Roswila]
August 22, 2009
FINDING OUT
"I love you" he wrote
"Don’t leave me this way" he wrote
why should I believe him
"He’s no better
than I am" he wrote
how can he know
my new guy says
"Sex? or am I going to sleep?"
I kiss his belly
is he no real change
from my old lover
I’ll soon find out
[dreamku series on a dream of 8-21-09; Image by Roswila]
August 23, 2009
the infant sticks his
pudgy fingers in my mouth
giggles all around
[dreamku on a dream of 8-22-09; Image by Roswila]
August 24, 2009
we escape from
the gladiator arena
he jumps for joy
[dreamku on an old dream of 10-31-08 with current relevance; Image: "Making Good the Escape" by Roswila]
August 25, 2009
around her full lips
the silver dust of
sexual hunger
he blows it off stone wall
[dreamku and monoku on a dream of 8-24-09; Image by Roswila]
August 26, 2009
IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME
dark haired and slim
I approach the microphone
open air theatre
singing in a deep
throaty voice as I’d rehearsed
50's torch song
“It’s the wrong time
and the wrong place, though your face
is charming it’s the wrong face.
It’s not his face but such a
charming face....”
relieved of high notes,
the low notes silky and warm
“....that it’s all right with me”
[dreamku series with song lyrics by Cole Porter, from a dream of 8/24/09 (I was “actually” singing as described in the above); Image by Roswila]
August 27, 2009
IN THE GAP
the floor’s fallen
further away from the baseboard
bathroom gap
something’s in there
is it a rat skittering
into the shadows
I yell for help
it’s an aqua mole-like blob
with a dark nose
get rid of it
I cannot bear the thought
of squashing it
spraying and spraying
with insecticide
all I can think of
wet aqua fur
weighs it down
is it inhaling
then I see it’s fluffy dry and spry odd relief
[dreamku series, ending with a monoku, on a dream of 8-26-09; Image by Roswila]
August 28, 2009
why've I not noticed
her gorgeous dark eyes before
difficult friend
[dreamku on a dream of 8-10-09; Image by Roswila]
August 29, 2009
he tells me twice the
seed ball isn’t ripe enough
I pluck it anyway
regret sets in
how can I hide
the wilting evidence
[dreamku pair on a dream of 8-28-09; Image by Roswila]
August 30, 2009
improv workshop
I gambol passingly well
as a young Great Dane
[dreamku on a dream of 8-28-09; entering this 'ku I made the typo "improve" instead of "improv" in the first line and that opened the whole dream for me; Image: "Which Way Did You Say?" by Roswila]
August 31, 2009
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
we’re way too tired
he says we can catch the train
tomorrow night
I’m relieved enough
to give in to an embrace
he angles for sex
my body responds thought rescues my celibate resolve
[dreamku series (the last a monoku) on a dream of 8/19/09; Image by Roswila]
* * * * * * * *
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August 1, 2009
THE CROWD WAITS
the crowd waits for
the lunch he promised us
obese philanthropist
clairvoyance shows me
he’s recovering in bed
belly liposuction
word comes to order
pizzas and charge them to him
relief and concern
I “see” him again
hefting his empty belly folds
pain and annoyance
[dreamku series on a dream of 7-31-09; Image by Roswila]
August 2, 2009
A CHANGE AT THE TOP
there’s been
a huge change at the top
what card reveals this?
“The Wheel of Fortune”
at least we agree
on this
he proclaims Set
as the ruling deity
I prefer Jupiter
lengthy discourse
I want joviality but
there’s no switch in ruler
there’s been
a huge change at the top
no denying it
* NOTE: Set is the Egyptian jackal-headed god of desert, storms, dark, and necessary chaos. Jupiter (Jove) is the Roman god of sky and thunder, and rules over law and social order. I have personal associations to Set of intellect and arrogance, and to Jupiter of merriment and over-indulgence. FYI, Jupiter the planet, is usually said to “rule” The Wheel of Fortune card in the Tarot, which card can represent big changes.
[dreamku series on a dream of 7-31-09; Image “The Wheel of Fortune” in The Found Tarot being designed by Roswila]
August 3, 2009
BABEL DANCING
none of us speaks
the others’ language
dance on the green
a woman carries
a weighty soft round purse
we dance together
she speaks
a wee bit of English
cautious connection
[dreamku series on a dream of 8-1-09; Image by Roswila]
August 4, 2009
my friend of years past
says we must leave right away
I take my time
[dreamku on an old dream of 4/25/08 with some current relevance; Image by Roswila]
August 5, 2009
three new born babies
dreams, hope, and enlightenment
heavy weights
[dreamku on a dream of 8/3/09; Image by Roswila]
August 6, 2009
I comment only
on her obvious success
ten foot pole
[dreamku on an old dream/ku with current relevance, from 12-07-07; Image by Roswila]
August 7, 2009
am I wanted
I horn into the car’s
black leather front seat
[dreamku on an old dream of 12-6-07 with current relevance; Image by Roswila]
August 8, 2009
a stretch to grasp
the long thick web-like strands
stick to my hands
[dreamku on a dream of 8-7-09; Image: "Shadow Screen Play" by Roswila]
August 9, 2009
ON THE HOOD
the older woman
lies on the hood of his car
healing relative
reaching out from below
the windscreen I touch her
“how are you doing”
she answers “quite well
and so’s my distant cousin”
we drive on relieved
[dreamku on a dream of 8-7-09; Image: "After Salvador Dali" by Roswila]
August 10, 2009
BOLDLY
he uses his psychic
powers to seduce her
she catches on
he needn't have
she embraces him boldly
and nibbles his neck
[dreamku on a dream of 8-3-09; Image by Roswila]
August 11, 2009
WHO’S IN CHARGE
the baby sitter
leaves me carrying her charge
swaddled woman
where do you live
I’ll cab you there I say
bribe for honesty
she lives on Ocean
at Channel Thirteen he says
she nods agreement
we three reminisce
on the starlit street corner
strange trio
[dreamku on a dream of 8-10-09; Image by Roswila]
August 12, 2009
TRINKETS
round table dinner
I cannot bear the noise
and confusion
in my rush to leave
I desert all my stuff
she follows with hers
shoe box of trinkets
she tries to charm me to stay
with a display
blue iridescent beads
catch the artificial light
I won’t change my mind
[dreamku on a dream of 8-11-09; Image by Roswila]
August 13, 2009
JUST WHAT I HAVE
waking up I can’t see
even as my eyes adjust
stumbling through the dark
toward my usual snack
I hear breathing to my left
hunger and fear
mix in my stomach as I
flinch away quickly
I’m handed two pizza slices
but can’t see from whom
a fleeting light touch
from my deceased stepmother
welcome visit
my breath held along
with the small pizza slices
silence and I’m alone
with enough sight now to see
that I need just what I have
[three dream tanka and one dreamku on a dream of 8-12-09; Image: "Remembering Pizza" by Roswila]
August 14, 2009
what's the stink
rotten food in the fridge
or is it me
[dreamku on a dream of 8-10-09; Image by Roswila]
August 15, 2009
opening each of
the letters from charities
asking for my money
out fall gold spoons and dimes
I hoard them all
[dream tanka on a dream of 8-14-09; Image: "The Accidental Pointillist" by Roswila]
August 16, 2009
NOT SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED
open hotel suite
James Bond dislikes me
because of my weight
I shrug it off
his shallowness hurts
only him
[dreamku pair on a dream of 7-25-09; Image by Roswila]
August 17, 2009
SHE SHOWS ME
my deceased friend
is slim and dressed to the nines
aqua platform shoes
she shows me that
the shoes are cushioned inside
my surprise
she gladly hurries
to get advice from a new friend
I deny this matters
[dreamku series on a dream of 8-14-09; Image by Roswila]
August 18, 2009
PANORAMA
the handsome racist
squeezes out the train window
panoramic butt
two men remain
one apparently forthright
the other a masher
speeding train a bullet through the night
[dreamku series (last one a monoku) on a dream of 8/17/09; Image by Roswila]
August 19, 2009
street life
she hauls a huge mattress
from the garbage truck
[dreamku on an old dream of 2-26-08, with some current relevance emotionally; Image by Roswila]
August 20, 2009
DRAMA IN THE ROUND
Dad’s in a group
forming the cast for a show
theatre in the round
the program cites
Logos, a play to be read
will there be singing
I wistfully wish
to duet with my father
childhood tradition
Dad starts reciting
his lines from the play Logos
the cast wears togas
cast and audience mingle dramatic reading
[dreamku series (the last a monoku) on a dream of 8/19/09; Image: "Garden Stew" by Roswila]
August 21, 2009
my handicapped friend
blocks traffic to bust chops
wicked sense of humor
[dreamku on a dream of 8/20/09; Image by Roswila]
August 22, 2009
FINDING OUT
"I love you" he wrote
"Don’t leave me this way" he wrote
why should I believe him
"He’s no better
than I am" he wrote
how can he know
my new guy says
"Sex? or am I going to sleep?"
I kiss his belly
is he no real change
from my old lover
I’ll soon find out
[dreamku series on a dream of 8-21-09; Image by Roswila]
August 23, 2009
the infant sticks his
pudgy fingers in my mouth
giggles all around
[dreamku on a dream of 8-22-09; Image by Roswila]
August 24, 2009
we escape from
the gladiator arena
he jumps for joy
[dreamku on an old dream of 10-31-08 with current relevance; Image: "Making Good the Escape" by Roswila]
August 25, 2009
around her full lips
the silver dust of
sexual hunger
he blows it off stone wall
[dreamku and monoku on a dream of 8-24-09; Image by Roswila]
August 26, 2009
IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME
dark haired and slim
I approach the microphone
open air theatre
singing in a deep
throaty voice as I’d rehearsed
50's torch song
“It’s the wrong time
and the wrong place, though your face
is charming it’s the wrong face.
It’s not his face but such a
charming face....”
relieved of high notes,
the low notes silky and warm
“....that it’s all right with me”
[dreamku series with song lyrics by Cole Porter, from a dream of 8/24/09 (I was “actually” singing as described in the above); Image by Roswila]
August 27, 2009
IN THE GAP
the floor’s fallen
further away from the baseboard
bathroom gap
something’s in there
is it a rat skittering
into the shadows
I yell for help
it’s an aqua mole-like blob
with a dark nose
get rid of it
I cannot bear the thought
of squashing it
spraying and spraying
with insecticide
all I can think of
wet aqua fur
weighs it down
is it inhaling
then I see it’s fluffy dry and spry odd relief
[dreamku series, ending with a monoku, on a dream of 8-26-09; Image by Roswila]
August 28, 2009
why've I not noticed
her gorgeous dark eyes before
difficult friend
[dreamku on a dream of 8-10-09; Image by Roswila]
August 29, 2009
he tells me twice the
seed ball isn’t ripe enough
I pluck it anyway
regret sets in
how can I hide
the wilting evidence
[dreamku pair on a dream of 8-28-09; Image by Roswila]
August 30, 2009
improv workshop
I gambol passingly well
as a young Great Dane
[dreamku on a dream of 8-28-09; entering this 'ku I made the typo "improve" instead of "improv" in the first line and that opened the whole dream for me; Image: "Which Way Did You Say?" by Roswila]
August 31, 2009
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
we’re way too tired
he says we can catch the train
tomorrow night
I’m relieved enough
to give in to an embrace
he angles for sex
my body responds thought rescues my celibate resolve
[dreamku series (the last a monoku) on a dream of 8/19/09; Image by Roswila]
* * * * * * * *
‘til next time, keep dreaming,
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