ON THIN ICE (photo) & DEAD TO ME (dreamku series) by Roswila

DEAD TO ME

where’s my navy tunic?
where’s my long black prairie skirt?
I rummage through my clothes,
both racks and even the laundry,
but find nothing suitable

times have changed -- I hear
that one need not wear black
to a funeral
but I’m certain my bright floral
prints will simply not do

my ride arrives garbed
totally in black, of course,
and urging I hurry --
at last! I find and grab my
tunic and wayward black skirt

but who will I be letting go?
who is it now who’s dead to me?


[three tanka capped by a two-liner 7-25-12. Photo “On Thin Ice” by Roswila]

BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO DREAMKU (& PHOTOS): The dream-based poems posted on this blog -- dreamku, tanka, two-liners, and monoku -- are offered in the spirit of collaboration. I have done my part. Now it’s your turn to jump in and see what comes up for you. I.e., there is no right or wrong way to understand or interpret any of these dream offerings. Even my own understandings of them change over time. And it gives me joy when a reader sees something in any of them that I have not.

For more in-depth exploration:

-- a brief post about both dreamku and my photos THE AREN'TS OF DREAMKU & ACCOMPANYING DIGITAL PHOTOS.

-- detailed three-part post about dreamku: "A DREAMKU PRIMER: Writing Haiku-Like Poems About Your Night Dreams": PART ONE: Introduction & Writing Dreamku as Dream Work; PART TWO: Elements of the Haiku Form Used in Dreamku; and PART THREE: How to Write Dreamku (the second and third parts have some overlap).

-- a brief up-dating post about the three-part "A DREAMKU PRIMER" -- Important Up-date to A DREAMKU PRIMER....".

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‘til next time, keep dreaming,






If you wish to copy or use any of my writing or poems, please email me for permission (under “View my complete profile”). Roswila's other blogs: ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL; ROSWILA’S TAIGA TAROT; and OPENING TO THE LIGHT.