PRIMAL DANCE (photo) & FILM NOIR (dreamku series) by Roswila

FILM NOIR

unusual for
film noir, the scene is set outdoors,
the full moon’s light on
the tall grove of winter trees
like a crackled glaze

the sound track whispers,
tendrils of lyrics fingering
the still scene like fog,
murmuring of sycamores
and moonlight in Vermont

while something listens, lifting its ancient head
each time the dreamer almost makes a wish


[two tanka and one two-liner on a dream of 10-26-12. I “heard” snatches of the actual song “Moonlight in Vermont.” And was also aware while dreaming that although it was supposed to be a film noir scene it was not typical of that black and white film genre. E.g., at the very start of this little dream I briefly wondered where the night time city and the police detectives were. Photo “Primal Dance” 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 TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.

SKY HORSE (image) & ON DUPLICITY (dreamku series) by Roswila

ON DUPLICITY

it’s almost impossible
to tell which of the two horses
is the original,
both have intelligent eyes
and their chestnut hides glisten

this duplicity
is part of the plan to free
her from her abuser:
this man who helps her dismount
from the beautiful fake

she has to accept
his aid or the jig is up
only her hidden
lover’s voice in her mind
stills her rising panic

yes, her secret man says,
our plan has begun to work
your real horse is free


[three tanka and a dreamku on a dream of 10-25-12. Image “Sky Horse” 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 TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.

NIGHT VISION (photo) & A WALK IN THE PARK (dreamku series) by Roswila

A WALK IN THE PARK

as I wander through
the sprawling city park
the sun starts to set
I skirt the zoo and enter
an echoing park tunnel

a man stumbles ahead
of me with two unleashed dogs –
knowing this violates
the law he holds them by fists-
full of their wolf-like fur

they’re all clearly home-
less and just as clearly the man
fears losing the dogs,
either to flight or to the pound,
as he bends to his awkward task

while I approach and
pass him by I look around
for something, anything
at all out of which he might
jury rig a pair of leashes

but I find nothing
and the bent man neither hears nor
sees me as I pass


[four tanka and a dreamku on a dream of 10-23-12. Photo “Night Vision” 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 TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.

WATER WORLD (photo) & UNDERWATER (dream tanka trio) by Roswila

UNDERWATER

they each do their best
to talk her out of staying
under the water,
though she breathes perfectly well
here sans mask, as they all do

they just think it’s time
she surface and plod the earth,
not caring she swims
gracefully and angst free here,
in her element at last

but all their coaxing
carries no more weight than
the bubbles of breath
trailing from their mouths,
transparent globes of emptiness


[three tanka on a dream of 10-22-12. Hm, the dreamk/ku yesterday was about preparing for a deep sea dive to steal something, an implied treasure hunt. In today's, the water itself is the treasure; or rather desperately yearned for respite, if I’m to be fully honest. Photo “Water World” 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 TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.

TRANSMUTATION (photo) & SUNK (dreamku series) by Roswila

SUNK

which end of the huge
sunk ocean liner
holds what we’re after
just the diagram of its
maroon vastness fills the wall

we hear what we want
to steal is locked up in one
of the rounded ends,
both keeps identical
the aft one slightly smaller

as leader of the dive
the choice falls to me, I stand
staring at the wall
we have time for one try
before we’re found out

I lean toward the left
it’s time to take the plunge
the aft it is


[three tanka and a dreamku on a dream of 10-21-12. Photo “Transmutation” 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 TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.