WHITE WASH (photo) & DISPOSAL (dreamku & two-liner) by Roswila

DISPOSAL

where are the trash cans?
there used to be several
on this sunny beach

my arms overflow with bags of garbage
but there’s no place left that I can dump it


[a dreamku capped by a two-liner on a dream of 12-29-12. This is really a rather forward looking dream. More and more these days I find myself questioning if I’m projecting (from Wikipedia: psychological defense mechanism where a person subconsciously denies his or her own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then ascribed to the outside world, usually to other people). At the same time, I’ve been a bit frustrated with the difficult or just plain icky stuff I’d usually have projected -- what does one do with it all? Maybe just live with it compassionately. Photo “White Wash” 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.

WHICH WAY NOW? (photo) & BLACK & WHITE (dreamku series) by Roswila

BLACK & WHITE

some friends wait with me
in the underground garage
they’re curious to
see how my date for the night
will have himself accoutered

suddenly and in
eerie silence a carriage
glides into our purview
black glistening wood, it’s oddly
horseless though clearly built for them

elegantly old-
fashioned and sized for riders
larger than human,
we gawk at its emptiness
it even has no driver

then my date arrives
in his low slung sports car
that’s waxed to dazzling
my friends twitter over
his carefully planned outfit

his jacket, belt, shoes
and hair, all white, shine in the low
light of the garage
he opens his car door
with a flourish so I can get in

I feel not so much
under dressed by comparison
as decked out for a
different era altogether
and recall the black carriage:

I scan the garage but it’s no longer there – sigh,
I missed seeing what passengers it picked up


[six tanka topped by a two-liner on a dream of 12-26-12. Photo “Which Way Now?” 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.

SHADES OF WINTER (photo) & POLES APART (two non-dream based haiku) by Roswila

POLES APART
(two non-dream based haiku)


terrace glass door
my anxious friend
limned by snow fall


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their frosted breath
an old couple waltzes
in the streetlight


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[these are regular haiku, i.e. not dream-based, written when I was living back in New York City, probably in winter 2007, just a year before moving here to California. Seeing all the news reports about snow storms has made me nostalgic. But I hasten to add I’m more than happy not to have to cope with snow and slush and ice! That second haiku is a feeling I’ve had occasionally here, watching some very old couple sitting quietly together holding hands on a bench or strolling. One couple (the wife of whom is now deceased) had been married longer than I’ve been alive. Photo “Shades of Winter” 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.

UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS (photo) & LIGHT OF DAY (dream tanka trio) by Roswila

LIGHT OF DAY

small earthquake tremors!
we crowd in the elevator
to leave the building
but it jams floors above ground
and we must pry open the doors

my woman friend seeks
a stairwell corner to stand in
she says it’s safer
than rushing down wobbly steps
in the dark – I look around

cracks start spreading like
spider webs in the concrete walls –
I’ll take my chances
and head pell mell down the stairs
toward the distant light of day


[three tanka on a dream of 12-24-12. Wonder if there were some minor tremors last night? Living in California as I do, that would not be surprising at all. In any case, MERRY CHRISTMAS, or A BLESSED YULE, or whatever festival of light you celebrate this time of year! And that last comment about light gives me a clue to this dream, especially as I chose to name it “Light of Day.” Photo “Upstairs, Downstairs” 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.

ENJOY THE RIDE! (photo) & AIRY DREAM (dreamku series) by Roswila

AIRY DREAM

I’m no more than an
invisible little whirlwind speck
it’s great fun flying
unseen through the masses of folk
on Coney Island boardwalk

I tug at a young
boy’s feet and stifle giggles
at his befuddlement

soon my aching arms
tell me it’s time to fly away
home – Goleta’s too
distant but my Elmhurst
apartment’s just across the bay

my friend was right I need a GPS


[a tanka, dreamku, tanka, and capping monoku on a dream of 12-21-12. Coney Island is in New York City; it’s an amusement park right by the sea. I spent many summer days there as a teenager and young adult. Goleta is where I live now in California. I lived in that Elmhurst, New York City apartment for the last 23 years before moving here. The dream became vaguely lucid when the distant aerial visualization of that Elmhurst apartment entered. At that point I recalled many others dreams – when living in NYC and here in CA – in which I was flying home to it (BTW not in a plane, but using my own arms and legs). The over all sense of this dream? A message (wish) to “lighten up” and have some fun. Photo “Enjoy the Ride” 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.

ALL CAUGHT UP (photo) & HOT AIR (dream tanka & monoku) by Roswila

HOT AIR

I can’t believe it!
they just leave all those hot air
balloons in the sky?
just abandon them there after
they’ve had their fun looking down?

talk about crowded skies! what’s a bird to do?


[a tanka and a monoku on a dream of 12-21-12. I’d fallen to sleep wishing I could turn off the heat. It comes via a blower by the ceiling and is a constant hum, but decided I was rather more grateful for warm shelter in this rainy weather than annoyed. In light of this dream, I’m going to think further about the expression “hot air,” meaning insincere. My immediate take is that it’s just residual pique at a particular "phoney baloney" left over from my day. Of course, there’s always the chance it’s my own hot air blowing around that I’m not owning up to. I’ll check that out, too. I got a wee bit of a chuckle out of the dream's pun on "bird," an old Britishism for "girl." Photo “All Caught Up” 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.