TASTING THE WIND (sketch) & SOON ENOUGH (dreamku series) by Roswila

SOON ENOUGH

our tormentors
do not know what only my friend
and I recognize:
our wooden horse, layered
with looping words, is not fake

and soon enough it
will breathe, life will surge through
its black and white flanks
no longer a hobby horse
or nickel ride for some child

but our way into
the land of the truly alive
astride its hot back


[two tanka and a dreamku on a dream of 2-18-13. An odd little dream, filled with fantasy and/or reality -- which is which depends on how one defines those terms. And that sensuality at the end, well, all in all a fun ride, leaving some thought provoking ripples. Image: “Tasting the Wind,” an old black ink/white paper sketch just color-inverted for this post, 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:

-- very brief comparison of dreamku and haiku: DREAMKU ARE NOT HAIKU

-- 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 short 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.