AFTER THE BALL (photo) & JUST BECAUSE (dreamku series) by Roswila

JUST BECAUSE

why, just because they’ve
made me Queen, do they insist I
dress so formally?
well, since it’s a job loaded with
“shoulds” I’ll have to go along

the big white poofy-
skirted ball gown itches, though,
and I’m afraid to
move my head and mess the bubble
hair style they’ve sprayed stiff

the only thing they’ve
plastered me with that I like?
these lavender studs,
small gem stones that glitter
on my nearly hidden ear lobes

there’s always something
to be grateful for, I suppose –
even when giving in


[three tanka and a dreamku on a dream of 4-2-13. Photo “After the Ball” 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.