BLUEPRINT (photo) & BLUES (free verse poem) by Roswila

BLUES

I'm so sorry, Old Man,
I missed hearing you sing your
last song for sunrise

while your breath spun out
to a silvery thread, awaiting only
the final grace of Atropos' shears,

a dream bowed me to the task
of reclaiming ocean worn stones
in every shade of blue

(sadly, not one of them
matches your eyes)


[free verse poem written 8-12-13, taking off from the dreamku of 8-1-13 called "Song for Sunrise." (Just in case, here's info on Atropos.) Photo "Blueprint" by Roswila. Blogger offers only three sizes for sharing photos: small, medium, large. I choose the one best balancing the size, shape, and length of the dreamku/poem it's to accompany. Once in while, as above, I cannot get the right size in relationship to the dreamku, that also shows the details of the photo. This is one of those times. I've had to leave the photo larger than I would prefer because it's details get lost in a smaller one.]

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 relate to 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.

Also please note that a dreamku is not intended as an interpretation of a dream, or even a complete and accurate rendering of one. A dreamku is my attempt to get down dream imagery/action that grabs me and, as I write about it, elicits my conscious written association and response. Nor do I believe that one has to remember dreams in order for them to do their work. In my understanding, we are much more than our conscious selves.

You may also note in any further reading on dreamku you may do, that in the beginning I stressed "showing, not telling." However, that has been changing for some time now. I now tend to "show" (the dream narrative) and cap if off with a "tell" (some reaction and/or insight I've had to the dream as I was writing about it).

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 connections & other blogs: Charter Member of the United Haiku and Tanka Society (UHTS); ROSWILA’S TAROT GALLERY & JOURNAL; ROSWILA’S TAIGA TAROT; and TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.