BARRING THE WAY (photo) & "a railing holds ..." (non-dream monoku) by Roswila

a railing holds the water up poolside drowse


[non-dream monoku (one line haiku) written 6-14-14. Although not based on a dream, it is about a dream-like state. As soon as I saw what I thought I saw, I laughed and became fully alert. Photo "Barring the Way" (6-19-14 013v3) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers, as the above is), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

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until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
**** 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.

URBAN JUNGLE (photo) & IN THE THICK OF IT (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

IN THE THICK OF IT

the life of a hermit's often lonely
and possibly delusional
(now and again)
yet woods and streams
with all their busy creatures
and the hard work of hacking
one's single minded path
in untrod directions nourishing
(each in their own ways) and (yes) the warmth
of a fellow traveler's hand acutely missed
(at times, at times) but look! moonlight
sprinkling iridescent shards through
the thick of an exotic canopy


[non-dream free verse poem written in early June 2014. Photo "Urban Jungle" (4-23-14 008v3) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers, as the above is), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

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until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
**** 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.

SCREENING IT OUT (photo art) & THIS TINY BEDROOM (free verse dream poem) by Roswila

THIS TINY BEDROOM

there simply must be a way
to share this tiny bedroom with him
and still each of us maintain
a sense of personal, even private, space

I've had to share all sorts of rooms
over the years -- shelves packed with books,
for instance, make good room dividers --
but never with someone so much younger
than I, just his energy alone
is a bit invasive

but I'll cope, I've dealt with far worse
through the decades and, look!
I've fit all our things in here now
with a decent swath of open floor space
between his and my bedroom sets

the perfect spot for an intricately carved
mahogany screen to mark the Rubicon's edge


[free verse poem on a dream of 6-17-14. Photo art "Screening It Out" (4-12-14 003v5) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers, as the above is), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

* * * *

until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
**** 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.

CONSTRUCTION (photo art) & WHO WILL FILL (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

WHO WILL FILL

a condo rising on the corner
palms defraying its impact against a June sky
birds gliding and chattering above the inevitable box
who will fill this angular emptiness


[non-dream free verse poem written in early June 2014. Photo art "Construction" (9-13-10 10099e) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers, as the above is), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

* * * *

until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
**** 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.

MIDNIGHT VESTMENTS (photo art) & ERROR & WILL (dream narrative) by Roswila

ERROR AND WILL

the late night city streets
quiet down and empty out
but for she and I
and she's not even aware of me
until I playfully fly up behind her
giving her a huge startle

deeply scared the little girl runs ahead
yelling for her friend somewhere
ahead in the dark: there's a woman
trying to snatch me out of the air!

I'm more concerned with how my feet
drag on the sidewalk while I fly as I try
to swoop carefully up behind her
another time but still can't lift
my feet above the dust

sheesh! I'm scaring this tow headed child
out of her wits with my silly gambit
I'd better catch up and explain myself

but before I can she trips and falls
blindly into an exposed construction
site basement down and down
several stories deep

how will I ever rescue her
my skill at flying is not great enough
to plumb that messy depth
much less to heft our combined
weights out again safely
I just know she's hit her head
please please don't be too injured

before I can decide to try or not
I'm at a dinner party with a church
bishop who holding me too close
as he leads me in a dance
whispers warmly in my ear
reassuring and tempting
at the same time:
even clerics as high up as I
commit sins of error and will


[narrative on a dream of 6-16-14. (Yeah, one of those I would have trouble calling a poem.) Just one of many influences I see in this dream is a new book I started reading last night, "The Individuation of God," by Peter B. Todd. It's heavily intellectual/academic so it's interesting to me to see where my dreaming mind took the reactions I've had so far. Oh my, forgot the new mystery I also just started reading (my current "lying in bed before sleep" book) "Divine Inspiration," by Jane Langton. It's set in a church congregation. (Lest anyone get the impression I'm religious, I'm not. Though I would admit to being spiritually inclined. ) Photo art "Midnight Vestments" (6-3-14 005v5) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers, as the above is), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

* * * *

until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
**** 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.

AT THE EDGE (photo) & DARE I SAY (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

DARE I SAY

no, the question you keep turning
your back on is not the unanswerable,
dare I say, old chestnut: "What is it to die"

the unspeakable query you expel
all knowledge of on each exhale
like a noxious pearl, rusts
on and on, an iron nail
through the underground
of being: "Am I fully alive"


[non-dream poem written 6-15-14. This was clearly influenced by an anthology of poems I've just finished reading, DEATH POEMS (Russ Kick, Editor; Disinformation Books of RedWheel/Weiser). 320 poems from ancient to modern times, looking at death from as many different angles (at least) as there are poems in the book. Not as weird or depressing as it might sound, not at all. And it was wonderful to read old favorites and classics, as well as to discover some writers for whom I'm going to Google more of their work. But mostly, as almost always happens when I immerse myself in others' writing, it was delightful to be inspired to write myself. Funny thing is, I had stopped reading the book last night to draft this poem. And when I went back to reading, the next section was sub-titled "...the poets beseech us to live before we die." Guess I'd gotten the editor's drift. :-) Photo "At the Edge" (6-1-14 002v4) by Roswila. It was synchronistic that during the time I was reading this anthology, a friend bought a plastic swan for our retirement community's pool. Which immediately called to mind Rainer Maria Rilke's famous poem about death, The Swan.]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers, as the above is), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

* * * *

until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
**** 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.

HOW'S ABOUT THE CHAISE? (photo) & SHE CHATS (non-dream tanka) by Roswila

SHE CHATS

she chats affably
not caring this inflatable
swan cannot respond
a breeze sails it steadily
down the pool ahead of her


[non-dream tanka of 6-15-14. This tanka written and photo taken while sitting in one of my most favorite quiet sunny spots -- overlooking our pool. Photo "How's About the Chaise?" (6-14-15 001v3) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers, as the above is), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

* * * *

until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
**** 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.