WAVING GOODBYE (photomorph) & IT'S AN OLD STORY (dream tanka series w/pair of 2-liners) by Roswila

IT'S WAY TOO LATE

she accompanies
him to the beach where he awaits
rescue by sea plane
every last minute together
incredibly precious

it's an old story
told in this black and white
1940's film:
war time lovers who should not,
have taken the risk to love

for the plane only
has room for him, though it
tears at both their hearts
they know he cannot stay
behind the lines even for her

others dot the beach
doubting a rescue plane will come
yet also hopeful
if one comes for him maybe
others will show up for them

does she hear it first
or spot its small dark shape
on the horizon ...
no matter, the sea plane buzzes
the chilly late winter beach

time to prove he's the one they're here to rescue:
she helps him lay out the large shield-shaped blanket

the plane u-turns quickly to land,
way too late now for a shield over her heart


[tanka series capped by a pair of two-liners on a dream of 3-16-15. Photomorph "Waving Goodbye" (3-2-15 10985e3) by Roswila. And, in a totally different mood, HAPPY ST. PATRICKS' DAY!

BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO DREAMKU (& PHOTOS):

But first, a request: please let me know of any typos or other sorts of blunders in my posts. As my eyes age I'm finding more mistakes are creeping into what I put up here no matter how many times I proof it all. Thanks for any help!

The dream-based poems posted on this blog -- dreamku, tanka, two-liners, monoku, free verse, dream narratives -- 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. (This all applies to any of the non-dream poems posted here, too.)

Also please note that a dream poem or narrative is not intended as an interpretation of a dream, or even a complete and accurate rendering of one. It 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 (the specific forms of dreamku, tanka, two-liners and monoku) you may do here, that in the beginning I stressed "showing, not telling." However, this has been changing for some time. I now tend to "show" (the dream story) and cap if off with a "tell" (some reaction and/or insight I've had to the dream as I was writing about it). This also pretty much applies to my free verse dream poems as well. As to what I have begun calling dream narratives, they are a different animal, probably most akin to prose poems.

For more in-depth exploration of the dreamku forms specifically and one post in which I also address my photo choices:

-- 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,







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