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Saturday, January 31, 2015

GANESH TO THE RESCUE (photo) & A PMS PAIR (two mixed format dream poems) by Roswila


A PMS PAIR

dream one

she has two new caps
to wear and, better yet,
they're in a new style
she quickly packs her old ones
away in a small flat box

then to be quite sure
the old ones won't be found
and an influence
ever again, she shoves the box
way underneath her bed

but it's swatted right
back out by the cat that lives
there most of the time
she pushes it back under
the cat swats it out again

a manic tennis
match ensues, the box lobbed
back and forth
doesn't she get the message:
you just can't hide some things

and more so, that there's not a cat alive
one can force to accept anything


dream two

only once I've reamed
her out her over her unfair
and cold accusation
do I notice the figurine
with an elephant head in my bag

I'd accidentally dribbled crumbs on her head
from this bag, starting her tirade

I wonder what would've happened had I dropped
this hefty Ganesh on her head instead

greater sturm und drang on both our parts?
or instantaneous enlightenment for each?


[two mixed format poems (tanka and two-liners) on two separate dreams of 1-30-15. Dream one: I associate the idea of a cap to the expression "thinking cap." A cat tends to represent anxiety and other difficult emotions in my dream vocabulary. Here I was delighted it symbolizes (at least in part) staying conscious and protecting one's space. Dream two: I was also delighted when the beloved Ganesh (elephant headed Hindu deity) showed up. These two dreams are good examples of intense pre-moon syndrome (PMS) dreams. Though both also have a certain humor to them, as well. As I've said here many times before, I tend to have a hard time for a week or so before a full moon, and more so in my waking life than dreaming one. Once it's full I get better, or as better as I ever am, :-D. This PMS has been not only exceptionally intense but with brief relieving swings out into quite OK. Rather unusual. Note to both dreams: thinking seems to be the common thread; heads are highlighted in both. Photo "Ganesh to the Rescue" (9-5-14 004v9) by Roswila]

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,







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.

Friday, January 30, 2015

MAPPING THE TERRAIN (photomorph) & "danger looms over ..." (dream tanka) by Roswila


danger looms over
my small house in the dark woods
I warn the animals
while a bear sits in my tub
protecting my home yet again


[tanka on a dream written 5/12/08 & previously posted here in 2008. I've slightly revised this one for re-posting today. Hm, I just remembered a vague image from one of last night's dreams, in which cows were endangered. So, there you have it, the unconscious theme that probably prompted my choice of this particular tanka. Photomorph "Mapping the Terrain" (10-7-14 006v5a) by Roswila]

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....".

* * * *
‘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.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

SUNFALL (photomorph) & NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN (free verse dream poem) by Roswila


NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

it's been a lovely afternoon at seaside, even though
I'd managed to get lost on the long wide boardwalk
I'd also somehow managed to make a new young
friend who's guided me back to where I'd started,
the westering sun at our backs the whole way

she introduces me to a friend of hers, with whom
I sit and chat in the boardwalk café/emporium
(that I'd despaired of ever making my way to again)
we have a great deal in common but more important
she seems welcoming and non-judgmental
(while in a hidden corner of my attention a fear
quivers quietly, waiting for an inevitable sense
of disconnect to come from her)

she invites me to join her and other friends,
who've been slowly gathering near us, for a movie,
I say I can't (hoping my nose won't start growing
but I'm way past overload with all this bright shiny
newness and youth) and ask instead if they'd like
to come to the retirement party I'm throwing
on Saturday (thinking the couple of days
until then will settle me down)

she expresses immediate delight, as does
the tallest and cutest of the young men in their group,
his head coming up at the word "party," his long
ash brown hair falling over one eye while he
flashes a mega-watt smile and straightens
his plaid clad shoulders, as if he now stands revved
up and ready to pilfer someone's heart


[free verse poem (or narrative?) on a series of dreams (one long dream?) of 1-28-15. Photomorph "Sunfall" (1-17-15 004v4d) 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.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

LATE IN THE DAY (photo) & "lingering sunlight..." (non-dream monoku) by Roswila


lingering sunlight frosts the palm languid fan dance


[non-dream monoku (one line haiku) written 1-27-15. Photo "Late In The Day" (1-28-15 008v4d) 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.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

RED SHIFT (photomorph) & ON EMPATHY (dream tanka trio) by Roswila


ON EMPATHY

sigh! maybe I should
have picked up that hitchhiker,
I know what it's like
to be stranded, alone,
at an unfamiliar pass

but one never knows ...
empathy doesn't come with
a guarantee
anymore than anything else
in this risk filled life

it's just another
unknown that shows up at the sides
of life's myriad
highways and byways, one more
tug at the quantum net


[tanka trio on a dream of 1-26-15. Photomorph "Red Shift" (4082ev3) by Roswila]

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....".

* * * *
‘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.

Monday, January 26, 2015

THE BOULEVARD OF GREY (photomorph) & A TALE OF TWO BODIES (free verse dream poem) by Roswila


A TALE OF TWO BODIES

the tall blonde pig-tailed
and dungareed woman
speaks with the voice of a child,
is the child

her other conservatively dressed
small child-self behaves
and speaks as a woman would,
is her woman-self

the girl voice rising from her woman's body
giddily declares that all is going to be just fine,
clouds will be gone, happiness will
come again as they are going to be
switched back to their own bodies

this girl-in-woman rushes around,
patting the leaves on the forest trees
into shapes only she can see,
then carefully adjusts the collar
of the grey office suit on her small
woman-in-girl self the way
only a mother might

but the observing "I" knows
what neither child-in-woman
nor woman-in-child can,
that the girl will always
be mother to the woman


[free verse poem on a dream of 1-24-15. Photomorph "The Boulevard of Grey" (1-17-15 010v3) 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.

Sunday, January 25, 2015

UM, PARDON YOUR BOOTS! (photo) & THIS MAGICKAL GIFT (free verse dream poem) by Roswila


THIS MAGICAL GIFT

my friend and I peer straight through the night
up the side of the old brick apartment building
following the excited pointing of neighbors
gathering on the sidewalk around us

I can barely believe my eyes,
the life-size roof top decoration of Santa,
sleigh, and his eight tiny reindeer
has taken off and is flying smoothly
around the glorious star-filled sky

ah, yes, I remember visits from joy,
this magical gift that like a brief uplifting
wind arrives of its own volition, in its own
time, and in its own way


[free verse poem on a dream of 1-23-15. This is that other dream I mention in the comments to yesterday's dream narrative post. An additional uplifting response to the previous night's request of my dreams for help. Photo "Um, Pardon Your Boots!" (12-28-14 002v2) by Roswila; the Santas around our grounds this season were many, and often in positions and places that I found humorous.]

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.