PINK LADIES (photo) & DOLLY SAYS (free verse dream poem) by Roswila

DOLLY SAYS

to our surprise, Dolly Parton and a young
woman she's just met have sung beautifully
together, the harmonies they achieved
woven as neatly and smoothly as silk

at Dolly's urging the new singing duo
decides to stay where they are, and when they
undress for the night they hang their bright pink
bras, side by side, on an empty towel rack

another woman enters the bathroom, and Dolly
mumbles something in a grumpy way about
more people living here than she'd thought,
and quickly reaches for her bra to leave

her new singing partner starts to follow suit,
but Dolly suddenly drapes her bra back over
the rack, aligning it neatly with her friend's
saying: wherever you hang your bra is home


[free verse poem on a dream of 8-19-16. Don't ask me, I don't know! I have a s--t load of associations piled up for this so it's clearly a highly condensed dream. I keep thinking of a computer zip file. In terms of an immediate emotional reaction, I'm curious to "unzip" it later when I have time, as I went to sleep in an horrendous state and it seems to be an uplifting dream. If you'll pardon that probably very relevant pun. Photo "Pink Ladies" (7-28-12 121023v3) 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 other blog (dedicated to her photos only, i.e. no poetry or other writing; daily post); TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.

THE MASK COMES OFF (photo) & UNMASKING ZORRO (tanka dream series) by Roswila

UNMASKING ZORRO

she's known for a while
this acquaintance of hers is Zorro
and held her silence
but now that they're alone in this cave
it's time for the truth to come out

she's even known the why
of his masquerade beyond
caring for his people:
his love for her and desire
to be what he thinks she wants

her happy belief
that he'll welcome the unmasking,
however, is dashed
as he promptly storms from the cave,
a crackling flame of denial

she'd been ignorant
of the most important secret:
sometimes a lived out
fantasy itself is more cherished
than the reality from which it springs

and sadly, now that
the reality she'd yearned for has
come up cold and empty,
she stands at the mouth of the cave
wishing she had the illusion back


[tanka series on a dream of 8-18-16. Zorro on Wikipedia. Photo "The Mask Comes Off" (7-28-16 12079ev2a) 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 other blog (dedicated to her photos only, i.e. no poetry or other writing; daily post); TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.

THE SEARCH FOR EMBRACE (photo) & WHY (free verse dream poem) by Roswila

WHY

why this extremely attractive
former soap star -- now famous
for a gory criminal show --
and his unclear intentions?

yet here we stand embracing,
both of us barely breathing, nothing
said by either of us, and nothing
needing saying, at least that's
the intuitive prompting I get
since I have a slew of questions
I'd ask if I weren't now afraid
to break whatever this spell is

but I can't leave well enough alone
and whisper "This is nice..."
and to my relief, without moving
a fraction of an inch he responds
"Yes, isn't it..."

then I realize I'm very late for lunch
with a dear friend and step back
oh-so-reluctantly to explain

as I do so, a strong tangible pull
rises between us, coming
from us both: our connection
concretized as if we were super magnets

the tug trails along with me as I hurry
to meet my friend, and wonder
how far I need go before it breaks


[free verse poem on a dream of 8-17-16. Photo "The Search for Embrace" (5-28-16 005v8) 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 other blog (dedicated to her photos only, i.e. no poetry or other writing; daily post); TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.

"THEY MELT IN YOUR MOUTH..." (photomorph) & THERE'S NO WAY (dream narrative) by Roswila

THERE'S NO WAY

there's no way this show's ready to go on,
under-rehearsed and with that young,
newbie director at the helm, and so
I quit the cast, though I do wish I
were better able to tolerate the anxiety
all this generates and therefore stay

there's also no way I can haul out these
huge bags of trash at this point, I've neither
the time nor the energy and my arthritic
knees are acting up terribly, and so I crowd
the bags into a dresser's bottom drawer,
thinking to drag them one by one
to the distant garbage bins later

and there's no way I can (much less should)
finish this humongous bag of M&M's
right now, even though I want to very much;
maybe I'll store them with the trash,
but, no, they'll get contaminated there,
and so I'll have to hold their temptation
as I struggle with what to do about them

but since there's no dress rehearsal for life,
and there's no getting rid of garbage without
painful effort, and there's no way
to safely hold on to what's not good for you
to begin with, then

why am I so hot and bothered? none of this
can be changed and my upset only makes
an irresistible craving for more of sugar's
numbing all the more likely


[narrative on a dream of 8-15-16. Photomorph "They Melt In Your Mouth..." (6-12-16 001v2c) 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 other blog (dedicated to her photos only, i.e. no poetry or other writing; daily post); TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.

LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY (photo) & THE GIFT (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

THE GIFT

I bow to pass under
the palm branch bending
low above the sidewalk

in return as I inch by
its leaflets lightly caress
my hot neck


[non-dream free verse poem written 8-16-16. Photo "Let Your Freak Flag Fly" (7-26-16 001v2a) 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 other blog (dedicated to her photos only, i.e. no poetry or other writing; daily post); TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.

TWILIGHT AMBUSH (photo) & "the child's hair flaring..." (non-dream tanka) by Roswila

the child's hair flaring
around her in the clear water
a dark blazing
so, too, that hungry part in me
an undousable flame


[non-dream tanka written 8-13-16. Photo "Twilight Ambush" (8-14-16 012v3) 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 other blog (dedicated to her photos only, i.e. no poetry or other writing; daily post); TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.

IN A FLASH (photo) & THIS VESSEL (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

THIS VESSEL

the frailness of this vessel,
the symbol, that cannot retain
what runs through it like water

yet holds the unholdable
long enough, and just so long,
to illumine the dark

like a lightning-lit hillside
bearing the first diamonds of winter


[non-dream free verse poem written in 1987 & tweaked several times over the ensuing years. Photo "In A Flash" (3-22-16 003v2a) 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 other blog (dedicated to her photos only, i.e. no poetry or other writing; daily post); TRYING TO HOLD A BOX OF LIGHT.