TRYING TO HOLD UP THE SKY (photomorph) & INTO THE THIRD WEEK OF THE THOMAS WILDFIRE (non-dream tanka) by Roswila

INTO THE THIRD WEEK
OF THE THOMAS WILDFIRE

on T.V., water's
dropped in buckets from the sky
by helicopters --
out the window, smoke over Isla Vista,
echoing New York City skies on 911


[non-dream tanka written 12-17-17. As I've mentioned here before, I was living in NYC at the time of the fall of the Twin Towers. I've been here in CA for 10 years and each wildfire that fills our skies with sickly colored smoke takes me back to that day, and the days after. Photomorph "Trying to Hold Up the Sky" (7-8-16 007v6) 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), 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.