CAVERNS OF THE HEART (photomorph) & VALENTINE'S DAY 2018 (two mixed format non-dream poems) by Roswila

VALENTINE'S DAY 2018

early morning:

it's likely to be
the only Valentine she'll get today:
this message from her
warm bed to go right back to sleep
if she wants any comfort at all

but her shy dreams almost sigh audibly
as she turns slowly away from them,

to face the day's gloating: it's caught her again
in the net of the undone and the unknown


mid-day:

I guess this could be considered a Valentine,
one I'd not expected today, nor even any
day from you: a quiet "Sweetie..."
as you brush my shoulder
with one hand

a bit of soft candy
I can shape into a heart, should I wish

but more probably a casual slip of
habit's tongue, from some other time,
some other relationship,

nevertheless, so sweet


[poem one: a tanka with two 2-liners, and poem two: free verse; both non-dream and written Valentine's Day 2-14-18. Photomorph "Caverns of the Heart" (2-18-10 19938v6m) 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]
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