HEART BUD (photomorph) & I HATE TO ADMIT IT (prose poem on a dream) by Roswila

I HATE TO ADMIT IT

yes, I really hate to admit it
(being this secretly cynical old woman
I've become) but this only weeks old
kitten is adorable; I even let evidence
of this affection slip from me on a
soft "awww..." as I hold the wriggling
black and white challenge to my breast,
hoping my heart's steady beat will calm
and reassure it; the kitten slows its
vigorous leg shoving and back arching
long enough to look right at me: oh!
its blue-grey eyes are clouded over,
does it even see me? I begin to talk
to it, really more a shushing, and then
find myself singing, hoping sound
will soothe where touch and sight have
fallen short: ♪ shoo, shoo, shoo-la-rack,
shoo-la-rack-shack, shoo-la-babakoo,
♫ when I was a Sally Sally beel ...
come bibble in the culsac Laurie ♪


[prose poem (?) on a dream of 4-9-18. The nonsense (phonetically written) lyrics at the end are from an old Irish song called "Shule Aroon" -- and I was singing it to the kitten in the dream. These lyrics, and other versions, are how the original Gaelic words evolved once here in America. I gather there are various versions and that it's sometimes sung to other tunes. The version I know does not exactly match what I found today online, but it's clearly the same lyrics. The original Irish translates to a sad song, and the tune (the one I learned many, many years ago) is like a sweet lull-a-bye. BTW, that question mark after "prose poem" at the start of these comments is because I don't feel I can call it a dream narrative, but I'm no more comfortable calling it a free verse poem. So, once again, I settle (not very happily, and probably not very accurately) for calling it a prose poem. Photomorph "Heart Bud" (1-18-18 006v4b) 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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