HIDDEN HEARTS (photo) & ON SHRINKING (mixed format dream poem) by Roswila

ON SHRINKING

he's more relaxed with me than ever
I feel like one of his male best buddies

this crush that nearly
flattened my spirit is now just
a really good friend
I'm surprised to be quite content
with this new arrangement

we watch a wet male swimmer stand by the pool,
clearly extremely chilled by the evening breeze

my heart-throb-turned-buddy smiles and turns to me:
"How little it takes to thoroughly shrink a man!"


[a 2-liner, a tanka, and two more 2-liners on a dream of 7-6-18. Photo "Hidden Hearts" (10-20-16 009v2) 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.