WIND HORSE (old photo) & ON DUPLICITY (old mixed format dream poem) by Roswila

ON DUPLICITY

it’s almost impossible
to tell which of the two horses
is the original,
both have intelligent eyes
and their chestnut hides glisten

this duplicity
is part of the plan to free
her from her abuser:
this man who helps her dismount
from the beautiful fake

she has to accept
his aid or the jig is up
only her hidden
lover’s voice in her mind
stills her rising panic

yes, her secret man says,
our plan has begun to work
your real horse is free


[three tanka and a dreamku on a dream of 10-25-12 (re-posted today, 9-25-18). Not remembering my dreams much, and even when I have some clue on waking, haven't any interest in making any of them into a post. Yeah (in addition to everything else that was already going on), Seasonal Affective Disorder's got a grip on me now, for sure. First really bad episode I've had since moving to California almost 11 years ago. Used to have an awful time with S.A.D. from September to January when I lived in New York City. But the consistent sunlight here has kept it mostly at bay until this year. In any case, it's always interesting to go through my old posts. I never fail to stumble on something amazingly applicable to the present time. BTW, today's photo is very old, maybe as much as 10 years old. And although the quality of its focus and composition is not all that good, I still react positively to that branch against the sky. It can't be edited much as this is actually the edited and cropped version. Somewhere along the way I lost the unedited original, or I'd start from scratch with it and see what my newer programs and skills could do with it. But of course that's not possible. Yet whenever I stumble across this small, edited version and think to delete it, I decide not to. Photo "Wind Horse" (9-15-18 New Picture(7)b) 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.