BLOWN COVER (photomorph) & THE JUMPER (non-dream tanka) by Roswila

THE JUMPER

tattoo it on her
forehead: Beware of Triggers! those
jumps to conclusions,
those fiery flights of fancy she takes
without warning: sniper fire from a nest


[non-dream tanka written 11-11-18. I'm saddened (and blush) to admit it, but this is actually about my own struggle. One of my pet peeves for most of my adult life has been how people jump to conclusions. Not that I believed I never did, but I was vain enough to think I had that sort of jumping down to a benign, almost non-existent level. Well, scratch that belief. It's been brought home to me big-time, how much I take huge leaps myself. Photomorph "Blown Cover" (10-8-11 11370v2f) 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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