SERPENT'S NEST (photo) & OF NO IMPORT (mixed format dream poem) by Roswila

OF NO IMPORT

her dad’s sexual
invasiveness dismissed, “of no import
anymore,” she thinks;
her crucial struggle now (as ever):
to gather in enough proper nourishment

though sometimes it be more like shoe leather soup
from the Great Depression years, she feeds everywhere

as startled grey ghosts,
betraying their eternal emptiness,
skid off of her aura


[a tanka, a two liner, and a dreamku on a dream of 1-27-19. Photo “Serpent’s Nest” (June 8, 2013 on tthabol) 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.