GOING UP IN FLAMES (photomorph) & THEY'RE FINGERS (mixed format dream poem) by Roswila

THEY’RE FINGERS

so absorbed she
barely notes her usual hobble
as she walks the path
eyeing little flames of rose buds
and glorious full conflagrations

each time she lowers her camera,
she raises it again to take another photo

a man’s voice whispers in her mind “And
yet you don’t have time to spend with me?”

“Hey,” she tosses off as she snaps another photo
“my pix are fingers, a way this blind woman sees”


[a tanka capped by three two-liners on a dream of 4-30-19. Yesterday I finally got a new camera ready that I've had but not set up for use. It's now in my purse awaiting it's first run. Clearly this dream was influenced by my doing this. I'd be thoroughly embarrassed to admit how long this new camera's been sitting around, only needing my attention (such as charging the battery, and reading the accompanying booklet so I'd have some idea what the various icons mean). I'm hopeful -- but no means sure -- that this new camera will produce better photos that I don't feel the need to edit so heavily. (I enjoy using failed representational pix as templates for abstracts. But there are times I really want the original, straightforward shot.) The camera I've been using for a few years now has a wide-angle lens which I've settled for, but never been delighted with. Photomorph “Going Up In Flames” (8-5-09 5009v4[3]) 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.