SHOUT OUT TO THE SUN (photo) & "just like so much smoke...." (non-dream tanka) by Roswila

just like so much smoke
their conversations float up
from the hot poolside,
as I doze to the syncopation
of their overlapping burbling


[non-dream tanka written 8-18-19. My concern? That there are too many implied images crowded into this one little poem. Hope the reader won’t get metaphorical indigestion! 😊 At least I’m choosing to post this one I just experienced and not the nightmare-based poem from my dreams of last night. That dark one will most certainly be lengthy once I’ve completed it. Yeah, I rarely have true nightmares but last night sure made up for that. I’ll probably foist it upon any reader(s) of this blog tomorrow. Photo “Shout Out to the Sun” (11-20-18 002v2[2]) 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.