Re-Posting of: DUSTING OFF THE DAY (photo) & UNTIL THE MORROW (free verse dream poem) by Roswila

UNTIL THE MORROW
(stealing from Shakespeare)

out out damn dust!
don't seed this time of rest with pain,
at least until the morrow
when tears may wash
what light in yonder window breaks
and truth slicing like a bare bodkin
shall then be welcome
(if such a pointed blade
were ever thus:
both true and welcomed)


[re-post today of a free verse poem begun in a dream of 1-7-14 and first posted back then. Comments from that first posting: “I was fooling around with snatches of Shakespearian phrasing in my dream, attempting to couch the dream's insight in an appropriate dramatic way. As I did so in the dream the details of the insight got lost beneath the words. But I do recall a habitual denial of mine that the dream was revealing and how uncomfortable it made me feel to hear it. So much so, I guess, that I ultimately distanced myself in the dream by writing about my reaction to it rather than the insight itself.” Today's comment: I don't know if that Romeo & Juliet quote (line #5) works in the overall context of this poem. It's sort of distracting. Hm, I recall having the same question back when I first wrote/dreamed this piece. In any case, the point (pardon the pun) of the poem and how it came to be written in the dream, is still, well, all too pointed. Photo "Dusting Off the Day" (1-20-10 19102e) 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.