THE DIGGER (photomorph) & THE OUBLIETTE (tweaked version of old mixed format dream poem) by Roswila

THE OUBLIETTE

the lid she puts on
the deepest family denial:
the Three of Pentacles*

she’s way too young to be so self-possessed, to sense
her life-long work will be to plumb this oubliette


[a dreamku and a two-liner on a dream of 2-12-11. *In the Tarot card deck, one can determine one's "family" of cards by one's astrology sign, birth-date, and numerology. My most basic card is the Three of Pentacles, the flag word for which is often said to be "Work." BTW, this poem is actually a re-working of an older version, posted in 2011. The two-liner above was originally a six-line tanka, which is incorrect, a tanka is normally only five. I also incorrectly used the word “prepossessed,” realizing as I tweaked this poem, that I must have meant “self-possessed.” In any case, this dream poem hit me hard when I stumbled across it, mistakes and all. Photomorph “The Digger” (SS2 5-28-19[4]) 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.