BELLY LAUGHTER (photo) & "I ask what a dream..." (tanka on a dream) by Roswila

I ask what a dream
of a tiny woman birthing
a wee baby means
he smiles lopsidedly and replies:
don’t bite off more than you can chew?


[tanka on a dream of 2-1-20. 😊 BTW, there’s also a more serious level to this little dream, but these days humor is very welcome and nourishing. Also, the “he” was a non-specific man whom I knew in the dream. And, yes, this tiny dream was vaguely lucid as I knew I’d dreamed that birthing woman to even ask that question of the man in the dream. Photo “Belly Laughter” (8-09-09 5262e[2]) by Roswila. I have a very small, sort of maroon colored, plastic Happy Hotei (known as the Laughing Buddha) whose belly I rub for good luck whenever I remember to. This larger than life-size Happy Hotei above was and probably still is in the entrance way to an Asian restaurant. His belly gets a tremendous workout, I’m sure.]

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 or contrasting 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]
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