World Dream Bank: Dreamku Posted in January 2007 by Roswila

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Dreamku Posted in January 2007

Dreamed various dates up to January 2007 by Roswila [aka: Patricia Kelly]
www.roswila-dreamspoetry.blogspot.com

INTRODUCTION

A photo in the 1974 program of the second Star Trek convention ever held in New York City

This month's dreamku have more scifaiku-like [sci-fi-haiku] themes (space, fairies, galaxies, Star Trek, etc.) than I've come to expect, so may seem further from being haiku or even senryu than usual. There's also more humor than I usually note in a month's worth of my dreamkus. Though humor is not unusual in regular or classic haiku by others and even in my scifaiku, it does tend to be in short supply in my dreamku. At least humor that I intend. :-)

A friend once said that she was quite puzzled by most of my dreamku, that they were rather different from "regular" haiku. I agree that the themes of my dream haiku are almost always quite different from non-dream haiku. However, what one of my dream haiku asks is to take on the dream image as if it were our own and see what that feels like, or what thoughts it generates. And how different is that from what non-dream haiku request of us? That is, non-dream haiku offer a moment for us to try on, or to get inside, as opposed to telling us what to experience or think.

So here are this month's dream haiku for you to try on. You can't get any of these "wrong." These are not puzzles to be figured out or solved. They are simply open for your experiencing... if I've done my job well enough setting the dream stage, and have also resisted the urge to give too much stage direction. That last may be the case in a few of these dream haiku below, i.e. I've over-directed. But I survive to dire... oops!... write again. :-)

I should mention that these haiku were not necessarily written on the date they were posted, nor were their source dreams dreamt on that date. I choose a dream haiku to post on any given day by looking through my handwritten notebook and picking one that appeals to me for one reason or another. The dream haiku in this little notebook are based on dreams I had from yesterday all the way back to many years ago. I do have the month and year of the dream recorded with the haiku so I could sort all these dream haiku in date order of their source dream should I ever want to.

DREAMKU POSTED IN JANUARY 2007

January 1, 2007
we transmute
into fairy-like slaves
I discover flight
January 2, 2007
no time off
computer glitches repeat
in my dreams
January 3, 2007
galactic journey
we seek the lost
steering mechanism
January 4, 2007
I turn his rage
into a silly food fight
fruit in my ear
January 5, 2007
she tries to get by
the knot in the food line
magic camp
January 6, 2007
quarantine...sunrise on the beach
January 7, 2007
she rinses me off
from head to foot
full service
January 8, 2007
the toddler wanders
through an adult-filled room
neck ache
January 9, 2007
she held us each
in her open-ended view
we release her now*
*Based on a dream of 1/7/07 about my 86-year-young friend who just died.
January 10, 2007
the sudden free fall
of the elevator
surviving bottom
January 11, 2007
trying to hold
the river in a net
haiku after haiku
January 12, 2007
she'd offer a child
a wonderful heritage
gene envy
January 13, 2007
eons ago they
split into two species
their forbidden love
January 14, 2007
going places:
their wheelchairs draw power
from the third rail
January 15, 2007
grief numbs
she dances on the rocks to
reduce them to sand
January 16, 2007
George Clooney naked:
a cranky and stumbling
Greek statue
January 17, 2007
Moses the cat
rejects his usual food
where will this lead
January 18, 2007
influence trap
she paints the mask
a pale aqua
January 19, 2007
resurrection
she takes over
my bedroom
January 20, 2007
I meet her in one
of her current three lives
fleet-foot
January 21, 2007
jammed in the doorway
beware of old friends
bearing gifts
January 22, 2007
the huge tree extends
an intricate limb toward me
twilight
January 23, 2007
tricked into
meeting with the enemy
only exit
January 24, 2007
she distills symbols
for the day's hurts
removed
January 25, 2007
we stalk rich folk
in our old jalopy
moonlight joy ride
January 26, 2007
falling through space
at the speed of the earth
hanging on
January 27, 2007
snow on the way
dream of my father
malingering
January 28, 2007
whose butt is bigger
I both fear and want to win
this contest
January 29, 2007
the star ship crew
piles up in an orgy
Captain Kirk's grin
January 30, 2007
Mama comes back to life
in good health
crowded kitchen*
January 31, 2007
free and clear
her rain soaked
formal gown clings
*Note to 1-30-07:
After initially posting this ku as:
Mama in good health
comes back from the dead
crowded kitchen
I felt uncomfortable. The word "dead" is so heavy in the context of what was a lovely dream... ...and the inversion between the first and second lines serves no purpose so it's awkward.
Then as I was climbing the three flights of stairs to my apartment it hit me how I could improve on the ku – and the version above is what I've come to. Maybe all that climbing exercise got some blood to my poor brain? :-D

'til next time, keep dreaming,
--Roswila

EDITOR'S NOTE

On Roswila's own site, these dreamku were posted in one endless column. I have pasted them into a rough calendar form. This may impose a false three-day rhythm, but also displays a week's dreamku at once, revealing the echoing and evolving themes that appear as Roswila dreams about her writing and writes about her dreaming. Self-sculpting bonsai!

--Chris Wayan

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January 1, 2007 we transmute into fairy-like slaves I discover flight	January 2, 2007 no time off computer glitches repeat in my dreams	January 3, 2007 galactic journey we seek the lost steering mechanism
January 4, 2007 I turn his rage into a silly food fight fruit in my ear	January 5, 2007 she tries to get by the knot in the food line magic camp	January 6, 2007 quarantine...sunrise on the beach
January 7, 2007 she rinses me off from head to foot full service	January 8, 2007 the toddler wanders through an adult-filled room neck ache	January 9, 2007 she held us each in her open-ended view we release her now* *Based on a dream of 1/7/07 about my 86-year-young friend who just died.
January 10, 2007 the sudden free fall of the elevator surviving bottom	January 11, 2007 trying to hold the river in a net haiku after haiku	January 12, 2007 she'd offer a child a wonderful heritage gene envy
January 13, 2007 eons ago they split into two species their forbidden love	January 14, 2007 going places: their wheelchairs draw power from the third rail	January 15, 2007 grief numbs she dances on the rocks to reduce them to sand
January 16, 2007 George Clooney naked: a cranky and stumbling Greek statue	January 17, 2007 Moses the cat rejects his usual food where will this lead	January 18, 2007 influence trap she paints the mask a pale aqua
January 19, 2007 resurrection she takes over my bedroom	January 20, 2007 I meet her in one of her current three lives fleet-foot	January 21, 2007 jammed in the doorway beware of old friends bearing gifts
January 22, 2007 the huge tree extends an intricate limb toward me twilight	January 23, 2007 tricked into meeting with the enemy only exit	January 24, 2007 she distills symbols for the day's hurts removed
January 25, 2007 we stalk rich folk in our old jalopy moonlight joy ride	January 26, 2007 falling through space at the speed of the earth hanging on	January 27, 2007 snow on the way dream of my father malingering
January 28, 2007 whose butt is bigger I both fear and want to win this contest	January 29, 2007 the star ship crew piles up in an orgy Captain Kirk's grin	January 30, 2007 Mama comes back to life in good health crowded kitchen*
January 31, 2007 free and clear her rain soaked formal gown clings	*Note to 1-30-07: After initially posting this ku as: Mama in good health comes back from the dead crowded kitchen I felt uncomfortable. The word "dead" is so heavy in the context of what was a lovely dream...	...and the inversion between the first and second lines serves no purpose so it's awkward. Then as I was climbing the three flights of stairs to my apartment it hit me how I could improve on the ku – and the version above is what I've come to. Maybe all that climbing exercise got some blood to my poor brain? :-D