2007-07-19

1088. Expecting

Falling, falling...
before I hit the ground
it's morning.

13 comments:

Masago said...

1088. Expecting

Falling, falling...
before I hit the ground
it's morning.

Link with 1087: Expecting.

[I've had this dream experience at least a couple of times in my life. The inspiration, though, for this haiku was partly inspired by the following by Iida Dakotsu:

Before my eyes
a hollyhock; on it a snake,
I wake from a nap.

From Modern Japanese Haiku, An Anthology by Makoto Ueda, p. 110.]

Pamela said...

I have a similar dream

My third line would be

JERK AWAKE

floots said...

i like this
(my problem is that i hit the ground before morning - at least it's not a fatal fall) :)

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

interesting...

John McDonald said...

good one

Borut said...
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Borut said...

If a dream occurs three time, it surely is one to be considered carefully, some say!?:) A falling dream is still a dream!:)

polona said...

yes, i know the feeling... only it sometimes happens in the middle of the night

Masago said...

Pamela: *LOL* In the next dream you may be assisting in pushing JERK off the cliff. ;-)

Floots: THUMP! So much for the theory that people die who actually hit the ground in such dreams. :-)

Andrew: :)

John: Thanks.

Borut: Hmmm. What do you suppose it means?

Polona: Now that you mention it, I think I actually experienced this when having naps (like Iida's haiku).

Borut said...

I find it auspicious!?:) You'll 'wake up' before falling down!:) There is a book in Arabic - the precursor of Robinson Crusoe, called The Journey of the Soul. The hero's name Hayy bin Yaqzan (or something) translates as ... Son of the Awake...!?:)

Pat Paulk said...

Never had the falling one, but running around in my underwear several times. Sad thing is I always wake up before anyone else gets undressed.

Hazel said...

I had the dream often years ago
but no more.

Masago said...

Borut: Interesting. Can you read Arabic too?

Pat: *LOL* I have had that sort of dream too!

Hazel: Thanks. I'm not sure what that means...