chasing rainbows on a rainy day, Said Princess Haiku

Chased a rainbow today, arcing overhead a visitation of rain...
Spring, where are you hiding?

belle chrysanthemum in exile

The chrysanthemums of this year have long faded but I have had enough of this drizzling rain and the flowers want to bloom again.






I present the dancers....

a night of high wind and danger; yet the chrysanthemums survived

This is such a perilous year for chrysanthemums, said Princess Haiku.

First, record breaking heat to confuse the darlings as to the season, and now last night's autumnal storm. Sheets of rain pelted against my glass windows and winds howled soon after midnight. There was no other thing for it. I slipped outdoors in a long ghostly nightgown with the wind whipping my pale hair about like a wraith, to pull my planter boxes with their tall occupants indoors.

After pulling wet oak leaves from their branches, I listened to chrysanthemum murmurings as I fell back asleep. What lore, what language do these chrysanthemum know? Like deux fay or siblings speaking twin language their conversation was inaccessible to me. More about deux fay another time.

Later, a dream of diving into a pool of magenta water, becoming a tall gold spider chrysanthemum, transforming into luminous images of Ameratsu. What portents, magic and gifts will my chrysanthemums bring, as winter darkens my pathway and they bear the last light of the season?

And now it is the day of All Hallows and I must prepare my "book of shadows;" an altered book of course. Having said this Princess Haiku disappeared as she often does.

Suddenly....

Princess Haiku hears the "The Raindrop Prelude in her Dreams"

Princess Haiku has been wandering in her sleep as both insomniacs and ghosts will. When asked where she has has been she only replied, "inside the raindrop."

Princess Haiku leaves an obscure list at "To Do List"

This is a list I left at "To Do List."

Things to do before I go to bed:

1) Blow out the white candle from Ancient Ways.

2) Relight the candle and write a note to reserve a library book about understanding ambivalence.

3) Put the lid back on the organic peanut butter jar and brush cracker crumbs off the couch.

4) Prepare to have a lucid dream about visiting Clearwater and splashing in green blue waves. (This is a better idea than flying Southwest Airline)

5) Push back late night memories about the "dearly departed" and focus on finding two matching black socks for tomorrow morning. (It isn't as easy as you think as black socks fade at different intervals and you can end up with charcoal gray juxtaposed to slightly less than cobalt black.) This is not a dress for success look.

6) Close eyes while brushing teeth and do not think about risks of toothpaste sourced from China.

7) Put on KDFC and prepare to listen to classical music until the commercials start at dawn. (This is prime listening time whether one is asleep or not)

8) Brush pale hair until it snaps with electricity.


Next time I will leave a list of things not to do while sleep walking.

Good-night, scarlet flower.


12:27 AM