Enmeshed by expectations, I keep spinning into tangles of self-imposed tempests. Where is the thread that will uncoil the gyring currents and release my thoughts into exhalations that echo with waves of light?
spirit of the wind
zephrean lullaby
dance me with dream dust
A quadrille haibun using dVerse host Kim’s word “keep” that considers the withering wind of Frank Tassone’s #haikai challenge #111.
K. 
‘gyring currents’ makes me think of the Yeats’ falcon.Very November colours.
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I like that comparison Jane. Thanks!
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I thought of that, too. I remember a college professor who commented on Yeats’ gyres.
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It’s a lovely word. There is a gyrfalcon too which could get its name from the circling way it hunts.
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It is. And it seems to fit naturally with birds.
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Especially the big ones with their single-minded application to hunting.
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This withering wind would seem to be one that sweeps away those self-imposed tempests – a dream worth having, and, even more so, waking from.
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I always hope for that result. Thanks Ken.
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You are getting better and better, Kerfe.
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What a wonderful complement! Thanks Robbie.
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Interesting take on the word keep!
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Thanks. It has many sides I think.
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #4: K’s latest #quadrille #haibun for #dversepoets #QuadrilleMonday and my current #haikai challenge!
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Thanks Frank, as always.
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Beautiful Kerfe, writing and art! 🙂
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Thanks Rob.
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I so enjoy haibun quadrilles (or quadrille haibun) Kerfe, and yours had me in a spin, I like the alliteration of ‘tangles of self-imposed tempests’ and ‘dance me with dream dust’, which creates for me the sound of dust and leaves in the wind.
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Thanks Kim. It’s a challenge I enjoy too.
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Beautiful, i adore this
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Thanks Jude.
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Nice description: “spinning into tangles of self-imposed tempests”. I also like the thought at the end of dancing and dream dust.
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Thanks Frank. Let’s hope we all have such dreams!
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Many emotions lift and fall and such a lovely close.
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Thanks.
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Dance me with dream dust… what a wonderful ending.
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Thanks Bjorn. I’m hoping for some tonight…
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From whirling self-imposed tempest to dream dust–I love it. That haiku is stunning.
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Thanks Merrill. The haiku is a slight revision of one from my rejection pile. So that makes me smile.
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I’m glad. I’ve given up trying to figure out what appeals to people or doesn’t. 🙂
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This is utterly beautiful! ❤️❤️
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Thank you!
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