Category: dreams
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Traversing darkness while moving toward light
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I sat with a friend around a fire in our yard We talked of children, the craft of writing, of basketball an ideal job, a feral cat he gave a friend and the one he still feeds on his porch We talked of possums, guinea hens, ticks, raccoons and a hawk that swooped up a…
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Along a fence line of childhood dreams wild berries once grew Birds would feast among thorns for summer fruit left ungathered Now your bed linens hang on a clothes line with purple bruises scavengers have deposited of half-digested dreams you left hanging on the vine 1-4-20
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Dreaming the night before the night before Christmas
I dreamed I was trying to wake from a dream within a dream and every dream I dreamed led into another dream and I could not wake up I dreamed I met an old friend who I did not know but he knew me I dreamed that I was in a custom coffee store tasting…
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recurrent dream
El Greco clouds Blot Horizon Storms spawn Corkscrew to ground Watch from hill Intoxicated Wait your turn Spin in sky Cloud risen 12-10-19
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Tattoo Dream
Sitting alone A corner table It is not a fancy bar Just a dimly lit bar A bar like thousands of other neighborhood bars You sit with a pen and tablet A book of Charles Bukowski poetry And sip water with a lime A woman comes over Says she finds you attractive Amused at the…
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Alchemy of a Dream
Standing outside a large room waiting to be called When your name is called you step inside the whole room applauds Suddenly, you don’t want to be there because you know You know who is not there and they are more deserving of accolades You step outside sit on a bench and dream You wake…
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Dreamtime walkabout
Nameless friend buys an old house In need of repair It stands in your old neighborhood Together you walk Strange alleys and spaces That were always there But staring into the sun you were unaware You look in back yards Hoping, maybe you’ll recognize A tree or bush No trees, no gardens, no grass, the…
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Dreaming on a Cold Night Hundreds of Miles from Home Listening to the Furnace Hum
a prose poem =============================================== I dreamed I was at the old Black Reunion in Danville, IL with just my Granddad and I and I was playing with little boy cousins I did not know. I dreamed I was sitting on the front porch of my grandparents’ old house on Greenbush Street that was torn down…
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11/11 – Dream π r²
You cross bridge after bridge go from island to island looking for the friend You sit in cafes walk neighborhoods hang out on park benches You stroll through galleries listening for the rhythm of the artist’s heart Once, you thought you saw the back of their head but you lost them in a crowd Like…
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Holiday haints
Last night, you dreamed you were set adrift in a yeasty haze of a bakery isle Nutmeg, peppermint, vanilla chocolate, cardamon and cinnamon Your diet demands loyalty you averted your eyes and walked on In the dairy section you grabbed butter, cottage cheese and yogurt Standing in the checkout line, you felt guilty that somehow…
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