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Tag: dreams

Poems

Dream Arithmetic

March 5, 2013 ROMPoetry

John_Henry_Fuseli_-_The_NightmareNobody needs it,
The loss of words, the alphabet
Of rock and sky, the dictionary
Spelling out the weight of pelican
Feathers and childbirth. Nobody
Needs the dream of images
Making no sense, the path
Of broken teeth and textbooks, Continue reading “Dream Arithmetic” →

Tagged creative writing, dreams, imagery, nature, nightmare, poems, poetry, subconscious1 Comment
Poems

I Beat Manuela

January 28, 2013 ROMPoetry

PerilsOfPaulineTiedToRailwayTracks[4]He kicked me in his sleep,
But when he woke up,
He said he was kicking a bad guy
Who was trying to get me.
I am always being chased
By bad guys in his dreams,
And he is always saving me. Continue reading “I Beat Manuela” →

Tagged creative writing, dreams, life, news, nightmares, poetry, poets, rescue4 Comments
Poems

The Place Where We Used to Play

October 19, 2012 ROMPoetry

for Luann

The stump of the locust tree roared
When its body fell away from it
In the April wind before the land
Clocked its beat into her, the roar
Evident in the toothy spears of bark
Stalagmited from its edge, the hollow
Of age rifled by coon, snake and beetle. Continue reading “The Place Where We Used to Play” →

Tagged dreams, life, memory, nature, poems, poetry, storm, trees, writingLeave a comment

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