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Tag: nightmare

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

Blind in the Hall

February 16, 2012 ROMPoetry

The way of this life is a tenuous one.
My son flirts with joy at a cherry popsicle
in the afternoon and that evening
must stand his ground in the backyard,
when he tells his new friend Stuart,
I am not a baby. You think I’m a baby.
The way of this life is a tenuous one. Continue reading “Blind in the Hall” →

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