Dream Journals
During a recent move I came face to face … literally … with the fact that I have accumulated nearly fifty journals. I began keeping a diary at age 12, and I still have that …
Flying Alone
Flying alone I always take the aisle; protection Against being pinned between a stranger and the window. But now, with you, I sit beside The plane’s lidded eye, Raise the shade, take in the view: …
After A Long Silence … The Word Is: “Okay”
After more than half a year of poetic silence, I asked my dreams to send a poem. Well, more specifically, I asked my dreams to send me a poem about clouds. I did not dream …
#29: Some Questions You Might Ask
after Mary Oliver What if this is the dream and real life happens when you’re asleep? Why do I remember so many dreams each night but I can’t remember where I left my keys? Why …
#28: Inside Dream
A poem featuring anagrams for Dream* Open up this dream and find a dare; a dram to set your imagination on fire; a ream of memory and association. It’s who you are and what I …
#27: Autobiography in Dreams
1. I’m in a public arena with no clothes on. 2. There are tests but I’m mot prepared. 3. The car has no brakes. 4. I’m losing all my teeth 5. I realize I’mdreaming and …
#21: In the Theatre of Ego
I am pedaling up a steep pocked sidewalk. I push the pedals pull on the handlebars — the bicycle barely moves. I will not dismount Will not surrender feet to cement. I will not. I …
#19: Involuntary Poem
Body burrowed beneath blankets Sunlight skin-tickles my skin. Eyes closed Grass green, water blue. Sleeping still Heart pounds, blood races. What might the next dream be? And the one after that? …
#18: On the Night of the Leonids
Whose dream is this bedecked in golden boughs? Whose dream is this with bluebirds flitting through? Whose dream of sparkling water and crystal bright silence? Whose dream this night of star-dazzled blackness? Whose dream is …
#12: Dream Offers Recipe for Youth
On the morning of my mother’s 75th birthday, my dreams offer advice on aging I’m gripping a pulley handle, rolling along a guy-wire Strung high above the ground. I’m practicing Flips and fancy moves, suspended …
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