Dreaming Poems
Sleep
by Ken Ripley
When I sleep I like to dream
And star in complex fantasies
In which I am good and often wise.
But then I awake and realize
Those fantasies were only lies.
How sad it is to long for sleep
And all those lies I’d rather keep
Instead of making day my friend
And embracing all that it may lend.
Aan de achterkant van de regenboog
by Mario Odekerken
Aan de achterkant van de regenboog
valt het licht stil,
kleur zakt langzaam in aarde en steen.
Geen gouden pot,
geen fluistering van wonder,
alleen de lucht die ruikt naar verlaten dromen.
De hemel scheurt in stroken grijs,
en voeten zoeken paden die er nooit waren.
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Sleeping is a Time Machine
by christopher Shepherd
Sometimes I sleep the night away, speeding towards the end. A time machine to freedom coming just around the bend.
I take that turn and close my eyes, my problems fade away. I drift off to sleep in Never-land and start my dream-like day.
My eyes begin to focus, I’m walking down a road. The sun is bright, I feel at peace, there’s nothing to forebode.
As I walk this country road all shaded by the trees, I notice that it’s warm outside and hear the buzzing bees.
The honeysuckle on the fence spreads perfume in the air. I walk along while smiling as the breeze blows through my hair.
As I focus on the road ahead my mind begins to clear. I take a breath and close my eyes, and shed a thankful tear.
I feel a sudden burst of energy coming from within. This warm gold light inside my chest, I feel like I can win!
With this power flowing through me like a Jedi with the force, I can do all sorts of things, and even fly of course!
As I take a deep breath, I start lifting off the ground. I take off in the air and make a ‘Whooshing’ sound.
I fly so high and swoop so low turbulence be damned. I cruise with speed as I explore this world called Never-land.
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Partition
by Hoda Ablan
Between us is night with its flickering features
a star, stripped of her gown of memories
pasted bare in distant space.
A Cynic's Day-Dream
by Sir Lewis Morris
SOME men there be who can descry
No charm in earth or sea or sky,
Poor painful bigot souls, to whom
All sights and sounds recall the tomb,
And some who do not fear to use
God's world for tavern or for stews.
Some think it wisdom to despoil
Their years for gold and troublous toil ;
While others with cold dreams of art
Would feed the hunger of the heart,
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Nothing
by Mario Odekerken
I imagined you.
I saw in you the world that never was,
lived through you a dream
that never touched reality.
Now there is silence.
Not absence,
but the weight
of what never became..
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Aan de achterkant van de regenboog
by Mario Odekerken
Aan de achterkant van de regenboog
valt het licht stil,
kleur zakt langzaam in aarde en steen.
Geen gouden pot,
geen fluistering van wonder,
alleen de lucht die ruikt naar verlaten dromen.
De hemel scheurt in stroken grijs,
en voeten zoeken paden die er nooit waren.
......
The Dream.
by Laurence Argyll Simon Noond
Tired weary eyes closing; drifting into a dream,
We`re all floating on that endless stream---
Long past memories; the future but a dream.
We`re all floating on "our" endless stream.
A world of fantasy; of make believe,
Meeting lost loved ones in our dreams.
Where all we desire, we can achieve,
"Where all" all! is not as it seems.
......
Sleep
by Ken Ripley
When I sleep I like to dream
And star in complex fantasies
In which I am good and often wise.
But then I awake and realize
Those fantasies were only lies.
How sad it is to long for sleep
And all those lies I’d rather keep
Instead of making day my friend
And embracing all that it may lend.
Dreaming
by Baramundi Roy
Confined to dreams where no harm can be done
in the world of fantasy I have such fun.
Letting my imagination run wild
I can be a man or just be a child.
Lost in the realms of this imaginary world
where daring plots become unfurled.
In my sleeping hours so vivid and bright
I have great adventures throughout the night.
