dVerse Poets – Descriptive Detail
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“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” Langston Hughes
Noctuary
Dreams are like a Dalian reality
melting the fantasy of my waking life,
how else would mist filled lakes call me
to tree lined shores in desirable lands,
where clearings happily appear
and docile waves lap the sand,
somehow, intuitively, you just know
that a cipher will appear,
though more subtly than desired,
why the ornate and bejewelled
viking dragon-boat like molten gold
drifting through the mist?
And you know it’s not the boat,
but the gift borne within it
that will gestate and stay with you
for an eternity,
dreams are like that.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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Thank you Cheryl, appreciate that.
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For sure. I had quite a dream last night, and I’m taking it to my dream group next week to see if we can sort it out 🙂 I wonder if starting to watch the Joseph Campbell / Bill Moyers interviews last night had anything to do with it.
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🙂 I’m certain it would have been percolating 🙂
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Excellent writing Paul — wonderful descriptors. Fascinating encrusted dragon boat. Flashy vikings!
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Yes, thieving lot, thank you so much Rob for those encouraging thoughts.
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Noctuary…I really like that word! It sounds magical! Great poem!
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Yes, it means a record of the events of the night, sleep and dreams 🙂 thank you.
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Beautiful vivid poetry! 🙂 Is there a particular image that you have in mind before starting each poem?
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Sometimes I do have an image in my mind, or a feeling, mostly they do come and find me, on rare occasions I have to sweat it. I have always had an active imagination. Thank you Tom.
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Totally agree – either it’s a spontaneous image that I’ll think ‘let’s see where things go from here’ or it’ll be the bare bones of a scene that I’ll want to know ‘how can I add to this & build something new from scratch?’
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Yes, that’s pretty much how it goes. Often it will be a whole first line or sometimes a theme, a story line 😀
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I like the thought of the gestating gift inside the viking boat and the tree lined shores on the mist filled lakes.
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Thank you Frank, it came from an actual dream too, so full of that wonder, enjoyed the invitation to description.
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a bit dreamy for me …
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Well, you can drift off in the boat 😀
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Sometimes, it is our dreams that keep us going. Great write!
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I agree Heather and thank you.
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Excellent piece Paul.
I like dreaming 🙂
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O good, it really informs life I feel.
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🙂
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Love the dreamy quality of this.
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Thank you Dawn, I like that thought.
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You’re welcome. Was happy to be carried away by, and with it! lol
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🙂
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Beautiful lines, Paul. I love that dream of Vikings. 🙂
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Thank you so much Winnie, yes dreams like that are significant.
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You’re welcome, Paul.
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Dream vessels are wondrous things!
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Yes, they sure are, thank you Beverly.
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Ethereal floating, beautiful Paul. The ciphers are indeed subtle
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I love where your dream took us! 🙂
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O wow, that is nice, thank you Punam. 🙂
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You are welcome, Paul. 🙂
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Those are great dreams, except in my case that dragon ship would be a burning burial ship with the treasure inside would be myself dressed for death.
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Fascinating imagery, there’s something about burning pyres, something about boats for me too. I often find (for me) they bear something, a gift, which is not immediately evident, nor always as profound as the dream itself. Thank you for sharing your thoughts Bjorn.
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Love the dreams too, they are good ones. Thank you for sharing, Paul! Best wishes, Michael
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Glad you enjoyed it Michael, thank you.
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I really like how the poem recreates the dream state, then shifts to reflection, and ends with meaning.
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