my dreams float
in the glass jar,
brimed in peach-
apple cider
i open the shelf
to admire its color- now amber-
gold & honey
in summer
but in autumn, the
liquid is deep cobalt-green
the sky takes on a sheen of melancholy
i cannot shake off
i think of another place and time
where the clouds are blue-grey
and the half-moon is glorious star-
i open the jar & inhale the half-
part of me, that swims between sun-
set and dusk
never quite framing the face half-
turning, walking between door-
ways
of meanings
and blank walls, i am
still air-scribbling, i am
dreaming
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This is exquisitely drawn, Grace! I especially love; "but in autumn, the liquid is deep cobalt-green/the sky takes on a sheen of melancholy/i cannot shake off." ❤️❤️
ReplyDeleteA delightful dream poem, Grace, in which you have captured the bizarreness of dreams that is woven into the familiar elements. I like how you incorporated yesterday’s quadrille word too. And a lovely use of colours.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this poem! The words flow as if wandering in a dream state. Air-scribbling perfect description.
ReplyDeletei am
still air-scribbling, i am
dreaming
This really has the flavour of dreaming, Grace...
ReplyDeletePoetry is the language closest to dreams, and the airy starry liquid element here is the essence of it. More may never be necessary ...
ReplyDeleteDreams are like that. Various thresholds between worlds, here green, there golden. This is a superb poem
ReplyDeleteThis is Eric btw
DeleteThis one floats like a dream, and I particularly love the penultimate stanza, that face we never quite see.
ReplyDeleteI love this, Grace. It makes that weird sense that only dreams can achieve. Particularly like your use of half words at the end of lines to perpetuate that disconnected feel of a dream.
ReplyDeleteGloriously light and dreamy.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous Grace. π✌πΌπ«ΆπΌ
ReplyDeleteI LOVED the ending!
ReplyDeleteI love the dreams floating in the glass jar, and all of the colours in this poem! Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love the flow of your images in this one, Grace!
ReplyDeleteI love 'air scribbling' Grace. Great poem.
ReplyDeleteBrimmed in peach-apple cider. and - melancholy - evocative for me. Dreamy indeed.
ReplyDeleteI still love to daydream but I don't have much time for it anymore. Too busy chasing my dreams now. But I do believe we should still keep dreaming.
ReplyDeleteI especially like these lines: “& inhale the half-
ReplyDeletepart of me, that swims between sun-
set and dusk”