A collection
of opuscula deriving
from my dreams
would describe
tooth decay
flesh decay
maze of city streets
losing my children
repeatedly
graphically
long haggard squalling
who would want to read this
#NaPoWriMo Day 9!
For “Understand This Is a Dream” in the Garden
Skylover’s Word List: FLESH
Merriam-Webster Word of the Day: OPUSCULUM
It's disturbing to have dreams like this and they don't poof out right away like other dreams. No, they become unwelcome guests who stay all day.
ReplyDeleteThat feeling when waking of how bad a dream was is quite unnerving and it takes some time to get over it. Luckily haven't had one like that for years.
ReplyDeleteOh dear! Not dreams but nightmares. Too well described to be comfortable.
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ReplyDeleteAnxiety dreams about my children are literally the worst!
ReplyDeleteThose kind of dreams are horrible, for sure. Especially when they are about our children.
ReplyDeleteOops! Thank goodness it's just a dream!
ReplyDeleteI have anxiety dreams about kittens as I do not have children. These dreams have a tendancy to hang about all day. Excellent poem.
ReplyDeleteI would like to read a few, Marian. Glutton for punishment? Small details elaborated on make for good reading, especially when you know the author. Ode "To a mouse" reworked, "To the Toothpaste"?
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I hate when I am awakened only to be left with the debris of nightmares.
ReplyDeletefrom one mom to another... we've all experienced this!
ReplyDeleteI think one has to understand dreaming to understand the dream, and the only thing more difficult than understanding dreaming is writing poetry ... Yet your take here makes me see many of your poems -- opuscula of the ones I like most -- as stays against unconscious strife in toothy dream-images. Tonics and briefs against the accused.
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