Autumn Dreams

On the cool dark of an autumn night Little girl sleeps in her cosy bed Little girl dreams of red and gold leaves Rustling and whirling around her head Autumn wind catches girl and leaves Whisks them away on up to the sky Little girl plays among bright jewel stars Light of the moon gives…

Undigested Dreams

The smiling shower curtain dolphin looked me up and down ‘You fat,’ it said ‘Yeah? Well, you flat,’ I retorted The shower curtain dolphin sniggered with its shower curtain dolphin friends They then proceeded to eat the shower curtain fish and swam off the shower curtain Leaving the brightly coloured coral Which promptly experienced a…

Slow Dreams

Star flowers bloom under starlight Milky way flows through deep black sky Petals glow faintly in the blue night Violet clouds wander as the winds fly Crickets sing in the peaceful dark Bushes rustle in the cooling breeze Waters rise gently to the tide mark Soft ebb and flow of the cool seas Grey are…

Losing things

In my dreams I keep losing things Walking along and suddenly I realise I don’t have my handbag I did have it, but it’s like I just put it down and walked away So now I retrace my steps in panic Looking frantically for the handbag With the purse and the money and my driver’s…

Remember how to dream

Does anyone really know how to dream anymore do any of us remember what it is to let our souls fly into realms of fancy other worlds and other times just to say ‘what if’ just for fun Lock the world out just for a little while and go live inside your head It can…

While I dream

Floating Lifting off the ground, lighter than air Like a dandelion seed blown in the wind Flying, soaring Higher and higher Above houses and roads Off over yellow fields and deep green forests Cool blue lakes and rushing rivers, Cold high mountains and low rolling hills And there is the coast, and the clean white…

Review “Boneland” by Alan Garner

Ostensibly a sequel to ‘The Moon of Gomrath’ and the ‘Weirdstone of Brisingamen’, though written fifty years later, “Boneland” is a problematic read. To anyone who has read the first two books, I would caution not to expect any kind of continuation or resolution here. I find I cannot really discuss this without straying into…

Land of dreams

Land of dreams, dream realm, dream world, dreamscape, etc. These are all imaginative ways of referring to the images we see when asleep. From ancient times, dreams have been a source of mystery and magic. They have been considered as prophetic. Their occurrence has been ascribed to gods or spirits. Cultures world-wide have myths and…

Lucidity

On the border between dream and nightmare It could swing either way Take charge, stand your ground Exert your will Wolves become puppies Demons turn to harmless sprites Close the door on the bad and the mad And open the way to a country Where everything shines