I. The prompt poem:
‘Until Spring’, a tanka series by Jennifer Russo
II. Jennifer’s prompt guidelines ( Jennifer’s words)
As days grow shorter in the northern hemisphere, I find myself going to bed a bit earlier and rising a bit later. More time for dreaming! This week’s prompt is to write a “lento” on the topic of dreams. This could be about dreams themselves, the act of dreaming, the dreamer or a dreamlike quality.
Poems to inspire you
- ‘My Little Dreams’ by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 – 1966)
- ‘Dreams’ by Langston Hughes (1901 – 1967)
Lento?
- Two quatrains (four-line stanzas) with a fixed rhyme scheme of abcb, defe, as the 2nd and 4th lines of each stanza must rhyme;
- All the FIRST words of each verse should rhyme; click HERE for an example.
III. Submit: Click on ‘Mister Linky’ On David’s W3 poem page. you will see a small rectangular graphic with the words ‘Mr Linky’. Click on that to submit.
Night Horrors
When sleep deserts you with reason on its heels.
Panic moves in and is far from kind.
Sanity flees, taking sense in its path.
Like a car crash is your shattered mind.
Darkness creeps and confusion rules
You can smell the fear like a dirty drain.
Open a window and breathe in the night
Accept it now you can’t escape the pain
Look up to the stars they are laughing .
They know night horrors are nothing new
The moon and the stars burn with ancient light
Oblivious of your terror they ignore you.
The night is an abandoned tunnel damp and dark.
Behind you the breath of evil on your skin
You climb towards a light there is no rest.
In truth the chance of escape is thin
Where is the comfort where is the hope.
When will there be an end to this infernal night.
Are you lost in this living hell
Will awakening bring freedom from your plight.
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