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.
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.
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.
Dreams Standing On a ledge Fear, spider like Creeps closer to you Drenching you with cold sweat Paralysed you cannot move to The is no chance of escaping The blackness engulfs you and you drown Sinking to the depths of the black abyss.
It’s the fourth week of the month! Are you ready for a theme prompt?
This month’s theme is:
Dreams.
Colleen suggested an optional form for us to experiment with. A few months ago, Merril D. Smith wrote a poem called a Diatelle. She found this form on shadowpoetry.com.
“The Diatelle is a fun, syllable counting form like the etheree with a twist. The syllable structure of the diatelle is as follows: 1/2/3/4/6/8/10/12/10/8/6/4/3/2/1, but unlike an etheree, has a set rhyme pattern of abbcbccaccbcbba. This poetry form may be written on any subject matter and looks best center aligned in a diamond shape.”
Image from Pixabay.
Night Terrors
Dreams They grow And they flow In black and white Your deepest secrets show In shadows of darkest night. Could there be escape from unearthly plight. Is that sunlight or are we caught in headlight beams. Rooted incapable of fight or flight. Face my demons dodging their bite They chase and scare me so. I aim for light Where to go Oh! No. Dreams.
The other night while flying high across the cold black winter’s sky I saw a cluster of stars, they winked at me from afar. I was curious to see just why they winked when they saw me.
The tiny cluster of stars which were grouped together just south of Mars were celebrating with delight the shiny furnament of night.
The twinkling sparkling dancing light leapt from side to side across the night. I joined in and leapt and played and lazily from star to planet I flipped and swayed. Spinning through the universe the view from Rhea is diverse. Looking out into the distance I noticed a planet which looked so blue .
Welcome to my “Heartland Echoes,” where I aim to share my poems with the world, along with my survival story and autobiography of childhood abuse, motivational quotes, and much more. Through my words, I hope to inspire others to share their own stories and experiences. Each poem is a piece of my heart and soul, along with a story of a traumatic past, crafted with inspiration, Hope, faith, love and passion. I believe that by sharing our art and emotions, I’ll be able to connect with others on a deeper level and create a sense of community.
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