This week Ingrid over at d’Verse Poetics has challenged us to get in touch with our Visionary self whilst Sarah David, the PoW over at The Skeptic’s Kaddish‘s Wea’ve Written Weekly has encouraged us to write a poem about dreams in 14 lines or less. Below lies my contribution: 👇👇👇
CHASING DREAMS
Memories of dreams are most elusive
I dream a dream in the midst of REM
Then I wake up,
I always wake up
And the dream is no more
I can’t remember them
That’s the thing about dreams
They never last forever
And I spend the rest of the day
Chasing after snippets of it
In the mental corridors of my mind
Trying to piece the dream together.
And recapture the hope it gave me
The comfort it brought
Should you wish to participate in the prompts you can access them through the following links: 👇👇👇
https://dversepoets.com/2023/01/10/poetics-visionary-poetry/
https://skepticskaddish.com/2023/01/11/w3-prompt-37-weave-written-weekly/
Poetry and Prose of Ken Hume 
Well done, Ken. I too have chased dreams during the day trying to piece together snippets of it!
Dreams don’t last forever… that is a great line.
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Thanks very much Dwight, delighted you enjoyed it and could relate to it! 🙏😁😊
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You are welcome, Ken!
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I know that feeling of trying to chase a dream after it has flown! Nice that you got to answer two prompts with one poem 🙂
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Thanks very much Ingrid, I appreciate your feedback! 🙏😁😊 Yep, think that happens us all! 👍 Worked out nicely alright. 😊😀
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Great poem, Ken. Very relatable ❤
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Thanks very much Sylvia, kind of you to say! 😁🙏😊
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My pleasure 🙂
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Absolutely my experience with dreams Ken. They have to be extremely vivid for me to remember them. I suffer from night terrors so many dreams that I have are of nothing, just the horror of an ever expanding void.
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Thanks very much Rob, glad that you can relate to it! 😁🙏😊 Sorry about the night terrors though. ☹️
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I feel the opposite… my nightmare’s haunt me into daylight
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Funny how that works out in different people Bjorn! 😁👍 Sorry about the nightmares though.
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A mysterious and wonderful subject to write about. Nice work, Ken!
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Thanks very much Michelle, appreciate it! 🙏😁😊
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This is gorgeously written. I often find myself chasing snippets of a dream as well! ❤️❤️
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Thanks very much Sanaar, delighted you enjoyed it! 😊😁🙏
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You have captured this beautifully Ken ❤
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That is exactly it! I usually can’t remember all the details and sometimes I really want to recapture what I dreamed!! You said it perfectly!!
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Thanks so much Muri, delighted you can relate to it! 😁🙏😊
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❤️love it write and this is exactly how it is for me Ken~!
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Brilliant Cindy, delighted you enjoyed it and could relate to it! 🙏😁😊
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Definitely Ken!! ❣️
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Yeah, I almost never ever remember my dreams! Spot on, Ken 💘
~David
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Thanks a million David, delighted you can relate to it! 😁😊🙏
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And you wrote it so beautifully too ❤
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hi, Ken ❤
The lovely Denise is hosting W3 this week ~ and she's come up with a unique prompt!
Enjoy 🙂
David
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Thanks very much David, I’ll be sure to check it out! 👍😁🙏😊
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*hug*
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Very relatable poem, especially “chasing snippets” or old dreams.
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Thanks very much! 🙏😁😊
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Appreciate that my friend! 😁😊🙏
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Hi, Ken, this week’s W3, hosted by the brilliant Brandon Ellrich, is now live 🙂
Enjoy ❤
~David
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Nice one dude, I’ll be sure to check it out! 😁😊👍
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AND~ Brandon is “one nice dude” 😉
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Indeed he is! 👍😁😛 Lot of nice dudes and dudettes on here! 😁
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