~ a midsummer night's dream ~
My heart trembles like a poor leaf
The planets whirl in my dreams.
The stars press against my window.
I rotate in my sleep. My bed is a warm planet.
by Marvin Mercer (5th Grade)...
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~ on golden pond ~
Golden ponds with dolphins in
fountains of crystal, and white
Snow covered mountains
slip from my dream state to consciousness.
The bliss of drinking in the beauty remains.
I long to sink into sleep again to recapture
the ecstasy which begins to elude me.
A glimpse again of glass ceilings,
and birds wheeling on invisible currents.
Then awake, and detail diminishes.
Only the elusive essence of another world remains.
by M. Marsh
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