aroused from slumber
implausible bedfellows
disturbed rookery
~
n.b. What was that all about? One dream I won’t be following up on. Thank goodness the day is bringing colour to the sky.
CLP 30/08/2022
Tag Archives: Nightmares
On Dreams ii
then all four appear
white, red, black and pale shadows
spare me these night mares
~
CLP 03/05/2021
In Dreamland
Cliché the commentator was taken by surprise
Could not imagine what he was seeing
Could not believe his eyes
.
The football pitch was purple
Goals were hanging in the air
The ball was a huge fat toffee apple
The referee an old grey mare
.
Beach huts dotted the terraces
With families at barbecues
Players ran around in waders
Except goalies in platform shoes
.
At the seven captains’ insistence
Laws of physics were to be ignored
At kick off they ate biscuits
And the whistle simply snored
.
The fans showed a little interest
When a pterodactyl flew in sight
Chased by a flying winger
Who never shirked a fight
.
The bustling centre forward
Wore a bustle on his rump
While the tenacious midfield terrier
Stopped to wee on a grass clump
.
The composed central defender
Was giving off strange smells
That drifted to the Kop End
Launching seventies flares and ringing shells
.
The clichéd commentator
Was getting all the details wrong
His microphone was a potato
And his watch burst into song
.
“I’m late! I’m late!” the startled man began to scream
Thinking he was still deeply held in his twisted dream
He ran straight out of his front door onto the busy street
But he hadn’t any clothes on, just slippers on his feet.
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n.b. What an www.napowrimo.net nightmare!!! Day 4 poem from a dream / dream poem.
Glossary:
Football: game played with a spherical ball that is kicked.
Goalie: a player who is allowed to use his hands to stop the ball going into the goal net.
Winger: highly skilled player who is usually slight of stature, wirey of frame and tricky, speedy and able to “fly” along the edge of the pitch.
Centre Forward: usually a physically imposing figure, enjoys bullying the opposition and scoring goals.
Central Defender: usually a physically imposing figure, enjoys bullying the opposition and stopping goals.
CLP 04/04/2020
Mad March Hairs
You gotta be kidding me?
Two fat, blond guys?
Like twins?
Tweedle Dum flies in Air Force One
Tweedle Dee lives at Number Ten
Part-timers both
One plays golf
The other makes babies
President?
Prime Minister?
At a time of national emergency?
Of international crisis?
Elected by the popular vote?
You gotta be kidding me?
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n.b. It is said that you get what you pay for.
Boris Johnson’s idea to let at least 60% of the population get ill with Covid-19 corona virus in order to build up “herd immunity” is sick. This is an idea that Hitler, or Stalin might have played with – mass graves on the back of a theory.
While in America, Donald Trump’s belief in free market extremism is such that he has done his utmost whilst President to dismantle any vestige of public health service. Access to health care depends on whether individuals have the financial resources to buy health insurance at an adequate level, or the cash to pay “for profit” organisations that sell health care.
CLP 15/03/2020
Mummification
Startled from sleep
Silent scream stuck in the craw
Eyes can but witness
CLP 20/02/2019
Nightmare II
Unbolted stable door
Frees untethered fears to run
Roughshod over dreams.
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CLP 07/11/2018
Voyage des Mots 