“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.”
Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy
lost in dream sublime
where ideas dance before me
Will-o-wisps in time
thrumming through my soul
words form in the abyss
and rise to make me whole
© Ginny Brannan May 2012
Written for New World Creative Union Wednesday Wake Up Call 5/09/12
Sharing at d'Verse Poets Pub Open Link Night Week 44
Ginny! The image is fantastic and the words equally so. Loved the addition of the reading...thank YOU so much for playing along with us. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tash, appreciate your kind words. Am glad you enjoyed this.
DeleteBeautiful, and sublime.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for stopping by, and for your kind comment!
DeleteHealing through the arts, an idea I can whole-heartedly understand. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Writing has rescued me more than once!
DeleteNicely crafted Ginny! Great image, written composition, and interpretive reading! Also have to love these words "lost in dream..." as it seems so many are these days!
ReplyDeleteRoger ☺
Thank you for your kind comments, Roger. Appreciate your thoughts and input very much.
DeleteThis is lovely, I love the Will-o-wisps... and that is one gorgeous image!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your thoughts!
DeleteI'm green with envy that you've managed to read aloud on your blog. I've been trying to work out how to do just that, for ages. Well done you!
ReplyDeleteYou have to sign up for SoundCloud. Really not hard, once you get the hang of it! I "google" everything. There's lots of helpful explanations out there on how to link to your blog.
DeleteWill-o-wisps in time
ReplyDeletelove that line and the imagery of it...the words often rise up to carry me as well...smiles....
Thanks Brian! *smiling back* Glad you liked!
DeleteGinny,
ReplyDeleteI love the way you distill just a few words all the things that lie underneath all our dreamings. Very skillful and very nicely done.
Thanks Steve, I always appreciate your thoughts and comments.
DeleteBeautiful. This is light and filled with hope. The addition of hearing it spoken out aloud just added to its over-all feel. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteSoooo good to hear your voice! 6 lines- so powerful- for me- talking about dreams and the words that form- I sometimes find that poems form this way- kind of like nighttime nourishment for the soul- great form ginny and so eloquently put
ReplyDeleteStu!! Thanks for stopping by!! Appreciate your thoughts & am so glad you liked hearing it read, too!
Deletevery good, like this very much!, The sound, the feel, the idea.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much!
DeleteLoving the image, the will o wisp and thrumming! fab
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Deletebeautiful write, Ginny! *becomes a follower*
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading, and for "Following!"
DeleteLovely write, I enjoyed listening !
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Ayala!
DeleteThis is wonderful, and the idea of the reading too, is stunning!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful expression in whole!
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Job well done my friend!
Thanks so much for your lovely comment.
Deletegreat poem, really enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Aaron.
DeleteWriting is an uplifting art, isn't it? I've always loved the quote at the beginning. I love this poem as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Alex.
Delete"words form in the abyss
ReplyDeleteand rise to make me whole"
Wow--powerful words and image; your poetry is sparse and lovely.
Thanks! Sometimes good things actually come out of that "abyss." Glad you enjoyed this.
DeleteThe brevity is a perfect example of why words fascinate me or perhaps words are fascinated by me. Either way, they are there for me to turn to no matter what is going on, troubles or celebration. I am so grateful. Beautiful work, Ginny.
ReplyDeleteAppreciate your thoughts, Beth. Thanks, my friend!
Deleteso beautiful Ginny.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Laura.
DeleteI really like this, Ginny. Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you Patti.
DeleteHow lovely to hear your voice Ginny and such a soulful peace, made me sigh, in a good way :D
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