Dreaming trees

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Лунная ночь. Большая дорога

 

Where moonlight bends reality

And pathways through the darkness gleam,

You stand beneath a silver tree

Within the secret realms of dream.

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Wary voyager tread slowly

The vision not what it may seem,

Vivid Now is embraced wholly

Within the secret realms of dream.

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Shadowed branches softly swaying

Whisper tales of a limpid stream,

Nightmare dread their song allaying

Within the secret realms of dream.

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Onward, like a lamb to slaughter,

With worldly errors to redeem,

Bathe in lucent, limpid water

Within the secret realms of dream.

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Wash your fears away with starlight

Dance along the brightest moonbeam

Wonders woken by the dark night

Within the secret realms of dream.

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For Jane Dougherty’s poetry challenge #32… write a kyrielle inspiried by the painting, including the words moonlight, tread, wary, secret, swaying.

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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43 Responses to Dreaming trees

  1. harulawordsthatserve's avatar harulawordsthatserve says:
    May 27, 2016 at 07:44

    This is stunning Sue, really beautiful. I particularly love the stanza including ‘with worldly errors to redeem’. I do feel like that happens for me sometimes in dreams, that I get to see my behavior in playback and thereby find the humility, where necessary, to seek forgiveness/understanding. Blessings, Harula x

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  2. Kunal Thakore's avatar Kunal Thakore says:
    May 27, 2016 at 08:07

    Outstanding imagery and what a piece, Sue! Fabulous!

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  3. Jane Dougherty's avatar Jane Dougherty says:
    May 27, 2016 at 08:12

    Magical, Sue. The kind of dreaming that makes sleeping worthwhile 🙂

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  5. sarahsouthwest's avatar sarahsouthwest says:
    May 27, 2016 at 12:01

    Wash your fears away with starlight – lovely line. A dream of a poem.

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  6. lbeth1950's avatar lbeth1950 says:
    May 27, 2016 at 14:34

    I could get lost in the image alone, then the poem.

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  7. Bun Karyudo's avatar Bun Karyudo says:
    May 27, 2016 at 14:57

    You did very well with the prompt, Sue. Sarahsouthwest’s favorite line was the one about washing away fears with starlight, and my own was the very next one, “Dance along the brightest moonbeam.” I think it’s a lovely image. 🙂

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  8. Darren Scanlon's avatar Darren Scanlon says:
    May 27, 2016 at 16:25

    Excellent piece, Sue.

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  9. Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
    May 27, 2016 at 19:46

    You’ve captured the magical realm of moonlight so well, Sue. It amazes me how you simply create out of thin air. A lovely piece.

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  10. Tricia Drammeh's avatar Tricia Drammeh says:
    May 28, 2016 at 00:35

    Beautiful poem, Sue.

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  11. Widdershins's avatar Widdershins says:
    May 28, 2016 at 22:26

    Another doorway between the worlds 🙂 … very evocative.

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  13. merrildsmith's avatar merrildsmith says:
    May 31, 2016 at 11:26

    Beautiful–lovely imagery–and very song-like. I can really imagine someone singing this.

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  14. drawingbackthecurtain's avatar drawingbackthecurtain says:
    September 15, 2016 at 07:01

    Beautiful poem! The almost full moon is shining in the window…the perfect light in which to read these words.

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