Greetings from San Diego! Happy to host Poetics today . . . although the timing is not what I’m used to. California is three hours ahead of Boston so dVerse goes live here at noon rather than 3 PM East Coast time. We’ve been here three weeks now so our biological clocks have adjusted. It sure took a while though. I was yawning by 7 PM, dozing in the chair by 7:30 PM and in bed at 9 PM (midnight Boston time).
All of that adjusting to time zones plus enjoying wonderful California weather got me humming an old Mamas and Papas tune, California Dreamin’. Which then, in stream-of-consciousness mode, got me thinking about dreaming. Is it affected by where you live? By weather? By time zones? By career or avocation? By your preferred writing genre: IE poetry, mystery, or science fiction?
And then I started remembering a lot of songs that feature dreams and dreaming. One of my father’s favorites was, Beautiful Dreamer, written by Stephen Foster and published posthumously in 1864. My dad enjoyed Bing Crosby’s rendition. I always thought it was the theme song for old men who enjoyed the “sport” of bowling! 😊 I also remember the Everly Brothers All I Have to Do Is Dream (1958) and Bobby Darin’s Dream Lover (1959). And I always enjoyed Sweet Dreams Are Made of This by the Eurythmics (1983).
Take a moment and listen to these tunes on the links below. And when they get you in the mood, how about writing a poem that takes us inside a dream? It can be your dream or someone else’s dream. Are you sleeping in a bed during this dream? Sitting on a train dozing? Leaning up against a tree staring at the clouds? Does your dream take you beneath the seas? Into the clouds? Or maybe you’re on a stage flooded with the smoke of dry ice? Is your dream triggered by a scent? By a song? By a photo you came across? Let your imagination drift and take us with you into a dream!
New to dVerse? Need to be refreshed on the rules? Here’s what to do:
- Write a poem following the prompt — it must somehow be about a dream!
- Post the poem to your blog AND add the exact URL for your poem to Mr. Linky below.
- REMEMBER to either TAG dVerse in your post, or include a link at the end of your poem that leads readers back to dVerse (https://dversepoets.com).
- If there is no Tag or link back to dVerse, I will gently remind you to add it or remove your post from Mr. Linky. Sorry to be so harsh…..but this is just part of the requirements AND it will bring you more readers and lead more folks to dVerse so they can participate as well!
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Welcome to everyone! This is new for me as I’m in San Diego, in wonderful sunshine, with a time zone that is three hours earlier than Boston! So, I’m opening dVerse at 12 noon here! Hope everyone is in a dreamy mood today 🙂
hello Lillian! its been ages since I came to dverse but your prompt opened a door today. I wrote a poem about a dream weeks ago, it started sad but ended on a happy note, hoping it will fit in with all the other dream poems here. San Diego sounds cheery, here in Malaysia it is silly weather, rain even when the sun is shinning.
I only know nightmares… so my dreams ain’t comfy
Oh dear, Bjorn. Perhaps a glass of wine before you retire would bring sweeter dreams? Happy to provide that from the pub tonight! 🙂
Hello Lillian and All. Dreams are “messages from home” per Clarissa Pinkola-Estes. I look forward to hearing where everyone is from in their poems.
hmmmm kind of like “ET call home!” Nice to see you here today. I’ve been listening to California Dreaming…and now that we’re spending 2 months in sunny San Diego, I can understand the song 🙂
Thanks, Lillian. Sunny San Diego sounds peachy to me.
Good evening all, and a special greeting to you Lill – thank you for hosting so far away in the San Diego sunshine! We had a little glimpse of the sun, but it’s SOOOO chilly here!
It’s 71 degrees now….but if you sit in the sun, it’s much warmer. The rental we’re in has floor to ceiling windows across the entire length of the apartment that look out on the deck — which overlooks a gorgeous eucalyptus canyon. So fortunate to find this place! Somehow sun spurs on a sunny disposition….of course a nice cold glass of chardonnay from the pub helps too!
Wow, a eucalyptus canyon.; that must smell wonderful! You’re getting plenty of sunshine vitamin and inspiration from a great view! A nice cold chardonnay coming up!
Thanks for hosting, Lillian! I think I’ve been to San Diego only once long ago, but it could have been somewhere else in California.
We’re enjoying San Diego immensely. Senior bus passes, good also on the trolleys enable us to get all over the city. Fresh sea food, fruits and vegetables – all divine. We shall go to the famous San Diego zoo next week!
Stepping away for a quick bit of lunch….pub door remains open with libations available for all. Drop your dreams off so we can all experience them too! Back soon!
San Diego sounds like a dream! Hail here, and wind. Mix me ups something fruity, with an umbrella in it. Great prompt.
Sangria perhaps? I have lovely umbrellas in such bright and cheerful colors, just ready for you!
Thank you for hosting, Lillian. I know you’re enjoying your vacation. I told my daughter about a dream I had the other night where her dogs (who seemed to live with me) got out, and we couldn’t find her pit bull puppy at first. But it all ended happily ever after. I didn’t write about that though. 🙂
Dreams that end happily ever after do happen! Not just in Disney films 🙂
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I’m back…..looking for some more dreamy posts. Have enjoyed reading everyone’s poems immensely! The last one I read, mentions an angel in the corner…and it suddenly reminded me of what I used to tell people as they set out on a journey that would be challenging in some way…whether it be a health issue, letting go of a child who is leaving home….”May an angel ride with you, sitting quietly on your shoulder. Lean in to that spirit when the need arises and share your tears or your dreams or your trials.”
Oh boy! I like writing about dreams and I like writing to music prompts so I look forward to this. I hope to write about it today. I wonder what I will come up with? Thank you!
So glad you’re joining us Bekkie! Looking forward to reading your post. 😉
Love the dreamy poems submitted. Thank you for this musing prompt, Lill. ❤
So glad you enjoyed the prompt. I loved listening to music with a “dream” theme and choosing these….like a step back in time for me 🙂
that’s lovely!
Thanks for the prompt.
I tried to have a nice dream for once. 😀
Excellent! Nice dreams are the best, indeed! Glad to see you at the pub today!
I got stymied by this because the music you posted got ear-wormed into my poem-brain lol. Had to get rid of the tunes first, but finally managed it. A little depressing, but then dreams, at least the unfulfilled ones, sometimes are.
Hah! I totally understand about the ear worms….I kept listening to these songs and others with a “dream” theme….chose these as they were my favorites. Well….the Bing Crosby one wasn’t a favorite but it sure reminded me of my dad!
Glad to see you here, as always.
I do like the choice of songs, thank you for those. I’ve gone for the mess of my dreams, and thoroughly enjoyed trying to put it into some words.
Excellent! I played these tunes many times as I was writing the words for the prompt. Glad you liked the prompt and good to see you here at the pub again! 🙂
It took me all day to get this dream out. I still don’t feel like I captured the true horror but I tried.
Well….very glad you did! Nice to see you here, Caitlin!
Oh dear, Caitlin. When I click on your Mr Linky link….it takes me to a page that says something like, OOPS…This is embarassing…link is not here etc. Can you enter your poem again? Once it’s there and we can get to it, I’ll delete this faulty link.
Lillian….I deleted the post. Personal reasons. Sorry about that. You can just get rid of that link…
Thanks for letting me know. Just deleted it. Would love to have you post another poem to the prompt! The more the merrier at the pub 😉
The poem I wrote was just “Haunting” me. I had to get rid of it.
I do hope to continue responding to future prompts. Trying to get in the habit of writing again. Thanks 🙂
I’m a bit late, thank you for the interesting prompt.
Latecomers always welcome….which I why I leave the key under the mat and libations ready to pour 🙂 All dreamers welcome at any time!