Dream Poetry Challenge

greenmountaineer · Oct 9, 2016

As I pm'd the poet, I wish I had written number 5:

http://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=81005172&postcount=15

Treating a serious subject such the Spanish Civil War with the whimsical image of Pablo Casals bowling reminded me how strange dreams can be.

I'm not sure if the poet intended it, but the image of Franco's "mailed fist" was powerful for me. I began thinking about an archaic meaning of mail, i.e., the chained armor of warriors in the past. When combined with being "vexed" with current presidential politics, the association, I thought, was very effective.

I thought the choice of "vapors of my waking world..." was rich. I'd be curious to know why the poet chose to end the poem that way.

Magnetron · Oct 9, 2016

#6 is difficult to read on a tablet because of the arrangement. I'll have to tackle it on my desktop later.

Piscator · Oct 9, 2016

1: the roiling pantoum is great but somehow the words didn't roll with it, and the typo of 'to' on line 2 , stanza 3 threw me. I suspect UYS or GM but don't think they would make that mistake so I won't guess.

5: the art theme and style lead me to suspect legerdemer or AH

6: playful and fun,although I found the structure streeeeeetched a bit faaarrr - Guilty Pleasure or Cali????

7: Tod ???

rest NOC (not a clue)

Piscator · Oct 9, 2016

As usual, I am impressed by the differences in approach this theme from narrative to NCIS, structured forms to concrete to free form.

greenmountaineer · Oct 10, 2016

Here are the Poets

#1 UnderYourSpell
#2 UnderYourSpell
#3 UnderYourSpell
#4 Piscator
#5 AlwaysHungry
#6 greenmountaineer
#7 pelegrino

UnderYourSpell · Oct 10, 2016

#4 First of all I thought Todski but now I'm leaning towards greenmountaineer.
Ooops list is on page 2 so now going for greenmountaineer!
#5 Pelegrino?

AlwaysHungry · Oct 10, 2016

greenmountaineer said:
As I pm'd the poet, I wish I had written number 5:

http://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=81005172&postcount=15

Treating a serious subject such the Spanish Civil War with the whimsical image of Pablo Casals bowling reminded me how strange dreams can be.

I'm not sure if the poet intended it, but the image of Franco's "mailed fist" was powerful for me. I began thinking about an archaic meaning of mail, i.e., the chained armor of warriors in the past. When combined with being "vexed" with current presidential politics, the association, I thought, was very effective.

I thought the choice of "vapors of my waking world..." was rich. I'd be curious to know why the poet chose to end the poem that way.

I used "mailed fist" because fascism has a kinship with feudalism, and often invokes the romantic imagery of that period in its propaganda.

The choice of "vapors" was simply me trying to describe what it is like to attempt to recall the details of dreams, which usually evaporate within minutes of waking for me.

Carnal_Flower · Oct 10, 2016

I was hoping to get a poem in for this challenge, but think I discovered it too late. Loved the theme. Some wonderful poems to read! I'll try for the next one . . .

UnderYourSpell · Oct 10, 2016

AlwaysHungry said:
I used "mailed fist" because fascism has a kinship with feudalism, and often invokes the romantic imagery of that period in its propaganda.

The choice of "vapors" was simply me trying to describe what it is like to attempt to recall the details of dreams, which usually evaporate within minutes of waking for me.

Oh have you owned up so soon?

AlwaysHungry · Oct 10, 2016

UnderYourSpell said:
Oh have you owned up so soon?

All the various cats have been out of the bag for some hours now.

greenmountaineer said:
#1 UnderYourSpell
#2 UnderYourSpell
#3 UnderYourSpell
#4 Piscator
#5 AlwaysHungry
#6 greenmountaineer
#7 pelegrino

legerdemer · Oct 10, 2016

Magnetron said:
If I was Trump, I'd be saying don't just finger me - grab me by the pussy.

Are we in a locker room all of a sudden?

UnderYourSpell · Oct 10, 2016

AlwaysHungry said:
All the various cats have been out of the bag for some hours now.

I thought that was a list of contributors

greenmountaineer · Oct 10, 2016

UnderYourSpell said:
I thought that was a list of contributors

Sorry for the confusion. I should have written the titile as well as the number of the poem.

Magnetron · Oct 10, 2016

legerdemer said:
Are we in a locker room all of a sudden?

Isn't that what Literotica is ..... the Internet's locker room?

UnderYourSpell · Oct 11, 2016

greenmountaineer said:
Sorry for the confusion. I should have written the titile as well as the number of the poem.

I wanted to guess

Oh well and by the way the NCIS one was very graphic

todski28 · Oct 11, 2016

Well late to the party

(And still behind an edit)

I'm not a southpaw....

I'm swinging hammers left handed
playing tunes of saw dust plumes
in midnight
under false stars

cobwebs spread malignancy over hope
that real light will touch the ruins
i see beyond the scope
next to the precipice...
drifting smoke curls calligraphy on the horizon
unmarked letters dissipating in the wind

pale specks hide beneath the mist of
long distance rain-haze
ravaging the thoughts of warmth
of arms wrapped around
holding the simpler times

where I can melt
not be the rock
the boulder that holds fast against lashing rain
that roars back at the rolling thunder,
throws pebbles at the sky
hoping it will make a difference

self aware enough to laugh at futility
with enough knowledge to understand futility is all it ever was
all it ever is

yet laughter is great
in its finite
echo

Dream Poetry Challenge

greenmountaineer

Literotica Guru

Magnetron

Deep Under Groundhog

Piscator

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Piscator

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greenmountaineer

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UnderYourSpell

Gerund Whore

AlwaysHungry

Literotica Guru

Carnal_Flower

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UnderYourSpell

Gerund Whore

AlwaysHungry

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legerdemer

lost at sea

UnderYourSpell

Gerund Whore

greenmountaineer

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Magnetron

Deep Under Groundhog

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Gerund Whore

todski28

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