Dreams

Summary

The web content describes a poetic challenge inspired by Pamela Simmonds' poem "Solace," where poets are encouraged to write and share their own poems using prompts, with the current prompt being "Horizon."

Abstract

The website presents a creative initiative where writers are invited to contribute to a collective poetic endeavor. This initiative, sparked by Pamela Simmonds' poem "Solace," involves writing poems in response to a given prompt. Participants are asked to publish their poems on Medium, tag ten other poets, and link back to the original challenge poem. The current prompt provided for the ongoing "Never-ending Poem" challenge is "Horizon." The challenge reflects on the nature of dreams and the passage of time, encouraging a continuous flow of poetic expression and community engagement among writers.

Opinions

The initiative values the continuity of creative expression, emphasizing the importance of shared inspiration and collective effort in poetry.
The act of tagging other poets and linking back to the original poem is intended to foster a sense of community and interconnectedness among writers on Medium.
The use of prompts, such as "Horizon," is seen as a catalyst for sparking imagination and encouraging writers to explore new thematic territories in their work.
The challenge acknowledges the fleeting and irreversible nature of time, particularly in the context of dreams and past experiences.
There is an underlying sentiment of nostalgia and wonder, as the content reflects on the timeless act of looking up at the stars and the shared human experience across millennia.

Dreams

Photo from NASA/Bill Dunford

In the morning, stars still bright, I open the doors to let the cool air in, and let my dreams flow out.

There was a time, a yesterday, we gathered sticks, made a town among the trees in the park, dug out out lakes, crafted boats of bark with leaves for sails, scratched out canals and set them out upon voyages of discovery.

Simple dreams, built so easily until afternoon shadows called us home. Today it seems so much more than long ago Once you wake, there’s no going back. I woke early today leaving dreams to see the comet, I thought how 6,000 years ago, when we last crossed paths, some other I looked up and wondered At this visitor trailing fire across the midnight sky.

So we cast off our dreams leaving them to follow us, bright reminders of all we might yet be.

Pamela Simmonds in her poem Solace sent me Dreams as a prompt which gave rise to the poem here. Keep the Never-ending Poem going.

The challenge began with Martin Rushton. The challenge is to keep this going as long as possible. Write a poetic response using the prompt below, tag ten poets, add a new prompt, link this poem in, tag me and publish.

I am continuing this challenge by tagging ten writers to write a poem using the prompt below.

Post your poem anywhere on Medium using my prompt — — Horizon