Dreams are messages from home.
–Clarissa Pinkola-Estes
Vines string the pathway
Ethereal mist day, softened
Songs of gentian butterflies
Silvery wings of faeries
Enormous sunflowers
Lily pads leaping leopard frogs
Ogling bunnies with twitchy noses
Fine fern fronds fondle furry ears
Yarrow sway with rose mallow
On a spongy marsh ledging
Umbrellas glide, held by mouse hands
Rosy-tailed hawks survey supper
Deary me, diminutive dolly, dances
Roused when dark is day; I play
Each night/day a wildling way
Always gathering daisies, as
Messages from home, for day/day
Seeks so many answers and questions
I’m trying a new form today, called Spirit’s Vessel.
Spirit’s Vessel, a poetry form created by Christina R Jussaume on April 7, 2008, consists of three stanzas of six lines each of six syllables each. These stanzas must start with the letters VESSEL OF YOUR last word is 6 letters and your choice. The poem must be uplifting in content and spiritual in nature. It may be with or without rhyme. Rhyme is a plus. It should be left justified.
Lillian is today’s host of dVerse. Lillian says:
Write a poem following the prompt — it must somehow be about a dream!
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This is like walking in wonderland… though part of me feels like I would only dream like this under the influence of something nice.
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Herbal tea before bed can make for pleasant dreams. St. John’s Wort and Valerian are both good for it.
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I’m with Björn on this one. I keep thinking Alice with her hookah-smoking caterpillar.
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That’s what she did after walking the vine tightrope 🙂
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Well! Love this form and the alliteration is wonderful. I read it silently and then aloud. Such a wonderful illustration as well….Turns out today’s dVerse prompt was a perfect one for this form 🙂
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❤ yes, Lillian 🙂
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Love this! Vessels of your dreams. Is that the form? Wonderful!
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Mary, the first stanza’s first letters spells out vessel, the 2nd stanza spells out “of your” and the 3rd you choose a 6-letter word. Yes, it is a cool form I just found at shadowpoetry.com.
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a lovely poetic form, I must try it some day. your poem is delicious, your description is a whole new fantasy world of pleasure, this could be a lead in to a wonderful children’s story. vessel happens to be one of my favourite words and love how it flows in your poetry.
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Gina so glad you enjoyed it, and vessel is one of my favorite words as well.
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loved it very much, well done Lisa, that word tastes like butter on toast to me..yummy…LOL!
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🙂
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I liked all the alliteration–and the poem is full of dream (y) images.
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🙂 Thank you.
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You’re welcome!
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Beautifully written.
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Thanks, Sadje 🙂
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You’re welcome Li.
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So, it’s an acrostic, of sorts. It worked very well as a stating point for “dreams.”
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Yes it did, Ken. It’s cool how certain poems fit certain subjects.
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the details reminded me so much of wonderland. the alliterations are playful and eloquent! love the form, too!
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Thanks for reading and glad you liked it.
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you’re welcome, Ms. Jade!
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Oh, very clever. I almost wish I hadn’t read the explanation before figuring it out, which would increase the magic!
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Thanks Alexandra, glad you enjoyed it. I remember your poems about your wild yard that was like this dreamland.
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Nice line: “Roused when dark is day; I play”
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Thank you, Frank.
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I enjoyed your dream there is so much there. The form is interesting, I’ve never heard of it. I may have to give it a try some time.
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🙂
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Thanks for introducing me to a new form. I love what you’ve done with it. I keep smiling over these lines, “I play
Each night/day a wildling way
Always gathering daisies.”
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Thanks and glad you enjoyed it, Victoria.
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I love this style, it has such an ethereal feel. Particularly fell into gentian butterflies.
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Thank you, Paul 🙂
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Thank you Lisa
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What a fascinating form form! You did a fine job conforming to it, though I have to admit I didn’t count the syllables. How interesting it foreshadows Bjorn’s alliteration prompt! I love this synchronicity that arises among pools of poets.
Like how you combined specificity with ambiguity and your images are wonderfully creepy, contrastingly cute and cleverly juxtaposed. Always a pleasure to visit here.
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Christine thank you for the encouraging feedback. The synchronicity is the cosmic mycellium at work I think.
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