hourglass flips
I’m on my way
to dormiveglia.
sage smoke vespers
propel my orenda,
a shimmer globe,
among cloud trails.
scavenging flotsam
from former scales
and jetsam tossed
to eddies, I’m adrift
in mother night’s
owl-winged domain.
golden harvests of
ageless symbols;
chits — gathered fruit
of querencia tree
Dormiveglia – (n.) the space that stretches between sleeping and waking
Orenda – (n.) a mystical force found in all people that empowers them to affect the world, or to affect change in their own lives
Querencia (Spanish) – a place from which one’s strength is drawn, where one feels at home;
the place where you are your most authentic self
top image: “Sand Clock,” by Rose Irisch
Mish is today’s host for dVerse’ Poetics. Mish says:
Choose 3 or more of the [included] words and include them in a poem of any style.
Tao Talk 
I like the sea metaphor, the flotsam and jetsam and mother night’s domain.
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Jane thank you very much.
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xx
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You had me at “sage smoke vespers”. I feel like a took a much needed journey. A magical blend of given words and your own gems as well. Especially love “scavenging flotsam/ from former scales/and jetsam tossed/to eddies..”
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Happy you connected with it, Mish. It’s based on ongoing studies and dreamwork being done lately. Jamie Sams talks about the orenda quite a bit in her book. Thank you for the fun prompt.
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Excellent foray into an alien landscape, Lisa. The prompt words snuggle into the stanzas like hound dogs in a hayloft.
I liked the concept of “mother night”, making darkness less menacing.
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Glenn, “Mother Night” is what Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes calls the dream world. I absconded with it for my poem. Absolutely believe that was her intent also, to color the dark in a less menacing but more enriching environment. I like that snuggling like hound dogs in a hayloft ❤
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very beautiful poem! ❤
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Thank you, Carol Anne.
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I specially love this part – its glorious:
I’m adrift
in mother night’s
owl-winged domain.
golden harvests of
ageless symbols;
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Grace, happy to have pleased you ❤
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“Mother night” charming
Nice one.
Much💛love
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Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes’ term. Thanks, Gillena ❤
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You really worked this one! I like that you gave the definitions at the end of your poem.
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Dwight, I had to, there was no way I was going to remember what they meant 🙂
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Oh Lisa, this was killer. Mystical and wonderful my friend! And that image you posted here totally blew my mind! WOW, to thd entire post. 👍🏼🙂✌🏼❤️🤯
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Rob, happy you’re so geeked about it all. It fell together very nicely. THANK YOU.
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A lot of mothers are nightowls, my mom was, and I picked that up from her. I generally am in bed around midnight. I like a lot your photo, flip it and it becomes a zombie tree. Could be other trees who drop their leaves in the winter, flipped to the winter look.
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Jim, if you are awake til midnight, doesn’t that qualify you as a nightowl? Yipes, I didn’t think about what it would look like when the hourglass flipped. Maybe the leaves will shift each time to to top part? It is the magic of the night…
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Thank you, Lisa, for finding my error. Actually, I had “Phosphenes” mixed up with “Pheromones”, the mating message smell to opposite sex, usually female to the male. I’ll blame it on the COVID, I can’t remember names of people, places, and things on demand when I need to know. But they come to me when I’m at leisure. I was wondering, I didn’t know that Pheromones were associated with light flashes in the dark or the eyes are closed. But I barged ahead, wrongly. Either I will fix this or pull it tomorrow.
Thanks again, I feel so foolish.
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Jim, I didn’t see it as an error, more like a creative spark. Please don’t change it on my account.
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Words are magic–you cast a spell with these. (K)
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Kerfe, thank you very much ❤
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Love this thought provoking poem Li
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Thank you, Sadje.
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You’re welcome
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‘hourglass flips
I’m on my way
to dormiveglia.’ Great opening words Lisa!
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Carol thank you!
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A well written piece, Li. 🙂
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Thanks, Kitty 🙂
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The space in an hourglass where the sand slips through from one side to the other is a perfect metaphoric image for dormiveglia, Lisa. I love the phrase ‘sage smoke vesper’, I can smell it, and the flotsam and jetsam of dreams are perfect metaphors.
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Kim, thank you for your lovely comment and the supportive feedback.
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You took me to another place Lisa. The prompt words you chose were perfectly placed and gave us such a vivid dreamlike adventure.
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Christine, so pleased it pleases you.
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Well…I learned what dormiveglia means! I had to look that one up.
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Max, I put the definitions at the bottom because I needed to keep reminding myself what they meant lol
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That makes me feel better!
Ok…I need to do that.
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🙂
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p.s. if you follow the link to dVerse, you’ll see all of the words we had to choose from. quite an array!
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I will for now on…
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Thank you for including the definitions!
My favourite state is dormiveglia…
Nicely done.
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Thanks, Dale.
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Mystical. So lovely. XoXo
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Selma, thank you very much. ❤
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It can be a wonderful place to be. I always think of tinkerbell in the movie hook. That place between sleep and awake. That’s where you will find me, she said to Peter. Don’t remember the exact quote.
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Oh wow, that’s neat to know, Mary. I can see where tinkerbell could be in that space.
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Li, such a beautiful foray into the dreamland! I so love this in its entirety. ❤️
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Punam, thank you very much ❤
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My pleasure always.
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