These Three Dreams Remain |
Issue 16
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Part One: Creatures Dream
Healing our coin-operated sorrow Sorrow replayed when the lands are barren Barren like waters where whales burst and pose Breach in the sky where birds could know freedom Freedom we hold tight when the seas are dry Dry seabed that appears to be sleeping Sleeping in nature is a shifting state State of a deciduous vigil Vigil for the unappreciated Unappreciated Dreams will vanish Part Two: Birds Dream Unappreciated dreams will vanish Earth's polluted air and dirty water Water from a comorbid vanity Vanity of a bird that flies above Above where they pose in the lift of winds Winds where they wait like drafting gliders Gliders, silent, in search of a small slice crack Crack of light splicing the verve to escape Escape the comorbidity of earth Earth, our earth, too long you rest unaware Part Three: Mothers Dream Earth, our earth, too long you rest unaware Unaware of our trespass on God's forms Forms and images seen as gifted jewels Jewels to Titans, singing of the elements Elements conspiring at rest and run Run with Terra, the goddess and mother Mother Terra, sing for fruit and flowers Flowers to inspire oratorios Oratorios sung in shrines of trees Trees aspiring to immortality |
Kenneth Boyd, winner and judge of the Royal Palm Literary Award (RPLA), is a neurodivergent poet and former jazz musician. His poetry appears in Wayfarer Magazine, Unlost, Flora Fiction, Of Poets & Poetry, Viewless Wings, The Ekphrastic Review, and elsewhere. His collection, Grasshopper Dreams, was released in 2023. Kenneth is a graduate of the UCLAx Creative Writing Program and an Assistant Editor of Poetry at Southland Alibi Magazine. He enjoys life in the South with his wife and dog, Stella.
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