Drawers of Dreams
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Laundry at the Daluaine Summer House, Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore, Scotland
Paul Hermans
you wrap your dreams
in sheets of softest cotton,
Pima maybe,
folding them carefully
to fit in the drawers
you have created for them.
squares of imgination
carefully creased,
preserved,
catalogued in a book kept
especially for easy reference.
it crosses your mind but rarely
to pull the drawer open and peek inside.
but i caught you
in that very act the other day,
your head cocked just so
folding back their covers
the smile playing on your lips
in the warm light.
copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2013
posted for dVerse
Audrey, what a lovely image! They should be aired out often.
ReplyDeleteThank you!!
DeleteNever give up on dreams.
ReplyDeleteFunny how they are so easily put away
DeleteHow often do we put those dreams away,,, but if you are careful they are always there for you wrapped in that pima cotton... lovely imagery.
ReplyDeleteha...what a cool moment to catch them looking back at the dreams they had so carefully put away...we need to do that...dreams stored up in a drawer make me sad...they all have their time but i def think we should take them out on walks regularly...smiles.
ReplyDeletesmiles to you as well Brian!
DeleteLove the images...ah! those dream of ours...they always seem to give us hope and comfort.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words. :)
Thank you!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is truly beautiful, Audrey. I like, and can visualize, that last stanza so VERY well.
ReplyDeleteHi Mary! Thank you! I love this little slice of life stuff
DeleteThank you Loredana!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Audrey! To carefully fold and tuck our dreams away and return to them, how lovely.
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa! Thank you so much for your visit--glad you are doing ok---you are always a favorite of mine--
DeleteI love this ~ Never forget to look at them lest we forget ~
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Grace---funny isn't it--how a house can hide and keep all kinds of things---
DeleteGreat poem. The metaphor works well and is carried straight through. Love the play of smile at the end.
ReplyDeleteHey Matt--thank you!
DeleteI can visualize the whole thing! It is so awesome. Hey, Audrey, take a moment for you and enjoy your coffee or tea, regroup, refresh - you deserve it.
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Thank you Judy!! Best to you as well!
DeleteA lovely conceit, it works very well.
ReplyDeleteThank you Anna!
Deletewrapping dreams in pima cotton... and then looking at them from time to time... for some of the dreams it may not be enough...they need wings to escape that drawer..just saying...smiles
ReplyDeleteSometimes they do need wings!
DeleteOh! Beautiful.
ReplyDelete"your head cocked just so
folding back their covers
the smile playing on your lips
in the warm light."
I loved the last stanza especially.
Thank you Alana!
DeleteGORGEOUS imagery!! I love this.
ReplyDeleteHi Rachel--so good to read you as well this week!
DeleteEvocative and expressed through original and authentic imagery. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThank you James! I so enjoyed your piece this week!
DeleteIt's so nice to see one of your poems pop up this morning, and this is a special one. What a great metaphor.....the image is perfect. Well done Audrey!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bill! Hope all is well in your world!
DeletePerfect! The cloth and the drawer, and opening it head cocked just so, in secret or as if alone. I have those drawers everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI have my share of those drawers as well--thank you so much Susan!!
Deleteenjoyed the metaphor..dreams tucked away as good linen, rarely used..love the last stanza..caught one with a smile..nicely done
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for reading this one!
DeleteAudrey, you are so much more careful with your poems than I... they're all still in the original notebooks, spilling off shelves, stacked neatly on cocktail napkins... ha ha ha.
ReplyDeleteI could actually smell the fresh linen in this. And the phrase, "The head cocked just so," like a little pearl.
Beautiful work... Amy
Hi Amy! How are you?? Thanks so much!!
DeleteSometimes one needs to hide emotions but still get caught.
ReplyDeleteThank you Vendana!
DeleteAll those dreams we tuck away would light our lives in the light of day. This was glorious!
ReplyDeleteI love the image of carefully storing dreams in drawers. Lovely :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a clever concept for a poem, Audrey! Much enjoyed. Thanks. k.
ReplyDeleteAudrey, your poetry is lovely.... it makes me feel at peace and calm. Your words have such quiet bliss in them :)
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