Mbd's

My Big Dreams
sleep on the wings of saints.
They become vaporous
and airborne 
colliding with 
baptismal raindrops 
balancing themselves
on a million
patterned snowflakes 
to only then slip, slither
and snuggle
into the bosoms
of future white rosebuds.

Burning dreams
glitter in cahoots with Polaris
creating a brouhaha
loud enough to wake the dead.
Their dressing rooms
may be seen in the tunnels
of L. Frank Baum's
ebon cyclones 
or possibly meandering
between the fragmented lines
of a Lewis Carroll novel.

Carefree and capricious 
I see them
listening to the silence
near twilight;
secretly conversing
with rainbows at dawn.
Those precocious pixies 
seeing me laugh aloud
during unexpected sun showers;
as I gleefully observe
a smattering of umbrella-less fools 
being gloriously
splashed and plunked by

My Big Dreams.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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Brown Avatar
July 19, 2010 at 11:29 AM
Congratulations John on your well deserved win in Catie Lindsey's contest "Fast and Fabulous". Hope you are having great success with your endeavors my friend. Love, Carol
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July 18, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Awesome imagery, of course!! Congratulations, JOhn!
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July 18, 2010 at 9:35 AM
Poetry at it's best John. An excellent piece for up and coming poets to read and take inspiration from. Many congratulations on your win in Catie's fine contest >> James
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July 18, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Wonderful piece John..congrats to you..good to see your posts again. BG
Winter Avatar
April 5, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Hey John. Congrats on your win in Christie's contest! Your poetry always way beyond excellent. Warmest wishes. Love, Shar
Jordan Avatar
April 4, 2009 at 11:34 PM
John - Congratulations on placing in Christies contest – God Bless, MJ
Strand Avatar
April 4, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Congrats on your success in Christie's contest John.Rgds Brian
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April 4, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Congratulations on your fantastic poem and well deserved win in Christie's excellent contest.
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April 3, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Nice flow of thoughts and aspirations, John! I enjoy those moments when the brain functions like a tap on full blast. Congratulations on the win on the Fab Fantasy contest! Warm regards, John.
Williams Avatar
April 3, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Hi John... congrats on your win.. a beautiful poem my friend...
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April 3, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Dear John,Congratulations on YOUR Win in the Fabulous Fantasy Contest by Cristie Moses A Very well deserved WIN ALWAYS...HG
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April 3, 2009 at 6:43 AM
Your dreams come true every time you set pen to paper, John! Congratulations on another excellent winning poem!!! ~love, Carrie
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April 3, 2009 at 6:05 AM
Wonderful write friend. This is clearly deserving of a win in Christie's contest. Congratulations! Smiles from Lolita
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October 18, 2008 at 7:31 PM
WOW!!!! I see why this was the BIG winner! Excellent work my friend. Thanks so much for even taking the time to read my poem 'Suffocating Dreams'. I hope to one day dream big like you! ~Monique
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October 15, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Congrats on your success in Crystal's contest Kristin.Rgds Brian
Winter Avatar
October 15, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Yippee yahoo and congrats dear John on your First Place win in Crystal's contest!!! Every and any poem you write is number 1!!! Love, Shar xoxo
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August 1, 2008 at 10:57 AM
this was a heart warming piece of poetry, well wrote and told.
Buys Avatar
July 24, 2008 at 3:49 PM
This is visually very breathtaking and as usual so very well written. Good one John. Love Heidie
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July 24, 2008 at 3:47 AM
P.S- thank you from my son Michael, he has big dreams, and I mean for him to realize them all. Every word of this is a mother's love...Thank you. XOXO
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July 24, 2008 at 3:44 AM
Oh my dear, sweet Mr. Heck, you have this girl crying like a baby. Somehow, you have gently, but firmly touched my mind to the place from which I pray, and written my thoughts of prayer. How did you do that? When I take my negative thoughts and discard them, I turn them into stardust and throw them into the heavens like your raindrops, snowfalkes and eventually, rosebuds. This is a gift beyond words, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kindness and talent - this means so much, K
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