sara Etgen-Baker Poet Free verse

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POETS AND DREAMERS

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The page unfurls—white as a hospital sheet,  
stark as a crow’s wing against snow.  
Poets scrawl their promises in pencil,  
aware that the eraser waits, 
smug in its tin.  

Mistaking hope for prophecy,
midnight champagne still 
bubbles in their veins.  
They lean closer and whisper,  
This year, the stars will spell my name.  

Dreamers clutch their sanguinity like kite strings,  
eyes fixed on a horizon  
stitched from thin light and maybe.  
January believes in them~
poets and dreamers.

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Line Gauthier January 4, 2026 at 8:09 PM What lovely imagery, Sara ~

Peter Tucker January 4, 2026 at 5:09 AM Dreams are held together by fragile strings - but the poet knows that dreams have reality of their own. Thank you for declaring your trust in dreams. "The stars will spell my name" - marvellous.

Peter Tucker January 4, 2026 at 5:03 AM

Paige Hind January 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM So many dreams in our poetry- beautiful, Sara

Jerry Brotherton January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM The page unfurls—white as a hospital sheet, Describes us perfectly, poet and dreamer.