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Gone Ashore, painting by Andrew Wyeth 2003

Unrhymed iambic pentameter hypercatalectic: 5 hendecasyllabic (11 syllables) lines [*/|*/|*/|*/|*/|*]

Hypercatalectic means having one or two more syllables after the final metrical foot.

A Notional ekphrasis of a hypnagogic/hypnopompic dream.

Through the Keyhole

Deceit of sun when rays are still but porous;
unwelcome thief, afford my dream more seconds.
Some dappled shadows flit through mystic keyhole;
alight upon pellucid remnant image.
I stifle yawn as thoughts embrace the vision.

My ever-restless spirit merits story
which doesn’t evanesce at first obstacle
encountered when issues foisted upon me.
Embarked on travels, trinkets of high finesse
that crossed the boundaries of reality. 

The past firmly imbedded in the future,
illuminating a path predictable and 
imbued with fantasy and peccant grandeur.
Adroitly I manoeuvred through initial
self-doubt that plagued a multitude of people.

Circumlocutory whim of eidolon
expertly gathered evidence to support
demand that’s straddling realms, but I will resist.
I read the missive through and then carefully
enfold my dreams in cocoon, preserving them.

Unpleasant facts I spat out like an obol 
that’s placed under tongue of recently deceased.
The critics can wait with Charon for day of 
reckoning – future set aside for visions.
My dreams swim at the edge of river’s conscience.  

Expectations made dreams luminesce brightly,
but withered in morning sun’s naïve splendour.
Like sands in the hourglass, the grains of wisdom
filtered through consciousness and needled thinking.
I set aside the search for epiphany.

dreamfantasyiambic pentameter

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