Dream Choka Poems

Freedom's flame ignites,
From every nation's heart,
Heroes rise in light.

Gandhi's gentle strength,
Mandela's enduring fight,
Chavez, a beacon.

Across distant lands,
Aung San Suu Kyi's plight,
Malcolm's righteous rage.

Garvey's call to...

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Yesterday has passed,
today I shall rise and dream,
let mourning stars fade.
Some flowers may wilt,
Yet fragrance remains when skies-
bleed cantaloupe hope.
Ruby crowned kinglets,
croon and rest on...

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Dress De Flor
 
Red Gladiolus
is the flower of August,
fashion fabulous.
A dressmakers dream?
Spaghetti stringed halter top,
and blouson waistline
Made of real flowers?
Fabrics wired to flare-up,
then crimped and...

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No toys to play with,
she draws dolls on the dry soil
with soft soiled fingers.
The pale face is drenched,
not by joyous summer rain.
Is it dripping tears?
The...

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Redbird at midnight
Where did the orange sun go
on Emerald Lane?
Stars twinkle summer
butterfly wings so weary
Lights out cool fireflies.
Resting on jade grass
do the crickets miss their...

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hypnopompic hues
     multifaceted jewels
          confetti luminaries
a gift from mother?
   ...

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Secret lanes spiral 
taunting mystic ramblers whose
fantasies spur restless feet
to wander dream plots
that shift like sands to driven 
Psyches on infinite quests 
for sheds or...

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maiden in the air
        frills of pink and satin fly
        ...

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I walk on water,
one lucky person am I
In whimsy, I contemplate
dancing with the clouds
Just me and my umbrella
dreaming the impossible

Dreams start with a thought
from thoughts...

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of piles of money
dreamed I, gathering into
my bosom GOLD, lovingly... 
All misspent, all lost
that vast fortune, squandered on
this and that, HEAVEN'S rejects...

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Roller coaster rides,
When in dreams, they’ll leave the track;
Flying anywhere and back;
To re-attach to,
Their own track before you wake
Up from the dreamscapes scene.
No one can...

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Dreamscapes inundate;
I am trapped in-between them;
No escape is visible.
Fox comes on the edge;
Four-legged animal guide,
Offers me spirits advice;
Yes, I will follow;
Dreamscape slows; we are in...

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Roller coaster rides,
When in dreams, they’ll leave the track;
Flying anywhere and back;
To re-attach to,
Their own track before you wake
Up from the dreamscapes landscapes.
No one can...

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The Wizard: Oh, you liquidated her, eh? Very Resourceful.
(Quote from 1939 The Wizard of Oz)

LIQUIDATION OF A DREAM

Oz dreamt Dorothy —
waters never melted witch
monkeys buzz...

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Little fox silver;
Brings badger and wolf in dreams;
Sharing wisdom of spirit;
No need for language;
I merely follow them all;
In the astral dream classroom.
...

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