tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post6482163607549859038..comments2024-01-29T07:09:43.833-05:00Comments on Wild Rose Reader: Here Is a Poem About...#3Elaine Magliarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-46979411284184817522008-05-06T19:27:00.000-04:002008-05-06T19:27:00.000-04:00Perfect! I *love* it. Thank you! It's such a feel ...Perfect! I *love* it. Thank you! It's such a feel good poem for me. I wanted to fly when I was little. Parts of me still do. :)<BR/><BR/>And Janet, I understand feeling afraid to fly. Some things that we can imagine doing might be scary in real life.... though they might be exhilarating, too. :)Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942773546991195462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-86841631189793017432008-05-02T07:38:00.000-04:002008-05-02T07:38:00.000-04:00Janet,NIGHT GARDEN was one of the first poetry boo...Janet,<BR/><BR/>NIGHT GARDEN was one of the first poetry books I looked through. Thanks for leaving your poem for Cheryl.<BR/><BR/>I can't recall ever having a flying dream.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2373615867496327293.post-15585225176742426062008-05-02T00:03:00.000-04:002008-05-02T00:03:00.000-04:00Cheryl:I have a poem about NOT flying in NIGHT GAR...Cheryl:<BR/><BR/>I have a poem about NOT flying in NIGHT GARDEN: Poems from the World of Dreams. <BR/><BR/>FLYING<BR/><BR/>In their dreams<BR/>my friends can fly.<BR/>They flap their arms<BR/>and soar like hawks.<BR/><BR/>I've never flown<BR/>except in planes.<BR/>I think I would be terrified<BR/>to find the ground lost <BR/>under me.<BR/>I like to go to sleep at nine,<BR/>curled up round <BR/>in my safe bed,<BR/>dreaming soft and fuzzy <BR/>things--<BR/><BR/>goose down dreams<BR/>cradling<BR/>my head.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I wrote the poem after talking to two friends who flew regularly (in their dreams). I so envied them...I did finally have a flying dream about a year after that book was published, and I remember thinking (during the dream), "But: I never fly!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com