“Saw a poem float by just beneath the surface ”
– Jim Harrison, Songs of Unreason
Wait!
Watch with me
for poems that simmer
just beneath the surface of dreams
They surface, but for a moment-
slowly submerge, then vanish
only to resurface
in another poet’s
dream
©Vivian Zems
Smell The Coffee 
June 24, 2018 at 2:05 pm
I love this concept. I’m left wondering if it could be. Nicely written Vivian
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June 25, 2018 at 6:05 pm
Thank you Nitin! I think it to be so😊
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June 24, 2018 at 2:15 pm
oh the bubble bursts on the brightest of notes – perfectly describes Jilly’s series of Harrison’s prompts. Bravo Vivian!
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June 25, 2018 at 6:03 pm
Thanks Laura!
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June 24, 2018 at 2:19 pm
Yes Vivian we must keep watch and take hold so that the poems do not end up in another poet’s dreams! Lovely write! ❤
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June 25, 2018 at 6:02 pm
Thanks Deborah!
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June 24, 2018 at 2:50 pm
Oooh, like that a lot. Especially the last line. Seems exactly what we are doing. Harrison, each other. Dreaming together.
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June 25, 2018 at 6:01 pm
Thank you 😊
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June 24, 2018 at 3:39 pm
I think it’s like that… like the poem that took the place of a mountain.
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June 25, 2018 at 6:01 pm
😊
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June 24, 2018 at 4:06 pm
I loved this – it seems at times that if we don’t grab at a poem when it comes to us, it’s gone in a flash and moves on to someone else who will grab it.
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June 25, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Always happens!
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June 24, 2018 at 4:54 pm
Sharing dreams is a great occupation! ♥
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June 25, 2018 at 6:11 pm
Indeed it is 😊
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June 24, 2018 at 4:59 pm
A beautiful write Vivian.
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June 25, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Thanks Linda😊
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June 24, 2018 at 5:37 pm
What a lovely idea!
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June 25, 2018 at 5:59 pm
😊
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June 24, 2018 at 5:49 pm
Lovely, those dreams swimming about, from one poet to another. Cool!
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June 25, 2018 at 5:59 pm
Thanks Sherry 😊
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June 24, 2018 at 6:18 pm
I like the idea of this – poems simmering, submerging, and surfacing again in another poet’s dreams. A very creative thought.
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June 25, 2018 at 5:58 pm
Thank you 😊
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June 24, 2018 at 8:03 pm
You gotta be quick with getting those poems down on paper. Otherwise, someone else will! 😉
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June 25, 2018 at 5:57 pm
Lol!
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June 24, 2018 at 8:19 pm
Perfectly expressed…..and that is how it happens sometimes….the writer Elizabeth Gilbert also expressed just this idea in her book, Big Magic.
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June 25, 2018 at 5:57 pm
Thank you 😊. I must look her up!
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June 24, 2018 at 8:48 pm
I agree with MMT – how quick our words leave our mind if not written down immediately.
Well done Vivian.
Anna :o]
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June 25, 2018 at 5:56 pm
Thanks Anna!
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June 24, 2018 at 11:56 pm
Clever and well written… when I finished reading this I sighed “cool”.
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June 25, 2018 at 5:55 pm
Thank you 😊
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June 25, 2018 at 2:23 am
This is so well written and true! I think that often other poems we’ve read become prompts weeks or months down the road as words or phrases resurface in our minds. Sorry i haven’t been commenting lately Vivian. Been having some health issues and trying to catch up. Thanks for understanding.
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June 25, 2018 at 2:57 am
I’m convinced that’s really what happens….
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June 25, 2018 at 8:35 am
Me too?
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June 25, 2018 at 3:36 am
How we all must “wish we had written that!” but relax others hopefully are saying that about yours too.
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June 25, 2018 at 8:35 am
Lol! Thank you 😊
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June 25, 2018 at 8:40 am
Yes please, Viv! I’ll watch with you. The image I get in my mind is of poems blooming like water lilies. Lovely!
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June 25, 2018 at 8:43 am
Lovely 😊!
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June 25, 2018 at 12:05 pm
kaykuala
The appreciation of poets of everyday reckonings can certainly find similar expressions in the works of other poets. This is mainly because poets are sensitive people and they appear to be thinking alike!
Hank
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June 25, 2018 at 5:51 pm
I call it the Spirit of Poetry 😊
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June 25, 2018 at 10:57 pm
Yes, funny how they do that!
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June 25, 2018 at 11:21 pm
There seems to be an endless supply of them!
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June 25, 2018 at 11:03 pm
Always another poem eager to enter when another exits
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June 25, 2018 at 11:21 pm
Always! 🙂
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April 24, 2020 at 10:05 pm
This is beautiful, Viv! 😍😍 I absolutely love it!
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April 25, 2020 at 10:05 am
Thanks Sanaa! 🙂
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