Dreams
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Tomorrow/Today
We dream of lovely tomorrows,but if all we do is dream of them,we never receive them. Now is the time to create those tomorrows. Tomorrow is today. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Dreaming
At night they come to me–my sister or my father,my mother or her mother–mutually recognizingthat they have diedand that we have,for whatever reason,been given a few more minutes together. Sometimes,I ask questions,because I need to know,to understandmyself. Sometimesit is enough… Continue reading
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Scanning
Charmed childgrowing up on a Michigan beach,I stand on wind-built dunesand scan for whales, for Russian subs, for drowning victims… for an adventure and an extrordinary life. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Las Vegas Bids Me Good Riddance
My apologies to the good folks of Las Vegas,most of whom never make their wayto the Stripunless they work here(or so the few I've talked with have said),and no doubtthere are other seedy, sad, money-grubbing, facile pockets of American… Continue reading
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Dreams of Dying
I have dreamt of dying. I've stood on a balcony,watching the leading edgeof a nuclear blastrush toward me over the rooftops…feeling unexpected elation. I've been shot,collapsed to the pavementand relaxed into the slow fadeas I watched life flow from my… Continue reading
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Water of Life
follow with methis rainbow that leadsto the mountain of dreams worth the schlep at the end of that arcwaits a swimming hole;we bathe therein the holy water of life that for which you thirst…eternally quenched Text and image © 2012… Continue reading
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The Spider
The spider sits on a twigwhere the woods give wayto the sea's ragged edge.The moon, glowing like mother-of -pearl,has risen from the watery horizon. Spin me a web,"I say,"from here to the tranquil lakes of the moon,that I may ascendto… Continue reading
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Limits
Last night I dreamt of flying,but could only do sowithin the confines of my living room. Even the green and yellow parakeet,within her cage,can fly. Even the iridescent blue betta,within his gallon tank,can swim. Even the cane-enabled old lady,within the… Continue reading
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I Yearn for Wings
Grateful for my career,I acknowledge its profound roots,reaching deep before I knew its name.I witness its vining tendrils,extending ever further from my sight. Yet I yearn for wings. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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No Entry
What are our limits?How will we recognize them? The award-winner speaks from the platform:"If you can dream it, you can do it!" But I think of all the dreamers–including women and men I know and love–whose dreams remained unfulfilled. No… Continue reading