Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DREAM THAT CRACKED A WHIP, by FRANCES AIRTH First Line: Dream / you are too much Last Line: For this frail strength. Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares | ||||||||
Dream, You are too much For this frail strength. How can I make you Less a dream? Once I thought that dreams Were fragile as the velvet dust Upon the wings of moths. But you are strong; You lash unmercifully! Perhaps I am too small For this great dream; And, Failing to bring it into Conscious being -- Will ever bear its scar. This dream, unrealized, Unsung, Will take its vengeance Crying for expression. Dream, How can I make you Less a dream? Be reality, Or vanish into Nebulous nothingness. You are too much For this frail strength. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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