Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DREAM, by JACK GREENBERG


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DREAM, by                    
First Line: I know that the dream is not meant to stay
Last Line: That nurses the will and banishes doubt.
Subject(s): Dreams; Nightmares


I know that the dream is not meant to stay,
That garments of time are fabric of schemes,
That life is a speck between two extremes:
A flash of delight, a thrust of dismay;
That I must travel the old beaten way
And take my portion of what only seems
Yet I am happy to garner my dreams
And know they are seldom false or betray.

For dreams are the seeds for dreamers to sow
To cover with days and with nights as they fade;
When wet by tears of experience they sprout,
And touched by rays of endeavor they grow,
And from their ripe fruits a nourishment made
That nurses the will and banishes doubt.





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