Once a dream did weave a shade
O'er my angel-guarded bed,
That an emmet lost its way
Where on grass methought I lay.
If I should meet thee
After long years,
How should I greet thee?--
With silence and tears.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
I had not seen death's image laid
In shroud and sheet, on yonder bed.
The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
WHEN the tall bamboos are clicking to the restless little breeze,
And bats begin their jerky skimming flight
And then—the watcher at his pulse took fright.
No one believed. They listened at his heart.
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
But here, in Dreamland's centre,
No spoiler's hand may enter,
Ain't no ceiling, only blue.
Jays dwell here and sunbeams too.
But could a dream sent up through onion fumes
Its white and violet, fight with fried potatoes
And yesterday's garbage ripening in the hall,
Flutter, or sing an aria down these rooms,
The night is darkening round me,
The wild winds coldly blow;
But a tyrant spell has bound me,
And I cannot, cannot go.
Ah! what is not a dream by day
To him whose eyes are cast
On things around him with a ray
Turned back upon the past?
Has the soul gone out in the Darkness? Is the dust sealed from sight?
Ah, hush, for the woof of the ages returns thro’ the warp of the night!
By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Man, why should thought of death cause thee to weep;
Since death be but an endless, dreamless sleep?
And how they wither, how they fade,
The waning wealth, the jilting jade —
The fame that for a moment gleams,
Then flies forever, —dreams, ah —dreams!
Author notes
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/4158-Robert-Frost-Fire-And-Ice
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/4170-Robert-Frost-Out--Out-- href=5)"http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/4170-Robert-Frost-Out--Out--">
6)http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/4170-Robert-Frost-Out--Out--
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/13414-Dr--Maya-Angelou-I-Know-Why-the-Caged-Bird-Sings
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/25221-Sheldon-Allan-Silverstein-Enter-This-Deserted-House
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/424-Lord-George-Gordon-Byron-When-We-Two-Parted
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/24526-Gwendolyn-Elizabeth-Brooks-Kitchenette-Building
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/3462-Emily-Jane-Bronte-The-Night
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/1421-Edgar-Allan-Poe-A-Dream
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/32-William-Blake-A-Dream
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/28946-Alfred-Noyes-The--Loom-of-Years
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/1423-Edgar-Allan-Poe-Dreamland
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/29066-Paul-Laurence-Dunbar-Dreams
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/91-Charlotte-Bronte-Mementos
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A contest entry
- Joining lines in Oldpoetry (contest) by Mari Goes.
5500 points, ended March 19, 2008, 8 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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I see you got the two lines
There are links that still don't work and I looked and looked but couldn't find any line of Robert Frost Out Out here. My eyes might be playing me a trick though
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This poem is amazing. I really enjoyed the rhyme in it, and the words, you hardly even notice it, they are more of a picture.
Amazing!
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Wonderful!
What a spectacular piece of work you've
written my fellow poet. You've given us
so much imagery and flowing emotion.
Your words dance all over the canvas to
create a dazzling masterpiece.
I truly enjoyed this creative piece
that provokes the awakening of the imagination.
Bravo bravo bravo!
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wow!
I'm learning to become a poet with all of ur wonderful sentiments given to my cento poem. Thank u from the bottom of my heart. Haley27
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well done. Very classical styled and i love that..It seemed as if i was reading something written in a poetry book from the past. Great write and keep up the good work,
Stephanie
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I really like it!! It is creative!!!
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Thanks for entering the contest
The cento reads very well, but I couldn't follow the links of the poems you chose. Looks like you've chosen more than one line of the same poem. Also you have two lines too short, 48 and not 50 as I have asked as minimum amount.
I know that writing a 50 lines cento isn't an easy thing, and even not matching the contest's requirement, I do appreciate your effort
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Thank u
Thank u for the wonderful sentiments given to my cento and I will try to get the last two lines and line up the links according to the poem lines. Please have another look before finalizing the winners. Haley27
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Holy humpback Lenor!
wow this is an amazing and beautiful poem. It kept me captured throughout. I'm ashamed to say that if I come across a longer poem, say 26 lines or more, I generally don't take the time to read them. I thoroughly enjoyed this read. Please make another one, you're too good to not.
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well great write thank you for sharing!
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A very well crafted and beautifully read cento! I love reading and writing them! To craft a poem from the oldies takes a lot of hard work and it has really paid off here! Best wishes,
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Thank u
thank u for the wonderful critique given to my cento. I didn't really understood what they were untill now. Had to research what a cento poem was. I enjoyed reading and researching for this poem I had conducted. Haley27
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What a way with words!
"The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas"
Amazing,this was! good luck in the contest!
♥
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Thank u
Thank u for the wonderful sentiments given to my cento poem. I learned a lot by reading and researching for this poem at oldpoetry.com and the applaudes were wonderful too. Haley27
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Great Write
Clear imagery throughout...
Salute
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What a unique contest you have entered - a great form and what a lot of research you have done. Very interesting poem containing lines of so many different poems. Well done. Wishing you luck in this contest. Nice points to win.
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ah...i actually recognize some of those famous lines!
very nicely done...great flow and superb evocation
may i ask which poems did these fascinating lines came from (or did u write them urself):
The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
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Thank u
Thank u for the sentiments given to my cento. The lines:"The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,"
"Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,"
came from Dr. Maya Angelo- "I know why the bird cage sings"
I thought it was fitting for the dream poem that I was conducting. Haley27
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great poem i loved it it was amaizing!!
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thank u
Thank u for stopping bye and commenting. Haley27
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very intersting nice poem
great and powerful words
amazing
wonderful
i became totally infatuated while reading
thank you for sharing
keep them coming cant wait to read your next one
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thanks
This first cento I have ever done here at allpoetry. Thank u for the great sentiments given to my cento poem.
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