Poet – Creating J.Lyn

Lost in Reverie ~J.Lyn ~10/9/2013

Quite unintentionally, I have determined where I live

Did I always thought it was here and now, I did.

and so I disposed myself to the reason hid

for life at all in this life someone did give.

I searched the lines of shelves of books

dug deep in hidden passages and nooks.

I looked to the stars, thru the prophets, heard jokers.

The while long I shied away from badness and blokers.

I worked hard and harder still as any good person does at will

I fought my demons. fought tired. fought ill.

and still I fought when others did not.

I saw them, they know, when their sins they bought.

And there I was, here I am, still wondering

and every little thing wraps into one pondering.

While I gaze upon the fabled words in Hollow asleep

I found my place in reverie as Irving did keep.

The introduction of Sleepy Hollow includes four lines of a poem written by????

Yes James Thomson! As Irving begins quoting from Thomson’s Castle of Indolence:

“A pleasing land of drowsy head it was,

Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye;

And of gay castles in the clouds that pass,

Forever flushing round a summer sky.”

I find myself loving the idea of having my students select four lines from a poem to use them as a springboard for a short story

**** I might even try this out for myself a few times! ****

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