81 responses to “Another dream”

1. Well captured, Bjorn

   • *evil grin*

2. Dear Björn,

   Who doesn’t know the delicious sigh of relief when we realize the nightmare is only a dream? Well done.

   Shalom,

   Rochelle

   • We do.. and trying to escape by running is a recurring nightmare for many..

3. I have many nightmares, and I felt physical relief at the end of yours

   • I was relieved to make that end.

4. “Footsteps heavy kissed with limp” is a great line.

   • Thank you… sometimes just replacing a verb with something surprising gives a new element that works… The same with surprising adjectives…

     • True story.

5. “Footsteps, heavy, kissed with limp” The lines you come up with consistently blow me away.

   • Thank you… I sometimes try a poetic approach.

6. Lots of great lines, but I loved the last one, a great breath out at the end of the panic.

   • Yes… I had to include that line (otherwise it would be hard to know it’s a dream)

7. Bad dreams usually start with some threats to oneself. In a desire to escape one just flies away or force oneself to wake up. This seems to be the normal format of which Hank is familiar with!

   Hank

   • For me the threat often becomes vague and then it’s the escape itself that is the nightmare.

8. so grateful to wake up from a nightmare.. It is fabulous.

   • So much better to wake up…

9. Fabulous, I just had to read and read this. So many great lines. Loved what you did with this prompt.

   • Thank you… nightmares work well with me…

10. Oh, what a delightful switch at the end. You captured the relief from a nightmare very, very well.

    • I wake up several times per night with nightmares.

11. Your poetry has gotten so good that I almost don’t want to taint it with a comment. I’m impressed and enthralled. I’ll leave it at that.

    • Thank you.. It’s the comments that make me write better.

12. Very interesting with a nightmarish quality to remember.

    • I hope to forget my nightmares

13. I have been to this place many times. No matter what one has to face the next morning, it is such a relief to leave the nightmare behind. Nice work

    • I have been in this situation recently.

14. That was fabulous, Björn! Loved the poetic approach and the breath’s gentle breeze helping him out of his nightmare.

    • We need that breath.

15. A totally different post and I love it.

    • Oh I do hate nightmares

16. Captures the disjointed, hallucinogenic nature of dreams well.

    • I rarely remember why I’m running… just that I’m running

17. Oh, I love your ending! At least your character got to escape from the horror!

    • Waking up is a good thing…

18. “Kissed with limp” is a brilliant turn of phrase!

    • Finding those fun phrases is sometimes like using a dice.

19. The dream you describe here is haunting but yet I love the vibe in what are dreams are communicating with us. Brilliant write my friend. 🙂

    • I think the dream is telling us something.

      • 🙂 🙂 Yes, I have a big feeling it is. Dreams are precious and a mystery.

20. The tension was perfect, Björn. I too was relieved when he woke up!

    • I think writing about nightmares suits me.

21. Wonderfully crafted and a sigh of relief when he awakes! Lovely phrases.

    • This is how nightmares work

      • Nods

22. Dark, powerful, poetic.
    Love this, Bjorn

    • Love that you love it.

23. Yikes! A captivating read, Bjorn.

    • I’m sorry if it captured you too much… at least it’s only a dream

24. Another piece, wonderfully drawn. I love the way you ended your nightmare with a lovely reality – which (mercifully) often happens. (a metaphor in there somewhere, perhaps)

    • I think that most nightmares end well… but usually it takes some time to go back to sleep

25. Even though it’s poetry, it does tell a story, and with a lovely happy ending! Also, I agree with Louise that your use of imagery–and all of the senses–is wonderful here.

    • Thank you.. I think I used some strange colors wordpainting… but sometimes you need to do that.

26. Very tense and darkly and beautifully described – but just a nightmare. Phew!

    • One way to end it… the other would have been to be mauled by molars.

27. A dark little wander into the deepest, darkest fears of the dreamer. Very clearly told and so atmospheric. Great

    • I dream like this too often

28. You took me into your dark twisted world. I was relieved when he woke up. Loved the last line – “I breathe myself to different dreams.” If only it was so easy.

    • There are nights it is, others when you bounce back into nightmares.

29. Your writing is beautiful and you captured the terrors of a nightmare so well. I always reach out to Tom at night when I need to I feel grounded again.

    • It’s a wonderful feeling to know that you are not alone when you wake from a nightmare.

30. Adding my voice to the chorus of delight you are hearing, Björn. I too am humbled and thrilled when I read your gorgeous word choices and rounded verse. “Kissed with limp” is uniquely perfect. Dark or light, you capture the feeling with skill and courage.

    • Thank you.. somehow I think I want to prefer to write with surprising turns and choice of words. I often go over a text and change words from what I normally would use just to create those surprises.

31. ‘I breathe myself into different dreams’ is a superb line. Such a lovely sentiment.

    • Thank you… sometimes that works..

32. That last line is spectalular – loved the entire poem. Thank you.

    • Thank you Liz… poetry is fun to write.

33. unexpected ending but a welcome relief nonetheless. 🙂

34. Lovely! Creepy! Well told. One dream a nightmare another not. I enjoyed this

35. I think we’ve all had dreams we were happy to wake up from, and a few realities that we wished were only bad dreams. Well done, Bjorn.

36. What can I say? Bravo, Bjorn! What a terrifically poetic piece.

37. Ahhh …. those taunting dreams that only give us relief upon awakening.
    Well crafted, Bjorn. I enjoyed where you took the prompt. Have a nice weekend.
    Isadora 😎

38. This is beautifully penned.

39. Phew, that nightmare exhausted me. Such brilliant, spellbinding turns of phrase there, Bjorn. I love your poetic takes on the prompts.

40. Loved this! Great, just great.

41. Great lines, very poetic, you’ve captured nightmare brilliantly

42. Anyone would be relieved to wake from a dream like that. I’ve had dreams where I was trying to run and could only move like a snail. Great and detailed description, Bjorn. Good writing. 🙂 — Suzanne

43. Phew! Quite a journey. I thought of Kafka and much more besides before arriving back in bed.

44. Truly frightening urban hallucination……

45. Such tension … and then so much relief! Great writing Björn

46. Yes…sigh….

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