47 responses to “Sweet dreams”

1. Whew! Your imagery takes me across so many emotions here…from the “blessing of a summer rain” to velvet claws to hungry wolfpacks”….This is an encounter that takes the breath away!

   • Thank you… this is how I remember passion…

2. This is exquisite, Bjorn! The imagery is so on point.

   I especially admire; “You are the silent silver spilled as midnight oil on empty parking lots; the blessing of the fading power to moths around a lonely lamp,” 💙💙

   • Overload of images…

3. Returning to old writing often yields something special, and your glosa, with its changed title and polish, is just the ticket, Björn. I love the thought of a loved one being the ‘blessing of a summer rain’, ‘the blushing of a smothered shame’, and these lines:

   ‘You are the silent silver spilled
   as midnight oil on empty parking lots;
   the blessing of the fading power
   to moths around a lonely lamp’

   and

   ‘you are the kitten sleeping on my chest.’

   • Thank you… I think I need to return to writing glosa…

     • My pleasure, Björn, I look forward to reading them.

4. Wow. So many images to see… kittens, a lonely lamp, the silent silver spilled. Sweet with an edge of pending danger.

   • Thank you… like passionate love should be 🙂

5. This is really gorgeous, Björn. I didn’t remember this form. Your imagery is so beautiful–too many great lines to pick out one.

   • It can be very inspiring to write… and read. Taking another poem and expanding on it I think is great.

     • Well, this one was well-done!

6. your “magnificent obsession” for the person comes through and makes me think of Shakespeare’s “how do I love thee, let me count the ways” passage.

   This takes the prize for me:

   You are the silent silver spilled
   as midnight oil on empty parking lots;

   I don’t think I’ve ever written using this form before. Yes, we should have it as a prompt.

   • Agreed we should do it.

7. oh to be loved so deeply

   much♡love

   • Welll, unless the one that loves you are stalker 🙂

8. I am in awe. This is so passionate. There are so many lovely images in every line. Gorgeous ✨💫✨

   • Thank you… thinking in images help. and reading Neruda helps

9. I have never written in this form. I’m kind of excited about it. I’m gonna go look it up do a little studying and seeing if I can do one as well.

   In particular, I liked the following lines :

   … solid fragrance

   in the constellations of your heaving chest
   that lead me cross the thirsty waters;
   through the vastness of uneasy seas.

   I like the idea of solid smells and constellations of stars compared to a woman’s heaving chest. That’s pretty amazing.

   • I think it will be my next MTB doing the glosa.
     Check this dVerse entry for the only time we did it https://dversepoets.com/2013/05/23/glosa/

     • Very cool, thank you very much for the information.

10. A magnificent glosa Björn in which you plumb the depths (or is it heights) of passion and most certainly make some new inspiration from Neruda’s lines – I hope to hear you read it on Saturday…

    • That was my intention 🙂

11. This left me quite breathless with its beauty. It is so masterfully written that Neruda himself would have been speechless. Gorgeous write 🥰

    • Thanks a lot… it is a form worth writing.

12. No weedin’ in that Eden! Oh my.

    • Sometimes we have to imagine

13. You are certainly a Natural Poet! Romance is liquid dripping from your fingertips.

    • Thanks a lot

14. This is so skillful Bjorn and you make it seem effortless. An intriguing form, really enjoyed the rhymes and imagery..JIM

    • I think we need to have this form again sometime.

15. Beautiful

    • Thanks

      • You’re welcome

16. What lovely imagery and sentiments, Björn! Did you translate the Neruda?? He’s such great inspiration for love poems.

    • Thank you, no the translation was taken from an online source (I have actually forgotten which one)

17. Many beautiful images here. Maybe it’s the nature girl in me but these are the lines that spoke most to me.

    You are the blessing of a summer rain
    and in you voice is chlorophyll
    the green before relentless drought;
    you are the smell of seedpods saved;

    I hear hope and strength.

    • Thank you…. as always in passion there is both sweetness and salt, but nature always provides inspiration.

18. The whole tapestry of the universe is employed to express the love of this persona for his beloved, and the way you wrap us up in it is full of sensuality, passion and honesty. Your wonderful reading of it on OLN today made the words come alive. As Sanaa said, Exquisite!

    • Thank you so much, and it was so nice on the Live session yesterday

19. Agreed, it is exquisite, makes me wish I’d heard it read. It is an excellent glosa and one of my favorites of yours. Neruda never fails to inspire but your imagery and word choice feel preordained here in the way that great works seem inevitable.

    • Thank you… it is fun to have these session and actually see the audience when you read your poem…

20. “The plant that never flowers reminds me of our Christmas Cactus. It started blooming when we moved it over by the windows.

21. Hi Bjorn, this poem is full of magic and delight

22. A very thoughtful and thought provoking piece. Thank you.

23. WOW!

24. Wow! The imagery throughout is so beautiful.

    It was a pleasure to listen to you at OLN live.

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