The road to the south
treveres over gentlest of hills
along rivers and streams
where we’re shadowed by dusk
until we’re falling asleep.
The path to the west
where we walk against wind
being whipped by the rain
is tasting of salt
until we’re reaching the shores.
The track to the east
is mysterious, darker and black
with highway-men lurking in wait
where we hurry along
until robbed right before dawn.
The route to the north
leads into the woods
through wilderness not yet explored
where we sit by the fire at night
until the embers burn out.
The streets leading away
through star-littered dreams
where we follow different ways
lost in spacetime continuum
until we’re back where we began.
Jackson Pollock
Today we are exploring forms with Laura at dVerse, with 5 stanzas and five lines looking att the five directions going away.
September 17, 2026
Well manifested content within a dream with a literal storyline. Logic driving it. 🤨 interesting
5 directions where one is the directions of staying…
I like all the ‘star-littered dreams’ that you take away from home – ‘shadowed by dusk’ such a memorable line
Thank you… and so sorry that I ended with the home rather than beginning..
it can be a retrospective looking back on where it all began 😉
Love how it circles back to home with some wonderful imagery.
even after a long journey it’s nice to come back
Always …🙂
luv the taste of salt on the wind
much love
Thanks
I like the last line that starts it all over again! Well thought out and evoked! 💚
Thank you… nice to be able to work all the directions
You criss-crossed the four directions, avoiding the circular route even if you ended up where you began. Loved ‘shadowed by dusk’ and ‘walk against the wind’ but each stanza carried its own journey or story.
As always each direction is its own story
I love this line – wish I had written that 🙂 Dreams often travel in a circular motion.
“star-littered dreams”
I wish that I had more of those dreams.
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I love the last lines of each stanza (apart from being robbed) and how they resolve each direction taken…
East from where I live lies russia… 🙂
‘Star-littered dreams’ and ‘shadowed by dusk’ are such exquisite, memorable lines! 🌌 Wrapping up four rugged directional journeys by circling back home through dreams makes the structure of this poem so satisfying.
The fifth direction of home means leaving with dreams
“Leaving with dreams”—that is such a breathtaking way to frame it, Björn. It turns the journey outward into something deeply personal rather than just a physical parting. Thank you for sharing such evocative poetry!
I went in circles too, but was always ‘home’.
Also a possibility
The streets leading away
through star-littered dreams
There’s the feeling Bjorn that home is where we want to be even though we travel elsewhere!
Hank
That is probably true
I enjoyed your journey, how one stanza flowed into the next, creating almost a narrative. Great work, Bjorn.
Flowing…all the different paths and the truth. Love the spacetime continuum.