Inside A Dream
Behind the
quietest part of the night
As lucid
lullabies drift from the moon,
Since slumber
trickles towards dawn's new light;
Stars fading
away while covers lay strewn.
Rhythmical rises
and falls of the chest,
Deep and heavy,
like an elephant’s sigh,
Undisturbed
dormancy awaits the crest
For waking life
to ignite in the eye…
Cool cornflower
skies, long lavender field,
White waterfalls
meandering to space,
Sparkles of
stardust; dimensions concealed
Morpheus appears,
revealing your face.
Apollo follows,
destroying the scene
Exiled and
awake, and outside the dream.
Ode To Adlestrop
Reading poems on
the train to London,
reading
Adlestrop. Suddenly, my mind
glances north
towards those mistier horizons;
I am lifted from
my seat
and flying with
all the birds
of Oxfordshire
and Gloucestershire,
contemplating
pre-war England,
remembering
Edward Thomas,
appreciating the
countryside
he loved so
much, wrote so much of.
And while I
mind-traveled to a station I’ve never seen,
I missed
Wiltshire and Berkshire,
because when I
next looked out of the window
I was already at
Reading, reading poems
on the train.
Porthmeor Beach
With my feet in
your sand, I am grounded
With your air in
my lungs, I’m alive
Through years
and miles I’ll always return
Whether storm or
sunset over St Ives.
First, I built
my sandcastle
You took it away
in your tide
So then, I built
a citadel
And we played on
the shore side by side.
You carried me,
I was your mermaid
‘Til I learned
to surf your breaks
You showed me
possibilities
And you
cushioned my mistakes.
Now I’m lucky
enough to share you
For you to teach
my own son
You’re building
sandcastles already
A new generation
begun.
With his feet in
your sand, I am grounded
With your air in
his lungs, I’m alive
Through years
and miles we will return
Whether storm or
sunset over St Ives.
ANNA FLETCHER
ANNA FLETCHER is a poet, writer
and editor from Plymouth, UK. Several of her poems have appeared in numerous
national and global anthologies and she has written plays which have been
produced with success in her city. She also writes articles and fiction on
literature and mental health and has a professional and academic background in
special educational needs. Currently, her main role in life is taking care of
her son who has autism and other invisible disabilities. Fletcher co-edited
Soflay Anthology of Microstories Volume 1 (2021) and Volume 2 (2023) with Dr
Rehmat Changaizi. Her poems feature in each volume of the annual poetry
anthology Whispers of Soflay. Fletcher’s poetic works are also included in the
books Tried, Tested and True Poets from Across the Globe, and Poetry Just Got
Real with a Little Help From my Friends Across the Globe Anthology both by
author Renee Drummond-Brown, and mutually intense international writers.
Fletcher is honoured to appear as the featured author in issue 1 of the new
international literary magazine the Writing On The Wall Global Magazine
produced by Renee Drummond-Brown.
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