Excerpt 3, From Part II: Dreams and Undulations

(Poem of the Week)

8/98

In sleep and in wake

Parnassian syncopation

Trails through my brain

Beat bedtime melodies

I cannot evade

Thoughts of you

Xanadu

I fade away

In Lavish abstraction

Fever and passion

Hangs on

Me, dreaming

Melodic abstraction

Rapid rocking

Sound knocking

I clutch comfort

Near indigo orchards

You kindle, coordinate

Direct expression

Unlock our gate

Manage rhythms

Unique

Like yoga dance down

In a vaporous rate

An alternative jingle

Gradual pace

Zodiac music

Celestial spheres

Join us

Employ us

With time’s

Many years.

I will

Dream with a quill

And a beat

Near willow trees

And Fancy greens.

—Cori Lark

© 2003 from Dreams and Undulations (Part II of Electric Ink)

Excerpt 3 for Twilight Letters