A Dreamer’s Chamber Music

About this poem

I sincerely believe that all musical compositions, all forms of art, all things created, originate in the deep recesses of the sleeper’s mind where, like fire ever burning, and cauldron ever bubbling, they are forever toiling; and where, from latent, hidden caverns, they manifest themselves in waking realms, elegantly arranged, yet somewhat distorted. This poem is called “A Dreamer’s Chamber Music” because it emerges from hidden chambers, and because the poem is suggestive of the dreamer’s dreaming ears resonating with musical instruments while asleep. The reference to the Cornish Spriggan Sap suggests that the REM dream state is alchemical in nature, something indeed, quite magical. more »