Dream upon a star



Watch the midnight summer sky,
As comets dance about.
Listen as the crickets sing,
To celestial ears around.

See with young aspiring eyes,
The galaxies afar.
Take a walk on Saturn's rings,
And dream upon a star.

About this poem

Written during a more optimistic, less cynical, chapter of my life.

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Written on April 09, 2016

Submitted by JD.Mags on November 03, 2022

Modified on March 22, 2023

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Scheme XXXX XAXA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 212
Words 45
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

J.D. Mags

I spent seven years as a photojournalist. I spend much of my time writing poems, listening to music and thinking about life. I have traveled to numerous countries around the world and realized that people everywhere are the same. more…

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