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Dreamscape

Jessica Wheeler

Sonnet
We slip into the cradle of night's arms,
Beyond our weary, wakeful selves, we go.
Where hopes take flight untouched by worldly harms,
And whispered wants, like drifting petals, flow.

Beneath a veil of stars and silver beams,
We cross to reach a landscape we design,
A portal to a world beyond our dreams,
Where truths and aspirations intertwine.

And when we wake to walk through daylight's door,
The secrets of the stars we're meant to keep.
Unfiltered are the thoughts our dreams explore;
For minds cannot be closed when they're asleep.

May we be armed with wisdom of the night,
And dare to seek a world beyond our sight.
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Submitted by JessicaWheeler on February 16, 2025

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 625
Words 126
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
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Jessica Wheeler

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Jessica Wheeler is a writer and poet from Branford, Connecticut, where she resides with her husband and two young daughters. Her creative journey began at a young age, with a strong foundation in music and performing arts. Today, Jessica is an active poet on numerous platforms. Her work has been published in several poetry anthologies and on websites dedicated to the complexities of loss and grief. more…

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  • mark.e.s
    mark.e.s
    eyes to see as well as ears and heart
    LikeReply 128 days ago
  • philmaund
    philmaund
    Your mastery of complex simplicity is just amazing. And then the twist at the end... Brilliant!
    LikeReply 128 days ago
    • JessicaWheeler
      JessicaWheeler
      I appreciate that so much, Phil. Thank you! Xoxo
      LikeReply 127 days ago
  • karlcfolkes
    karlcfolkes
    Powerful ending, Jessica. The audacity to seek a world beyond our sight, beyond our everyday senses of perception, requires of us insight; what is referred to spiritually as discernment.
    LikeReply1 month ago
  • rameshs.88917
    rameshs.88917
    Wow Thine's outstanding sonnet takes me back to the 16 th century Shakespeare's age. Searching for beautiful natural lab to fullfill yours colourful dreams is explored with multi uses of ornamented devices like smiling -drifting petals flow,many imageries, and rhythm of words. careful and affectionate cradle arm's night where colourful dreams play freely in mind and foster to fly in indefinite landscape to fulfill. I like the concluding couplet where a child get place of heaven like mother who takes care of the child and children too prefer that beautiful sight where no jeopardy,no stress only overflow of love and tenderness.
    The Poetess has been able to correlate themes of the poem tactfully in three quatrains and conclusion in the concluding couplet.
    I too tried to compose sonnet in Shakespearean Sonnet and in many I could not find out the rhyming words matching first and third lines in every quatrain.But here the poet's efforts is excellent and exceptional as she has very wonderfully expressed selected the rhyming scheme in Shakespearean Sonnet pattern.
    Overall I enjoy the masterpiece, Congratulations Jessica Ma'am.     
    LikeReply 11 month ago
    • JessicaWheeler
      JessicaWheeler
      Thank you so much for your kind words, they mean the world! Xo
      LikeReply 11 month ago
    • rameshs.88917
      rameshs.88917
      me overwhelmed as my guessing is working here.
      LikeReply1 month ago
  • mark.e.s
    mark.e.s
    beautiful!
    LikeReply 11 month ago
  • susan.brumel
    susan.brumel
    Written with your delicate touch, the words dance down the page. A beautiful romantic poem. :-)
    LikeReply 11 month ago

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