The smell of tinsel dreams waft
from the chimney
candy cane sticking to our fingers
smoke reaches for something
swirling above
She asks me to dream
in colors she recognizes
peppermint bleeds in two
I twirl her between red/white fingers
dreams with texture.
© 2021 | Phillip Knight Scott
Written for dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille #142 – tinsel
Often Mumbled Musings 
These are very intriguing lines for me, Phillip… And I really felt the sweet stickiness of this entire poem 🙂
❤
David
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Thanks!
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There is so much intimacy in the concept of being in someones dream
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I agree!
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Wonderful. This line is so profound and I adore it…..”She asks me to dream
in colors she recognizes”
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Thanks so much, Mish! I liked that one too 🙂
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Tasty work, Phillip!
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Thanks, Ron!
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Tinsel has to have a sweet taste, doesn’t it?
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I have to think so!
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I love those dreamy lines of absurd color and gentle sensory pulsing. Sweetly handled, this poem and the prompt.
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Thanks so much 🙂
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Nice. I like that tinsel can be defined as non-substantive, and you made it dreamy smoke…demand-y dreamy smoke. 🙂
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Smoke is so demanding!
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This is so dreamy and tasty – love this.
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Thanks so much 🙂
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NIcely done poem.
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Thank you!
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The intimacy of such a love really does create sweetly aligned “dreams with texture.” Lovely.
Pax,
Dora
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Thanks Dora!
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“between red/white fingers
dreams with texture.”
I love this poem.
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Thank you so much!
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Very nicely done, Phillip!
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Thank you so much!
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Synesthesia as its best in your poem. Luv too the sensuous undertones
Much💟love
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Thanks so much Gillena 🙂
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Textured dreaming, oh, sounds like an adventure. Love the twist in your quadrille. Fun.
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Thanks so much 🙂
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