Sandra Heska King

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Dream Poem#1: Hog Stew, Krispy Kremes, and Ann Voskamp

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Hog Stew, Krispy Kremes, and Ann Voskamp

The quicksand tried to swallow me.
Then the train came
and an elephant held out his trunk.
When I grasped it, it wiggled into a rainbow’d snake
that flung me into the red Corvette convertible
in Canadian National auto carrier #1000
graffiti’d with gifts.
We snaked our way through a jungle
and across the Mackinac Bridge
before the car came loose, and fell into
Lake Michigan where it sprouted oars.
I rowed to the beach
and drove a bowl of hog stew
into a writing cottage
made of Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
Ann Voskamp showed up
and said she wanted more.

 

 

Responding to a Tweetspeak Poetry dream poetry prompt

with a little editing help from L.L. Barkat.

In the stillness (and the silliness),

Sandy

Comments

    • Sandra Heska King says

      Except it made me crave Krispy Kremes. And saddened me that they closed the only store here and we can only get them at the gas station. But I bought some glazed twists at the grocery store–and ate all three of them myself.

  3. L.L. Barkat says

    I love this little poem. So image rich. I could see you doing a series of dream poems. They shake things loose for you, it seems. 🙂

    • Sandra Heska King says

      You think so? Life’s been kind of hard and heavy around here lately, and I think I’ve been too serious. This was so fun. And not that hard. Maybe I’ll give a series a whirl. Maybe I’ll call it, “Dream a Little Dream…” (And thanks for “fixing” it.)

  4. Michele Morin says

    Sounds like it would make a great Disney movie!
    Sell the idea, make a million dollars, and spend all your days writing!
    (Now THERE’S a dream!)

  5. Lynn Mosher says

    LOL Your dream sounds like the ones hubby has! I loved it. In light of all that is happening to so many (and around the world, laughter must be an emerging theme. I just wrote on giggling/laughter. Love it when God does that. Still praying for you guys! 😀

    • Sandra Heska King says

      Thanks so much, Lynn. It’s a long drawn-out process, I’m afraid, until the insurance decides what they are willing to do–and then what we choose to do. Laughter is so healing.

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