Poems

I have already spoke about some sleep and dream poetry, but here are a few more classics.

1. Edgar Allan Poe: "A Dream Within A Dream"
   O God! can I not save
   One from the pitiless wave?
   Is all that we see or seem
   But a dream within a dream?


2. Paul Celan: "O Little Root of a Dream"
   O little root of a dream
   you hold me here
   undermined by blood,
   no longer visible to anyone,
   property of death.
   
   Curve a face
   that there may be speech, of earth,
   of ardor, of
   things with eyes, even
   here, where you read me blind,
   
   even
   here,
   where you
   refute me,
   to the letter.
   


3. Robert Louis Stevenson: "The Land of Nod"
   From Breakfast on through all the day
   At home among my friends I stay,
   But every night I go abroad
   Afar into the land of Nod.
   
   All by myself I have to go,
   With none to tell me what to do--
   All alone beside the streams
   And up the mountain-sides of dreams.
   
   The strangest things are there for me,
   Both things to eat and things to see,
   And many frightening sights abroad
   Till morning in the land of Nod.
   
   Try as I like to find the way,
   I never can get back by day,
   Nor can remember plain and clear
   The curious music that I hear

Enjoy your poetry-cation.

Found on Poets.org

Dreams - Langston Hughes

Here is an amazing poem titled "Dreams," by the talented Langston Hughes.

Enjoy.

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Daydream believer.

I came across a great project called "The Daydreamers Project." This was created by Alexandra Sandu in September of last year in Bucharest. The subjects were asked to close their eyes and think of something beautiful. The project is still in development. The goal is 1,000 daydreamers; she is still looking for 289 participants.

Check it out. They will make you smile. I guarantee it.

When I Was Little...

When I was little I dreamed of becoming an astronaut. I know this is not sleep or 'dream' dream related... but it is my dream. Plus, when I go to sleep at night, I often think of stars and galaxies.

Here are two examples of amazing space video.

(1) IMAX Hubble 3D Trailer. AHmazing. Must see.

(sorry this is the smallest it gets.)

(2) "The Known Universe" created by the American Museum of Natural History.

Enjoy! Tip: Watch fullscreen

(If only I were good at math.. no more journalism for me.)