The Piper's Reverie
by BWOz (Member) - published: October 3, 2006
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(A.N. Sometimes I want to just sit there and not think. We used to call it daydreaming; now its a waste of time, right? This never happened, did it?)

The Piper’s Reverie

I waited for you near the forest
In the clearing by the misty stream

The geese a flight in formation
The daylight catching their wings

I played my flute, and waited for you
The panpipe piper’s dream

Until sleep took hold, toppled my head
‘Til a fragrant whisper came to me

“Is that you”, I stumbled awake
Caught a glimpse through the lumbering trees

You did not answer, you never will
Teasing me with shadows and the breeze

So I sit here, still, near the forest
My arms folded across my knees

Silence is a more worthy tune
For a panpipe piper’s reverie

------
The worst thing in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.

- E. W. Howe

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The following comments are for "The Piper's Reverie"
by BWOz

The Piper
You painted a picture in my mind of the
piper playing and waiting. this very well done thanks

( Posted by: wanda [Member] On: October 3, 2006 )

The Piper's Reverie
picturesque and almost whimsical. but there's wisdom there, wisdom of the worthy silence and it's necessity to life, spiritual, imaginative and emotional. thanks for this.

( Posted by: AuldMiseryGuts [Member] On: October 3, 2006 )

BW
Sounds like the spirits are having fun with you...I enjoyed your daydream...Kacee

( Posted by: nitz kitty [Member] On: October 3, 2006 )

the worth of silence
This poem's understanding of "just being" rather than doing something all the time, is an oasis!

The elusive, mystical, netherworld quality of this is also just as it should be: barely there, allusive, suggested, whispered...

And the purity of the Pan Pipe's notes dances through this.

Love it!

Lucie

( Posted by: windchime [Member] On: October 3, 2006 )

interest subject.
i found myself thinking, how would i approach something like this? the last part of the poem suprised me. this is a good one!

john.

( Posted by: johnjohndoe [Member] On: October 3, 2006 )

The Piper's Dream
Thanks all for reading and comments. It seems I succeeded in my intent -- to put words together that are only a dream. I actually was thinking of the word "free" or "freedom" and somehow got to where I didn't need that word after all.

Lucie,
as you often do you have explained one of my own poems in such a way that I now understand it better.

Shannon, Wanda:
Glad that the picture I had in my mind is what you also see -- this is one of those "sat down and wrote it once" poems because the image was so fresh in my mind at the time, like I said I was thinking "free". I think many of us only capture true freedom in dreams.

Kacee: spirits indeed -- sometimes they crawl up beside me, breath hot sweet breath, lick my ear and....oh, wait that's the meat-head dog again...;o)

JohnJohn:
Thanks for reading, and the postive nod. I will try again sometime to write a daydream poem, soon as another one takes me by surprise.

thanks all

g'night.

BW

( Posted by: BWOz [Member] On: October 4, 2006 )

sitting still....
These moments are so rare when we become older, because life gets in the way.

I almost took the piper a someone who realised that making no sound and purely listening is an artform in itself.

Lovely piece

Alex

( Posted by: londongrey [Member] On: October 4, 2006 )

Art form
Londongrey,

you could be right in your assessment, of course. I never thought of it as art form, more like just passing time until a dream shakes you up a little, like when you wake up and want to go back to sleep to finish the dream.

thanks for comments

BW

( Posted by: BWOz [Member] On: October 4, 2006 )

Life is but...
..a dream.

And in penning a dream, you transposed my reality.

How long do we pipers sit and wait for those who never come?

Thank you, BWOz, for posting this little gem. I'll take my own meaning from it, if you don't mind indulging me. ;)

Meghan

( Posted by: chinadoll [Member] On: October 5, 2006 )

Meghan
Of course, interpretations are completely free. I always think of poems as open source images -- we all see different things when we read, certain words have multiple meanings.

As for your own meaning, the little wink tells me your dream will turn out different, of course.

thanks for reading and commenting.

BW

( Posted by: bwoz [Member] On: October 7, 2006 )

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