Age and Elders
Dreams about aging, old age, seniors or elders.
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ACORN AND PELT: by Wayan; 1983/7/19, a simple sex dream growing to a mystical extravaganza I fall in love, defying kidnappers, dwarf-tossers and Toulouse-Lautrec, until I become a time-traveling bunny... CAUTION: SEX, SHAMANISM, DWARF-TOSSING (LAUTREC!) |
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AM I EPHEMERAL?: by Wayan; 2006/7/6, a puzzling dream of alienation I live in a colony of long-lived observers of humanity. But am I one? Or a short-lived human pet? |
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AMPLIFIER: by Alder; 1999/11/13, a dream on self-underestimation I was always the weakest magic-worker I knew. But when demons threatened my grandchild... |
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ANNE SEXTON: by J.D. McClatchy; 1974/10/4, a predictive dream. I dreamt my friend Anne Sexton's death was on the news. I woke, the phone rang, and I learned she'd... CAUTION: SUICIDE |
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ANOTHER DREAM OF BURIAL: dreamed 2009 or before, by W.S. Merwin; poem of recurring dream The garden varies, but I have always turned away and walked into the whole world. So far... |
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ARIANA'S EVENING: by Andrea McFarland; 2022/4/28, a dream of a long-lost love Fifty years after I drove him away with high-school idiocy, I get one last kiss before... |
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ATMAVICTU: by Carl Jung, c.1919/12/4; portrait of dream figure in a different phase of life Jung's ally in killing the murderous German archetype Siegfried was Atmavictu. Here he's worn out, turning to stone, ready to manifest as a different guide... |
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AVENUE OF TREES: by Anonymous #34; July 1911?, early 1924?, 1934/3/30, & Jan. 1947; four death-omen dreamlets, one predictive Every decade or so, I dream a loved one says farewell and walks down an avenue of trees. I wake to find that person's dying... |
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AVOID THE MATRIARCH: by Wayan; 2011/7/8; a dream of, well, avoidance I love a girl in a big Singapore clan whose matriarch hates me. But the omens say confronting her will be disastrous... |
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BEETLE TIME: by Wayan; 2018/8/18; a dream-poem on time-slip A beetle helps me on a fairytale quest, then founds a great house; but only a year later, he's an ancient patriarch, and I'm still young... |
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BETTY STOPS BY: by a Kentucky woman pre-1961, a farewell visitation dream? I was moved that Betty came to see my two babies despite her illness, but shocked when her father told me... |
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BLIND ANCESTORS: by Wayan; 2007/8/6, a nightmare poem about all of us While we’re at work, Blind Ancestors come smash up our homes... and we all see zombie vandal relatives as normal... |
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BLUE LIPS, GOLD EYES, ORANGE JUICE: by Wayan; 1997/5/8, a warning dream. In a world where respectable men wear masks, an old, old man rebels in the crudest way he can... |
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BOB THE TREE: by Catshall; c. 2013/6/21, a dream-haiku on our marriage I dreamt Bob was a tree-god enthroned in ivy. I said... |
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BOGNOR MARRIAGE: by Thomas Hood; 1825; a newlywed nightmare I found a honeymoon cottage by the sea, and the old landlady gave me a very reasonable rate. Everything was fine... |
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BORN IN A CAVE: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2007/4/20 to 2007/8/9, a painted series of rite-of-passage dreams. I keep dreaming of awkward but successful transitions into new life, and paint them all in one landscape... |
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BOTH MOURN, BOTH DIE: by "J.H., Esquire", 1694/12/9, a double premonitory dream J.H. dreamt both his mother and Queen Mary appeared in mourning. Within days, both were dying... |
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THE BOULDER DISSOLVES: by Myoe Shonin; mid Dec. 1230, an old monk's dream of liberation I was trapped inside a boulder, but as I chanted it melted around me until it resembled a discarded skin... |
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BOX OF DREAMS: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2007 to 2009, a boxed set of 19 small dream-paintings A sequence of short dreams full of creatures. They warn I'll face leukemia... |
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BRIDGE, MOON, PROFESSOR, SHOES: by Dorothea Tanning; 2003? Poem of a flying dream The moon invites me to go flying, but I get tired of magic and just want to go shopping... |
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BRIGHT NICHES IN THE CASTLE WALL: by Jenny Badger Sultan; summer 2003; a series of dreams. Dreams warning of mania and paralyzing shame alternate with calm dreams of life and growth... |
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BUFFALO PERSON: by Plenty Coups, summer 1857; a child's time-traveling, tribe-saving dream I was led into the future, where all the buffalo disappeared, to meet a frail old man by a ranch house... |
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BUTLER'S CROSSING: by David's father; 1941/8/24, a (heeded or unheeded?) warning dream He saw a vehicle coming toward him at great speed. The light was so bright it blinded him. He screamed... |
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BYRON'S DREAM: by Lord Byron; 1816, a dream of a love denied An epic dream on the lifelong effects of unrequited love, compressed into seven stanzas... |
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THE CAT: by Peter Birkhäuser; 1949 on, recurrent dreams, painted '55? A mysterious old woman with cat-face and claws threatened me; she seemed to be guarding a treasure. Sometimes she appeared as a praying mantis... |
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CLAIRAGONY: by a Philadelphia woman, Aug 1951, a sympathetic heart attack her mind misattributes I had a heart attack--but it faded in minutes! The phone rang. I knew at once my dying mother was gone... |
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CLAY AND HOP: by Wayan; 2009/10/30, a dream poem with sketches; Dreamverse #63 I touch the secret soul of a cancer survivor, upsetting her. To apologize, I become a goofy hopping god... CAUTION: FONDLING SACRED FIGURINES |
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CLOWN: by Naguib Mahfouz; early 1995?, a surreal dream. My town transforms into a circus--trapeze artists, elephants, clowns. At first I loved it, but when I went home... |
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COOLIDGE'S DUCK: by Wayan; 1981/4/29, a political dream. Calvin Coolidge takes over the White House and invites his rich fossil friends over for a bath and a song... |
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CRAZY JANE GROWN OLD LOOKS AT THE DANCERS: by W.B. Yeats; spring 1929?, a dream-based poem Crazy Jane watches a dancing couple's passionate games, and envies even their hate; to her, it's part of love... |
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CRONE AND SAGE AT THE MALL: by Wayan; 1991/6/22, a mystical dream-sonnet about malls. I dream up a shining mall. At a booth selling herbs I meet my mentors, Crone and Sage. They tease me for building a venue so banal. But I tease right back: "This place shapes you..." CAUTION: CRITIQUES BUDDHIST PURITY |
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CURMUDGEON I: by Wayan; 1981/7/24, a silly dream. That broccoli business made the new pope controversial, but when he goes off to find his girlfriend... CAUTION: CATHOLIC SACRILEGE I'M SURE |
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DAD FALLS ASLEEP AT THE PODIUM: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2008/3/8; painting in the Box of Dreams My father is supposed to speak, but he falls asleep onstage. I rush up to try and rouse him, but... |
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DAD'S DATES: by Wayan; 2008/8/17, a dream poem, Dreamverse #8. After my mom's death, my dad starts dating again, while I hide out and wince. Can't I do anything positive? |
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DANCE OF THE SUN: by Wayan, 1972/10/23, an epic mystical dream I cross a hostile continent to a magic commune, fall in love with a flying girl who slaps a soul-spark into my head, and follow an alien goddess leading the Dance of the Sun... |
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DEAD, ALIVE, DEAD: by a Minnesota teacher; well before 1960, a predictive... something. Mrs Brown was dead; I recalled helping at her bedside. My mother swore she was alive and I'd never met her! Then... |
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DISEASE OF THE HEART: by Virginia Woolf; 1929/11/2, a false diagnostic dream--or is it? I dream I have just six months to live. I go through a dozen phases and moods, preparing for death... |
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DREAM OF KOA RETURNING: dreamed 2009 or before, by W.S. Merwin; dream poem on a ghost dog I reached back slowly hoping to touch your long amber fur wondering if you might be a dream... |
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THE DUKE OF VENICE: by Wayan; 1981/5/25, a dream on moneyphobia. The Duke complains things just aren't what they were. As I hear what he liked, I'm increasingly... |
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EAR TO THE, UH, WALL: by Wayan; dreamed 1983/10/10 Granny's magic nipple helps me foil the yuppies dumping toxic waste. But does it count if I did it just to save my own... CAUTION: CRUDE TALK; STETHESCOPIC NIPPLE |
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EMADRO: by Wayan; 1983/6/4, a wild dream on clinging--and letting go. An elephant sinks in the North Sea, and the Oracle Mink says a wizard did it. Can old Lady Gandalf help? |
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THE ETHICAL CANNIBAL: by Wayan; 1993/7/25, a health-advice dream?. I meet a man who's lived centuries on an all-cannibal diet. He has ethics, though: he sticks to roadkill! Except... CAUTION: EEEUUGH! |
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EXPERIMENT WITH TIME by Nancy Price; 1948, a shamanic-initiation dream declined? I meet a girl who's 16 and 61, who tells me dreams are lives, not messages. But then I must fly over a sinister parade... |
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THE EYE by Nancy Price; 1948, a nightmare of resisting torture A staring Eye tries to break me; his cats & robots flay me. Yet his birds rebel in sympathy, & I refuse to die... |
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FERDINAND'S ASSASSINATION: by Joseph Lanyi; 1914/6/28, a historic predictive dream. Lanyi dreamed in detail of the assassination of his friend Archduke Franz Ferdinand hours before it happened... |
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A FILM-ORIENTED DREAM: by William Desowitz, spring 1980; dream collaging four diverse movies I fondle the noses of two masked girls in red leotards--parodying part of a Clockwork Orange... I'm excited to see Last Year at Marienbad, but either the actors mumble or the sound is bad... Night. I fly, as in Fellini's 8½, but out of control. The wind takes me, I'm terrified... My grandmother attacks me with her crab-claw, then retreats, chanting the film title Shoeshine! |
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FILM STARS by Nancy Price; 1948, a surreal predictive/diagnostic dream I'm a film actress, but the producer isn't happy with my legs, so make-up takes them away to be redone... |
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FINALLY I'M AN OLD WHORE: by Jack Kerouac, Jan/Feb 1953, a burnout dream... or his fears for the future Finally I've turned into an old whore... a silly Jack Kerouac whore with that same old tired old gasafaycagoo... |
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FOUR WHO COULD ONLY GET HALF-WAY by Nancy Price; 1948, a frustration-dream with deep advice I'm one of four mediocrities: all our efforts come to nought. Mum says "You're netted, but you can fray the ropes... |
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FOXY ANCESTOR: by Wayan; 1998/7/25, a subtle dream. A famous inventor is descended from foxes. Their faces teach me something about beauty and character... |
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FRANKLIN'S NECK: by a dying Kansas grandmother; 1953/7/5, an unheeded warning nightmare "Oh no" she moaned. "I don't want Frankie to go to that camp. He must not go there." She began to cry... |
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FREUD'S FOUR POINTS: by Wayan; 2008/11/11; a dream critiquing four of Freud's dream-theories! Freud and I argue dream-theory while we're stuck in an elevator that projects dream-examples on the walls... |
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THE FUR SIDE, or, GESTELLA: by Wayan; 2013/7/2; a dream-critique of a feminist fable After reading a fable about a murdered werewolf, I dream a tough old woman with golden wolf eyes joins our school lunch table, where the furry minority sits... CAUTION: CRITIQUES SUSAN PALWICK |
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GANDHI RUNS: by Wayan; 1997/8/1, a fusion dream. Gandhi and I must run barefoot across a burning racetrack miles wide... the Ascetic Desert? |
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GARDEN OF THE GODS: by Wayan; 1995/10/6, a dream of slowth. In the Garden of the Gods, I sit through sun and rain. For gods aren't the gardeners, they're the crop... |
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THE GIANTESS OF THVERA: by Viga-Glum Eijolfsson; early 940s?, a very public clairvoyant dream. Viga-Glum dreamt a giantess came to visit. "She is the spirit-guide of my grandfather in Norway. He is dead... |
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GRAMPA GOT AIMED: by Wayan; 1987/6/17, a psychic dream. The girl I love has a family that'll stop at absolutely nothing to destroy us. But I'll fight for love... CAUTION: SEX; EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE; MOLESTATION HISTORY |
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GRAMPA HAS SPOKEN: by Wayan; 1989/11/26, an oracular dream. In a worldwide junkyard full of warring spooks, I finally meet the one whose message I need to hear... |
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GRANDMA: by Eileen and Bill, as told by Gayle Delaney, c.1976, parallel dreams My grandma couldn't drive, but after she died, I dreamt she drove my brother Bill and me around--speeding, in fact. When I told him the dream, he filled in details--he'd dreamt it too! |
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GRIEF KIVA: by Wayan; 1980/2/16, a lucid psychic dream. In a Hopi underworld, I find even lucid dreaming can't cure guilt and grief over losses yet to come... |
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HAIL AND FAREWELL by Nancy Price; 1947/6/6, a revenant dream-message A dying colleague haunts me all night. He says "crossings are often unpleasant" but death's not bad... |
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HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT: by Wayan; 1994/4/3, a dark dream. As my grandmother is dying, I have a dream about what really went on in her house... CAUTION: CHILD SLAVERY |
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I OVERSLEPT: by Wayan; 1992/6/12, a dream of loss. I oversleep. A lot. All my friends are dead, along with my century... |
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IT'S A DEAD MAN'S PARTY: by Wayan; 1988/10/18, a nightmare of identity. I find myself at a creepy party supporting a dead man who's running for office. And am I Dan Quayle? CAUTION: HORROR BEYOND HORROR. YOU ARE DAN QUAYLE. |
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JAMES MERRILL REMEMBERED: by Rachel Hadas; around May 1995; two dream-poems Soon after my friend and mentor James Merrill died, I had recurring, elusive dreams about him... |
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THE KEROUAC TREE: by Wayan; 2 ill., 1983/3/18, a dream of fame and time. The true story of the very first tree-hugger. Not Kerouac! You'll never guess. In fact, you'll say it's impossible... |
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KISS OF A SAVAGE: by Wayan; 1993/10/28, a dream of deep time. I wake to find I'm a museum exhibit 15,000 years from now--a primitive man... |
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LATER IN THE DAY, WE'LL CROSS OVER: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2009/7/16; painting in the Box of Dreams I know we will cross the water surrounding the heart of Jerusalem, but not yet... |
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LBJ OR WOODROW?: by Lyndon Baines Johnson; July-Sept 1955 and Feb-Mar 1968, recurring paralysis dreams From the neck up I was me; from the neck down, Woodrow Wilson in his old age, paralyzed. My presidential aides divided up my duties, and ignored me... |
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LBJ'S CAGE: by Lyndon Baines Johnson; May-June 1924, recurring teenage nightmares I found myself in a cage, with only a bench and piles of old books. A mirror showed I was old and twisted with speckled skin. In horror I said "I must get away"... |
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LBJ'S RIVER NIGHTMARE: by Lyndon Baines Johnson; Feb-Mar 1968, a nightmare on political paralysis I was trapped in a river, trying to swim to shore. But I was in a powerful eddy. No matter which way I swam... |
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LBJ'S STAMPEDE: by Lyndon Baines Johnson; 1913-14?, a childhood nightmare anticipating a presidency As a boy I dreamt I was trapped in a wooden chair, paralyzed, as a stampede rushed toward me, just as my grandmother was paralyzed and chair-bound... |
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LET ME PASS!: by Alice Sheldon/James Tiptree; January 1974, a punning gender nightmare Alli/Tip is lured/tricked into a pen full of women, and tries to get out by repeating this ambiguous plea... |
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LINCH-PIN: by George Stevens; c.1895? a frustrating psychic dream George sees a cart-crash pinning a friend. He yells to bystanders to free the wheel, but they can't hear him... |
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LONGEVITY PLANS!: by Wayan; 1998/8/22, a nondream speculation. Lifespans are growing, but do we incorporate that into our life-planning? Oh, hell, do I plan at ALL? |
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LUNCH WITH THE STARS: by Wayan; 1981/2/2, a dream on beliefs. I'm in a loving animal dance troupe, but wake to find I'm alone. For consolation, I eat at The Terrace, and meet stars. Not film stars... |
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MATRONIZED: by Wayan; 1996/5/25, a real-life vignette. An older woman I know nags me about food. Suddenly my mind flips our genders and weights... |
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A MISCARRIED LIFE: by Wayan; 1981/2/12, a dreamlet just a century long. I'm Mattie, a pregnant girl on a Lewis and Clark expedition. I miscarry, and they tell me... |
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MOM DRIVES: by Frances R. Storey, 1994?, a warning dream--but of the future, or now? I'm back in the suburbs, but decades have passed. My mom's really old & blind. Yet I insist she should drive the car, not me. She pulls out in front of a huge truck... |
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MOON-STRIPED TIGER PROWLING: by Sylvia Rosen, 1975/6/29; dream poem The foul old fossil woman had carved and burnt her own flesh in the name of art; we washed her till she was reborn young. It was my turn next to enter the water... |
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THE MOTORCYCLE-BOOK: by Alyse and Tim, 1979 or before, complementary dreams ALYSE dreams Tim drives a motorcycle-book up a hill, but she doesn't LIKE riding so fast... TIM dreams a wise woman tested him, but found him unqualified to play teacher to Alyse... |
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MOVING: by Roswila, 2007/10/13 and 2007/10/23; a recurring dreamku My dreams support a radical break from my past--to let go of possessions and friends in a cross-country move... |
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THE MUMMY: by Wayan; 2003/10/13, a Rarebit Fiend nightmare. A horror film and Rick Veitch's dream-comix provoke a nightmare warning me that guilt about my dad is wrecking my life... |
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MY LIPS ARE SEALED: by Wayan, 1989/6/3, a moody, psychic, epic, two-part dream. I'm a Romantic poet who defeats the curse of the fountain, to marry; but when our daughter's grown, a new curse strikes me mute, paralyzed. And I mistake this for old age! Then, in real life, my dad wakes up from a nap paralyzed... |
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MY MOTHER'S CLOSET: by Rachel Hadas, c. 2000; a dream-poem provoking a 2008/9/16 dream by Chris Wayan I was in my mother's closet, trying on her outfits, and trapped in Hamlet, too... |
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MY NINE SELVES: by Wayan, 2023/7/18; a dream hinting at a new phase in life Strangers ask me about my nine selves, and I find I know exactly what they mean! The last three are new and odd--calm quiet states that heighten paranormal senses... CAUTION: MYSTICAL |
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MYRNA, LOOK AHEAD: by Myrna, drawn by her daughter Joey Epstein; before 1988, a dream of a revenant ghost's advice After Myrna's husband gave up diabetes treatments to die at home, one night she felt him behind her in bed, and he whispered... | |
NORASINGH: by Wayan; 1987/1/15, a Tantric Frankenstein dream. I fall in love with my sculpture of a mythical Southeast Asian creature. Then a mad yogi breaks in... CAUTION: SEX, TANTRA, AND GENERAL WEIRDNESS |
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OLD ADAM: by Robert Southey; 1804/12/7, a comic dreamlet. I meet the original Adam. He complains Eve neglects him, but he hopes to meet one of his cleverer descendants... |
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THE OLD WITCH: by Wayan; 1991/8/1, a dreamtale on abandon. A Hollywood sex goddess confronts the Ingenue who's supplanting her. Just how far will she go? CAUTION: EXHIBITIONISM |
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THE OLD YOUNG MAN: by Anna Kingsford; 1880/2/21, a dream of a step-in soul Malaria nearly kills a talented young artist; he must retrain from scratch. Why? Well, he's not exactly himself... |
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OLDER AND YOUNGER: by 'Rasselon'; 2009/11/17, a dream of erotic deviousness The older sorceress I'm in bed with plans to marry me off to a younger woman, but I distract her with my tongue... CAUTION: BEDROOM HUMOR |
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OLYMPUS UNMASKED: by Wayan; 2022/8/10, a far-future dream On terraformed Mars, we set out to climb Mt Olympus without oxygen masks. The first miles are OK, but the air thins until... CAUTION: ANTICIPATED DEATH? |
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THE OTHER ROOM by Nancy Price; 1948, a predictive dream A writer I haven't seen for 40 years gives me a drink, but all I want is to find my mom in The Other Room... |
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PAPA: by Hélène Cixous; 1996/5/15; a revenant dream on workaholism I'm in my papa's waiting room. I beg him to take a break from his patients now that he's dead, and walk with me... |
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PASS THE VIAL ON: by Wayan; 2000/4/18, a dream of renunciation A vagabond king showed me the way into Faerie, and it made my fortune. But now it's time to pass the gift on... |
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PEGGY'S CAKE: by Jenny Badger Sultan; l998/10/26 , a nightmare plus surrealist painting. At a party I meet a friend I thought was dead. She's become a small talking rabbit made of cake, and I... CAUTION: UGH |
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PESCADERO MONET: by Wayan; 1983/11/4, a happy art-cult dream. Monet is over 100 now, living in an art colony. I visit him, but my parents come along. Bad idea... |
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PHILOSOPHER: by Wayan; 1992/7/31. Nondream digital picture-poem. I worked at Stanford too long. I got tired of observing the mating displays of the purple-prose patriarch.. CAUTION: NUDE ACADEMIC GROUPIE |
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PICARDIAN ANGELS: by Wayan; 1993/1/7, a dream of time and wishes. I walk on Martinique with Captain Picard of the starship Enterprise. He's here to see a dreamy boy... |
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PICARD'S ANGELS: by Wayan; 1993/1/7, a poem; alternate treatment of the dream PICARDIAN ANGELS As a boy on Martinique, Jean-Luc Picard wished for so much so hard, his angels have to work overtime... |
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PIGEON WITH A HEAD LIKE QUEEN VICTORIA: by Jenny Badger Sultan, 2010/7/26, painting of a pest A pigeon with a head like Queen Victoria's keeps fastening onto my clothing with its beak, and this nagging feels familiar... |
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THE PLACE OF SPROUTING CORN: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 1989/1/10 & 1989/6/28, twin initiatory dreams. I'm shown corn plants growing from skulls, and it seems like I must plant some skull-corn myself... |
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PLUTO: THE NEWEST PLANET: by Lena, 2023/3; a dream warning of coming change A disintegrating board game reminds me to take time to enjoy things beyond work and activism... CAUTION: NUDITY, TRANSGENDER, ASTROLOGY |
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PORTRAIT OF LADY DRACANTHRA: by Wayan; mid-2001, acrylic dream painting. Among the family portraits in the hall of my ancestors was this one of a formidable old... woman, I guess. |
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THE POWER OF THE BUTTERFLY: by Lisa Gale Garrigues ("Cory"); winter 1997, a dream of flying, shapeshifting and spiritual advice. When a flood traps me in my cabin, I dream I meet an old man who warns me "Let your butterflies go"... |
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PURSUED, I RAN INTO THE BARN: by Dorothea Tanning; 2003? A nightmare-poem A monster's out to eat my dog--and maybe me. We get cornered in the barn... |
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RAZI AND THE HOLY WINO OF SHASTA: by Wayan; 1994/9/1, a redemptive epic dream 20,000 years from now, a deer-harpist named Razi finds the Holy Wino's not quite the ruin he seems... CAUTION: BAD PENGUINS, DEER NUDITY, RUDE DRUNK |
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THE RICH WRECK THE WELL: by Jim Shaw; between 1987 & Jan. 1995, a dream of Heaven A movie version of heaven. Souls line up for rejuvenation from a great fountain. But fat old rich guys crash the line, demanding to be first... CAUTION: UGLY NUDITY, UGLY BEHAVIOR, POLITICALLY PREDICTIVE |
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ROAD Detail: MY GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER WHEN YOUNG: by Wayan; 1999/12/12 They were both beauties and look rather feline to me--I'm drawn to feline beauties still, and wonder... CAUTION: INCEST ISSUES |
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ROBINSON JEFFERS AS A SHAMAN: by Wayan; 1996/7/28, a life-review, with 2016/10/22 followup Jeffers, that harsh, visionary, ecological poet, seems drunk on Darwinism, blind to kindness--or is he just reporting Big Sur's true, mean spirit(s)? CAUTION: LITERARY AND MYSTICAL |
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ROOSTERDOG: by Larry Vigon; 2003/4/22; a nested dream In the woods I catch a beautiful rooster. It doesn't struggle; it turns into a dog. We make friends. We sleep together in the wood; I dream we grow old together. The dog's owner wakes me; farewell, dog! But at least the funeral has caviar... |
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RUBBISH: by Naguib Mahfouz; dreamed 2001? A dream of advice from the dead. My dead friend lost patience with the local dump, so I beat the trash--and out came shining people... |
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SATYR: by Wayan; 1999/4/1, a frustrating wish-fulfillment dream (yes, both). I'm a faun, the oracle for a Greek village. But my predecessor set up rituals I want to change... CAUTION: SEX, PAGANISM, SELF-SATYRE |
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THE SEA WOLF'S BRAIN: by Wayan; 1999/11/21, a psychic dream. For years the Sea-Wolf enslaved me. He said I had to fight him and win to be free. I'm ready at last... |
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SHADOW PUZZLE: THE LORD AND HIS SERVANT: by Wayan; 1984/5/23, a reflective dream. A puzzle-game of eyes and mirrors and shadows starts revealing the players' deepest secrets... |
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THE SHAKEN PROFESSOR: by Wayan; 1996/2/11, a dream explaining amnesia and memory. A great teacher abruptly blanks out. Memory loss is scary, but the empty moment bared a deeper fear: |
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THE SHRINKING POPE: by Sorcha; 2005/4/1, a Jane Bond dream I'm the only one who can stop the plot to kill the Pope--but if he keeps shrinking like that, will it matter? CAUTION: RECOVERING CATHOLIC |
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SHRUNKEN MEN: by Wayan; 1992/2/21, a dream on the masculinity crisis. Day: Robert Bly's book Iron John, claiming men need male mentors, annoys me. Dream: the giants co-opted Captain Picard of Star Trek, but we don't need him to rebel... CAUTION: MOCKS ROBERT BLY |
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SKY AND PRESTER JOHN: by Wayan; 2009/9/30, two short dream poems with sketches; Dreamverse #57 My neurotic sister and I both lust for a girl named Sky; then I flee a gang of popes and lamas and mullahs... |
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SORRY WE DRANK ALL THE BEER: by Wayan; 1986/6/3, a dream on the use of rage The future. Humanity's trapped--no energy. Because aliens looted our world before we evolved! Now... |
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SPIDER CRONE: by Wayan; 2019/12/20, a nightmare of helpful advice Lost in the rainforest of Olympic National Park, I stumble into the wrong cabin: the hut of Time herself. Or is she? She asks me to clean up, but spare her web... |
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SPIRITUAL TESTS: by Wayan; 2000/8/28, a predictive dream As my dad lies dying, I dream my sister and I face spiritual tests given by slacker angels who'd rather be on TV. Learn to let go! |
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STEAMROLLER: by Richard Wilbur, late 20th Century; an embarrassing dream. As the steamroller flattened me I became quite a lovely stained-glass window... |
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STRANGE SERVICE: by Gordon B., early 2006, a transcendental dream The old man sang in the empty church, then looked at me and snapped his fingers. I was filled with voices... |
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SURF THE SAN ANDREAS: by Wayan; 2008/8/21, 3 short dreampoems, Dreamverse #11 Through twin gates of dream--not ivory and horn any more, but fear and trust... Three castles on the sea: a Mock Kremlin, a Ship of Toiletpaper, and a Ship of Brick and Beer... A mad old surfer of the San Andreas Fault, impossibly riding earth-change... |
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THE TAO OF DENNIS THE MENACE: by Wayan; 1986/4/17, a dream of a wise mentor. Chased by purple squid from Jupiter, I seek refuge with a guru the Goddess recommends for me... |
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TENNIS UNDER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES by Nancy Price; 1948, (A comic frustration dream hiding a warning) Our tennis game's spoiled by rubber rackets, fierce grandmas, Good and Evil (those identical twins) and a bully on stilts... |
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THIEF OF DREAMS: by Wayan; 1996/11/29, a sexy soul-swap dream; a 22-page comic (or text w/pics) I was a mermaid trying to find Count Coyote's stolen dreams, so I could marry my human girlfriend... CAUTION: NUDITY, SEX, LESBIAN MARRIAGE, ANTI-FUNDAMENTALISM |
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THE TOOTH: by SAO (Shawn Allen O'Neal), 2003?, an epic, oracular, baffling dream Psychics give me an incomprehensible reading. A book from the tree-library gives only Victorian dating advice. At last a madman gives me a treasure-box holding a tooth that unfolds into slices carved in unreadable symbols... |
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THE TRAIN ON TIME CAFE: by Wayan, 1981/12/20, an epic political dream. Silicon Valley goes enthusiastically fascist. I hide in a berry patch. They build a shining world, and then... |
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MY TUTELARY UNCLE: by Wayan; 1993/5/28, a shamanic dream. I'm half Anglo, half Kwakiutl. My uncle the shaman died, but he still wants to teach me his medicine... |
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THE 1200-STEP PROGRAM: by Wayan; 1987/12/17, an illustrated dreamtale. I'm climbing a tower, as my dad, Apollo, drunk, throws bottles at me from the top, breaking bones... CAUTION: DENIAL ABOUT ALCOHOLISM |
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TWO CENTURIES OF PROGRESS: by Edwin Muir; 1938-9, two dreams and an extraordinary mini-essay Yesterday, Hitler marched into town. I was born before the Industrial Revolution, and am now about 200 years old... |
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TWO WITCHES: by Melissa McClanahan, 2013/9/8, a short painted dream-comic Two witches, maiden and crone, ride a flying monster made of two magically fused trolls. But I know somehow that the two are really just aspects of a single powerful sorceress... |
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UNCLE MAC'S SECRET GENIUS: by Andrea McFarland, 2023/1/22, a surreal dream My uncle Mac has a secret scheme to free us all from the Rat Race, but his dancing mouse-headed robots (and climate change) get out of hand... |
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A USED POPE: by Wayan; 1983/12/25, a Christmas dream. A friend buys a frozen used Pope, to navigate her starship with Papal infallibility. Call me a Luddite, but.. CAUTION: SACRILEGIOUS PUN |
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VERITY'S WINGS: by Jenny Badger Sultan; 2009/8/21; painting in the Box of Dreams My friend Verity's given a beautiful set of wings. I'm envious until I consider what angel wings imply... |
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WE GO IN PEACE: by Florence; pre-1961, a telepathic dream-report of another's death experience My father-in-law looked me in the eye and said, 'Florence, the Lord is my shepherd and we go in peace'... |
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THE WHEEL by Nancy Price; 1948, an early, intense dream of Future Shock. Lost in an industrial maze, my memories hopelessly outdated, I resign myself to the Wheel... |
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WHITE-HAIRED WOMEN: by Jenny Badger Sultan, 2002/5/4, a dream painting I'm in a ring of seven white-haired women, our arms all interlocking. When I woke I had fun working out the pattern of those interlinked arms... |
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THE WILD HUNT: by Carl Jung; Sept. 1922, a clairvoyant dream hinting what death is A huge wolfhound tore past me. My blood froze. The Wild Hunt was carrying off a soul... |
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WILLPOWER (HAPPINESS): by Wayan; 1991/1/17, a didactic dream. At age 90, the first female high-rise steelworker tells me why she did it--and why she regrets it now... |
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THE WORLD'S FAIR: by Wayan; 1983/3/18, an illustrated dream fable. The same night I learn of the Kerouac Tree, a wise old man shows me the world's fair. Not the event... |
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YES, EMMA, ONE POUND ONIONS: by a Canadian girl; pre-1961, a distracting dream prediction I was in a small room with a single bare lightbulb and an old man at a desk writing. The phone rang. He answered--said, 'Yes, Emma, one pound onions, a dozen oranges." Two days later... |
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YOU LOSE EVERYTHING: by Rachel Yoder, spring 2023, a dream of discovery and loss The house I'm looking at has unexpected rooms, even a pool, but another buyer beats me out. An old woman says "Don't worry dear, in time you lose everything." A comfort at first, but then... |
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"YOU'RE NOT MY BOSS!": by Wayan; 2019/6/27, a disturbing political dream In a busy, shorthanded market, the store owner's running a checkstand. He mistakes me for an employee and starts ordering me around... CAUTION: AGE & GENDER... BIAS? OR INFORMED JUDGMENT? |
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YOU'RE THE EAGLE: by Wayan; 2000/2/8, a dream fable. A hermit spends his life wrestling with shadows. His only disciple becomes famous. Who was happier? |
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