Land of Nod (poem) by Lily of Lough Neagh a.k.a C. Dennis-Woosley on AuthorsDen

Land of Nod
by Lily of Lough Neagh a.k.a C. Dennis-Woosley → (All Poetry by Lily of Lough Neagh a.k.a C. Dennis-Woosley)
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To dream upon the moonlight, brings a child to happiness through the stories they are told. Read to the children, they are our future. ~Lily of Lough Neagh~

Land of Nod Whilst softly sleeping in my room A dream hath flown to me Into my chambers sleeping mind A mystic stands for me He beckons me with arm outstretched My fingers he doth seek And sprinkles radiant crystal dust Transformed we take the leap To the land of Nod we fly To see paths carved below The visions cast afore our eyes A quilt of patches sewn A butterfly on golden wings Becomes our gentle steed A journey through this magic world He only has to lead Cream puff clouds a sweetness taste A handful we did snatch As we glide upon our way Oh see that lemon grass! Alight we do on Glycerin Sea It giggles as we walk We bounce our way to sugar shores We roll and laugh a lot! Seashells sugared cookie sweet We pocket as we go Gingerbread cars and gum drop tires So much we can behold! Aladdin’s carpet floats ahead For us to take a seat We climb on board and take a ride We rise above blue streets Unto the night we tarry on O’er housetops as we go Oh look there is ole crabby’s house With his light aglow What fun we had to tease the man Until our parents told We float afore my window pane With little stars for steps I quietly tip toe into bed While all the others slept Thank you mystic for my ride I know it’s time to go Until another dream doth come Oh bother, mama’s crowed Carolee Dennis-Woosley August 8, 2012

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on April 1, 2014

Wow! I'm impressed. Not a "theme" or "genre" I thought about you. This is delightfully magical and inviting. Such a gift, Carol. Thank you for sharing it. Love and best wishes from me,

xo Regis

Reviewed by Diane Miller (Reader)

Reviewed on August 13, 2012

A delightful child's story! You should write more

Di

Reviewed by Vivian Dawson

Reviewed on August 10, 2012

Creamy innocence floating
releasing lavender aroma
*Carol* awakening refreshed

Lady Vivian

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

Reviewed on August 9, 2012

The Land of Nod - what a truly marvelous place to be,
Except for Ole Crabby's House - sounds like Ole Ed Matlack to me!

Reviewed by Dark Knight

reading this made me want to go back zzzzzzzz ...............sorry to sleep----ROTFL-good poem can't you tell?

Reviewed by Gert van Weenen (Reader)

I was leaning against my pillow, sheets pulled up
Holding my breath not to disturb anything
(even my mouth was open in amazement)
For a moment I was a little child again
You took my hand and leaded me to the Land of Nod
This was fantastic Carolee, you gave me back my childhood

Reviewed by Jane Noponen Perinacci

Reviewed on August 8, 2012

I love this! This took me back to my childhood. I loved when someone would read things to me like this! (sigh!)

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Keith Rowley

I like this one; the cadence is good, with neat, flowing rhythmic syllable sequences. I think that when poets get this right, verse flows much like the sound of a train moving on its tracks - you have that here. The use of 'hath', 'doth' etc is both natural and correct. The only thing I didn't like was the break with four line verse to six and back to four - it disrupts the flowing pattern of verse. Also, I would prefer the use of 'into' in verse nine rather than 'unto', which I am more accustomed to hearing in such expressions as 'even unto death'. I may be quite wrong in this though.
For me, the key to the success of this poem is its crystal clear, concise imagery, which I have no doubt is an absolute treasure to children - and to me!

Reviewed by Budd Nelson

what a tasty visional journey through land of childrens fantasies told by a mistress of poetic delight.
budd

Reviewed by Mark Huntsman (Reader)

This is really good Lilly, I agree with some of the others here. You should write a children's book! Our daughter would like that we read to her.

Mark

Reviewed by Ed J.

Delightful. No one read to me as a child so I missed out. Indeed you should consider writing stories and books for children. Your talent is just as strong in that field.

Stay well and keep writing
Eddy

Reviewed by D. Vegas (Reader)

Carol, Your poem could become a child's book...

Deborah

Reviewed by S Bergerac (Reader)

A tasty experience one to be savored. My taste is livened now dear lady Lily. Children will delight in such a dream.

I bow and tip my hat to you

Cyrano

Reviewed by Gail Delaney (Reader)

What a wonderful child's story Lily, you walked us through all of it. I read to Aaron often and he enjoys it. You are very good!

Gail

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

Oh boy, what a delightful and wonderful experience you have given us. There is so much "flavor" ingrained in this stunning tale told that I was dizzy trying to grab it all and quite stuffed by the time you got yourself back in your bed. I particularly was most fond of the gumdrop tires.