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Open Poetry #49

Her First Dream

Cari
Member
Posts 411
Englnand

0 posted 2016-05-12 05:48 AM

The Nursery
A Harrods fairyland
Kitsch stuffed flotsam
Glass eyed staring
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Sleeping innocence
Fresh from the pulsing cave
Soaped, creamed, powdered
Arms raised in pink surrender
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On life’s blank page,
Still to be written
She dreams
Through unfocussed eyes
Of picture fears
~
Twists, fights
The counterpane prison
Trapped in terror
Under Tesco stars
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Note.

This poem is on watching our new baby Sarah dreaming when not yet a day old and wondering how could that be after only a few hours of life. There are explanations, though there some I don’t really want to think about.
The Tesco stars are from a nursery ceiling projector

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2016-05-12 09:02 AM

Sure, I suppose a day old baby can dream. Maybe dream of where is spent the last nine months. Why not?

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Pete_W
Member
Posts 185
Scotland (UK)

2 posted 2016-05-12 11:16 AM

Nice write Cari, enjoyed reading.
Pete

Cari
Member
Posts 411
Englnand

3 posted 2016-05-12 12:18 PM

Sure, I suppose a day old baby can dream. Maybe dream of where is spent the last nine months. Why not
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Well I did some digging around on the subject and discovered some surprising facts. The first sign of consciousness in a baby appears around 4-5 months after birth. Without the experience of being conscious there is no ability to remember anything.

I was under the impression that Sarah could see my wife and me after her birth but I was wrong, she could see only blobs of light. Actually a baby’s hearing is much more advanced than her sight. The first thing she recognizes is not her mothers face but the sound of her voice.

As for her dreaming, it shouldn’t happen, but it does, REM sleep is easily recognizable
But there’s no scientific explanation for how and why a new born baby has the ability to dream.

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