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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware 
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I think it began with Lakota The lore of the Dreamcatchers Built like a spider's web Decorated in faith with feathers A wood circle of willow branch Tied with horsehair lieu of string Strung with beads and woven Feathers and offerings Through the center horsehair As might a spider spin Good spirits so to win Hung over one's sleeping place The web will have a hole Step out in your belief To know it will catch for your soul Your dreams in sleep the bad will pass Through the hole, good caught safely for you We're not here long before we know forces Some evil, working on our lives How we must struggle to keep the good For this we must always strive No native legend I know Catches my spirit and lifts my dread Holds my hope and my belief As the catcher over my bed So if dreams be your concern If their torment causes you pain Make your catcher soon and fast String it strong to make it last As the birds fly high and free So too dreams won't confined be Bring the good ones home to guide you Let all the bad ones fast fall through Takes no special skill to build one It's your belief will carry it through And it will be attractive too As it catches the good dreams like glue The first duty of love is to listen. ~ Paul Tillich ~ |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I have several dreamcatchers, Mr. Yeats...and this, Sir, shall reside in my library as one of them.... I know Marge will like!... |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
I, too, have a dreamcatcher over my bed...tis a lovely thing...holding all my good dreams... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Wilfred...I loved the attention to detail in this---and funny you should mention willow-- as in herbal medicine it is used as a naturally occuring aspirin--and in other "alternative" spiritualities is included symbolically to represent healing.. (sorry, went off on one of my "trips"  )Loved the poem as you can see! |
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Just A Woman Senior Member
since 2001-03-10
Posts 507 |
I shall echo Sunshine and Paula. You've done this beautifully. After years of searching, I have found I am nothing more, nothing less...I am in truth Just A Woman after all. |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Bill...I think I shall make one, since I don't have one...it is such a lovely idea. Your poem is great! |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
wonderful Sir. . . may the legend live on. . . -------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
This is great! I have always liked dream catchers and I don't know why I never thought to acquire one of my own. The way I dream, I could certainly use one!! Betty Lou Hebert |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Well said, Wilfred. The good always replaces the bad in time. LW Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
very cool poem poet sir ... well done  Sprayed across my heart and hers Danced butterflies in the wild This angel, this woman , who loves me with the innocence of a child. ~DeVante~ [This message has been edited by Janet Marie (edited 03-13-2001).] |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Very well done... I enjoyed! *S* |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
We've a park near home - and the lady who almost single-handedly kept it from falling into disuse and disrepair - conducted a Native American/Nature series in the park = held a class in constructing Dreamcatchers. I believe it important to continue and spread this - the mind is powerful - and so the natives who welcomed us knew. Thank you |
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