A Dreamer's Web

Each morning he goes walking in a dream,
transforming ordinary sights and sounds
into visions of fantasy that stream
through his head while he makes his daily rounds.
The mystic kaleidoscope makes him beam
from ear to ear as scenes leap forth in bounds.

Space cadets rocket away from the bounds
of gravity in pursuit of their dream
to explore Mars and Jupiter. They beam
their findings back on a mission that sounds
absurd, ’til word of success makes the rounds.
Then accolades flow in a steady stream.

Autumn leaves floating in a gurgling stream
become sturdy Spanish galleons bound
for distant treasure. The ships are blown ’round
in vicious storms, but the sailors still dream
of becoming rich and the soothing sounds
of lovely maids singing off the ship’s beam.

Back home, our weaver lets a brilliant beam
of inspiration guide him as words stream
through his pen to capture the vibrant sounds
and textures which, in due course, will be bound
in volumes for all to share. That’s his dream
as he continues to polish and round.

A pirate ship quakes under booming rounds
of cannon fire while it draws beam to beam
with its prey to fight in quest of vile dreams.
Then bloodthirsty brigands eagerly stream
across the gunwales to secure the bounds
of their victim while spouting vulgar sounds.

A leprechaun, enchanted by the sounds
of gypsy music, hoists another round
of Irish brew before he sprightly bounds
upon a toadstool, where he broadly beams
in drunken pleasure while watching a stream
of pixies dance by in his sotted dream.

These sights and sounds, sprinkled into a dream
and spun round, will produce a sparkling stream
of lace to bound this web of vibrant beams.

       

Author's note: The Sestina is a complex French verse form consisting of six stanzas with six lines in each stanza and a three-line envoy. The end words of the first stanza are repeated in a different order as end words in each of the subsequent five stanzas; the closing envoy contains all six words, as described in the following link: http://thepoetsgarret.com/2011Challenge/form21.html