My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #127, also linked to imaginary garden with real toads The Tuesday Platform
Brooke Shaden Photography
Slow and deep
By the overgrown bank of sleep,
Dreams slip, cold and slow-moving,
Bearing dead leaves, a floating feather;
Fantasy distilled by the flow of water.
Emerging from the river and darkness of a dream,
A dragonfly shimmers its way upstream;
Demoiselles dance in moonlight;
Fish rise and ripple in starlight.
On the surface, icy water splashes;
Underwater, morning’s lighthouse flashes.
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
writing in north norfolk 
Very vivid description…
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Thank you!
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This is wonderful…love the movements here.
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Thank you, Bjorn.
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Very vividly imagines and seems all is true……………
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Thank you for stopping by and commenting!
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had me shivering through, Luv the introduction of your first 2 Lines
much love…
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Delighted I got you shivering, Gillena! Love Kim x
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Goodness, you had me from that beautiful image! I love the image of emerging from a dream, the dragonfly — the dance in the moonlight and the fish rippling like starlight — intoxicating! Another wonderful poem Kim. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for reading, Stacie. You’re very kind.
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Dreamlike indeed.
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Thanks for reading, Rosemary.
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Beautiful and soothing.
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Thank you for reading, Cara.
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That image is arresting, but your poem holds its own with its sense of deep longing. Really nice.
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Thank you, Marian!
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