Bedtime Stories
By marandina
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Bedtime Stories
Bedtime stories started
with a parent clutching
dog-eared worn tomes;
fantasies, illusions to
hold children in awe.
Tales told after dark,
nightfall painted blue,
whispering narrations
of arcane lore, fables
to suspend credence.
Like clocks stopped by
incandescent lightning
over imaginary lands
where fire-ships sail
and dock at twilight.
Like satin-skied stars
guiding voyages below,
carefully navigating
distant archipelagos
along starlit journeys.
Pale moonlight spilling
onto cobbled courtyards,
melting tallow marking
the wax and wane
of a single teardrop
In realms: brave heroes
and heroines battling,
where dragons exhale,
witches scry in mirrors,
wizards hold dominion.
Words trail to ether,
slumber takes them
to Narnian ventures,
quiet discourse fading
as the volume closes.
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Beautiful!
Beautiful!
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Sounds as if you have good
Sounds as if you have good memories of such. Those tales seem to have a gentle foundation of good triumphing, hope, purpose, clarity of moral values and such associated with comfortable happiness. Rhiannon
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Wonderful poem PauI. I could
Wonderful poem PauI. I could really emerse my inner child's imagination as I read. But then I just love fantasy and you've really captured the essence perfectly.
Very much enjoyed.
Jenny.
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There's little more magical
There's little more magical than a bedtime story, and you've captured that perfectly here! I insisted on telling/reading bedtime stories to my kids for as many years as I possibly could - never mind them, I loved it!
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we are the children who read
we are the children who read and are read to. beautiful in it's way. a golden past.
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That was a lovely poem to
That was a lovely poem to read before bed. As adults, it's easy to forget about the limitless fantasy worlds which are often level with the real world when we are children. I want to go on a starlit journey.
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imortant it is
They often say how imortant it is to read stories to kids, especially mother tongues and they really enjoy it tremendously. They also read children stories each night on the radio, I like listening to them myself, especially Nali Bali for the little kiddies! And the Narnia books were always my favourite.
Good on the cherries!! Nolan &
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tradition
The tradition of bedtime stories will last, has stood the test of time. There is something magical about it.
If you enjoyed the Narnia films I'm sure you can get the books, the whole set it is seven I think, they read easily, written for teeanagers really, by CS Lewis he was a famous writer, mostly spririual.
See & You!
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Miffy
Brilliant words Paul, describing just how bedtime stories are meant to be.
From my experience the bedtime stories were read to get the kids off to sleep but halfway through I would often hear the words 'Dad! Dad! Wake up! You haven't finished reading the story.' as a sharp corner of Miffy at the Zoo penetrated the flesh on my face with each weary nod of my head.
Turlough
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