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altered-consciousness, colours, dreaming, flowers, fruits, grapes, new-dimension, pomegranate, reality, sleep
“Dreaming of Pomegranates” (1912)_by Felice Casorati, Italy
She sleeps on the grass
with a pomegranate in her hand
Drifting into the world of altered consciousness
she dreams of other fruit,
apples, apricots, peaches, oranges and tangerines
cherries, berries, plums, grapes and melons
that give the world the names of colours,
like the bed of wild flowers upon which she lies.
Her mind and body at peace,
nearly all her voluntary activities ceased.
A tranquil expression spreads upon her face,
she travels into another world
where the rules and dimensions are different.
Her eyelids flutter,
her lips curl into a smile,
she takes her lover’s hand
as they fly towards the green hills,
racing with feathered clouds
and the birds in the sky.
Her reality becomes the dream,
unaware which realm she belongs to.
When she awakes to birdsong,
her eyes drift to the bunches of purple grapes
hanging down from the vine above her.
The only remainder from the dream,
the pomegranate her lost lover gave to her,
from the orchards on the terraced hills.
She blinks,
presses the pomegranate to her heart,
closes her eyes,
and slips back into the dream.
sebnemsanders 
Sebnem, my first thought was, How sweet is this! And really that is what love should be about – something like all the delicious fruits we enjoy throughout the seasons. Now pomegranates are of course, in a class of their own. 🤗🤗🤗Thank you for this lovely picture and post!
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Reblogged this on MarethMB and commented:
This is such a sweet, endearing post. I hope the romantics among us can also see love in the same way as the artists – both in the painting and prose. Enjoy and thank you, Sebnem Sanders!
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Thank you very much, Maretha. Glad you liked it, also many thanks for re-blogging. 🙂
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Fantastic, Sebnem. I love this.
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Thank you very much, Diana. I love the painting and it whispered a story. 🙂
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I like that this is sweet and romantic and also alludes to the myth of Hades and Persephone, giving it a different possible narrative.
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Thank you very much, Julia. I had to go read Hades and Persephone’s story. How interesting about the pomegranate and the beginning of the seasons for the six seeds she had eaten. Thank you for the info. 🙂
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You’re very welcome 🙂
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A visualized dream of happiness. Beautifully written, dear Sebnem!
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I love the painting that inspired the poem. So colourful and full of hints. 🙂
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