The Dream by Lola Ridge

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I have a dream to fill the golden sheath of a remembered day . . . . (Air heavy and massed and blue as the vapor of opium . . . domes fired in sulphurous mist . . . sea quiescent as a gray seal . . . and the emerging sun spurting up gold over Sydney, smoke-pale, rising out of the bay . . . . ) But the day is an up-turned cup and its sun a junk of red iron guttering in sluggish-green water where shall I pour my dream?            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “The Dream” was published in Sun-Up and Other Poems (Huebsch, 1920).   Lola Ridge was born on December 12, 1873, in Dublin. Her collections of poetry include The Ghetto and Other Poems (Huebsch, 1918) and Firehead (Payson & Clarke, 1929). She died on May 19, 1941.   Photo credit: Esta Varez Poetry by Ridge   Light in Hand: Selected Early Poems of Lola Ridge (Quale Press, 2007)  "Poet’s Work" by Lorine Niedecker "Ephemeral Stream" by Elizabeth Willis "My Pentagon" by Heather Christle Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038