Poems about Bob Dylan, Edie Sedgwick, a response poem to Seems So Long Ago, Nancy inspired by Leonard Cohen. I will be posting versions of these poems soon on here. For now please read on the wonderful Lothlorien Poetry Journal blogspot hosted by Strider Marcus Jones.
Once, I was you, a hippie friend said, just like you, when I danced. I didn’t believe it, until she dressed me up in Edie clothes. And I saw me, through Superstar eyes We sparkled in the same way We looked lost in the same way We’d said Ciao to everything we’d ever known, everything that had ensnared us, but it still wasn’t enough, and so I didn’t want to believe (no such thing as reincarnation, I said) but really because I’ve dreamt of her through a million pasts, seen her in a thousand mirror ghosts, saw she knew me Inside and out and very far From the world’s stage From the critics, the ocean hid us away, where we dreamt in unicorns star-wished above the clouds danced like kindred spirits under full moons Barefoot and wild and free and holding a million futures in our hands, always and forever sisters, best friends, daisy chain girls full of love for this imaginary world; for ourselves. For only ourselves, next time.
More on Willow Croft: Willow’s speculative fiction/horror has been published in a number of anthologies and journals. Find out more on Willow’s website https://willowcroft.blog