Music in My Dreams

Poem by Susan H. Bowker

The music in my dreams

has spaces between the notes.

Clear simplicity.

It worries me.

Anxiety of shortened practice sessions haunt me.

I need more time.

I wake to Beethoven

shout Stravinsky

conduct symphonies and choirs

reveling in the complexity

while still avoiding the child’s melodies

of Mozart

waiting on my dream piano.

PERFORMANCE  SUGGESTIONS: Especially effective to audiences filled with musicians. Works well as an encore or with other dream-themed songs.

Dreams Unborn   1:43

Music in My Dreams     2:42

In Midnight Bed   2:03