after a dream – Leland Seese

Writing

Mar 22

Written By Mollusk Lit

after a dream

— a response to Gabriel Faure’s “après un rêve”

eyes

closed

held

beyond

the reach

of grief

behold

the open

gates

of heaven

Leland Seese (he/him) is a writer living in Seattle, Washington. His poems have been published in RHINO, Juked, Rust & Moth, and many other journals. His poem "PTSD" was awarded honorable mention in the North Carolina Poetry Society's "Poems of Courage" Award. While he never tires of lyric poetry, he loves poems that delight in musical language and highly-associative metaphors. In his free time, he reads crime novels and solve crossword puzzles. You can find more of his writing at lelandseesepoetry.com.

Poetry