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By Naomi Shihab Nye When they say Don’t I know you? say no. When they invite you to the party remember what parties are like

In the last week I had two dreams about President Barack Obama. In one I’m wheeling a hand truck or dolly across a campus and

By Langston Hughes I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn.

When I asked for dream symbols to discuss here, one of my friends offered this: “I dreamed a lot about wolves after 9/11, and I

Dream Symbols

Dreams often bring people to mind whom I haven’t consciously thought of in weeks, or months, or sometimes years. Some of these dreams ignite a

By Nancy Powell The wind blows its eternal questions Scattering down the path Of this dear river Streaming across my feet As crows caw endlessly

A couple of weeks ago I asked some friends for suggestions of dream symbols they’d like to see me discuss here. One of the most

Poetry

By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main,— The venturous bark that flings On the

Any time a spiral shows up in a dream, it carries with it the resonance of all spirals. In An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols,