hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
summer stars
an eel slides
towards my nightmare
-- Stephen Toft
( Scryptic, issue 1.3)
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hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
summer stars
an eel slides
towards my nightmare
-- Stephen Toft
( Scryptic, issue 1.3)
Nightmare, to my thinking, doesn't necessiraly refer to a bad dream. It could mean a bad situation, a terrible problem that the poet has. An eel—slippery. slithering, twisting—is symbolic of his problem.
The poet, has this to say about its making:
I can’t really remember the circumstances or thought processes of its composition but i’m honoured it has been chosen for the feature.
I enjoyed this. The long last line is really effective, as it seems to slow time as the eel slides. It adds to the tension.