Mag Challenge 288
Riverine Dreams
I floated last night
Through a riverine dream
On a wide, amazonian
Somnambulent stream
In my barge of a bed
Like an African Queen
Carried down by the current
That slid slowly between
Faraway riverbanks
Of rustling green.
‘Neath a Cheshire cat smile of a moon
Deep in the delta
Between midnight and morning
I slid
Gracefully
Tastefully
Eddying elegantly
Through a
Paper-moon
Lantern-filled
Shadowy, flickering
Japanese
Floating World
Art exhibition of
Watercolor sculptures
Recumbent and strange
Of opaline oranges
Coleoptera greens
Butterfly reds
And aquamarines
Bowed along silently
By kimonoed curators
Through shadowy halls
With rice paper walls
The cat, of course,
Slept through it all.
The Owl Underground Archive II 
What fun! For some reason, it puts me in mind of The Owl and the Pussycat — which it should, I suppose, since… well, you get it.
I love the clocks hung on the tree, and the African Queen reference. And of course the cat slept through it all. The cats alays do.
Your Floating World was, in a word, terrific.
Of course the cat slept through it all.. or was awake, far from your magnificent dreamscape.
Very sweet take on the prompt, especially the last line
Nice! Incidentally, great minds think alike because I used the Cheshire cat reference as well. Fun! Nice write and lovely descriptive language. 🙂
LOL – you know you could rap this. 😉
Oh, how clever you are! Those last lines are pure delight!
Love the African Queen reference…