Poetry & Art

Last night I dreamt

Last night I dreamt that I was liberated,
The restrictions of darkness were all being lifted.
I took faltering steps towards a flickering light
Through an endless tunnel with no exit in sight.
Last night I dreamt that the birds were singing,
The golden sun was tenderly kissing
The exposed skin on my shoulders and neck
whilst the grass caressed the back of my legs.
Last night I dreamt that I bathed in the sea,
Each strand of my hair pulling to break free.
The waves danced across my trembling flesh
Trapping my body inside an intricate mesh.
Last night I dreamt that I went for a walk
Wearing a flimsy, blood orange frock.
Summer breeze blew through my tangled hair
As I realised I had nothing left to share.
Last night I dreamt that it was late autumn
Sweltering, sticky summer was forgotten.
Dreamy autumnal days stretched ahead
Filled with vivid colours and a leafy cascade.
Last night I dreamt that I heard your voice
-soothing, comforting, it gave me a choice:
to leave behind everything that I ever was
or give up the part of me that was yours.
Last night I dreamt that I woke up from a dream
I could no longer hear a phantom scream.
Then it dawned on me that I continued to dream;
It was only the  fantasies that reined supreme.

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by Nara Hodge

Nara Hodge describes herself as a lover of words who is forever in love with the sheer beauty of written word and in awe of the fiercely overwhelming power of poetry.
Nara is an award - nominated poet who writes poetry in English and Russian. She has been nominated for the Russian Literary Awards 'Poet of The Year' in two consequitive years -2017 and 2018. Twenty- two of her award-nominated Russian poetry pieces were published in the Poet of The Year 2017 nominees' poetry book. Further pieces of her poetic work have been published in the Anthology of Russian Poetry 2018.
She has collaborated with Spillwords Press where some of her most powerful poems in English have been published and successfully attracted a new wave of readership. She is currently an author at the Harness Magazine and looking forward to sharing more of poetic work here.
A believer in therapeutical writing, Nara often uses writing to express her pent-up emotions and to untangle her restless thoughts. She refers to her writing in general as Restless Reflections, which is also the title of her first poetry collection in English.
Nara has a Bachelor's degree in Philology of Russian Language & Literature and a Master's degree in English & Historical Studies.

She lives with her family in beautiful English shire near Oxford, The United Kingdom.


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