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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
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Blowing across the wasteland Of dreamscapes deferred?
1) Does "Blowing across the wasteland Of dreamscapes deferred" mean "(dust) slowly blowing across the wasteland of dreamscapes"?
2) Does think whether "from beyond infinity" works?
Background info:
(a play of neverending haiku chain)
......
But they still live on,
For a nation has risen,
Like a shinning star.
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Like a shining star
We reflect yet who we are
From beyond infinity
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From beyond infinity
In peace, we think they await.
They, and we, are dust.
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They, and we, are dust
Blowing across the wasteland
Of dreamscapes deferred.
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Of dreamscapes deferred,
Have I one: My whole future,
Dreamt in womb-soft youth.
2) Does think whether "from beyond infinity" works?
Background info:
(a play of neverending haiku chain)
......
But they still live on,
For a nation has risen,
Like a shinning star.
------------------------------
Like a shining star
We reflect yet who we are
From beyond infinity
------------------------------
From beyond infinity
In peace, we think they await.
They, and we, are dust.
------------------------------
They, and we, are dust
Blowing across the wasteland
Of dreamscapes deferred.
------------------------------
Of dreamscapes deferred,
Have I one: My whole future,
Dreamt in womb-soft youth.
Top answer
SweetFreedom 1) Does "Blowing across the wasteland Of dreamscapes deferred" mean "(dust) slowly blowing across the wasteland of dreamscapes"? "deferred" appears to modify "dreamscapes". What it means here for a dreamscape to be "deferred" is not very clear to me.
- SweetFreedom 1) Does "Blowing across the wasteland Of dreamscapes deferred" mean "(dust) slowly blowing across the wasteland of dreamscapes"?
- "deferred" appears to modify "dreamscapes".
- What it means here for a dreamscape to be "deferred" is not very clear to me.
- Perhaps it is in the reader's imagination.
- I cannot personally see that it implies that the dust was blowing slowly, however.
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SweetFreedom1) Does "Blowing across the wasteland Of dreamscapes deferred" mean "(dust) slowly blowing across the wasteland of dreamscapes"?"deferred" appears to modify "dreamscapes". What it means here for a dreamscape to be "deferred" is not very clear to me. Perhaps it is in the reader's imagination. I cannot personally see that it implies that the du
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