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    Dream of Me as Water
    Dream of Me as Water
    Dream of Me as Water
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    Dream of Me as Water

    By David Ly

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    Moving beyond the themes of race, identity, and personhood navigated in Mythical Man, David Ly’s second book of poetry, Dream of Me as Water, explores ways of being that are not beholden to the expectations of others. Using water as his central metaphor, Ly meditates on how identity is never a stagnant concept, but instead something that is intangible, fluid, and ever-evolving. Dream of Me as Water revels in the nuances of the self, flouting outside perceptions for deeper, more personal realities.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPalimpsest Press
    Release dateSep 15, 2022
    ISBN9781990293191
    Dream of Me as Water
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    David Ly

    David Ly is a poet from Vancouver, BC. He graduated SFU with a BA in World Literature, English, and Creative Writing and a Master of Publishing. He is the author of the chapbook Stubble Burn (2018). His poetry has also appeared in publications such as PRISM international, The Puritan, carte blanche, Pulp Literature, The Maynard, Plenitude, and The /tƐmz/ Review. He has been long-listed for the Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Poetry and short-listed for the Magpie Award in Poetry. Mythical Man is David’s first full-length collection. Twitter @dlylyly.

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      Book preview

      Dream of Me as Water - David Ly

      Dream

      Blue Passion

      I used to think too much,

      I used to think I felt

      too much, especially

      when good feelings

      spread and I couldn’t control

      how much, how fast

      as when I was gifted

      a blue passion flower

      plant and the potential

      of nurturing something

      sweet rooted in my mind

      and bloomed all over

      my cerebrum, in the grooves

      of my brain. White petals

      flushed with pink

      unfurled to reveal a crown

      of purple and blue filaments

      where I used to think

      I felt too much, especially

      when good feelings

      spread and I couldn’t control

      how much, how fast

      Autobiography as a Thunderstorm

      Listen to how quiet I am

      after admitting that I’m afraid

      of thunderstorms. It’s hard

      to discern hail from the rain

      smacking the window

      while I lie in bed thinking

      of my mom mentioning

      that my fear of rain

      came from a past life

      where I died as a soldier

      fighting during a storm,

      unable to tell the difference

      between bullets and hail

      hitting metal as I lost blood.

      I can’t fall asleep, so I head

      to the couch debating

      if listening to Thunder

      by Imagine Dragons

      is too on the nose for tonight.

      I recall telling you that I love

      windstorms (but only during

      the daytime), and imagine

      dragons responsible for them

      when they take flight

      creating gusts to remind

      us that they still exist.

      I’m glad you indulge

      my theory, and yes, a vast

      imagination is one thing

      I’m glad flows in my family.

      A boom is struck, brightening

      my living room with a flash.

      The window sounds

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