Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
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Poem & art below inspired by the WGO prompt and this Catrin Welz-Stein art above.
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Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Imagination Soaring” by: rob kistner © 6/5/24
Just books
just books
these, just books
— no way!
maybe magic dragons
flying phone booths
or hot air balloons
maybe ww2 planes
or rocketships to space
taking you to amazing places
beyond your wildest imagination
or maybe a genie’s lamp
carrying you off to Xanadu
to Kubla Khan’s pleasure-dome
where the sacred river Alph runs
or perhaps an enchantment
that introduces you to Bastian
and you two adventure to Fantasia
to save the kingdom from The Nothing
maybe it is a beautiful women
who lived in a kingdom by the sea
who was taken so young by the seraphs
she had never known love’s sweet needing
they are dinosaurs on the loose
perhaps they are toys come alive
an archaeologist in a haunted tomb
maybe they’re superheros who can fly
no, not just books here
maybe timetravel vehicles
or portals to parallel worlds
magic keys to unlock wonders
or imagination’s magical carpets
or a cool movie’s secret ingredient
just anything you choose them to be
but they’re definitely not — just books
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rob kistner © 2024
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