Do you dream? Either at night in the form of happy Unicorn flying you through the air or scary mare of the night terrorising you? Or else in terms of hopes and aspirations for the future?
Now what if you took those dreams and shared them in 140 character poem form? We decided to ask you to give it a try…
[The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun people from all around the world take part in what is called a Hashtag game. @AFrikkinHashtag [say it out loud] is South Africa’s #1 Hashtag game and is always a lot of fun. The F.L.O.P. [or Fish List Of Prizeworthyness] is the collection of some of the best tweets from each week’s game and is what all seriously comedic Hashtaggers aspire to…]
Rob aka @GenericZA is one of the usually UnNamed Ones crew who help make AFH the amazing game it is. In fact, we discovered just today that his brother is one of my good friends in what they call “the real world” so that was fun. But he was all hands on deck when it came to #PoemADream and pulled an amazing co-hosting shift.
As per usual i helped start you all off with a few examplages:
We trended for a while which didn’t take us by surprise:
#5 USA #PoemADream with @afrikkinhashtag @BrettFishA @GenericZA
— Hashtag Roundup (@HashtagRoundup) October 12, 2016
And it was super great to have the Micropoetry Society join in the fun:
Not wanting to wake —
I did.
With opening eyes —
tears fell.Is it possible
to love a dream?#PoemADream #amwriting #micropoetry
RobynC— Micropoetry Society (@pssms) October 12, 2016
Time melts away
Like ice from winter
& only my shadow
Is left behind
Restless, uneasy
Wandering the trails
Of waking dreams.#PoemADream
AB— Micropoetry Society (@pssms) October 12, 2016
Thanks for playing with us Micropoetry People!
My co-host jumped right into it in the healthiest of ways:
Fruit Fantasy.
Oranges
Why are you so strange
Even free-range
Nothing rhymes with you
Maybe you should have been blue#PoemADream— Rob (@GenericZA) October 12, 2016
And also proved the adage that great mimes think alike:
I dreamt I was eating a marshmallow,
but when I woke I was missing a pillow.#PoemADream pic.twitter.com/QliVUh3dew— Rob (@GenericZA) October 12, 2016
As did all of you… and so let’s see who made it to this game’s Top Tweets list otherwise known as:
FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS [aka The F.L.O.P.]
We will start off with this most brilliant one from Veldlot who is also an UnNamed One [Sh!] but this was so beautiful:
Goodbye my friend
I'll miss you deep
Will you please come haunt my dreams,
while I'm asleep ?
#PoemADream— VeldLot🌷 (@VeldLot) October 12, 2016
Quietly also brought the feels:
Soft kiss on the warm sand
A stroll along the sea
Together, hand in hand
While he sleeps next to me— Quietly, she (@QuietlyShe) October 12, 2016
While Michael was having an out of body experience:
#PoemADream I dreamt my cat said 'Hello' when I was playing Pokemon Go! pic.twitter.com/4LSFR0VpcV
— MichaelCoffee (@MichaelTCoffee) October 12, 2016
Shota managed to sneak around our FAMILY friendly boundaries with this tongue in cheek winner:
So many dreams of Nantucket
It's on a list in my bucket
For long sunny days
Catching multiple rays
I'll just have to say Phuket #PoemADream— Tom Vaughn (@shotalandia) October 12, 2016
While Gardener worked out name into his:
I wanna be a poet
But I hate to say I blow it
Cuz every frikkin time
It turns out as a rhyme #PoemADream— Mr Paul (@CnstantGardener) October 12, 2016
Jimm is having some house issues:
How could I have gotten,
Stuck in a house so rotten? #PoemADream pic.twitter.com/p9d0b2eDWb— Jimm Retling (@JimmRet) October 12, 2016
Toni was feeling a little in your face, yo:
Always wanted to learn how to ride a bike, now everytime I get on, I just yell 'syke' #PoemADream
— Toni Summer (@ToniSummer3) October 12, 2016
Richardwas getting ready for Halloween early:
The monsters were grabby
They soon became stabby
The worst part of it is
I woke up real crabby#PoemADream— Richard H (@FeeBooths) October 12, 2016
Tal held out some hope:
"I have a dream"
A great man once said
Peace and equality
Some day, perhaps
His dream becomes reality#PoemADream— Sir TΔLIƩSΨΠE 🎸📷 (@Taliesyne) October 12, 2016
While Keith… well, just Keith…
#poemadream
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I had a dream
I was sleeping with Pooh pic.twitter.com/7n94mjr4AI— Keith's Tweets (@a_snowman_4u) October 12, 2016
Martini was feeling inspirational:
#PoemADream
I dreamed the whole world was peaceful and free.
It turns out to be true 'cause it starts inside me! pic.twitter.com/VTBrBnmpu6— Martini (@veritas_24) October 12, 2016
Aidan [and about 1000 others of you, this was a popular theme] suggested “no nudes is good nudes”:
A speech I was orating,
With an audience so rude.
Their giggling frustrating,
WHEN THE HELL DID I GET NUDE!? 😨
#PoemADream— Aidan forgets why he (@aidno) October 12, 2016
While Reesie had all the women [and some of the men] in a big giant, “Awwwww”
I can feel you watching me
So, I turned and looked
And our eyes locked for eternity #PoemADream— Reesie (@reesiepieces1) October 12, 2016
Alexandra had a dream with no strings attached:
#PoemADream
Being chased by puppets
I have nowhere to hide
I don't know why they want me
I need to face them with pride— Alexandra Bailey (@desrtgldDGGR) October 12, 2016
And Tal was back with visuals:
Together
We were flying
Then I fell
As tho' dyingBut o' how we flew
O'er hills and streams
Me and you
The stuff of dreams#PoemADream pic.twitter.com/O9JeAVNWrW— Sir TΔLIƩSΨΠE 🎸📷 (@Taliesyne) October 12, 2016
Imogen was hungry:
My face set inside a white space
A vertical line of prawns queuing north to south
Clunking sequentially into my expectant mouth#PoemADream— Imogen R (@imogen_ralist) October 12, 2016
Finch too, in his own special way:
They said pick a career,
Something with taste,
Authors, doctors, a marketeer,
But now that I'm older I just want to eat cakes.#PoemADream— finch (@mioscenic) October 12, 2016
Geek seems to REALLY be fond of the Pringles:
#PoemADream
I ran out of Pringles,What an abomination
I declare war and world domination— prince of perfection (@adu1tg33k1) October 12, 2016
Joanne seemed to be struggling:
https://twitter.com/LadyBabyLovebug/status/786148867158999041
While Craig REALLY had a nightmare:
I had a dream
that made be bitter
MySpace came back
and there was no Twitter #PoemADream— craig onetweetwonder (@craigflynn1) October 12, 2016
Jenn was another of the pants free crowd:
There I was, racing to work
I'm late, cut off by a jerk
Drinking coffee, checking my phone
Forgot my pants, driving back home #PoemADream— Jenn 📎 (@summer_Jenn17) October 12, 2016
Sophie had a bit of a confession perhaps:
My dreams are illogical
They make no sense
Why would I be attracted
to elephant tents? 😈 pic.twitter.com/vPHfxYeEnd— SophieDiddles (@sophie_diddles) October 12, 2016
Jez as well.
I dreamed I wandered as a cloud,
Yes lonely as a cloud I said;
I dreamed I was precipitating,
I woke to find I'd wet the bed.#PoemADream— Jez Bayes (@UnhappyHippy) October 12, 2016
Anne must have been tired when she awoke from this one:
#PoemADream
The dream was simple
another place
The feelings light
heart race
Wander dream roads
flying fast
Waking daylight
it never lasts— Anne J. (@TruthWFlair) October 12, 2016
Divya went short but powerful:
Scream a scream I never wake,
From my sleep for heaven's sake #PoemADream— Divya Hirani (@SoulofDivya) October 12, 2016
Dan was all about the pizza:
#PoemADream Endless pizza I did eat. I could no longer see my feet. The doctor said "go on a diet." I laughed and said I'll never try it
— I'm Just Dan (@DanielAshley13) October 12, 2016
Jez got a little Shakespeary:
"Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?"
"No, wake up you lazy weirdo, get out of bed and go away."#PoemADream
— Jez Bayes (@UnhappyHippy) October 12, 2016
Rob shares his fear of clowns [as i’m sure many others do]:
Last thing at night pondering the days ups and downs
Hoping while sleeping I'm not eaten by clowns#PoemADream— Rob who? (@papermonkeynz) October 12, 2016
Aricka sees dreams as a time to get away:
Deep in my slumber
I'm so far from distress.
Dreams the ultimate escape
When my life is a mess.#PoemADream@BrettFishA @HashtagRoundup— I'm Shucked! (@Aricka_Shuck) October 12, 2016
Gin was all sugared up:
All my teeth fell out again, I wonder what it means, I'll give them one more brush today, and maybe a few less jelly beans #PoemADream
— Gin (@gingleberries) October 12, 2016
Sophie went all Oz on us:
There was a tornado,
It was twisty and turny
I hit my head
and went on a great journey pic.twitter.com/eDqu7XMjg7— SophieDiddles (@sophie_diddles) October 12, 2016
Ed felt alone:
Everybody died and I was the last alive,
Ping pong was impossible and I got tired of self high fives. #PoemADream— Ed O'Meara (@edfomeara) October 12, 2016
Matt waxed philosophical:
#PoemADream
I'm just a monkey
throwing virtual shit
at a cyber wall
to see what sticks— Muttley Matt 2.0 (@1CynicalCyborg) October 12, 2016
Kate brought the dilemma:
Toothless and falling, my car always stalling, silently screaming, thank goodness I'm dreaming (OR AM I?!?) #poemadream
— kate (@Sea_Penguin5) October 12, 2016
Sophie gave us a picture we may never forget [no matter how hard we try]:
Falling and kicking
I wake myself up.
if you're going to sleep next to me,
Maybe you should be wearing a cup. pic.twitter.com/e1cbZ6bkCv— SophieDiddles (@sophie_diddles) October 12, 2016
Roe seemed in two minds:
Taking her hand, seems too soft to hold
Promises yet unspoken, even so bold.
Waiting for her to pull away
Wishing her to stay#PoemADream— RoeSoLovesUofM (@roeu812) October 12, 2016
Cosmo was in a bit of a weird space…
You forget your clothes
I have a good laugh
But am immediately cussed out
By a tiny giraffeMy dreams don't make sense. #PoemADream
— Accidental Cosmonaut (@xcdntlcsmnt) October 12, 2016
John had a cat-astrophe on his hands:
One of the weirdest things
I ever felt,
Was watching my cat's face
Slowly melt.#PoemADream— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) October 12, 2016
Aricka got clever on us and Acronymical [it’s a word!]:
Dreams
Reveal
Every
Aspect of
My
Self#PoemADream@AFrikkinHashtag @BrettFishA@HashtagRoundup— I'm Shucked! (@Aricka_Shuck) October 12, 2016
Slowmoto brought the Micropoetry:
Miniature moments
Last
A lifetime @BrettFishA @AFrikkinHashtag @HashtagRoundup— Slowmoto Me (@SlowmotoMe) October 12, 2016
Kevin was searching for more:
#PoemADream
My dreaming takes me
To the place of no sadness
But dreams don't change things
And I awake to madness— Kevin Johns (@Berlinseshdmtv) October 12, 2016
Bdog was receiving puppy love… in some shape or form:
Your touch, your caress
Your gentle tongue on my…ear?
Wait, is that the dog?#PoemADream @AFrikkinHashtag— Ubiquitous Bdog (@ubiquitousbdog) October 12, 2016
Zetaj got real on us:
I see the suffering, i feel the pain. I start to scream…opened my Eyes, there's all the destruction…
It's not a dream?
#PoemADream— Zetaj (@86tajz) October 12, 2016
Jimmy gave us this ray of hope:
Sunlight in a wave
Hope in a smile
Blue sky in a kind word
A fount of warmth for all our tomorrows
in the kindness of strangers#PoemADream— Jimmy (@HoorayBacon) October 12, 2016
While Grendel has a one-track dream mind:
When I saw you it was love at first sight but when I thought I lost you it gave me a fright. I love you chocolate 🍫 #PoemADream pic.twitter.com/sHk6Gpv3mm
— Gretel Armstrong (@SugarGretel) October 12, 2016
Divya was asking tough questions:
Food is like fossil fuel for the brain,
To make it work will you destroy the terrain? #PoemADream— Divya Hirani (@SoulofDivya) October 12, 2016
Erik gave a very Handeyesque dream which suits his name:
There was blood and
it was night.
Look!
An elephant.Now I'm back
in high school
with my wife.We forgot where
we parked.— Erik Handy (@ErikHandy) October 12, 2016
Joe saw the pillow from Rob and me and raised it:
Pancakes as far as the eye can see
Delicious, fluffy, warm
The taste is heaven
Never ending
Wait, where's my blanket?#PoemADream— Joe Rover, Author (@JoeRover2) October 12, 2016
Kevo brought some sad reality:
I had a dream MLK said,
but decades after his permanent bed,
it would seem race relations still a dread.#PoemADream— ❄️ Antifa Kevo 🚩 (@psgamer92) October 12, 2016
Still much work to be done…
IDK felt held back from sharing everything, while carefully acknowledging our parameters:
https://twitter.com/JennVoix/status/786186496621568000
Christopher brought some family:
I'm at my Grandparent's house
The way it used to be
Grandma and Grandad are there
This is how they visit me.#PoemADream— Mr. Christopher (@iamalmostlegend) October 12, 2016
Some truly amazing poetic stuff everyone, thanks for sharing, and as always there were SO MANY to choose from that i’m sure we missed out on some great offerings. But five we didn’t miss out on and which we felt raised the bar in some way, were these ones which make this weeks…
F.L.O.P. FIVE
[5] Lounge… um, I’ll have what Lounge is having…
Jessica Alba in a dinosaur costume,
Lighting mice on fire in my childhood bedroom.
Lady Godzilla,
Squatting on my pillow.#PoemADream— The Skimbo Lounge (@SkimboLounge) October 12, 2016
[4] Janus got next level poetic on us:
Gauzy threads of hope and aspirations are the lattice that I climb
Porpoising through the infinite scenes of insanity in my mind#PoemADream— Janus of Rome (@JanusGoneAwry) October 12, 2016
[3] Vikki, also, just wow, next level…
Punch drunk skies lit tangerine, staining the fields like neon lipstick.
We sit at the gates of dawn, hoping no one has the key.#PoemADream— Vikki ♒ (@VWC_Writes) October 12, 2016
[2] Todd was on a whole different level:
#PoemADream
There's Roger Waters in concert
This dream is quite Floydian.
He sings, "Mother", how strange
Because I ain't no Freudian.— Todd Only Knows (@tr_wildebeest) October 12, 2016
[1] But this week’s number 1 goes to Lost, who smashed our feels with this stunner:
#poemadream
i dreamed of riding horses
riding along me and my dad
he's been in heaven for years now
now i am just sort of happy and sad— losthillbilly1 (@1losthillbilly) October 12, 2016
Super well done everybody – hope you enjoyed reading through those Top Tweets and huge thanks to Rob for co-hosting and The Mostly UnNamed Ones for being the crew in the engine of this amazing game.
If you’re not already on the @HashtagRoundup app, it has just gone through some amazing changes and so is a lot more streamlined and so even if you were on it before but aren’t any more, check it out and climb on board.
We will see you for the next game – every Wed at 12 noon SA time or 6am EDT on @AFrikkinHashtag with @BrettFishA
i leave you with this commentary by Moss from IT Crowd on the football
love brett Fish and No_bob [the world’s most famous stuffed dolphin]
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