Clearing the dreamfields

Clearing the dreamfields Andrea Moorhead (bio) Only children carried the stonesswaying back and forththe path overgrown, flooded in places,snakes on the stone pilegrey on grey or black on white,only the children spoke with the snakesdumping the stones near but not quiteclose enough to disturb sleeping or sunningswaying back and forththe path overgrown, flooded in places,holding a light to be sureto be safe to be togetherin the dim reflectionsshadows against stoneand the snakes at nightdreaming under the moonescaping the flooding watersfrom distant stormswaiting for the day the children the light. [End Page 50] Andrea Moorhead andrea moorhead, editor of Osiris and translator of contemporary Francophone poetry. Translations include The Red Bird (Marie-Christine Masset, Oxybia Editions, France). Poetry collections include The Carver's Dream (Red Dragonfly Press), Tracing the Distance (The Bitter Oleander Press), and The Magician's Tales, forthcoming from MadHat Press in 2024.