There's a Manta Ray in My Living Room

There's a Manta Ray in My Living Room

A Reading

There's a Manta Ray in My Living Room was conceived after a dream. The dream was no doubt in response to a WC kerfuffle that I had chosen to get involved in many tides back. As some of you know I practise meditation and try very ardently to stay in touch with my higher self, to behave as my conscience and not my emotions/ego would have it, something easier to do when the air and the waters are calm … much more difficult during a storm. But always there are your dreams, your subconscious, to offer some guidance.

Audio at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKG8fKefc30

There's a Manta Ray in My Living Room is published in Monsters

Monsters contains the short story series Demons, Harlots and Crones, which follows two generations of the Demeere family and its legacy of spite and envy. Included in the series is Demon in High Socks; Holler it out with Lemonade; the Old Lady, Her Plymouth, and Cockroaches; Sex in a Pan; and the Fire Crone and Stone Harlot. Also within Monster’s pages are fifty-odd poems exploring the darker side of human nature and its undeniable conclusion. Two Orphan Sparrows, the Devil is a DJ, the Last Striptease, Beware of Librarians Promising Freedom and many more titles are found within. Ultimately monster asks the reader to look at the darkness found within herself and by facing it, perchance move beyond.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Like all dreams this piece has that abstract feel to it tinged with a shoal of regret or sadness which also came through in the reading.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, John … yes regret … regret for forgetting myself … but then that is the main way of the world:)

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Nicely penned! The imagery is spelled bound!

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, 101.

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

My pleasure!

[Terpsichore]

A lovely reading and a fascinating poem. The lines stayed with me for some time after I had listened.

Your voice is very calming.

T

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, T:)

[icelandicblue]

You say mantra I say manta and it all comes out in a sweet floaty dream ready to take us to a place of calm and peace. As always, your readings are wonderful.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you for listening, Anne.

[redflutterby]

I always enjoy your readings Pryde...your voice is so lovely!! This poem is amazing as well...love the imagery of a silent and graceful manta ray floating effortlessly. And yes conflict can disrupt our peaceful spirit so that we lose that "moment".

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Red:)

[Amber Lily]

Very nice! What an odd thing, a Manta ray in the living room... the imagery! Also this one sounded very peaceful, as if I could fall asleep listening to it. But not in a way of it being boring, only because it's so calm and sets the mind in a great place where dreams can become anything. :)

[Pryde Foltz]

Dreams can indeed become anything. Thank you, Amber:)

[Harmony-Lee]

Fills you with calm and promises of beautiful days.
love it :-)

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Harmony. I do appreciate whenever someone visits my readings and 'truly' enjoys.

[Baby Ricochet]

"Fish don't swim, fish fly!" Dance The Manta Ray, The Pixies. I really liked this poem and I'd love to have that manta ray hanging out around here.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Baby … and yes, she is back:)

[Einstein Noodle]

dreamy images of floating and calm .. such a contrast to the clamor of crowds outside the window .. i think i will image your manta ray just before i fall asleep tonight in hopes of of peaceful calm ..maybe she will tell me her secrets of the deep ;) love your voice ..
E.
ps. also love your book the Wisp .. lots of twists and turns :)

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, E. I do hope you have some sweet dreams:)

[Einstein Noodle]

i was watching horror news about 15 min. ago and suddenly the manta ray floated into view .. so i rode the wave and thought of your poem ;)
E.
ps. i failed to mention how much i like your description of the ray .. and .. we have a butterfly house nearby that recently added a shark and ray petting tank .. which is too cool! :)

[Pryde Foltz]

Horror news … yes … akin to the crowd outside the window.

[Einstein Noodle]

yes indeed! ... :)

[Kenneth The Poet]

I think you aptly describe what it's like to see weird things that aren't really there. To me, the manta ray is the negativity that comes alive in one moment and then she floats away, but being the fact that she floats quite effortlessly, she can come back when you least expect it. Whatever your meaning or motivation, I quite like this piece of work.

[Pryde Foltz]

Thank you, Kenneth:)