- Volume 12 -

A collection of verse

by Dahni

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     Dedication:

 To dreamers everywhere.

May all your dreams come true.

Dahni

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FORWARD

 by Arman Sicovia, editor for I-Magine Publications

   I still can recall as if it were yesterday, when Dahni first told me of the title of this work back in early 1999. I was intrigued by it then and waited with baited breath to see where it would lead. I was not disappointed!

    In 1998, Dahni began two works concurrently. The first was to my knowledge, something that had never been attempted in publishing. This work (which is still in progress), is called: ‘The Day Until the Day.’ The vision was to write a single poem for every day of the year and produce a calendar book of poetry.  As he worked away on this and other works, 1999 soon rolled into his doorway and the beginning of what you are about to read, ‘Where Clouds Come to Cry,’ was born.  In its final completion, it contains elements of the original calendar idea and then some.

    ‘Where clouds Come to Cry combines Dahni’s love of travel, personal travels across this country and recollections often full of insight. Along the way, Dahni was moved by and became passionate of digital photography. Besides his words, he wanted to share with others, some of the beautiful things which have blessed his life

    Here we find something entirely new. A unique work of love which is both a beautiful and practical thirteenth month calendar full of information and an entire collection of poetry. Each month has its own full color print that can be matted and framed. Each calendar contains common special days and miniature calendars for the previous month, the following month and the same month of the prior year. Each calendar contains a simple line or two of something inspirational that the photograph might bring out.

    The practical and informative portion of this calendar along with its design to easily remove pictures and to frame them as 8” X 10” prints, is not something I have ever seen in any other calendar.

    The poetry of the man is as always, fresh and invokes a hunger to dream and to imagine. Dahni takes something as simple and common to us all, as seeing clouds, and leads us to see in them, something so much more than merely clouds. He stays true to theme throughout every single of book of poetry he has written or is presently at work on. It is refreshing to note the consistency and that which binds everything together from the title of this work all the way through to the end. Even though consistent, this work is still often full of surprises; whimsy and sometimes just pure delight. This can be clearly seen as such titles as: “If Dorothy was from…” and “How Clouds Were Born.” The first takes a fun look at ‘What if,’ the Dorothy and Toto from the Wizard of Oz would have had different settings and circumstances than what was given by the original author, L. Frank Baum. The latter, “How Clouds Were Born,” reminds me of a fairytale with a wonderful and humorous conclusion.

    Events and naturally occurring phenomenon herein, are actual experiences witnessed by Dahni in his personal travels. Perhaps many are known to you and perhaps, others are new. Dahni takes these pieces of real down to earth life and turns them into stories, poems and everyday happenings which we can relate to. Then he turns them on their ears and makes of them something more, much more.

    I for one, will never look at clouds in the same way, since reading and thoroughly enjoying, “Where Clouds Come to Cry.” Perhaps, neither will you.

   Dahni continues to evolve as both a man and as a poet-artist. His energy seems almost boundless and endless. Although he has not obtained a measure of success to which he is both worthy of and desirous of, his goals for success is not measured in dollars or fans, but by the hearts he is so fervent to share with, to reach and to touch.

    On behalf of Dahni and can freely share what I know to be the “sweet spot” in the depth of his being. If you find worth in this work, I am a sure he would love to hear from you, but more importantly, I know he would much rather you share it with others. If this work touches you, how can we not, like a cloud full of water, rain down upon others! “Where Clouds Come to Cry,” is spattered throughout with drops of love, passion, dreams, imagination, and inspiration and often, just purely for fun.

Deeply,

Arman Sicova

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The Droplets

1. Where Clouds Come to Cry
2. Roads Rivers and Rails
3. Bella Vista
4. Prevalent Winds
5. Big Sky
6. A question of dark and light
7. Sage
8. Moonlight Michigan
9. The Little Chapel on Beaver Lake
10. Sunday
11. Clouds I’ve Never Seen
12. Running the Rim
13. The Bow of God
14. Voices on The Wind
15. Golden Shower
16. The Erie Canal
17. Smile behind the Small
18. Olathe Mess ‘ah
19. Rock-a-bye Baby
20. Shared Breath
21. Secret of the Mountains
22. If Dorothy was from…
23. dare to stake against the stings
24.  Phenomenon
25. High Chaparral

26. The Wisps of Whine Valley
27. Effluvium
28. Barcaloungers in the Opening
29. Snowbow
30. Pieces of Puffs
31. Masterpieces
32. Cloudprints
33. Moonbow
34. Adrift
35. The House of Clouds
36. Green Mountain Clouds
37. Niagara
38. Mississippi Misted
39. Kansas ‘Kry
40. Shepard of The Hills
41. Ocean
42. Sleep
43. Gold Clouds
44. Silver Clouds
45. Green Clouds
46. Blue Clouds
47. Red Clouds
48. Violet Clouds
49. How Clouds were Born
50. Cloud River
51. Sky Sailing
52. Breakthru’
53. Where the Sun draws her water

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