{"id":2031,"date":"2025-04-24T13:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/when-i-dream-of-a-woman-ive-never-met\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:40:19","slug":"when-i-dream-of-a-woman-ive-never-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/when-i-dream-of-a-woman-ive-never-met\/","title":{"rendered":"When I Dream of a Woman I\u2019ve Never Met"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have had dreams of women I\u2019ve never met,<br>\nusually not erotic, sometimes romantic.<br>\nAnd I often wonder about these dreamworld<br>\nencounters.<\/p>\n<p>Are these women real or imaginary?<br>\nHave our dreams intersected and is she is<br>\nreal as I am?<br>\nIs she a netherworld soulmate briefly making<br>\ncontact as a prelude to our love in a heavenly ever after?<\/p>\n<p>I like the fanciful idea of permanent love I never<br>\nfound in this life blossoming in the afterlife<br>\nin a fairy tale happy ever after eternally.<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, that is probably the wild imaginings<br>\nof what might be a lonely old man, though I try<br>\nnot to think of myself as lonely, as active and<br>\nengage in learning and writing as I am.<\/p>\n<p>And it is my hope that when I die, mysteries like<br>\nwhat are these women in my dreams about<br>\nwill be revealed to me, the puzzle solved.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd       <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had dreams of women I\u2019ve never met, usually not erotic, sometimes romantic. And I often wonder about these dreamworld encounters. Are these women real or imaginary? Have our dreams intersected and is she is real as I am? Is she a netherworld soulmate briefly making contact as a prelude to our love in&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/when-i-dream-of-a-woman-ive-never-met\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}