Your Old Men Will Dream Dreams

By David Paul Mesler

Your Old Men Will Dream Dreams

Your Old Men Will Dream Dreams is a poetic mosaic that explores end-of-life thinking patterns and near-death experiences. It grapples with grief, the meaning of existence, the nature of God, the power and dissolution of memory and self, and, ultimately, the mystery of death. It is casually observational, deeply questioning, and frequently cranky. It also yearns profoundly for the Divine. In the accumulation of details, there's a discovery -- that every life no matter how ordinary (or seemingly ordinary) is, in fact, extraordinary, a great canvas of work and wonder, emotion, family, and grace. What if humankind's most inspired thought is that we're all worthy and beloved, and that we're all one and indivisible . . .

The Author's Inspirations

The author's inspirations include: The interior life; the maturing of the spiritual and psychological self; near-death experiences; creating sparks by juxtaposing words; working from grids of favorite words; the deepening of meaning through repetition; dream states; ordering poems into a chronological representation of a life; fractured narratives with flipping perspectives; and the flow experience produced by minimal punctuation and eliminating line breaks.

David Paul Mesler

David Paul Mesler is a classically trained jazz musician and educator known for his 45 albums on ECR, his 15 major Hollywood films, his performances for 1000s of events including for 4 sitting US Presidents, leading the jazz band at Benaroya Hall for 10 years, his 100s of original art songs and chamber works, and his 28 years of teaching music at Seattle Central and North Seattle Colleges. As a pianist, David's film credits include The Blind Side (2009), Warm Bodies (2013), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Battlefield Earth (2000), and The Wrong Guy (1997), as well as the Emmy Award winning television features for Disney, Eloise at the Plaza (2003), and Eloise at Christmastime (2003). David himself was nominated for a Northwest Regional Emmy in 1992. He is a prolific maker of experimental films and digital art, and has been writing poetry since age 16.

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www.davidpaulmesler.com

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FTVL6LKZ
• ISBN13: 9798292971993
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"