So You Dare to Dream

By Arthur McKay

So You Dare to Dream is a collection of original poems and spoken-word poetry that will ignite, excite, and inspire you to reload your dream—dreams of peace, love, family, education, and career opportunities. It will cause you to pull your dream from under the bed, from out of that shed in the backyard, and from behind the Christmas tree stored in the garage. It’s about reuniting with your dream. It will encourage you to scream, scheme, and allow your dream to shine with a radiant beam.

You will hear your dream calling you. It will turn your fantasies in a reality of dreams. It will make you dream urgently to the point of not allowing anyone to talk you out of your dream. You will begin to dream loud, dream big, and dream proud. So go ahead. I double-dog dare you!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 6, 2019
• ISBN: 9781984576293

Arthur McKay

So, You Dare To "DREAM!" - Arthur McKay---------------------------------------Arthur McKay is a native of Tampa, Florida, who begins his creative venture as a local actor performing in many commercials, television shows, and stage plays. Arthur later focuses on directing, writing, and producing his original plays.Arthur founded a youth community theater group named "Anthony Arthur's Youth Theater Troupe" (AAYTT) to perform his original plays. The Troupe performed many youth-oriented productions, allowing the youth to express on stage the issues and concerns plaguing their lives. Arthur later became the drama ministry director of various local churches. The Arthur McKay Production company emerged from the many church plays he produced, which gave him opportunities to present and perform many of his original poems. Arthur's poetry adventure begins as a coping intervention that helped him deal with his brother's tragic death; the later Roger McKay Jr. Poetry enabled him to survive by expressing his anger, disappointment, and grievous pain. Arthur states, "In poetry, I can be free, and I can be me without formalities, rules, shame, regrets, or chains...me!" So You Dare To Dream is Arthur's first publication but not his last. Arthur's up-and-coming publications include: So You Dare to Fall in Love! and So You Dare to Be a Man! (So You Dare to Dream) is one of the many DREAMS that Arthur has accomplished ...and so can YOU!

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Copyright © 2019 by Arthur McKay.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2019900332

ISBN:              Hardcover              978-1-9845-7631-6

                        Softcover               978-1-9845-7630-9

                        eBook                    978-1-9845-7629-3

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Rev. date: 02/05/2019

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CONTENTS

MY HEAD IS IN THIS BOOK

DREAM HOUSE

LITTLE BOYS DREAMS

NIGHT TIME BEDTIME

VISION

NIGHT AROUND ME

A FOOL FOR YA!

OVER THE RAINBOW

PEPPERMINT CANDY

WILL YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE?

DREAMS THAT DID NOT MAKE IT!

DREAMS CALLING

THE PERFECT SLEEP

A PLACE OF FREE!

DREAM MERCHANT

A WORLD OF MY OWN

DREAM DROPS

DREAM WORK

I DREAM IN COLOR

DON’T LET ANYONE TALK YOU OUT OF YOUR DREAM!

DREAM SLACKING

Collard Greens Dreams

go ahead…I Double Dog Dare Ya!

DREAMS ARE MADE OF…

WAREHOUSES FULL OF DREAMS

IT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF A DREAM

MY AMERICAN STREET DREAMS

DREAM DISATER

DREAMS AND FANTASIES

DON’T JUST DREAM

I GOT MY TIE IN MY POCKET

I AM DREAMING

HOW DO MAKE YOUR DREAM COME TRUE … IF YOU DON’T DREAM

YOUR DREAMS

NOT ME!

MY DREAM!

WHY DID I DREAM THAT DREAM?

WE CAN DREAM

THAT’S NOT MY DREAM

IT’S Your Dream

LIFE’S SCHEME

OLD FASHION DREAM

A PLACE OF DREAMS (that street)

SWIMIMMING UP STREAM

DYINIG TO MEET YOU

DREAM DUST

PICK UP THE PHONE!

CORNBREAD AND KOOL-AID

HEART AWAKE

DAY DREAMING

WOKE UP IN LOVE THIS MORNING

MOON LIT TREE

SWEET DREAMS

DREAMIN bout YOU AGAIN

ONLY IN A DREAM

…IT’S Hard NOT TO SCREAM!

BASKETBALL DREAM

SHE DIDN’T SAY NOPE!

I NEVER KNEW

I AM OVER YOU

YOU GROOVE ME!

THE OTHER DAY

IF I BE THE MAN

DEEP DOWN IN

CREEPIN

I AM THE MAN

A MAN AIN’T SUPPOSE TO CRY

IT’S URGENT

JED…

DREAM MERCHANT… reprisal

DEDICATION

So you Dare to Dream… is dedicated to my first partner in poetry, Cynthia Elaine Dorsey-Burt. Thank you Cynthia for being there for me during my family most tragic time. It was you who help me to turn towards poetry to express my grief during this time. Thanks for the many times we shared each other poems. Also thank you and your Church (22nd) 34th street Church of God, Thomas Scott Pastor for publishing many of my poems in your church newsletter. Dorset, this I will never forget thank you!

Lots of Love for YOU!

(AL)

PREFACE

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a DREAM… I have a DREAM that my four little children will one day live in a