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 dreams. Dreams of peace, love, family, education and career opportunities. It will cause you to pull your dreams from under the bed, from out of that shed in the back yard and from behind the Christmas tree

• Language: English
• Publisher: WordHouse Book Publishing
• Release date: Sep 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685471255

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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So You Dare to Dream?

Copyright © 2022 Arthur McKay

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ISBN

Paperback 978-1-68547-123-1

Hardcover 978-1-68547-124-8

eBook 978-1-68547-125-5

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022911612

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Table of Contents

Everyone has a Dream xv

My Head is in This Book 1

Dream House 3

Little Boys Dreams 4

Night Time Bedtime 5

Vision 6

Night Around Me 7

A Fool For Ya! 10

Over The Rainbow 11

Peppermint Candy 12

Will You Make My Dreams Come True? 13

Dreams That Did Not Make It! 15

The Perfect Sleep 17

A Place Of Free! 18

Dream Merchant 19

A World Of My Own 20

Dream Drops 21

Dream Work 22

I Dream in Color 23

Don’t Let Anyone Talk You Out of Your Dream! 25

Dream Slacking 27

Collard Greens Dreams 29

go ahead… I Double Dog Dare Ya! 31

Dreams Are Made Of… 32

Warehouses Full Of Dreams 33

It Happen Because Of A Dream 35

My American Street Dreams 36

Dream Disaster 38

Dreams And Fantasies 40

Don’t Just Dream 42

I Got My Tie In My Pocket 43

I am Dreaming 45

How Do Make Your Dream Come True

Your Dreams 47

Not Me! 48

My Dream! 49

Why Did I Dream That Dream? 50

We Can Dream 52

That’s Not My Dream

It’s Your Dream 56

Life’s Scheme 58

Old Fashion Dream 59

A Place Of Dreams (...That Street) 60

Swimming Up Stream 62

Dying To Meet You 63

Dream Dust 64

Pick Up The Phone! 65

Cornbread and Kool-Aid 67

Heart Awake 68

Day Dreaming 69

Woke Up In Love This Morning 70

Moon Lit Tree 71

Sweet Dreams 72

Dreamin Bout You Again 73

Only In A Dream 74

…It’s Hard Not To Scream! 76

Basketball Dream (to: Jaden R). 77

SO YOU DARE TO FALL IN LOVE...

She Didn’t Say Nope! 83

I Never Knew 83

I Am Over You 84

You Groove Me! 85

The Other Day 86

SO YOU DARE TO BE A MAN...

If I Be The Man 89

Deep Down In 90

Creepin 91

I Am The Man 92

A Man Ain’t Suppose To Cry 93

It’s Urgent 97

Jed… 98

A Feeling Of Good 99

Dream Merchant…

Poetry to

IGNITE

the

DREAMER

in

YOU!

So You DARE to DREAM?

Is dedicated to the most hard-working people I know, who told me anything is possible, my parents who are no longer with me, but forever in my heart and spirit!

Lena Daniels (Nana) and Roger Mckay

All the love…

A Special Dedication: