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Insomnia Redux
Would that this night provide some small respite, sweet sleep instead of wisps of restless dream; but like a spring o’er-wound and pulled too tight, my mind finds no repose. Each small sound seems a thunderclap that echoes in the … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, exhaustion, insomnia, inspiration, restlessness, sleeplessness, storms
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Awake at Dawn
I find myself in recent days at dawn, a time of morning I’ve not seen for years, and in that space where darkness soon is gone a soft, yet vibrant energy appears. I used to be enchanted by the night, … Continue reading
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Tagged daily poems, enchantment, insomnia, morning, solitude, sonnet
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Insomnia
at one a.m., when sleep won’t come and my thoughts ramble, loose in my head like marbles in a tin can, the night air still oppressive and thick under the carport where my cigarettes call out their siren’s song, silence … Continue reading