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Poet deVine

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0 posted 2002-01-10 10:02 PM

The sleeping poet tosses
poetically from side to side,
in rhythm and in rhyme
throwing all covers aside.

What words caress this dreamer’s mind
In a midnight fantasy?
What wonders of form and verse
will be written for all to see.

Perhaps the sleeping poet
never really dreams at night.
But pens his dreams as poems
when the morning sun is bright.

So tiptoe round the poet
if you see him in repose.
He’s not really sleeping, but,
struggling to compose.

[This message has been edited by Poet deVine (01-11-2002 12:07 AM).]

SEA

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1 posted 2002-01-10 10:04 PM

Huge smiles here.....

yes, I love this!!! A Keeper!!

Alwye

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2 posted 2002-01-10 10:09 PM

How cute, devine one! And I think it's true too! I loved this, great read my friend.

*Krista Knutson*

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." -Gandhi

Mistletoe Angel

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3 posted 2002-01-10 10:36 PM

YAY!!! (smiles) Poets never sleep, they dream, and may we all capture our dreams and joys with poetic beauty! (kiss on cheek) I love it, sweet friend, you always write the most beautifully breathtaking visions! We all love you so much, sweet friend, BRAVO!!! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Bill Charles
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4 posted 2002-01-10 10:41 PM

Poet deVine - a challenge my dear. This one is for the sleeping poet. Now please write one for us non sleeping poets, if you dare... hehehe...

BC

Poet deVine

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5 posted 2002-01-10 10:53 PM

Thank you all for your kind comments..and Bill? For non sleeping poets, there is the Adult Forum...

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mirror man
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6 posted 2002-01-10 11:54 PM

Big chuckles from this. Very good.

suthern

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7 posted 2002-01-11 09:05 AM

And then there's the pen and notebook at his bedside, handy for scribbles when the rhymes shake him into temporary consciousness with their insistence on being remembered. LOL

And don't non-sleeping poets just READ poetry? *innocent look* Am I missing something??? LOL

Great work, PDV... I enjoyed it immensely.

Canuckster
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8 posted 2002-01-11 09:19 AM

Perhaps the sleeping poet
never really dreams at night.
But pens his dreams as poems
when the morning sun is bright.

So tiptoe round the poet
if you see him in repose.
He’s not really sleeping, but,
struggling to compose.
__________________________________
**********************************

Indeed the poet's sleep may be
creative energy, but still
at times his rest is like the dead,
which resurrects to drive on still

Very nice poem Divine. I especially like the last two stanzas which seem to flow very well. Poems about poetry are always such challenges and I think you're done yourself proud with this one.

never try to teach a pig to sing
it wastes your time AND annoys the pig

Magnus

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9 posted 2002-01-11 07:35 PM

PoetD...this could be me on many evenings..
You have said it well...

HumbleBee
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10 posted 2002-01-11 08:34 PM

Oh yes, I love this poem very much, the words flow so well and with such rythym...and I love poetry about dreams. Sometimes at night when I have trouble falling to sleep, poetic thoughts come to me and when that happens, I have to get up and make notes. This poem reminded me of a haiku I wrote.....Dreams sculpted in sleep
            Visions carved in memory
            Shattered by reality

Bill Charles
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11 posted 2002-01-11 09:14 PM

Poet deVine - now why would a non sleeping poet want to be in the Adult Forum??????

Now come on, one for the non sleepers....

BC

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12 posted 2002-01-11 09:34 PM

Oh my, into my library this one goes. Awesome. Chris

Life is not measured by breaths you take, but by moments that take your breath away.

ShadowRider
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13 posted 2002-01-12 11:21 AM

amazingly accurate and perceptive. The images that burn until transposed,
the sleep left unattended until the poem takes form.

Truly enjoyed this, PoetDevine. Taut writing. yeppers tSR

Victoria

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14 posted 2002-01-12 11:23 AM

Here i thought i was having a hot flash ha..another nice one ms.devine

~Vic

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