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JerryPat2
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0 posted 2013-07-13 06:08 AM



this is the bewitching time
a slowing down time
while the franticness of the day
surrenders to the intimacy of night
as the harried and confusing day
dies away and its noise
is relaxed to a more peacefulness
sans the reverberation of all the clutter
the merging darkness
charms the collisions of daytime clash
night is the time
where things mean more to us
and in that vein
we are truer to ourselves
in the dark of the hour

©May 20, 2013 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

© Copyright 2013 Jerry Pat Bolton - All Rights Reserved
EmmaRose
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1 posted 2013-07-13 06:17 AM


Liking your still of the night, free of the rest of the world' clutter,
a time to just be

JerryPat2
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2 posted 2013-07-13 06:23 AM


Thank you much, Emma, it is the nighttime when we can allow our thoughts the freedom to wonder, or wander, unperturbed.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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3 posted 2013-07-13 07:27 AM


Yes it is true and peaceful even until dawn.
Freedom of the mind is a blessed thing...It can take you where ever you want to go...
Nice piece to wake up to Jerry.


Lori  

JerryPat2
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4 posted 2013-07-13 07:30 AM


Glad you liked the poem, Lori. Yes, nighttime is special here in Thibodaux, even with the occasional siren to startle the night, I know it is most likely speeding to someone in need.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Michael
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5 posted 2013-07-13 10:14 AM


Love the concept here... one might even take it a step further to say we are only truly ourselves when we dream.  Some deep thoughts for this early in the morning.  Think I need my coffee.  

Michael

JerryPat2
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6 posted 2013-07-13 10:20 AM


Thanks Michael.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

jwesley
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7 posted 2013-07-13 09:13 PM


Wow, MY dreams, if truly, the true me . . .
I want them to be my waking life!!  They are so exciting and wonderful (whether good or nightmarish) and would add such a spice to life!

Good words, my friend...

fodder for the mind for sure!

j.

Gale
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8 posted 2013-07-17 11:48 AM


Lovely!
Very well said, Jerry )

JamesMichael
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9 posted 2013-07-17 10:24 PM


fine descriptive writing...James
JerryPat2
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10 posted 2013-07-18 08:09 AM


Thank you J., dreams are, as you said the spice of life unless it is the other kind.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

JerryPat2
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11 posted 2013-07-18 08:09 AM


Appreciate the thoughts, Gale.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

JerryPat2
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12 posted 2013-07-18 08:10 AM


James, thank you for being here.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

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