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Open Poetry #24

Restless Night

Professor Gloom
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since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2003-01-09 07:50 AM

Listen for the silence,
But I heard the city noise,
Calmly with patience
Waiting for the din to break
Yet it continues.
Sirens scream into the dark,
Run down avenues
A parade of flashing noise.
No quiet defense
To their meaning of terror,
Pillows are no barrier.

Gloom

regards2you
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since 2002-10-01

Posts 3940
California

1 posted 2003-01-09 12:20 PM

I hate the sound of sirens. Conjures up all kinds of thoughts, if I let it, depending where I am and who is where.

warm regards, Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

2 posted 2003-01-09 04:41 PM

Sounds like a rough night. That's why I don't like living in a city, but rather out in the country. Pleasant dreams!

The stars will shine when I am gone,
the earth will turn on as before,
the gulls, still race along the shore,
the morning star, still kiss the dawn

Nightshade

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since 2001-08-31

Posts 13962
just out of reach

3 posted 2003-01-09 07:46 PM

There is nothing worse than a restless, sleepless night. Sirens and barking dogs...grrr. Good write. Chris

"Hope" is the thing with feathers-
that perches in the soul....

-Emily Dickinson

Alwye

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since 1999-06-16

Posts 3850
In the space between moments

4 posted 2003-01-09 10:37 PM

Excellent poetry...short, but very poignant. I especially liked the lines
"No quiet defense
To their meaning of terror,
Pillows are no barrier" --Pillows are indeed no barrier to the horrors of the world. Thank you for sharing.

*Krista Knutson*

"If we have no peace, it is because we've forgotten that we belong to each other." ~Mother Teresa

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2003-01-10 02:43 AM

makes me think of that song by Canned Heat, "Goin' Up The Country"...whatcha think?

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