A Drowning Sleep

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  • Sea
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  • Sleep-deprivation
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  • Sleep
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  • Sailing
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  • Storm
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  • Ocean

    Poem Commentary

    sleeping in a storm, it's practically impossible, but without it, the body and brain stumble and make mistakes. Mistakes at sea can and have been costly for many

    A Drowning Sleep

     See
    foam-y
    ir-reg-u-lar
    toss 
    Tossing
    tossed

    salt-y
    whip
    roll
    @@@
    sky
    sea
    @@@
    sky
    sea

    roll & roll @@@

    bottom of sky - top of sea and again!

    horizon?

    OH! sleepisadreamaway
    aslidingdownthefaceofawaveaway. 

    oh lord

    sleep

    illusory

    sleep hide and go seek

    ah, sleep.

    Stuffed into this maelstrom's pocket, 

    OH mean-spirited thievery!

    ohh Sleep

    drowned in Davy Jones' Locker--sleep

    screaming

    doesn't help.

    at 

    all.





     

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    StandingBear commented on A Drowning Sleep

    02-14-2011

    Waves roller coaster height storming the bow, stealing winks. Mistakes at sea must surely be tiny, tiny, tiny ones. Set sail! Ride the storm out!
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    VoiceMilkNHoney

    02/14/2011

    indeed, indeed, StandingBear and thank you for commenting!

    Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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