Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Half Asleep

Last night I wrote a poem in bed
When I was half asleep.
It sounded great inside my head
(And sure beat counting sheep!)

But in the middle of the night,
All cozy ‘neath my blanket,
My body didn’t want to write;
I thought that I could bank it.

The mind, however, won’t retain
A close-to-slumber musing.
It would be best, then, to refrain
From anything but snoozing.

So when I woke, not one sweet rhyme
Was left for me to scribble.
A notebook by my bed next time?
With that, I will not quibble.

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Maurice Rigoler January 27, 2023 at 8:01 AM I've written (and still do) compose poems in my head just before I fall asleep. I've had these experiences for years.Glad to know I'm in great company / Maurice

Gershon Wolf January 26, 2023 at 5:11 PM Sounds like a plan, ILene.

Speaks Volumes January 23, 2023 at 10:51 PM Ditto..... Well said Ilene

Terry Flood January 23, 2023 at 11:49 AM How many times have I been there, Ilene. And you always know it was a stupendously great poem. But, not only can you not remember the words… you can’t even recall the subject. Mind you, right now I’m struggling to write anything that I could then forget. ;-)

Leo Larry Amadore January 22, 2023 at 3:02 PM Reality indeed, and the notebook by the bed is a great idea. Your poems are all so pithy, real, and definitely securely reality-based, unlike so many here. This one was another to be enjoyed, which I did.