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I Can'T Sleep Arghhhhhhhhhhh

I just can’t get to sleep Am so tired that I could weep Can’t get this poetry out of my head I have to get up when I’d rather be in bed The words go round and round and sleep evades me I have to get up, write my poem, have a cup of tea Then I stumble back into bed Leaving my poems to be read I am beginning to seriously wonder If this poem writing lark is a massive blunder Should be in bed in my ‘difannyous’ nightie* If you saw me in it you’d think I was flighty Instead I’m sitting on my sofa Looking like a bog eyed gopher Pen in hand and scribbling away I see night turn into another day * this phrase comes from the British Comedian Ken Dodd the actual word being diaphanous Will not go into what I really wear LOL J Jan Allison 28th March 2014

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Abdullah Alhemaidy

Date: 9/7/2019 10:02:00 AM

It happens of the best of families dear Jan.

Darren White

Date: 10/17/2016 12:16:00 AM

I have notebooks and pens/pencils everywhere, I sometimes stop whereverI am to jot down lines. And me being insomniac makes it even worse. Sometimes I startle awake from a light sleep because a line appeared apparently in my weird brain, and it wakes me up telling me I have to write it down. And of course afterwards I can't sleep anymore

Samantha Farley

Date: 5/27/2015 9:25:00 AM

Sounds like insomnia.

Jan Allison
Date: 5/27/2015 9:45:00 AM

I have had sleep issues since my husband has his cancer surgery in 2013:-( Hugs Jan xx

Angie Thomas

Date: 4/3/2014 11:16:00 AM

I can relate, infact I've spent many sleepless nights because of my love writing.

Jan Allison
Date: 4/3/2014 11:27:00 AM

yes Angie it gets to you. I actually took last weekend of coming on the site - i still wrote poems but wasn't posting them - did me the world of good. Jan

Russell Sivey

Date: 3/28/2014 11:32:00 PM

Ah, yes, I know those nights...I experience them often anymore and I can't stand a poem going through my head! I've found that if I don't write it right then, I won't remember it in the morning, no matter how hard I concentrate! I related to the poem very much my friend! I really enjoyed reading this tremendous poem this evening! What a terrific piece, Great Work!! My internet was down again, that is why I haven't been on this past week. But I'm back now to read all my friends works!

Jan Allison
Date: 3/29/2014 5:53:00 AM

Oh Russell in a strange sort of way it pleases me I'm not the only one who suffers this way. If I walk down the road to my parents by the time i get there rhyming lines are buzzing and I have to get them written down. Got scraps of paper on kitchen work surface when I'm cooking in case inspiration hits me. Will pop by and read your works soon Hugs Jan xxx

Darren Watson

Date: 3/28/2014 6:58:00 PM

Ken Dodd ? I hope the diddy men are not seeing you in your flighty nightie , lol I know you are into swinging , So I hope you have taken off your string vest first , lol

Jan Allison
Date: 3/29/2014 5:54:00 AM

Ohhh Mr Watson you really know how to tempt a gal - chocolate mmmmmmm. hugs Jan x

Darren Watson
Date: 3/28/2014 7:41:00 PM

Have a hot chocolate princess and go to bed .

Jan Allison
Date: 3/28/2014 7:37:00 PM

oopss sorry so it is - its very cute hugs Jan

Darren Watson
Date: 3/28/2014 7:21:00 PM

Its a Yorkie , lol

Jan Allison
Date: 3/28/2014 7:12:00 PM

Oh heck you have found me out - my vest is thermal Darren after all you've seen me in it! Do love the teddy pic btw its cute. hugs jan x

Keith O.J. Hunt

Date: 3/28/2014 6:44:00 PM

Great fun Jan! Really enjoyed it!

Jan Allison
Date: 3/28/2014 6:57:00 PM

Thanks Keith - am going to take break over weekend recharge my batteries lol hugs Jan xxx

David Fisher

Date: 3/28/2014 5:49:00 PM

Great title, Jan. It gets right to the point. As long as the brain is flowing that's a good thing, though it's timing needs to be tweeked.

Jan Allison
Date: 3/28/2014 5:54:00 PM

will work on the timing thanks - hope it doesn't keep me up tonight trying to get it to flow better was written silly o'clock UK time - grrrr. I may just have a break from site for a couple of days. Jan xxxxx

Tim Smith

Date: 3/28/2014 1:29:00 PM

Your sleep has been interrupted again..It is not a bad thing. Just don't over do the tea...Hugs Tim

Jan Allison
Date: 3/28/2014 1:51:00 PM

I sometimes hit the decaff green tea Tim, but thanks for the sensible advice. Hugs Jan xxx

Paul Callus

Date: 3/28/2014 10:14:00 AM

Good sense of humour! I think most writers 'suffer' this way...it runs in the soup-family. :) // paul

Jan Allison
Date: 3/28/2014 10:57:00 AM

Oh no Paul I was hoping you were going to tell me there is an instant cure! Pleased it made you smile - not sure everyone would have heard of Ken Dodd - saw him several yrs ago with friends didn't think it was going to be 'my cup of tea' how wrong can you be what an incredible entertainer - they had to get him of stage it was nearly midnight!May see you in Malta in October! Hugs Jan x

Aiyah Torres

Date: 3/28/2014 9:36:00 AM

this is awesome!! ...I used to do it too whenever I can't sleep... I write anything that pops out in my head... and that helps me a lot!! .. Thanks for sharing it with us.. nicely done.. :'))

Jan Allison
Date: 3/28/2014 10:52:00 AM

thanks Aiyah really appreciate it's just not me it happens to. hugs and sweet dreams Jan xxx