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I Lost a Poem

I heard a poem inside my head.
But as I dozed, my poem fled.
It drifted off and I think I know,
where my poem chose to go.
Because while I slumbered in my bed,
it found a home in you instead!

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Black Matta

Date: 7/12/2015 5:43:00 AM

Well done! This poem explains my problem. I wonder why we always get lots of ideas before sleeping? /Blackmatta

Darlene Gifford
Date: 7/12/2015 9:04:00 AM

Hi, Black Matta, Yes, if you snooze you lose! Same thing about night dreams, most of mine flee when I wake. I have a pad and pen by my bed and force myself to wake when I am in the middle of a sleep poem. I am getting better at it, so there is hope. But as I said in one of my poems, I wish someone would invent a sleep recorder so we can replay our dreams when we wake. ~~Darlene

Isaiah Zerbst

Date: 6/27/2015 10:01:00 AM

Haha! Nice laugh here. Short witty's are always the perfect start to a day.

Darlene Gifford
Date: 6/27/2015 5:37:00 PM

Thanks, Isaiah, and I enjoyed your poem as well.

Iris E. Sankey- Lewis

Date: 5/3/2015 6:42:00 PM

Darlene, I love this quatrain. it's brief, crisp, yet mellow. Thanks for stopping by to read 'The Clearing' Blessings to you.

Darlene Gifford
Date: 5/3/2015 10:55:00 PM

Thanks, Iris, Maybe as I slept, that poem drifted over to you?

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 4/12/2015 8:06:00 AM

I know the feeling! Well expressed.

Darlene Gifford
Date: 4/12/2015 1:06:00 PM

Thanks Richard, I knew this poem would connect with other poets. And you have confirmed that!

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/12/2015 1:48:00 AM

Thank you so much for the reply Darlene, and reading my poem for the new poets... I saw when you posted the poem.. I clicked on it right away... Hugs..Linda