Kim Rodrigues Poet Quatrain

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

Flutterfluffing of downy goose
rocks tempest princess port-starboard.
Bed tiers for bride-to-be.  Steep steps
of ladder, up t’ward skylight, soared.

Twenty tidal wave mattresses.
Jacky’s seed sprouts into beanstalk.
Ripples of corpulent stitching -
siren depths that bruise like bedrock.

Schlepping sleep on stone-wet pillows.
Won’t Gorgo* make a gorgeous bride?
Honeybuzz of beehive tangles.
The slip and slide of nightmare ride.

The feasible mother-in-law
conjured guest into blue-sea room.
Testing of oars and humpback whale.
Full moon is gold and so is groom.

Oh how this royal navigates.
She’s the sunrise, light as feather.
The salty air will pinch her cheeks.
She’s survived balmier weather.

1/21/2021
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
Sponsor: Craig Cornish 

*Gorgo - Medusa

Poem a tribute to fairytale: The Princess and the Pea

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Sam Kauffman February 2, 2021 at 11:35 AM Kim, congratulations on your win. So many stunning images in your tribute. Kim Rodrigues February 2, 2021 at 12:28 PM Thank you, Sam!

Paula Goldsmith February 2, 2021 at 7:05 AM Congratulations on your win. A wonderful and cute story/write. It was a fun read. Have a blessed day with your win.............. Kim Rodrigues February 2, 2021 at 12:28 PM Thank you, Paula!

Barbara Barry-Nishanian February 2, 2021 at 1:04 AM Congrats Kim, very creative, really out of the box and fantastic Kim Rodrigues February 2, 2021 at 12:28 PM Thank you, Barbara!

Linda Alice Fowler February 1, 2021 at 3:42 PM Love it Kim. Just perfect! Congratulations on the win! Linda Kim Rodrigues February 1, 2021 at 4:58 PM Thank you, Linda!

Eve Roper February 1, 2021 at 3:34 PM Kim, congratulations on your win, Vienna is right you took a different way of writing the poem. Hugs Eve Kim Rodrigues February 1, 2021 at 4:58 PM Thank you, Eve!

Mystic Rose Rose February 1, 2021 at 11:24 AM You have taken a rather unique approach to the contest, mesmerizing verse Kim, congrats on your win. Kim Rodrigues February 1, 2021 at 4:58 PM Thank you, Mystic!

Caren Krutsinger January 22, 2021 at 1:14 PM Come on now, Kim. Flutterfluffing must only be in the dictionary under the name Kim. Kim Rodrigues January 22, 2021 at 4:37 PM LOL! Hugs :)

Regina Mcintosh January 22, 2021 at 3:14 AM I wish I knew the fairytales...but it has been such a long long while.. Time proves that some memories are lost. I should re-read them. God bless you with a win, dear friend. Love and prayers Kim Rodrigues January 22, 2021 at 4:26 AM I used to read them. Thank you and God bless, dear one.

Tom Cunningham January 22, 2021 at 1:47 AM Love your take on that classic fairy tale Kim, Good luck and enjoy your weekend. Tom Kim Rodrigues January 22, 2021 at 4:26 AM Thank you, Tom!

Victor Buhagiar January 21, 2021 at 10:53 PM Sleeping with Gorgo is fatal. She'd turn him to stone. Lovely poem. ~~ Kim Rodrigues January 22, 2021 at 4:25 AM LOL. Of course she’s not really Gorgo, just uncomfortable and dreaming.

Gershon Wolf January 21, 2021 at 7:32 PM I wonder if either the Princess or the Pea would recognize this astounding re-do! You have certainly re-upped them and then some! Awesome tribute, Kim. Wow! :) gw Kim Rodrigues January 21, 2021 at 7:34 PM Thanks so much! God bless you!