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Sleepless Lullaby

A spic and span barren bed, soft pillow with blanket spread. You're tired and bored, all hackneyed. Ready to sleep, drop down dead. But...a vigilant mind..alive in dread. cacophony..chaos..thoughts unsaid. Another sleepless night ahead? Head and heart throbs, like burning cigarettes Broken love haunts, rude taunts and threats. Throttled throat breathes, playback cassetes. Silent tears douse, debts and regrets. There lies the pillow, waiting to get wet. That pillow.....so much you miss .. Where Santa hid .....those gifts of bliss. An angel mom blew goodnight kiss. The pillow fights of sweet reminisce. Now all ruffled,.. restless,.. whimpers hiss Somnolent sombre eyes, in endless rhythm eulogize.. A Sleepless Lullaby.... Dawn bids night goodbye....

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 3/12/2019 6:51:00 PM
Great imagery, Debjani. Congrats on your win.
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Date: 3/10/2019 9:55:00 PM
A beautiful write, Debjani, with much emotion and beauty, constructed and woven like fine tapestry, and golden threads sewn throughout ... I enjoyed this very much! Congratulations on your well-deserved win with this gem. Blessings! :-) <3
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Date: 3/8/2019 9:41:00 PM
CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved win, Debjani! Very moving! Janice
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Date: 3/8/2019 9:06:00 PM
Congratulations on your win, Debjani, well written with great imagery . Have a nice weekend. hugs Eve ~,`*
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Date: 3/8/2019 6:11:00 PM
Debjani, this is very compelling and contains so much emotion! Congratulations on your win on Mile 22 of my 2019 Poetry Marathon Contest! Thank you so much for supporting my contests. By continuing to place in the contests you are accumulating points toward the final, which is just 5 contests away! ~Mark
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Date: 2/6/2019 9:55:00 AM
Enjoyed reading your creative winning lines. Way to go. Congrats. Sara
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Date: 1/21/2019 6:42:00 AM
So many causes, there are, for why we cannot sleep! I read this, after a long, sleepless night, myself -- it's spot on. Even the rhythm conveys a frenetic state of mind... it's really good!
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Date: 9/1/2018 3:06:00 PM
Love this very inspiring piece my friend.. A fav..
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Debjani Mitra
Date: 9/3/2018 11:34:00 AM
thanks Robert. .really happy with those sincere words of praise
Date: 8/30/2018 8:15:00 AM
I can feel the sleepless pain in this. Very well penned.
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Debjani Mitra
Date: 8/30/2018 10:06:00 AM
Thank you so much..really feels nice to be appreciated
Date: 8/30/2018 7:07:00 AM
Emotions well expressed in every line of this poem..chosen words deliver the message.
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Debjani Mitra
Date: 8/30/2018 10:07:00 AM
Once again my sincere thanks to you Vijay..your poems are my favorite..and whenever I get time I try to get some new themes from them...

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