Barry Stebbings Poet Quintain (English)

To Sleep

To Sleep


     As relentless day slips into the night,

     Uninvited shadows from darkness creep,

     And in the quiet evening’s failing light
 
     Elusive Hypnos’ drugged captives sleep,

     In far fantastic hidden caverns deep.


     There Morpheus awakes in the sleeper’s mind,

     Where anarchic dreams play outrageous themes

     And the sleeper will untold stories find,

     In the flow of those dark subconcious streams,

     Revealed in unwilling sleep’s restless dreams.


     07/16/17

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Heidi Sands July 28, 2017 at 12:07 PM This one is well done Barry. I was intrigued. :)

Darren White July 19, 2017 at 11:21 AM Love the quintains. Great subject too, and indeed the Greek references are neat.... And miles to go before you sleep..... Barry Stebbings July 19, 2017 at 12:39 PM Thank you very much, Darren, appreciate your comment. // Barry