Best Rem Sleep Poems

"I dream of Candy!"

Sweet cakes and peanut butter squares 
A living diabetic's nightmare. --  My heart 
sings to the beat, Under the Neutron Star...

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Swirl,
this girl,
thoughts twirl,
unfurled in my unconscious state.
I find *tranquility,
this, my great escape from life,
from everyday strife.
This girl,
my caramel swirl,
head rested on my chest.
Her lavender* fragrance*,
of...

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I steal into people’s subconscious,
leaving my ideas, 
encouraging them
to think they are their own ideas.

Silliness on their part.
They are not that clever.
Only children possibly?
Thinking they...

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Hush now, all little children by the shadows of night,
Don’t resist, beware let the sleep take you, be at an uneasy peace,
For resistance is futile...

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Ottava Rima
abababcc, dededeff, ghghghii
lines of 10 or 11 syllables


For the longest time you were just a dream,
A fantasy cast while deep in REM sleep.
I watch...

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Recurring Dream – 2
No talent

Dreams come on the crashing waves of R.E.M. sleep.
They come from the darkest oceans of the subconscious deep,
whispers of time exhausted,...

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Numbers make the world, 
no smiles or batted eyes here
numbers make the world, 
no sticky-sweet fingers or waving palms
numbers rule without qualms

Gross domestic products and...

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I’ve seen black sheep set in Pongola grass

Within pallid seas, differed, 

Like black buttons on a white cotton suit;

Sheep are color blind.

A bee is fine-looking,

But...

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You act so mellow melatonin,
pure relax and laid back
Motorcycling thru life
with your golden hair blowing

You speak so leather serotonin,
smooth and REM sleep inducing
Resting in your...

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The tiny creature swam up through my plumbing pipes.
She was teenier than a real rodent, much smaller.
Not lady bug petite, but teensy, grasshopper-size.
She had wings...

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Nap-Dream

 Out of Nap-Dream
colours explode
Purple! Pink! Blue-white-black!
I stumble in and about my abode
(in some other dimension of reality)
and struggle in vain
to pour coffee into mugs
for...

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In the wee hours between dreams of fantasy
And before REM sleep appears with common sense
These hours bring forth apparitions
That in no way make sense ...

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Ethereal spirit guide at the helm, 
traveling on my faithful dreams
showing me an astral realm
Where heaven is lurking beyond her seams.

Entities of helpful creature
giving me...

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Mind drifts as my eyelids become heavy

Thoughts of what could've been

Maybe

What could still be

That subtle smirk settles across my lips

Half smile
Half frown

REM sleep, but
My heart...

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Life's Tough? Chill Friend! Try a Nap!

An afternoon nap (for hour after one's lunch) clears the cobwebs
that make eyes' lids sag, that cocoon good intentions...

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