Best Siesta Poems
relishing
an afternoon nap
drowsy sunflowers
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Short Form Contest
by Andrea Dietrich
17th May 2016
Placed 1st
Categories:
siesta, bereavement, summer,
Form:
Senryu
windswept clumps of grass
beach scattered with broken shells~
gulls lift on currents
sandpipers feed along
beach scattered with broken shells~
tiny legs twinkle
shorebirds feeding on
the tides endless offerings~
tiny legs twinkling
each day it changes
the tides endless offerings~
waves wash shifting sand
changing on each day
seabirds gather on sandbars~
waves wash shifting sand
ocean reflects sky
on sandbars seabirds gather ~
sleeping in warm sun
ocean reflects sky
people under umbrellas~
sleeping in warm sun
windswept clumps of grass
people under umbrellas~
gulls lift on currents
Categories:
siesta, beach, bird, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Beneath a pleasant
Sun and a gentle gust, I
Doze in peace on grass
Categories:
siesta, adventure, nature
Form:
Haiku
Sleepy slumber stumbles
Gloomy gazing grumble
Telling touchy tumble
Heaving heartbeat heavy
Trailing topsy-turvy
Limping lowly lousy
Dreamtime drowsy dancing
Inner impulse inching
Bedtime bounty breezing
Loiter little lazy
Bravely blooming bluntly
Corner coming crazy
Somnolence signs siesta
Appealing agenda
Floating funny fiesta
Slipping sliding sleepy
Eyeballs easing easy
Diving distance dreamy
Fleeting floating feeling
Lost last light lingering
Seeking sound slumbering
Snoozing snoring slumber
Siesta swiftly stammers
Blurry bearing bumper
Leon Enriquez
14 December 2014
Singapore
Categories:
siesta, blessing,
Form:
Alliteration
Idly the weary ceiling fan rotates
Air is hot but bearable
A mood for lethargy.
Sprawled on the bed my Venus lies asleep
Splintered light through slanting blinds
Highlights her naked skin.
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Contest: Let's Try a Little Kimo
Sponsor: Amy Green
29th May 2014
Categories:
siesta, light, sleep,
Form:
Kimo
The
apres
dejeuner,
post-brandial-
choice
Categories:
siesta, food, funny, life
Form:
Lanterne
Mind in a blur as cool breeze curls,
Yonder bright sun flings a sharp glare.
Sleepy moods stir in heavy swirls,
In time the ring of snores not cares;
Etch of limp form with siesta deep,
Sound sleep echoes fond slumber best;
Touch dreamy norms that comfort reaps,
Attest and show a welcome quest.
Face fondles smile in a sweet sway,
Incline pulls frame in sojourns far;
Extend limp style as stray thoughts play,
Sense without blame such lovely stars;
Time frames fiesta with midday sleep,
Apt prized siesta that grips most deep.
Leon Enriquez
27 June 2015
Singapore
Categories:
siesta, change,
Form:
Sonnet
The soft rays shoot my eyes
The green grass awakes
On my laps, open like banana leaves
Is a cover-less book
It is about a bread of sorrow
Yonder, a greenly hill gasps
And hinders valleys
Valleys that hinder folks
Folks that bore a damsel
Damsel who gives me sleepless nights
A cat passes by, meows and walks by wayside
Silently, it stalks my new dove
Shhhw; Shwwww, Shwww
And with a "Relax master, I just wanted to play; lol" look
It joins its master and its tummy growls like it has complaining worms
A highland sunset, like all other sunset
Never replicates!
And that is how daily experience is
Never replicates!
Sadly, we witness the death of a day-everyday
A day we never have enough!
Categories:
siesta, nature, nostalgia,
Form:
Alliteration
Lazy is a Siesta,
In a Hammock by the Sea.
And there in Flip Flops,
You’ll find me!
JS Lambert
Categories:
siesta, happiness, life, peace, places,
Form:
Free verse
The
days
shorten,
nature starts
to sit out winter
and
bird's
migrate-
winging off
to a warmer clime,
the
cold
weather
tempers the
photosynthesis
as
life
outdoors
shutters down-
closed for business.
Categories:
siesta, nature, seasons,
Form:
Fibonacci
Blurry fatigue clusters that odd pain
Falling deeply in plunge like rain
Sleepy slumber sorts soul strain
Feelings and thoughts now gel
Word sculptures lose spell
Loiter by deep well
Part by part
Hurl start
Art
Leon Enriquez
13 April 2016
Singapore
Categories:
siesta, change,
Form:
Nonet
Droop of eyelids
Tipsy blur swirls
Sleepy form bids
Plunge into twirls
Plain arch and curl
Snore in loud swirls
In a fast zip
Body feels numb
Crash easy trip
Sleep floats sense dumb
In breathing prance
As motor numbs
Face slouching falls
Breeze into trance
Watch slumber call
Hear strange deep trance
Journey and all
Sleep grabs fond chance
Siesta now swings
As dreams unfurl
Old strains that fling
Leon Enriquez
27 November 2016
Singapore
Categories:
siesta, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
Mind what you find in sleepy notes,
Yes fit the heart with easy rest.
Style sleep signs in drifting vote,
Lie down to start fond siesta quest;
Explore a sway beyond logic,
Embrace that plunge into nothing;
Ply through gateway somewhat mystic,
Yield to strange trance where voices sing;
Sense thoughts allude to inner feel,
Intent can start the flow of strains;
Extract in nude that foreign will,
Succinct weird parts bridge bold disdain;
Touch fades too soon in drifting lots,
Arrive with moon that ushers plot.
Leon Enriquez
12 January 2016
Singapore
Categories:
siesta, blessing,
Form:
Sonnet
I believe I learned how to count syllables today :'D
Would be happy to know even if I didn't, so do critique! :)
Siesta In The Moonlight
And we crawl under
The blanket of moonlit stars
Silence our white noise
Reading the books of our thoughts
Satisfied; switch off our eyes
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Categories:
siesta, moon, nature, night,
Form:
Tanka
Curl churns choice
Ply prompt poise
Vet vibrant voice
Siesta sweeps say
Drowsy dream day
Waltz weary way
Drooping day drifts
Sweet secrets sift
Slipping sway swift
Dreamy dance deep
Slide sticky sleep
Primal play peeps
Slumber stakes show
Freeze-frame flip flow
Bright broken blow
Leon Enriquez
08 December 2016
Singapore
Categories:
siesta, change,
Form:
Alliteration