Long Rem sleep Poems

It was something about my murder my abusive husband the arson murders victim nine homeless man FBI questions my fear reaching out to FBI agents something is very wrong I know my husband is going...

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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 against this dream stalker,
Whom travels on the brain waves, of...

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I have tasted new lands as I’ve traveled this Earth,
would leave prejudice (often) with dust shoes pick up.
No, not loam like the Dust Bowl knew (God knows our shame),
the clear-cutting of forests, Paul Bunyan (with...

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Prior To Commencing Poem, I Dreamt Contretemps Escalating fusillade...

Galvanized hotheaded idealists (jaded
locals - kindled moderates) nursed
oppressive proletarian quavering riot
spearheading triumphant utopian voice...

whether contrived right here and now,
or purportedly fragmented remnant
occuring during REM sleep
beside the point,...

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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 there’s fire in its ass.

Can the wild goat trust

The adder...

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"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 Crunch
Sweet sugar cookies and peanut butter bars

Taunting whoopers, 
Dancing dum...

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I CALL IT SLEEPING AWAKE AT NIGHT I RELIVING TRAUMATIC EVENTS SOMETIMES FALLING TO SLEEP AT SIX IN THE MORNING TO FIND MY DAY FILLED WITH NAPS DREAMS REM SLEEP VIVID VISIONS THIS IS WHY...

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writing by candle light like my literary Heros of years yester........................
.......................... what can I pull from my soul.. what gift can I sequester.....................
......................  As the pen Bleeds on to the paper
I realize I am...

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As we’ve aged (tried retirement), sleep-patterns have changed.
I am staying up later! Sleep gravitates, ebbs
less from forces that rule in a drive to work job
(where one must leave home’s relative bliss for eight hours)!
You do...

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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 like they were
more butterfly's wings (1) God might hatch on...

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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 Laz-e-Boy ... ambience: quiet demure — 
disturbing the peace, you...

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I'm so much outside myself
that I can not sleep a wink....
     no wind, no horns, no dulling drones
     can bring me to the brink
of REM...

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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 as you rest, my new found beauty.
The perfect match, so...

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Trixie shakes me awake impatiently following me to the bathroom
Yelling ideas as hard and as fast as she can.
I know better than to ignore her; for she will pull my hair
I sometimes hear her teeth...

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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  

Yet there you are
Playing with my feelings
Disturbing my sleep
Taking off...

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Stargate Worm Hole closes in an hour, she warned, don’t get too comfy. 
I rolled my eyes, and dug down deeper into my warmth, choosing me. 
 It’s truly something you will never forget, the...

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Halibats are the worst of the worst, for they steal purses, 
and they wear your lipstick.
But they are sneaky about it, so you put it on too,
not realizing you are going to get their germs.
They...

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My love writes you words
Words in the form of poems
Your love writes my poems
Poems in the form of dreams
Each new morning 
Brings forth a new day
A new sunrise in a new way
But these days suns...

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Paranoid thoughts, like shadows they creep.
As your eyes flicker wildly in this REM sleep.
The clock ticks so loudly, each hour it chimes.
As my mind runs away, in a world out of time.

A voice starts to...

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Dreaming in pieces I awakened 
to night terrors again my memory 
gazing into yesterday my broken 
beautiful brain signals sleep my senses 
aroused by sullen matter keeping me 

from sleep tossing turning peeking 
into the...

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In layers of the unconscious mind,
Where desire and fear are hard to find.
Through symbols and there metaphors,
We seek to find those open doors.

Through corridors of thought, we roam,
Hearts beating like a metronome.
A subconscious dream within...

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I saw a tiny body on the bed
She needed a dye job; she had a streak at the part
It was gray
Who was that?
Why was she next to my husband?
With a gasp I was back in...

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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 but they were black, not gossamer.

Do not forget the paddles...

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My night time travels 
take me to other worlds,
places I can only dream of here.

Satisfying my thirst for adventure,
my psyche-me  and soul-me fly away
with happy winged feet as the body 
surrenders to REM sleep.

Leaving...

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Flying dreams keep me unaware of the stuff that might keep me in my place.
	My eyes have no thought of opening, unaware they are shut, 
		My heart is pure happiness, in our safe spot.
		Until I...

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