Short Counting Sheep Poems

My mind is looping,
never done - 
I'm counting sheep,
but only one....

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Supine, void of rest,
Enumerating cricket chirps,
Should be counting sheep....

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close my eyes, wide awake
lie still and try to fake
all my thoughts far away
counting sheep come here to play...

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Ceiling fan atop my head
Keep me cool while in my bed

Cooling air while I sleep
And shearing all my counting sheep...

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Down Under when one can not sleep
One busies one's self counting sheep
Snooze you lose
Ewes your muse
Aussie poets are now knee-deep...

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Sing me a lullaby darling
Carry me to sleep
I’m weary of the waiting,
Waiting for relief
Hum a happy melody
Send me to counting sheep...

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Why do you weep
Can't you sleep
Try counting sheep
Take a peep
Monsters creep
Try breathing deep
Fast asleep
Talk is cheap
Beep Beep Beep...

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I was just like little bow peep
Who kept trying to count sheep
I tried to close my eyes
Then got a big surprise
Counting sheep had put me to sleep...

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There once was a man who found sleep
Through enumeration of sheep.
Not those in his head,
But roaming instead,
He’d census the sheep in his keep.
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I miss you most 'twixt dusk and dawn
Wondering where you might have gone
Like Little Bo Peep
I'm stuck counting sheep
Thinking of you with nothing on...

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Of late, I've been counting sheep;
it helps me drift off to sleep.
With tonight's extra hour,
unless something goes sour,
I might even find Bo Peep's....

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Tiny pirates
Have capsized my bed
And stolen my sleep
Blast those little
Buccaneers!
Now I'm counting sheep!



written by Deb Wilson
The motif is philisophical...

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	Sleep
	by
	Tom Wright
	
	Supine, void of rest,
	Enumerating cricket chirps.
	Should be counting sheep.
	
	2/24/03
	(Haiku5)
	
	
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I'm off to bed, counting sheep
Toss and turn, I cannot sleep
Just when morning starts to peep
I hear the alarm go- BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!

...

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Waiting for daylight
When outside be bright
Go home and sleep
No counting sheep
Nights are my days
Yet it stil pays       
Good morning to you
My night work is true...

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Still Counting Sheep

Mother please  won't you not weep;
Dad is in sky where God does keep;
Who we do love;
He is now above;
We are still here counting sheep.

Jim Horn...

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The poor animal's all gender-confused
  Its friends say it is not at all amused
    Should it go meh-meh
    Or perhaps baa-baa
  At night, of counting sheep it is accused!...

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Had Been Counting Sheep

Remember when  I had parked my jeep,
And then counted sheep without a peep;
Should suggest,
That I rest;
Stopped surfing and soon fell asleep.

Dad...

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Trying not to speak
Listening to the house creak
Counting sheep
Pretending not to think
Quietly deciphering 
The enigma that is man
Staring in the mirror
Am I a man with a plan...?...

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Counting Sheep So I Can Sleep

I continuously am counting sheep;
Praying that God will let me sleep;
Wife ignoring;
Started snoring;
Woke me and said I better not keep.

Jim Horn...

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a big full moon
a coyote yowl
in the tree
a hooting owl
a warm night
and I can't sleep
counting sheep
does not help me
so I lay here
wide awake
knowing soon
the dawn will break...

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We Had Been Counting Sheep

For Washington were counting sheep;
Record would creep and then be steep;
Batting great,
As of late,
And series playoffs they would sweep.

Sound familiar?

Jim Horn...

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Last night, I had to shoo me away some sheep. 
Having to count 'em was keeping me from falling asleep.
Tonight, I do battle
with a big herd of cattle
that somebody, I’m sure, has prayed the Lord to keep.
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Got up at 3:00 AM, sure had enough sleep
Coffee at 10:00, made me ready to dance and leap
Thought I might as well rise
Stead of giving it a try
Got up to ten thousand, counting all those damn sheep!...

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The news
    controls my views
  Vials of pills
    mountains of bills

  Lack of sleep
    counting sheep
  Overeating 
    bowels bleeding

  Tooth decay
    more every day
  Hair's turned white
    Say 'goodnight!'...

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