Short Somnolence Poems

Melatonin
    Telephonin’
        In a good night’s sleep

Time releasing
    Seems decreasing 
        Won’t till morning keep...

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Below Zero

grey skies thick as stew
spew white muffler mounds
drowns all in deep somnolence
even a dogs distant bark
hangs crystalline on the air....

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I get sins like lust and envy, but sloth?
Surely a “sin” cut from different cloth!
No evil harm results from indolence,
Just a predilection for somnolence.

July 1, 2022...

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Glare sleepy air
Flair prompts affair


Glare airy feel
Sleepy time wills


Glare sunny gaze
Choice mellows daze


Glare noonday light
Drowsy odd sight




Leon Enriquez
04 April 2018
Singapore...

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Moon in eastern sky
And mist melds mountains with trees
Lantern is sailing west
the moon sleeps alone
controlling the tide as 
you control my thoughts
Moon in Scorpio. 
Incurable somnolence. 
Plutonian pranks.........

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Reveling in the crisp fall weather,
Autumn dreams her time away.
Lulled by all the beauty 'round her,
Forgetting that good times don't stay.

Startled from her dreams when feeling
The first touch of wintry breeze,
Autumn packs her fading garments,
Waves goodbye to barren trees....

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Feel the sweet pulse
In warm impulse


The moment sums
A kind outcome


Joy greets happy
Bright and cheery


Love wears a poise
Elegant voice


Speak in silence
Breathe somnolence


Be beyond blame
Live well fine name





Leon Enriquez
23 November 2014
Singapore...

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Bleary eyes soothe in somnolence of darkness, 
 an enervated sunset dreams in star speckled sky.
Love in dark movie hall, popcorns in wilderness,
a bereavement of light, where shades of gloom  die.






Dated 27th March 2019
4 line writing contest 5 March 2019
Sponsored by Dear Heart...

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In somnolence of tangerines  peeling
                                Thin skin reveals  love segments
                                    Sweet and sour memories  














ONE KIMO 10,7,6, Syllable Count ONE ONLY - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Rick Parise
RAJAT KANTI CHAKRABARTY
10/09/2016...

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Falling into sleep
In noonday heat deep


Feel the drowsy dirge
Watch sleepy emerge


Humid breezy binge
As dreary frames tinge


Eyes slowly drooping
Siesta now drifting


Dreamy textures move
Page by page sleep grooves


Somnolence gains ground
Sleepy body found




Leon Enriquez
27 October 2017
Singapore...

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Crust critters sew shut my eyelids
I struggle to remember my what-should-I-do-and-did’s
But I can’t crawl out or from under the sheet
The mattress sighs then , caresses my feet
If my ears dare not deceive me, then perhaps it is my head.
“Shh…dear, why don’t you just come back to bed?”
And I lay me down among the pussy willow,
Just a foolish girl in love with her pillow...

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A BLEEDING HEART AND A TORMENTED SOUL WALKED ME TO BED-
WHERE I SLEPT IN SADNESS’ SHELL.
AND IN SUCH SOMNOLENCE,
I  STROLLED IN INNOCENCE-
FEVERED HOT, I CROSSED THE GATES OF PARADISE
SEARCHING FOR THE REPLENDISHER   SO  NICE-
WHERE  I WEPT IN CHRIST’S ARMS-
‘’HELP ME  LORD FROM THESE HARMS
A LOVER’S BETRAYAL,
ANOTHER’S  HEART BREAKS-SEVERAL-
WHAT DO I DO THAN WEEP FOR HELP.’’...

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Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore

The Night Before Christmas

In juxtaposition to the Nativity, while the
house beheld a calm and somnolence splendors
were a cool and gentle balm, the quintescence
of the evening was a certain entourage that
would dispel the expectations of a puerile
melange.
"Veni, vidi, vice", he gave a joyous cry,
"Requiescant in pace, I'll see you by and by."...

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i languish alone
in my comfort
wearing a old
shirt you
wore out
long ago

i smile to 
myself
thinking....
how you don't
know..............

what or who
i am after
after all
these years

but........you 
are certain

you think you know

and i smile

yes i am inert
in my somnolence 
living in your
old shirt

and you smile

as i sleep
in my comfort
renewing my 
animation

in your shirt....

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Je vois partout de beaux bouquets
de clochettes blanches à l’air fragile ;
Ces petites fleurs aux têtes courbées
feuilles vert-foncé et tiges graciles.

Sur une pelouse forestière
un tapis blanc resplendissant
de têtes, inclinées en prière
annonce l’arrivée du printemps.

Sous les doux rayons du soleil
j’apprécie ce paysage si pur,
ces clochettes de l’espoir éveillent
la somnolence de la nature.

28.03.2022...

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MOONLIGHT   CONCERT



Moonlight’s song is borrowed, trite. 

Unless her echo is lent tune bright 
From a golden-voiced  source,
Her own cadence is coarse:
It  has no life of its own.

Hear the moon, on stage alone 
In  black magnificence.   Her rule
Is of an empty kingdom cool,
With tone-deaf somnolence - unless
Daylight’s king of harmony bless
Her with warm tones of delight :
In songs that wake the night....

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I languish
in my comfort
wearing a old
shirt 
you wore out 
a long time ago

i smile to myself
thinking
how you don't
know ....

what...or who  
i  am...

you seem 
so very certain
and 
you think you know 
me

and you smile....

and i smile....

yet i am inert
in my somnolence 
living  in your old
shirt 

and......as i sleep
renewing my antimation
in your shirt...

and in my dreams 
i continue to smile...
and you smile.......

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He curls up behind her,
His every curve,
Melting into her own.
The setting sun
Reflects from the lake
And dances across the ceiling
Like the aurora borealis
And they watch the display
In sleepy silence.
The temperature slowly drops.
He pulls the cover higher 
On her.
For the first time in her life, 
She feels safe.
His hand cups her breast, 
As she drifts to dreaming, 
With a tiny smile on her face.
He kisses her hair
And follows her.
Goodnight.

© 2012 
Ruby Honeytip...

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