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Bye Bye Fat MeI can’t believe it’s really me
Waist to head, I’m a Christmas tree
From this fat, I’ll never be free
A healthy life I’ll never see
I gained a little here and there
And now the people seem to stare
This...
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Categories:
sleep, addiction, body, change, food,
Form: Sonnet
What happens when I sleepDo the words in
my head also sleep as well as I do?
do I toss and I turn
thinking of the perfect line to finish a poem?
Do I awaken fresh
full of wisdom from my...
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Categories:
feelings, sleep,
Form: Free verse
The snifflesWell now I really know I am getting "old"
putting myself to bed early with a cold :O
Come on orange juice, zinc, and water, do your trick
Praying here that with rest, I'll feel better --...
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Categories:
sleep, body, how i feel,
Form: Couplet
Sleep CallsSleep calls like a pillow adored
Sleep you seek
Not only for the meek
It is sleep you seek to retreat from life
To leave the strife
Only for a while
You recline in style
Slumber you must!
To forget
We are on...
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Categories:
sleep,
Form: Rhyme
neurons at nightBrains beam back connections as dreams
While sorting much data in streams
But these mind fables
Come with graphic labels
Like symbols in Microsoft Teams...
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Categories:
sleep, dream, memory, mental health,
Form: Limerick
Categories:
animal, dog, sleep,
Form: Couplet
Frozen PillowWe had a two hour car ride to the destination
About 10 passengers but it feels like it's only the two of us because,
You laid your head on my shoulder and fell asleep
A nervous excitement...
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Categories:
sleep, art, dream, flower, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
My Dreams Miss YouMy eyes close but my mind never rest
Because you left before you got the chance to tell me the rest
Of the story, so I turn the cover to the warm side, like I'm turning the...
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Categories:
sleep, dream, good night, i
Form: Blank verse
February's final bonusA prime-numbered day if years leap
Adds one extra cycle for sleep
This calendar fact
Keeps seasons intact
And discounts our rents that ain't cheap...
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Categories:
february, money, sleep,
Form: Limerick
Dozing the Depths
Written: February 26, 2024
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Our slumber, a rock falling swiftly overnight,
Embalms serene, steady air that breathes.
It shapes our days as a...
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Categories:
appreciation, dream, sleep,
Form: Sonnet
Raindrops
Categories:
rain, sleep,
Form: Haiku
A True Story
Categories:
sleep, mental health, mental illness,
Form: Senryu
Sleep Darling Sleep
Sleep Darling Sleep
Love , my darling love ,
The heavens have spoken ,
Share with me , all the
Love they have sent .
Oh love , my darling love ,
Two hearts never broken ,
Let's grow older...
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Categories:
death, love, rainbow, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
FearSeeping and crawling came my fear.
I couldn’t see it very clear.
Tension mounting as it came near,
Transforming it into a tear.
Anxiously waiting, couldn’t hear,
My eyes were staring with a leer.
Then I felt it, it seemed so...
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Categories:
sleep, anxiety, dark, mystery, night,
Form: Sonnet
A Nocturne In VerseIn twilight's silhouette I rock my mind to sleep
An effort to release me to a slumber so deep
The mystique of dreams unfolds in the night
A canvas peacefully painted in the faint moonlight
Far-reaching sensations in...
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Categories:
sleep, appreciation, deep, dream, happy,
Form: Couplet
Specific Types of Sleep Poems
Definition | What is Sleep in Poetry?
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