Marriage Sleep Poems

I wake in the middle of the night and you are sound asleep beside me.

I listen to you breathe and there is no other place...

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Impossible mission to sleep on opposite side of marital bed...

Oddly enough even 
when frolicking in the autumn mist
with seasoned super tramping 
cheaply tricked out goo...

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Drift, drift, drift until the calm 
Arrive at the crossroads of your sun 
The peace you feel a release from harm 
Metaphoric blast from a...

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It was noon for Lady Amanda
And in drove a Platoon Commander:
Gerald Rutherford, full Lieutenant
Many years back her Quiet Tenant...

Now Military, still Great Manners,
As though in...

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I call it purring when it’s convenient
to me — the soft, gentle sound of you asleep.

But in the middle of the night, with your
nostrils roaring...

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Premiered at Swami Ramalamadingdong’s 
Meditation Den, Bridgeton, ME – 1/10/2011

ACT 1

Fantasy Man  
Louder Than Words 
Once Upon a Time in the West
Moonshine Shuffle
Ctrl-Alt-Delete
Signs of...

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This has all been a bad dream
was this just a long sleep so real?
if I had been told wouldn't have believed
all of this life it...

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While You Sleep

The morning is still gray, 
it is just before the dawn. 
I stare out the kitchen window, 
looking for a lost song. 

I...

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her snores echo around
our cozy bed chamber
I'm wakened by the sound
thinking we're in danger

just 'tis a spouse so pretty
I keep my husband's poise
how can one...

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It's one o'clock in the morning
he usually goes to bed
while I'm up mourning
the absence of company instead

maybe he's finally realizing
that it's overrated
and to ensure our...

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Nothing more intimate than sleep
wake before dawn, go downtown
prepare for tomorrow, come home from work late.

Most cities prosper undisturbed
sleeping peacefully
while the tide goes out.

Are we...

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A lady's bed is of feathers
Cowboys sleep on the ground
A rich man sleeps with the ladies
Poor men sleep all around

He rode his horse from Montana
Stopped...

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Zzzzz
Zzzzz

               -Zzzzz
         ...

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The black negligee just made me hotter
for my Stephen who waited downstairs,
but before starting my descent,
I thought better skin than silk.
My lust grew with each...

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Marriage bed’s empty though Love's nest is near,
Comforters gathered can’t pillow flown warmth!
Poetry’s widow? Both lovers feel lost!
Poetry born though perhaps worth the cost?

Buried at...

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