April 8, 2013
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The Cold Sleep
For NPM I will be posting a few poems, both old and new.
The Cold Sleep
(A Rhyme)After Waking up from the cold sleep,
not knowing the place I am,
No sense can really tell me
sunrise or sunset I’m in.After Waking up from the big sleep,
unaware how long for me,
Not knowing how old I am,
how old would I think I’d beAfter Waking up from the long sleep,
not knowing what house to use,
When looking for my home place,
which side of town would I chooseAfter Waking up from the deep sleep,
not knowing what race I’m in
If I knew what time it was
then when would the race beginAfter Waking up from the dark sleep,
not knowing what job I do
Blinded from the work I’ve done
then what life would I pursueBefore Slipping into the cold sleep
knowing the man that I am
Are there things I need to know?
are there thoughts I must exam?DSS (September 5, 2011)
Only As One
(A Thought)Words
Thoughts into phrases
hung together
in lines indented
only meaningful when read as one.Me
Thoughts into actions
hung together
into a life indented
only meaningful when accepted as one.DSS (January 24, 2011)
Comments (5)
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a sleep so powerful that when you wake up you get to start all over.
I love these,both. Powerul messages, well said – and in rhyme. You should write poetry more often, John.
just saying…<3
@blonde_apocalypse - I thought of this after reading a quote from the baseball player Satchel Paige . He said “How old would you think you’d be if you didn’t know how old you were?”. After hearing that it wasn’t long until I by chance watched the movie “Memento”.
@SandraErickson - Geez Sandra! Thank you! For many years I wrote nothing but structured, metered, rhyming verse. But I’m always drawn back to Sandburg and to my real love of free verse. Most of my rhymers I wrote 30 years ago and sent them to my Mom, she got such a kick out of them. She read a lot of Edgar Guest when he was popular in the newspaper , rhyming poems.
@Iamsurrounded - Rhyme is neither my forte – nor preference, but you do it well.