Temptation had me
To scribble at 3—
a.m.!
A what? “lie”? or … “lei”?
Oh, a “lay”. I see.
French? j’aime!
Still trapped in the spree,
I’m falling … asleep
Like … bam!
Colin Lee
This happens often when one participates in a poetry club halfway round the world. I woke up mid-sleep, picked up the prompt from dVerse’s Meet The Bar: Lai It On!, failed to resist, hurried a scribble … in order to fall peacefully back to sleep. I have to admit poetry is one of the best and the worst addictions in life.
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The Pescetarian Poet 
How fun and clever. I do that too. Come up with poems in the middle of the night. Arrrgh.
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Thank you, Victoria, for your fun and clever prompt. I find my half-asleep mind takes up a different poetic voice — perhaps like the croakiness one suffers in the wee hours? Anyway, jolly good fun.
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Ha… I have never poetried at night.
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Well, in Sweden isn’t it either the long days of summer or the long nights of winter (whilst the latter’s darkened “day” not considered as night), I suppose? 🙂
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Haha! Oh, this is adorable 🙂 I get words floating around in my head at night too. Whole day, it’ll stay away though. Sigh!
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Thanks NJ! It tickles me my poem is considered adorable. Jolly to find my mischief agreeable. The earbugs, huh? Memo it down and put my mind to rest … That’s what I do. (Not this lai though since it only took me a jiffy.)
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That’s what I do. Jot down the words and work on them later.
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Ha, very clever 🙂
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Thank you, Ma’am! Appreciate your dropping by. 🙂
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This made me happy. I love, especially, the unexpected third lines. Nice!
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Glad it brought you a smile, my friend. Thanks!
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What an imagination…good use of the form, too!
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Thank you, Kathy. Imagination’s got dreamier at the threshold of sleep, I guess. 🙂
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“addicted to poetry”……….a wordamania are you. I’ve awakened in the middle of the night, jumped up, written something down, wake up the next morning and even with a strong cup of coffee, there is no way I can read my handwriting! 😦
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The midnight scribbles — impressionism at its best? Ha! Wait til the next night and read again, perhaps? Wordamania … merely a novice one … Still learning from you masters and experts. 🙂 Thanks, Lillian!
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LOVE this – so cleverly done!
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Thanks, Jilly! Jolly to hear that. 🙂
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There are worse addictions. This one, at least, doesn’t expand the waistband or leave you unconscious in your car at a McDonald’s drive-thru…. Great lai, no lie! Bam! 🙂
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Well, if we sat long enough for a sestina or a fat canto of octava rima, I suppose the waistband would still give, wouldn’t it? 🙂 Thankee, Char-ley, a kil–ogram!
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Well, the chocolate, cheese and wine required for those….
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In that case, we must burn more calories via the brain!
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Cool! A nice detour from your more serious pieces. 😊
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There’s always room for desserts. 😉
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I call them my midnight epiphanies … those poems that come to me in the middle of the night. Like you, I must write them down so that my brain allows me to go to sleep! I found your lai fun and entertaining!
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Thank you, Bev! 🙂
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The questions and the answers that flip back and forth all night are what I get with insomnia.Rarely poems!
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Yes. My wife caught me in the trance a few times. I told her I was literally debating with myself. She was baffled.
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I like debating with myself. I always win 🙂
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Lol
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🙂
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I’d be asleep at 3 AM as well.
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I was asleep too, Frank. But curiosity had me flip the phone the mid-sleep … and got myself hooked by the prompt.
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Indeed clever and funny. I always like poem with a sense of humor. Well done.
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Thank you … and who doesn’t? Glad it brought you a smile. 🙂
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You are welcome!
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The rhythm, the rhyme, the writing in this poem was so wonderfully and cleverly executed from beginning to end. It was also fun to read! Thanks for sharing. I think this just become one of my favorite poems on here. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Just followed and looking forward to more of your posts, keep it up!! I think this is the power in poetry- it’s fun and we need to see more of that!
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Thank you, Angie. Well, my poetry isn’t usually fun, I’m afraid. Or maybe I should write more often in my sleep … at 3 am?
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Well, whatever gets the ball rolling, right? 🙂 I just checked out your other poems though, and more than fun, I think they’re highly compelling. Particularly enjoyed Crowd Control 🙂
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