Poetry
Watch this postAnyone fancy sharing some home-grown poems?
Here is one of my efforts which touches on a common enough subject: being too lazy to get up and find paper and pen to jot down those brilliant 3am ideas!
Please join in if you've a mind...
Rogue Morpheus
The thoughts that rear up at night in the brain,
tearing around like a rail-less train
The things to do or not yet done,
things to say and songs unsung
Tumbling around like an acrobat flying,
I cannot sleep and there’s no use trying
Many a good idea springs up from here,
but all forgotten in the morning, I fear
I toss, I turn, get up and lie down,
I count shady squares on the curtains; beige-brown
I decide to do this, I decide to do that,
and everything seems very simple, so that
I take off my hat sincerely to me and
I think I’ll scribble an idea or three
But before I can get myself out of bed
rogue Morpheus comes, puts sleep in my head
He lays on my spirit a deep dreamless sleep,
despite my best efforts, I cannot keep
Awakened whatever the cost
and once more, through slumber, inspiration is lost.
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Have you seen our Showcase - https://www.silversurfers.com/showcase-literature/
This is the place where many of our members share their poetry so do feel free to add your poem there and I would be delighted to publish it for you in the Showcase 🙂
We regularly share poetry and photos on our Facebook page and we have over 900,000 members on our Facebook page, so there is amazing engagement from our members there.
Each month, we'll choose our favourite literature and photo gallery submission and bestow upon it the prestigious "Editors Choice" award. If your submission is selected, not only will your article, recipe, poem, short story, or photo gain our badge of honour, wherever it appears on Silversurfers, but you will also receive a £25 Amazon e-voucher to spend how you choose!
Sally 🙂
And copy and paste your poem and then we can get it published for you.
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