Musings of an Aspiring Author and Poet

Insomniac (Sonnet)

September 22, 2013

Poetry

Sleep evades I toss and turn

Begging for good nights rest

This is all for which I yearn

Searching for slumber in jest

Plague as a Vampire to obambulate

Passing hour after hour on end

Striving on my sanity confiscate

Of this my foe will not bend

Try as I might absolute I am sure

My struggle most nights will go on

An insomniacs fate for eternity endure

Lasting until I am gone

Maybe its time for Ambien’s magic

To sleep before body and mind go tragic

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Word: Obambulate

Jem Farmer – The Boi Poet – Words at the Weekend – 21-22 September 2013 Poetry Prompt

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14 responses to “Insomniac (Sonnet)”

busymindthinking

September 22, 2013

Can I ever relate to this! Huge smiles.

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 23, 2013
  
  Unfortunately I think it happens to most of us one time or another. :)
  
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Charles Yallowitz

September 23, 2013

I hate nights like that. Hope you get some sleep.

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 23, 2013
  
  I finally did, I popped a couple Melatonin and relaxed enough to get a little sleep.
  
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Yoshiko

September 23, 2013

What happen, Dom? I have been there before

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 23, 2013
  
  Thank you my friend, it happens to everyone occasionally, I guess my mind was just too busy to sleep. :)
  
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Roxi St. Clair

September 23, 2013

sleep? what is that? (grins)

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 23, 2013
  
  Did someone say sleep, I think I met her once. :)
  
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Lucid Gypsy

September 23, 2013

Splendid vocabulary – obambulate – waahay! :-)

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 23, 2013
  
  Thanks to Jem Farmer for the word, I had never heard it before. I guess we are never too old to learn something new. :)
  
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Jem Farmer – Boi Poet

September 23, 2013

Sleep has been a stranger to me for so long I really relate to this wonderful piece

Excellent use of the prompt

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 23, 2013
  
  Thanks Jem, I’m glad that you liked the poem. I have had so many bouts of insomnia over the past few years that I’ve lost count, but that makes it no less annoying.
  
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melissajanda

September 24, 2013

As someone who suffers from frequent bouts of RLS, I can relate to this. Nice use of the word obambulate (had to look that one up).

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  September 25, 2013
  
  Thank you very much. If it wasn’t for the prompt, I don’t know that I would have ever found or thought to use the word in a poem. It just shows that we can learn something new everyday no matter how old we are. :)
  
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