Musings of an Aspiring Author and Poet

A Heart Thrashing…Sleepless (Sonnet)

December 10, 2013

Poetry

A heart thrashing to the sound of the owls who,

Plagued with anxiety and exhaustion–the covers drawn.

Clutching and clawing at me every once in a blue,

I lie awake lock-jawed by this infernal yawning.

Sleep–sweet sleep evades this troubadours brain,

Locked in battle with evasive slumber.

Constant swordplay wearies and drains;

Praying for conscious fade to black and umber.

Tortured sleepless by jailers masochistic,

For hour upon hour seemingly without end.

Hopes of escape deemed deeply unrealistic,

No longer this life do I care to defend.

What is one to do about this self-imposed draw-and-quartering,

But take broadsword in hand for the sandmans slaughtering.

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

Prompt: Sleepless

Jeremy Farmer – The Boi Poet – Tuesday’s Thinking 10 December Writing Prompt

Comments

13 responses to “A Heart Thrashing…Sleepless (Sonnet)”

WB

December 10, 2013

Excellent rhythm to this.

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  December 11, 2013
  
  Thank you WB.
  
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crowningshield

December 10, 2013

If anything I hope you choose to defend your poetry!!! I think your on to something amazing

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  December 11, 2013
  
  Thank you my friend, I will defend it to the end as it has become such a big part of my life. Thank you for your very kind words, they are appreciated. :)
  
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Jeremy Farmer

December 11, 2013

Courageous sonneteer taking up both pen and sword to tackle the Sandman – awesome read Dom. Thank you for playing

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  December 11, 2013
  
  Thank you for putting it out there, I really enjoyed writing it, great prompt my friend :)
  
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  1. Jeremy Farmer
    
    December 11, 2013
    
    Glad you could use it Dom :)
Roxi St. Clair

December 11, 2013

Love the last two lines!

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  December 11, 2013
  
  Thank you Roxi, this one was fun to write, fortunately I’m not suffering from insomnia at the moment, but I certainly know all too well what it is like.
  
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Blog It Or Lose It

December 11, 2013

Great poem Dom!

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  December 11, 2013
  
  Thank you Jen, I credit the prompt for the inspiration. :)
  
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Elaine Danforth

January 14, 2014

I clicked on “Like,” but it’s not such a nice thing to “like” the situation you describe. What I really meant was this is very well expressed. Well done.

Best wishes for a good night’s sleep, Dom.

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1. Dom DiFrancesco
  
  January 15, 2014
  
  Thank you very much Elaine. I too find many posts that “Like” is probably not the correct word, but none the less I think it at least shows appreciation for what was posted.
  
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