Lisa at dVerse asks us to write a quadrille (poem of 44 words) using the word “way.” Here’s my drowsy offering as midnight creeps closer. Click on Mr. Linky to join in!
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When sleep comes my way
darkness warm like mother’s milk
lulls my hungry wakeful eyes,
I sink at last in ocean light
to caverns deep where you await
a Prospero’s Ariel caught betwixt
reflections of the world above
and the mirrors of my mind.
This Jolly Beggar 
Beautiful words!
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Thank you. So grateful for your comment, Carol.
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Loved your delightful tautogram, even as it made me long for Wisteria Way. Waiting with wondrous wistfulness, you might say.
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That sleepy feeling is so lovely, you have described it wonderfully!
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Thanks, Jay. It was written in cusp of experience. 😀
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A delightful quadrille, Dora. I love the simile ‘darkness warm like mother’s milk’. The ocean metaphor is perfect for that feeling of drifting off to sleep.
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I’m so glad you liked that simile. It pushed me to finish the quadrille just as I was tempted to give up. Thanks, Kim. 🙂
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I like your Tempest allusions, bouncing back and forth like the ocean inside that deep cave.
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So pleased you liked it, Jane. To be honest, I was feeling this one. Stayed up too late.
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Often the best results come from some kind of emotional tension.
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Beautiful drowsiness
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Thanks, Jude! 🙏🙂
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My pleasure Dora
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Forty-four words of calm …. sigh.
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Aww, thanks, Helen! That makes me happy. 🙂
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That magical drifting away is beautifully captured here. I like “mirrors of my mind” because I feel like that’s acknowledging the subconscious at play. 👏💯💖
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Exactly, a submersion into our unconscious. I was going for that. 💝
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This is exotically beautiful Dora — well written!
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I’m delighted at the imagery of sleep lulling hungry wakeful eyes… And your choice of words to match this drowsy offering…
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Thank you, Biko, so happy you enjoyed my little offering!
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Thanks so much, Rob. I like that you found the exotic element. 😀
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I would love to fall asleep like this…. for me it’s more like being clubbed in the head and then waking up in a nightmare.
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Oh no, Bjorn! But I wish I could say that all my entrances into the world of sleep were calming. They’re not.
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Dora, I like your view of darkness being warm. You capture the mystical quality of the place between waking and the dream world very well.
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Thanks, Lisa. Your generous comments always light my day. ❤️💜
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You’re very welcome.
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Like a sigh and a sinking down. (K)
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Thanks, K.
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totally enchanting, a bit of magic here!
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thanks, kate! 💝
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Peaceful. It made wish it wasn’t the middle of the day so that I could read this and then drift off to sleep! Beautiful word pictures!
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What a lovely compliment! Thank you.
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