SLEEP – Wyleian Sonnet XVII.
Sleep grants that relaxation that our minds and bodies crave;
deliverance from the stress of daily strife.
Sometimes we dream, sometimes we simply enter Morpheus’ cave
where deep oblivion’s thoughtlessness restores our busy life.
Oft’times the boon of sleep eludes, its sweetness turning sour,
our daytime troubles magnified in mind.
Mere trifles then obsess us with the passing of each hour
and Morpheus, to our wakeful soul, remains completely blind.
Perchance, sometime we oversleep – forget to set th’alarm.
We’re late for work or miss an early meeting.
The world is quite oblivious, no-one comes to any harm,
and life continues, just the same, without our morning greeting.
If going to bed and hoping to achieve that sleepy state,
t’were best to go there early nor retire when it’s too late.
And when our days are counted, as we know they’ll surely be,
God grant us final sleep, in peace, throughout eternity.
Hugh Wyles, September 18th. 2004.
Author notes
This is a further use of Iambic Septemeter with Pentameter second lines in each stanza and concluding with a double couplet. The rhyme scheme is abab/cdcd/efef/gg/hh.
But that is for the academics only. We hope you enjoy the rhythm and rhyme of this poem in its own right.
Written September 21st, 2004
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Oh this is so very good Hugh Babe, I don't have time to sleep, too much fun to have with my heath, he takes me dancing and to dinner, well, we do sleep sometimes
Crikey and I sleep in too, well what do I expect hey!! I did enjoy reading your Sonnet between you and Gen, golly gosh you do both work so well together. well wishes to both of you-sally 
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evocative
I'll have to remember to recall this to mind when sleep eludes me. Wonderful stuff as per usual.
XXOOXX Anne -
absouletely magnificent
Hugh and Susan, this is magnificent as always, I am never disappointed when I read the wonderful poems the two of you create. I am a night owl, so therefor I never get enough sleep, but I make up for it wth a daily nap. Thank you for sharing this with us~Love~Bea
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I knew before I clicked on this poem that I would find a great write, I wasn't wrong
To have a restful sleep is a wonderful thing.
I did enjoy the rhythm, the rhymes and the thoughts in this poem, thanks!
Oh, I shouldn't be reading about sleep at this hour. I start to hear Morpheus calling, not to his cave but to his arms.
K&L,
Mari
Edited on Sep 21, 4:23 p.m. because 'sleepy'. -
Hugh -
As you well know sleep is something I often find ellusive. Unfortunately it is one of the things our bodies need to keep going every day...
You have expressed it well here.
the double couplet adds nicely.
Your forever Gen
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