I’ve noticed that creatives, writers especially often have trouble sleeping aren’t able to sleep. Are our brains hardwired to ignore biological functions like sleep when writing wants to happen (or when writing refuses us)? Insomnia is such a persistent and unwanted bed buddy. It just won’t take no for an answer. Even though sometimes sleep is the time when those creative thoughts are more active.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Write a poem that somehow defeats insomnia. It could be something soothing that would lull the unaware to sleep, like he song below by the Dandy Warhols. It could be a duel where you are fighting Insomnia to reclaim your sleeping rights.Be creative and have fun with this. If you join in this week, let us know by backlinking to this post, or posting your link the comments.
Have you submitted to our second anthology? How about our Write for Us spotlight? You should, because we’re waiting for your words. Happy writing!
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[…] The Reverie Insomniac Song | Poetry Prompt Tamara Woods “Write a poem that somehow defeats insomnia.” […]
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The older I get the longer it takes to fall asleep.
https://debispoems.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/a-plague-of-cares/
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There is one from over a year ago. http://wp.me/p3PBya-Vx
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[…] I wrote years ago that was about not getting any sleep. I’m posting this piece as response to The Reverie Journal‘s prompt for this week that was about fighting insomnia in some way. I really enjoy this […]
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[…] piece came together after a prompt from the ReverieJournal. It is also my second visit to insomnia. The first was called ‘Insomnia State‘. For […]
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