Sleepless Night

sleepless night

(6/21, 1998)

First Place   sleepless night -   my socks in small piles   across the floor                     HaroldSecond Place   sleepless night   bringing her ice water   once again               Jim MullinsThird Place   sleepless night   again I count   my newborn's toes                      JoannBELOW THIRD PLACE   sleepless night-   across the silent street   a weeping violin                      Sue       sleepless night . . .       how long it takes the moon       to blink                Timothy Russell           sleepless night           a ceiling crack           in moonlight                         paul m                 2:57                 I review my life                 2:59                     -willard                     sleepless night . . .                     moonlight drawing shadows                     from my crumpled sheets                                              Donald McLeod   from husband to father   short sleepless night-   beautiful daughter                      emile       sleepless night-       dead oak rustling       with its trumpet vine                              neca         insomnia--         jealous of every porch light         going out                    Tom Williams             Sleepless --             the time stares back at me             from the nightstand                                -- Margarita                   sleepless night -                   thinking about                   thinking about nothing                                          Marc S.                         the blackbird too                         fooled by the moon...                         sleepless night                                         Hugh Waterhouse   sleepless night   hearing key in door   anger rises               soji      morning comes to soon      bed holds me like a warm hug      after sleepless night                            wz           not quite tired...           battling insomnia           with old physics text                                 Hazel              sleepless night -              at every turn              another 'what if...?'                 copyright 6/15/1998 by Wendy C. Bialek                      tossing and turning --                      the insomniac                      gives her a sleepless night                                                   Betty                                                       

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