tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post6074278013110179548..comments2024-03-16T16:16:08.511-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Poetry Friday - To SleepTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-25838716074110095032008-05-19T08:45:00.000-04:002008-05-19T08:45:00.000-04:00Love this! Esp "The baiting-place of wit, the balm...Love this! Esp "The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe,<BR/>The poor man’s wealth, the prisoner’s release,..."<BR/><BR/>I sleep well most of the time, though since I've been trying to remember my dreams this past year, most of them are somewhat tense or disturbing, so I wake up a little out of it. Maybe I was better off not remembering!<BR/><BR/>Here's to better nights of sleep for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-59558483820153701862008-05-16T15:32:00.000-04:002008-05-16T15:32:00.000-04:00Oh, I'm so glad Pam found a definition for prease ...Oh, I'm so glad Pam found a definition for prease - my Oxford Ref Dictionary was letting me down (no surprise, since the full OED lacked it!)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting this lovely poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-52211790574815642972008-05-16T15:16:00.000-04:002008-05-16T15:16:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing this. Hope tonight's a long, un...Thanks for sharing this. Hope tonight's a long, uninterrupted, dreamless sleep. (I'm making myself sleepy typing about it...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-22838174095663096952008-05-16T14:45:00.000-04:002008-05-16T14:45:00.000-04:00Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1...Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)<BR/><BR/>Prease \Prease\, v. t. & i.<BR/> To press; to crowd. [Obs.] -- n. A press; a crowd. [Obs.]<BR/> --Spenser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-89020966700831212372008-05-16T10:08:00.000-04:002008-05-16T10:08:00.000-04:00Bad nights the last two nights so I'm sucking this...Bad nights the last two nights so I'm sucking this poem in like air. Thanks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-39533248344671677382008-05-16T09:05:00.000-04:002008-05-16T09:05:00.000-04:00Oh, skip the rosy garland, I just need a nice cool...Oh, skip the rosy garland, I just need a nice cool pillow!<BR/><BR/>I've never lived this far north -- the sun is going down at 8:45 already and coming up juuuuust shy of 5:00 a.m. -- so it's disrupting my sleep cycle and I'm going to have to figure out how to nap somehow!tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-24610967840568420722008-05-16T07:33:00.000-04:002008-05-16T07:33:00.000-04:00Sleep is definitely my drug of choice. My daughter...Sleep is definitely my drug of choice. <BR/><BR/>My daughter used to fall asleep in the middle of her dinner, sliding down out of her chair and onto the floor. It was the only time she stopped moving all day!Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-35092351507517272862008-05-16T06:55:00.000-04:002008-05-16T06:55:00.000-04:00You posted this poem at the perfect time for me --...You posted this poem at the perfect time for me -- I was up for a good chunk of the night with my son. And once he was calm and quiet, sleep still proved elusive for me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com