Three O’Clock Sheep Club

Cherry

By Turlough

Mon, 23 Oct 2023
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16 comments
 

 

Those sheep

Jumping the wall

They're all asleep

So I count the cracks in the wall

Doesn't help at all

 

I’m alone

But I know I’m not alone

All around the world

Millions lie in beds

Trying to catch some zeds

Anxieties unfurled and whirled

Cyclones twist our heads

In a sleep exclusion zone

 

Drinking camomile tea

A cat dozes on my knee

Mocking me

I could write some poetry

That might send me

Off to sleep mid-verse

End this night-time curse

 

But it didn't

Because I've finished it, it seems

Unless this is just a dream

 

Image:

Every image I use is from a photograph I have taken myself. 

On this occasion – The sheep of my dreams.

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Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Cats are way too clever at getting to sleep aren't they? Maybe you could try a sheep with less interesting horns next time, or The World Service. Good luck!

 

Submitted by Turlough on

Problem solved... I'm feeling really sleepy now. But I've got to take some cats to the vet. I promise it's definitely not for revenge reasons.

Turlough

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Summed up that feeling of lying awake, the anxiety of missing out on the essential shut down hours and all worries magnified. Counting sheep, who came up with that? A farmer perhaps but I bet they sleep like babies anyway. 

 

Submitted by Turlough on

I've never slept with a sheep... honest! But if ever I do I'll write a poem about it. 

Turlough

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

You know the best part about being retired is that you haven't got to worry about getting up for work. Isn't it wonderful...especially when insomnia hits nighttime rest? 

Those pesky sheep never help me get off to sleep, I just find them boring with their baaing...even counting them doesn't do anything for me. But I promise you I've never had anything against real sheep, I think they're more intelligent than we think.

At least you got this engaging poem out of your disturbed night's sleep. wink

Jenny.

 

 

 

Submitted by Turlough on

You're absolutely right Jenny. In the days when I was a working man I used to go into a bline panic if I couldn't sleep, which isn't the best frame of mind to be in when you're trying to go to sleep.

These days... who cares? I had a quiet half hour in the armchair this afternoon and now all is well.

Turlough

Submitted by celticman on

ah, the old dream of sleep. A common nightmare.

 

Submitted by Turlough on

And only a few hours later I found staying awake even harder than trying to go to sleep had been.

Funny oul' world!

Turlough

Submitted by Turlough on

I feel that I need to share with the world the fact that the wit and wisdom of the ABC Tales cherry picker people are surpassed only by thier kindness.

Thank you for the latest donation.

Turlough

Submitted by seashore on

Ah a quick cherry for the insomniac! No surprises there. I'm resorting to counting my home moves, up to 30 soon as you know. Trouble is I get distracted worrying about the circumstances surrounding each move, how when and where, so it doesn't actually help.
Any road (as you so frequently say) I like the poem x

Submitted by Turlough on

As you have experienced so many house moves I get the impression that you are prepared to live in any road.

Oh how we laughed! 

Tx

Turlough

Submitted by seashore on

Ha ha...

Submitted by marandina on

"But it didn't

Because I've finished it, it seems

Unless this is just a dream"

I think I have seen you post elsewhere on SM about insomnia. Well...if it fires your writing then we are all the benficiaries! Keep 'em coming, Turlough.

 

Submitted by Turlough on

Shhh Paul, you might wake me up!

 

Turlough

Submitted by catherine poarch on

I enjoyed this a lot. I love the title and the 'sheep exclusion zone'. I wonder what sheep count when they can't sleep. People maybe. Sometimes I've dreamt I can't sleep which feels much the same. Here's to sheep-free nights!

 

Submitted by Turlough on

If the sheep are waiting for this particular human to jump over a wall then they'll never get to sleep.

Thank you very much, Catherine, for the reading of and the commenting. It's greatly appreciated.

Turlough