May 13: Sleep issues

trying to fall asleep

with a weight on my chest

one small cat

May 10: Nap

falling asleep 

to the lawnmower’s hum

al fresco

January 2: Awake

After midnight

long shadows of trees

lying across moonlit snow

October 24: Sick day

Afternoon rain.

Drifting in and out of sleep

alongside the cat.

July 28: Insomnia

A sort of relief

by the time the first bird sings,

something else awake.

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July 21: Cat nap

Hazy afternoon.

Cat's mournful song of outside

keeps me awake.

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November 25: Frost Moon

Wearing a sleep mask

to keep out the moon--

feeling my age tonight.

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September 22: The sea's a metronome

Despite the chill

I keep my window open

so waves lull me to sleep.

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June 27: Phoebe

Phoebe calling--

such excitement at dawn,

how can I fall back asleep?

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June 15: Sick day

moored to the couch

grey sky for a blanket

crows chanting a lullaby

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June 26: Awakened by rain

Torrential rain falls all night.
I lie awake, warm
and strangely at peace.

April 23: Cats are nocturnal

In the pre-dawn dark
the cat sits on the pillow,
stares down at his face.

January 28: Awake

Awake in the dark
I try to lie still.
How many hours till dawn?

January 9: Hibernation

Reading about
hibernating bears
my eyelids grow heavy.

November 27: In bed

I fall asleep to The Hobbit,

dream of owls,

wake to torrents of rain. 

November 25: Monday

Darkness falls early--

feels like

I just woke up.

March 10: Daylight Saving Time

We set the clocks ahead one hour last night, which always messes with my sleep. (Though, admittedly, it doesn't take much--coughing no matter which way I propped the pillows didn't help, either.) Even my husband's soothing voice reading to me from a lengthy Russian novel couldn't work its usual magic. I felt like I was awake for hours, and, as it often goes, the longer I was awake, the more my anxiety grew about falling asleep...

Daylight Saving Time--
more than an hour lost
as I toss, sleepless.

January 17: Before dawn

Some mornings I wake up ridiculously early and can't fall back asleep...

Hour before dawn--
cat still curled in sleep,
crow's caw in the dark.

November 19: Deep sleep

Overslept this morning because the sound of the alarm didn't penetrate my consciousness for half an hour. I must have been really tired last night.

Alarm finally off,
cat rushes in, joyous
to find me awake, alive.

October 28: Late start

Typing today's post while still in bed under my quilt and comforter, cat at my side...

Some mornings as I lie here with the shade drawn--so I can't see if the sun's shining--I hear the river just outside and think the roar of all that water must be rain falling. And that thought makes me want to stay in the cocoon comfort of my warm bed and sleep the day away...

River sounds like rain.
I'm tempted to stay in bed
all morning.