Two poems for today. First, a book spine poem created from the books I just checked out of the library based on recommendations from other bloggers so far this month. Sensing a theme? (I also got Thornhedge, but it didn’t fit the poem.) I love all the recommendations and ideas I get during March. Will I finish these all before they’re due? I doubt it, but I’m not sure if that’s really the point.
Second, a poem for my recently restless nights.
The middle-aged woman’s sleeping prayer
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray that I won’t wake to pee.
If I should feel a sudden heat,
I pray that I won’t drench the sheets
And if I’m up throughout the night,
I pray my kids’ve turned out the lights.
Tomorrow I’m going to get my sh*# together and write earlier in the day.
Persistence and Pedagogy 
Amanda! I want to print your second poem and frame it to have on my nightstand, haha! I feel seen 😀
I’m also aiming for an early “slicing” tomorrow. We can do this!
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I’m glad it made you laugh – it made me laugh to write it. Am having trouble getting enough sleep & keeping up with all the writing & commenting. SIGH.
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Same here. I’m hopeful tomorrow is the day I get back on track. Sometimes treating Tuesdays a bit like fake Mondays helps. I hope you get some rest!
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Amanda,
You are not alone in this middle age conundrum. It’s worse in old age, especially when you have a cold and cough as I do. The cough now dictates my bathroom trips left I cough from the south as well as the north. Isn’t it comforting to have books near even when you don’t get them read? That’s how I feel anyway.
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A night without getting up to pee is such a rarity! Usually if I get close to that, it’s like last night — slept until 20 minutes before my alarm and couldn’t hold it. SIGH!
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Oh, friend- the spine poem. You and I and our lakes.
and I cannot say enough how happy I am to not live in the world of your second poem anymore.
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Brilliant and Fun! And too true.
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Such a great poem, I have got through that phase, it is definitely funnier in retrospect! I loved reading Tom Lake, she’s such a good writer, although I think the setting and what happens had me thinking, life is sooo different over there! Hope you get to read one or two!
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So tired of the night sweats! Having a bunch of cats snuggling under the blankets does NOT help. Love to see the book spine poem. Definitely a theme running throughout. The Swimmers was a DNF for me, not for any particular reason, just got absorbed in other things and it was due back at the library. I really liked A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.
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How cool that you were able to use the books you borrowed without having to look for more books. I join the second poem club.
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