LAST NIGHT

Michael Edwards

 

 

LAST NIGHT

  

Last night

the windows rattled.

 

Outside

the wind blew

rustling the leaves

and sending

a tin can

clattering

down the lane.

to settle

by the brook

where reeds

swayed

to and fro

unseen.

 

Last night

as windows rattled

I slept

soundly.

 

  • Author: Michael Edwards (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 24th, 2019 01:11
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments10

  • Goldfinch60

    The mystery of hearing these things in your sleep, are you sure it wasn't a dream. Good one Michael.

    • Michael Edwards

      I don't know - I was asleep at the time. lol

    • Goldfinch60

      Wonderful minimalist artwork Michael, really like this.

      • Michael Edwards

        Thanks Andy - might draw it again as the nose and mouth aren't quite in line - that's the trouble with being an artist - never satisfied..

        • Goldfinch60

          If perfection were found for what would we aim.

        • orchidee

          A fine write and pic Michael. Miss Berles do any painting?

          • Michael Edwards

            She paints her face - doesn't make much difference though.

          • ANGELA & BRIAN

            THANKS UNCLE MIKE : I Love MINIMLIST drawings ! Initially I saw it as a FLEA escaping from the hair and sliding down her NOSE : The denoument is in the eye of the beholder ! Love the POEM we do hear subliminally in our sleep : expecially the bloop-bleep of a tapping drip !
            Love through Poetry ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡
            Please check my PEACE POEM : Thanks A !

            • Michael Edwards

              Eye being the operative word - blessings Angela

            • Neville

              am not sure what to expect from you this mane Michael.. I was not expecting this... reeds almost like two poems (excuse the pun).. for some reason I have a Japanese painting forming behind my closed eyelids ... rather zen like in content, if not in form.. enjoyed tho... N

              • Michael Edwards

                So how did I know the tin rattled down the street - a conundrum if ever there was one.

                • Neville

                  If a tin is blown down a street and no one is there to see it roll, does it make a sound... is of course an age old question and in other words raises the intriguing question can something exist without being perceived by consciousness... .. 🙂

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                • Andrew Charles Forrest

                  Great imagery Michael
                  both the picture ans the poem

                  • Michael Edwards

                    Thanks Andrew - yes a bit different for me but I enjoyed the write.

                  • Laura🌻

                    Michael,

                    Good thing I heard my ‘windows rattle’...I was awakened from a nightmare! I woke up out of breath because I had been frantically looking for a duffle bag filled with money that I had misplaced! Thank goodness it was only a dream!

                    Great write!
                    I like the drawing!
                    If you draw it again,
                    perhaps less
                    “eye shadow”!

                    Have a great Sunday!

                    ~Laura~

                    • Michael Edwards

                      Thanks Laura - yes the eye is a bit heavy but it was drawn with a twig from the hedgerow dipped in ink - you have less control but you do get great spontaneity.

                      • Laura🌻

                        Most unfortunate...
                        I dare say...
                        ...il tuo è stato un incubo!

                      • dusk arising

                        What had been in the can? Was it a ring pull or just another leg pull?

                        Nice light read.

                        • Michael Edwards

                          I'd rather a leg pull than a r.. - no I'd better stop there.

                          A light read ? It was night time lol 😊

                        • orchidee

                          You seen Burlington Bertie - Or Berlington? Is he Miss Berles' partner?

                          • Michael Edwards

                            Do you mean Berles-Ington ? Hate these pretentious double barrelled names and personalised number plates - just got rid of mine - wouldn't mind getting it back.p

                            • orchidee

                              Oh lol, I know a relative. Her maiden surname was triple-barrelled, and HRH no less. Something like Heatherstone-Rawson-Higginbottom! That's far too many syllables for anyone. Now I only got about 3 syllables left for today's poem, using up 99% of my ration there.

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                            • Suresh

                              So few lines to express
                              Both in words and art
                              - my favorite medium as well
                              Enjoyed it



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