Day 27 - Sleep and Dreams

"To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come..." 

          ~ William Shakespeare

I'm writing on a lazy Sunday afternoon and as I write this, my final prompt for OctPoWriMo 2014, I must confess - I am sleepy! I have been keeping a very busy schedule this month and have pushed myself harder (in many ways) than I have in quite some time. I find myself pausing, looking up mindlessly at the movie my husband is watching, and nodding off for a few moments. Once I'm done here, I shall listen to my body's call and take an afternoon nap. Let's let this feeling provide our inspiration for this Monday prompt.

The Prompt: Let's write about sleep. What does it feel like as you're drifting off or as you're returning to wakefulness? Do you dream vividly in color? Explore the physical sensations of sleep and dreaming in a freewrite and see what surfaces as the story to be told in your poem.

Word Prompts: 

• sleep (sleepy, sleeping)
• dream (dreaming, dreamer)
• nap
• awake
• insomnia

Share your poetry with us by linking up. Make sure you visit your neighbors one or two before and after. If you are last on the list go back to the beginning of the list. If you are the first few on the list please go back to the day before and visit the last on the list if you haven't already. Have fun! 

1.	Aishah- DAY 26: Fearful Future	15.	Shan Jeniah Burton	29.	Matthias
2.	Beth Camp	16.	SourgirlOhio	30.	weird and important
3.	Georgia @ Bastet and Sekhmet's Library	17.	Esther Jones	31.	viv blake
4.	Deepti Agrawal	18.	Jessica Scott	32.	shilyot.. late again
5.	Michelle Liew Getting Literal Mind's Feast	19.	jazzytower	33.	Leslye "Lita" Wilson
6.	Sunita	20.	Cara	34.	Diary of a Writerbee(10/27)
7.	Fida - Sleep	21.	Rod E. Kok	35.	Steph
8.	Dawn D	22.	Diana - Drift of Bubbles	36.	CJS Writing
9.	zoe-Intangible	23.	Lady Whispers	37.	Grace and Mystery
10.	Cynthia Scott	24.	Beta Waves-S. Elle Cameron	38.	Cascade of Dreams(HtM)
11.	AC Elliott	25.	Odhran	39.	Tolu Oloruntoba
12.	Dolly from Team Netherworld	26.	Lizzi - When Sleep Wages War	40.	Angela van Son
13.	Payal Agarwal	27.	Dawn D
14.	Gypsy Woman	28.	Aishah- Fragile Dreams of Nothing

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~ Amy McGrath is a poet, fiction writer, artist, and student of life. She is working toward a new career as a Creative Arts Therapist where she hopes to share with others the healing power of the creative process. You can read her poetry and see some of her art on her blog - Poetry, Prose, Art, and Creativity. When she's not writing or making art, you can find her reading, listening to a wide range of music (even singing karaoke sometimes), or spending time with her husband Patrick and her two sons.