All Comments on 'My Sleepless Nights'

obviously I did not proof read my own poem. lol.

Nice work but in need of editing a bit, shortening, many nice details, slang appropriate for local color but not needed here , I would suggest you consider:

"like a broken doll" might be edited to "I lay here looking/waiting for a break in the fog"

"I can't kill'em" is too jarring, just leave it out

"so stay there and sleep" you might cut and sub "in need of sleep and a moment of ease"

keep at it, nice sentiments without being trite

The impression given is the pets are cats, but I think they're probably dogs.

ha ha hardy ha ha.

Thanks for sharing that I snore (when I sleep on my back) with the site. Little miss I never snore. Yea right.

They are dogs. Three chihuahua mixes, they run from about twelve pound to nearly twenty. The Jack Russel terror mix is in there asleep under my pillow right now.

I truly think they believe it's their bed and they are just allowing us to sleep there.

Love you,

your pirate

Only it's snoring husband, burrowing cat, and sideways five year old at my house. He shows up every, single night. Never at the same time. Never for the same reason. I use my nightstand as a pillow. (And if it's thundering, it's even more crowded.)

I love the poem. It's sweet and light and a fun read. I don't usually get poetry, but this could have been written about my king sized bed.