insomnia | the haiku diaries

December 9, 2017, 9:41 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: haiku, insomnia

Insomnia drains
my brain of useful thought as
I begin my day.

February 16, 2017, 11:08 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: blustery, haiku, insomnia, writer's life

Hearing a line thwack
aluminum mast all night —
can you say “no sleep?”

January 18, 2017, 9:21 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: haiku, insomnia, rainy night

Rain on the tin roof
above my head drip drip drip
led to little sleep.

February 19, 2016, 10:24 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: Breaking Bad, haiku, insomnia

Found myself watching

Breaking Bad at 4 a.m.

What is wrong with me?

April 3, 2015, 9:17 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: haiku, insomnia, rain

Rain on metal roof
means little sleep — made me sad —
too much time to think.

A lit snowflake on
the telephone pole keeps me
awake most the night.

December 20, 2014, 10:10 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: Christmas lights, haiku, insomnia

Star on the light pole
shines in my window. No sleep.
Ho ho ho ho ho.

September 20, 2014, 8:48 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: blue jays, haiku, insomnia

Fitful sleep then woke
when blue jays decided to
party in the tree.

July 26, 2014, 6:50 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: can't sleep, haiku, insomnia

“For we rise at dawn . . .”
Went to sleep thinking this line.
Now I’m wide awake.

February 5, 2014, 8:37 am
Filed under: haiku, rachel's post | Tags: haiku, insomnia, snow plows, winter storm

In bed, under the
cloud, I listen for snow plows
(my personal sheep).

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