14th & Broadway Lullaby, Oakland
After Anne Waldman’s “& Sleep, the Lazy Owl of Night”
& sleep, the Cleavage Lady of Night
& sleep will make you whole
& sleep, the B-Boys of the Corner
& sleep will make you bold
& sleep, the Poets in the Skids
& sleep will make you still
& sleep, my City, sleep deep
& sleep will give reprieve
(repeat)
Poem Draft: Downtown Oakland Lullaby
Published 29 June 2008 poems 3 CommentsTags: Anne Waldman, Downtown Oakland
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LOVE this. Love it. Great use of slant rhyme, too, esp. on deep and repeat.
Collin, thanks so much for commenting on all my poems. I was just saying the other day that I don’t think other po-bloggers are interested in our blogs unless we are blogging about them and creating/fomenting drama in the process. Anyway, glad you caught the slant rhyme. I didn’t even think of “repeat” as part of it.
This is just simple and beautiful.