Poem Draft: Downtown Oakland Lullaby

2008 June 29
by Barbara Jane Reyes
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)
3 Responses leave one →
  1. 2008 June 29

    LOVE this. Love it. Great use of slant rhyme, too, esp. on deep and repeat.

  2. 2008 June 30

    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.

  3. 2008 July 5
    Brian permalink

    This is just simple and beautiful.

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