It's Still Life

23 May: dVerse Haibun Memories

Nap Time

My head is sideways on the desk. My arm for a pillow. Eyes closed, says the teacher. I hear the school clock. Narrow white noise without a past tense. I watch the minute hand. It hangs still as the day. 1st grade. It’s nap time. The details are gone, but I remember without my yellow blanket with the satin edging, sleep never came easily.

Time from very far
Spare a moment for the moon
And eternity

Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday: Memory . AI Digital Artwork is my own, created using AI Midjourney. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023.

Misky

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20 responses to “23 May: dVerse Haibun Memories”

  1. Mister Bump UK avatar
    Mister Bump UK

    ha, delightful! Hi Misk.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Hi Bump 🥰

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  2. kim881 avatar
    kim881

    I remember nap time! I love the way you’ve written from your child self’s point of view, Marilyn. I especially love the phrase ‘narrow white noise without a past tense’ and the minute hand hanging still as the day.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thank you so much, Kim. Glad that you enjoyed reading it.

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  3. rxena77 avatar
    rxena77

    I pray each day to keep a child’s sense of wonder for life. Beautifully done. 🙂 https://rolandyeomans.blogspot.com/2023/05/are-you-living-fulfilled-life.html

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thank you so much, Roland.

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  4. Spira avatar
    Spira

    “Narrow white noise, without past tense”!!!
    Beautiful and subtly powerful, M.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thank you, Nick!

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  5. rothpoetry avatar
    rothpoetry

    A beautiful haibun memory. Now as working adults, we wish we had time to nap.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thanks! I’m retired, but still can’t sleep during the day (unless I’m feeling poorly).

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      1. rothpoetry avatar
        rothpoetry

        :>)

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  6. Frewin55 avatar
    Frewin55

    I remember we had to lie down on these straw mats on the floor which weren’t very comfortable. I do sleep for 30 minutes if its been a busy day…
    The picture is really different and I can’t imagine how you coaxed it into being…

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      The text of the image is: black and white drawing of two children sleeping, in the style of masterful shading, highly stylized figures, contoured shading, close-up, love and romance, picassoesque, sgrafitto –ar 16:9

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  7. Rosemary Nissen-Wade avatar
    Rosemary Nissen-Wade

    Sweet, and touching.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thank you!

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  8. The Sicilian Storyteller avatar
    The Sicilian Storyteller

    Your verse is like
    that soft yellow blanket
    with the satin edging.

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thanks, love.

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  9. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    I remember that naptime from preschool… and we lay down on the floor “playing fish”… I tried to do that too in first class and it almost got me relegated…

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  10. abigfatcanofworms avatar
    abigfatcanofworms

    Lovely

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    1. Misky avatar
      Misky

      Thank you.

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