Sleep Well Tonight Poem by Valerie Dohren

Sleep Well Tonight

Rating: 5.0


Be still, O world, sleep well tonight
May all your dreams take gentle flight
Ascending heav`nly stairs sublime
Through all the corridors of time

To drift on lofty shimm`ring clouds
Enwrapped in bright celestial shrouds
Beyond the earth in regions fair
Without a thought, without a care

Upon a journey set in space
Another time, another place
Above the land, above the sea
There yet to find tranquillity

In magic worlds your mind to dwell
`Pon fantasies and dreams that tell
Of hopes, unmet, behind closed doors
And visions seen on distant shores

With pictures painted in the sky
Upon the wings of doves to fly
Illusions grand and heaven sent
Enchanting and magnificent

(Phantoms dance in shadowed places
Bright with luminescent faces
Floating through the mind, encaptured,
There with images enraptured)

Be still, O world, sleep well, sleep sound
May all your dreams with peace abound
Then waken softly with the dawn
To greet again a bright new morn`

Saturday, August 11, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: fantasy
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Valsa George 12 August 2012

I don't have words to describe the beauty of this poem...... making me spell bound ! ! !

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Joseph Anderson 12 August 2012

Classic- a poem for the ages.Your use of contracted words gives a perfect balance to your poems. Blissful, wishful-dream on

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Edwina Reizer 12 August 2012

Your words paint pictures that are well-suited for an artist's canvas. An excellent write Valerie. I do so enjoy most everything you write. Bravo! ! ! , EDWINA REIZER

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Heather Wilson 11 August 2012

A stunning poem Val, just beautiful, a wonderful write. it brings so much pleasure to read.

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Dave Walker 11 August 2012

A really beautiful poem, like it.

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Cynthia Buhain-baello 04 September 2012

Exquisitely soothing and mellow, the lines create a placid mood perfectly.

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Meena Mustafa 18 August 2012

Magnificent! and a perfect write.Very well expressed.

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Danny Draper 14 August 2012

An affirmation of grace in slumber a blessing to the unencumbered. Lovely.

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Walterrean Salley 14 August 2012

So peaceful. Has such a calming effect. Allows one to rest securely. A perfect write.

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Captain Cur 12 August 2012

A poem written on a grand scale. Magnificent! Simply magnificent!

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