Poem Rules:
• your 11 lines can be written in any date order
• you must keep the original word order
• you may only change the tense or personal pronouns
• you may add a conjunction or a preposition for continuity
• minor erasure at start or end of the original line is allowed
• enjambment can be helpful
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After a sleepless night this won’t be “tight”
First it was awkward and brief
Just one more my dear, please
Slightly slumped, casual presence
I may need a supplement of the calming kind
Time travel to the past or a future that may not last
Some changes you have no choice
Think fortunate thoughts
Peaceful beasts
It’s in my nature
Hard as stone, never relenting.
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MTB: Last Year’s First Eleven
The Bag Lady 
These lines really worked well together. I really enjoyed the read.
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Thanks for visiting ☺️
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Very cohesive.
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Thank you. I think it’s a bit disjointed😄
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Cheryl, your poem encapsulates a nuanced journey, and the fluid transitions from sleeplessness to the inevitability of change create a real narrative!
~David
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It is rather disjointed but first lines of random poems sometimes seem to fit together okay😊. Thanks for reading!
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For me, this part “I may need a supplement of the calming kind
Time travel to the past or a future that may not last” can so easily translate to daydreaming, as a respite. I enjoyed it!
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I’m glad you did
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a lovely loosely tied list poem like the bag lady’s day to day
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I hadn’t written as many poems as I thought and finding them not easy with WP access
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