{"id":1528,"date":"2013-10-23T21:40:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T21:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=1528"},"modified":"2015-03-27T00:52:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T00:52:15","slug":"the-insomniacs-prayer-poem-video-sara-l-russell-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/the-insomniacs-prayer-poem-video-sara-l-russell-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"The Insomniac&#8217;s Prayer. Poem. Video. Sara L. Russell.2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artvilla.com%2Fplt%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php&amp;reauth=1\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jCeaQ-wFch0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The ripening berries<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>Summer&#8217;s last blaze<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>when her breath is of jasmine<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>and phlox is her sigh<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>Let me dream then,<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>of summer<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>and float through the haze<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>peaceful breath<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>bed of poppies<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>ceiling of blue sky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1382553977496_12615\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>Let me float<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>like a feather<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>in the arms<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>of the breeze<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>Let me drift<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>like a leaf<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>on a tide, upstream<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>with the murmur of water<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>the soft hum of bees<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>in a garden\u00a0<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>in peace<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>in sleep\u00a0<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>in a dream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>Send me love&#8217;s angels<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>to watch at my bed<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>golden of voice<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>and silver of wing;<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>two at the far corners<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>two at my head<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>with my dreams<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>all of heaven<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>when softly<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>they sing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>Send me a light\u00a0<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>that can never grow dim<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>love, like a candle<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>to lighten my heart<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>empty my mind<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>of each worry and whim<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>and the ghosts\u00a0<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>of nights demons<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>that tear me apart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1382553977496_12452\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\"><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>Till I float<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>like a feather<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>in the arms<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>of the breeze<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>and drift\u00a0<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>like a leaf<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>on a tide, upstream<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>love make me wise<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>through life&#8217;s cruelties<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>sleep dry my eyes<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>make me still<\/strong><br clear=\"none\" \/><strong>let me dream.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;\">***<\/p>\n<div class=\"row-fluid\">\n<div class=\"span12\">\n<p class=\"editor-description\"><strong>AKA <\/strong><strong>@pinkyandrexa Poet, Artist, Cartoonist, Goth, Time Traveller. Friend of cats everywhere. Former Editor of Poetry Life &amp; Times. Founder of <\/strong><strong>http:\/\/thevideopoets.ning.com\/ \u2026 See also <\/strong><strong>http:\/\/creativethinkersintl.ning.com\/profile\/SaraLouiseRussell plus over a million poetry links online.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-description\">***<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><strong>Sara Louise Russell , whose internet name is \u201cPinkyAndrexa\u201d, is a UK poet who has earned a well-deserved reputation as a highly respected twenty-first century poetry publisher and poet. She was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Poetry Life &amp; Times, one of the world\u2019s premier poetry E-zines, which ran monthly from 1998-2006 under her tutelage. She has always been in on the scene with graphic design, animation, 3D art, web design, sign writing, photography, film and poetry recital videos. Sara is founder and current editor of Paper Li.\u00a0 Poetry Lifetimes and the online\u00a0 Ning network The Video Poets. Her poetry has been published in Artvilla, AuthorsDen, Hello Poetry, The New Pleiades Anthology of Poetry (Describe Adonis Press, Ottawa, \u00a9 2005), Sonnetto Poesia, Word Machinist and more, as well as in several e-books by Kedco Studios Inc. (USA). Her skills as a sonneteer are particularly remarkable. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:editor@artvilla.com\">editor@artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:robin@artvilla.com\">robin@artvilla.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1382553977496_12451\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\"><h3>Share and Enjoy !<\/h3><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"wpsr-counter wpsrc-sz-40px\" style=\"color:#000\"><span class=\"scount\" data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"pinterest,print,pdf,twitter\"><i class=\"fa fa-share-alt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><small class=\"stext\">Shares<\/small><\/div><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-count-1 sr-40px sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-pinterest\"><a data-pin-custom=\"true\" data-id=\"pinterest\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=&amp;media=&amp;description=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Submit this to Pinterest\"><i class=\"fab fa-pinterest\"><\/i><span class=\"ctext\" data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"pinterest\"><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-print\"><a data-id=\"print\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Print this article \"><i class=\"fa fa-print\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-pdf\"><a data-id=\"pdf\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Convert to PDF\"><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.artvilla.com\\\/plt\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-32px sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"background-color:#1e73be;color:#8224e3;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"background-color:#1e73be;color:#8224e3;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.artvilla.com\\\/plt\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The ripening berriesSummer&#8217;s last blazewhen her breath is of jasmineand phlox is her sighLet me dream then,of summerand float through the hazepeaceful breathbed of poppiesceiling of blue sky Let me floatlike a featherin the armsof the breezeLet me driftlike a leafon a tide, upstreamwith the murmur of waterthe soft hum of beesin a garden\u00a0in &#8230; <a title=\"The Insomniac&#8217;s Prayer. 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