Marilyn Humbert

Insomnia

Through a gap in the tent flap moonbeams fall across my chest. I’m lying awake listening: a breeze crackles the canvas; there’s scrabbling and rustling nearby, wings stir the air. But how to still my mind…

my thoughts
disconnected threads
drifting
through a crack
a stream of stars

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About the Author

Marilyn Humbert lives in the Northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Her tanka and haiku appear in international and Australian journals, anthologies, and online. Her free-verse poems have been awarded prizes in competitions, published online and in anthologies.

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