tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post5866768122180592348..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: The Thief In The Night, or Life Is Too Short To Sleep ThroughFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-60174993237357717552011-08-10T10:35:16.889+01:002011-08-10T10:35:16.889+01:00To see it this way, your way, is a relief, a freed...To see it this way, your way, is a relief, a freedom. Letting resistance go. Perfectly lovely. To be alone with the night and that hanging moon.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-81068602337884377522011-08-09T14:15:19.370+01:002011-08-09T14:15:19.370+01:00So well captured. I love those hours of darkness, ...So well captured. I love those hours of darkness, the only sound a nightbird's call and the music of the spheres as stars circle and dance. Moments of blissful, wakeful solitude.Arijahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03720793296992474762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-18847435802194764462011-08-07T21:49:08.787+01:002011-08-07T21:49:08.787+01:00If every sleepless night could be as beautiful and...If every sleepless night could be as beautiful and evocative as you have described I would not mind them so much (and then think of vanGogh who wrote that he found the colors of the night so much more beautiful than those of day).<br />Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-16429646395978451072011-08-07T17:12:51.458+01:002011-08-07T17:12:51.458+01:00Absolute beauty! Good work!Absolute beauty! Good work!d'Artagnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027328289217391930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-41574069642846909842011-08-07T13:52:51.229+01:002011-08-07T13:52:51.229+01:00I don't know whether I like the exquisite phot...I don't know whether I like the exquisite photo or the consummate poetry more. Regardless, they are a perfect match. Well done, Friko!Lyniluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04742585512852240355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-41088504753700715942011-08-07T10:54:42.489+01:002011-08-07T10:54:42.489+01:00Thank you. Presumably Benno has his own bed downst...Thank you. Presumably Benno has his own bed downstairs? Otherwise your freedom of expression might have seriously restrained.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-31475607680682747442011-08-07T04:25:54.011+01:002011-08-07T04:25:54.011+01:00Indeed. Why ever not? We're big girls now; we ...Indeed. Why ever not? We're big girls now; we can sleep when we please.<br /><br />My mother suffered from chronic and severe insomnia. She fought it for years until she finally embraced it, saying, "I don't want to lose an hour of living to sleep." And then she fell asleep in her chair, just as she always had.<br /><br />A good, strong poem.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-39845606885614944742011-08-07T02:16:01.765+01:002011-08-07T02:16:01.765+01:00When I was working I'd get anxious when I coul...When I was working I'd get anxious when I couldn't sleep, because I knew I'd have to get up and go to work anyway.<br /><br />Now, if I wake up, it's okay. I can read or pet the cat, and know it will be okay.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-1835330801612912472011-08-07T01:40:15.344+01:002011-08-07T01:40:15.344+01:00The formula for me has always been to take a nap d...The formula for me has always been to take a nap during the day. I have always wanted to live in a siesta culture, but being of English and German descent, no such luck. Still, I cherish my naps and the devil may care at nightMr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-32313053126052620492011-08-06T14:36:03.643+01:002011-08-06T14:36:03.643+01:00Beautifully said as usual. I do sometimes wonder ...Beautifully said as usual. I do sometimes wonder why I can't embrace the night instead of trying to avoid it.marciamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185069576683872041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-64420197614061282162011-08-06T12:39:34.110+01:002011-08-06T12:39:34.110+01:00If you can't enjoy sleep, you may as well enjo...If you can't enjoy sleep, you may as well enjoy being awake. There's a fine tension to this piece and a rhythm that speaks to the restlessness of being awake when the rest of the world is sleeping. The photo is a beautiful accompaniment.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-79622665657123490692011-08-06T12:10:52.756+01:002011-08-06T12:10:52.756+01:00Friko - what lovely words you have captured the sp...Friko - what lovely words you have captured the spirit of the night beautifully - I always sleep with my blinds open to gaze on the night sky - beautiful moon shot - have a great week - Janejanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242610125363154651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-70166848172103068732011-08-05T16:07:50.149+01:002011-08-05T16:07:50.149+01:00This poem resonated with me, and made me think abo...This poem resonated with me, and made me think about how to cope with my sleeplessness. Sometimes,I give up, and get up to read, or write. Most often I lay there and wish for sleep to overtake me. I read earlier that someone wants to print off this poem and I would like to also . . . to remind me to let my anxiousness about "needing" sleep go . . . float out the open window. Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923693784234135636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89081811923810065872011-08-05T10:44:03.828+01:002011-08-05T10:44:03.828+01:00Yes! Why indeed be held hostage to sleep?! Ha! ...Yes! Why indeed be held hostage to sleep?! Ha! Be free and enjoy the long nights' sight and sounds. Beautiful<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-69657054026027107562011-08-05T08:49:34.433+01:002011-08-05T08:49:34.433+01:00ein wundervolles Gedicht, das schönste, was ich bi...ein wundervolles Gedicht, das schönste, was ich bisher von Dir gelesen habe (oder besser: das mir am meisten gefällt...). Ja, der Schlaf "zwingt" Geist und Körper auszuruhen, still zu sein, ansonsten würden einen die vielen täglichen Eindrücke wohl überwältigen...<br />Dir ein sehr schönes sonniges Wochenende!<br />RenéeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-41662701705050012702011-08-05T05:42:33.057+01:002011-08-05T05:42:33.057+01:00Hmm, a woman after my own heart. Presently 11:41pm...Hmm, a woman after my own heart. Presently 11:41pm and I should go to bed. Probably won't. Best go out and see if the moon is hanging.Midlife Roadtripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700277803842883251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-3815140020709555182011-08-05T05:30:28.324+01:002011-08-05T05:30:28.324+01:00'the tyranny of sleep obeyed'
So many tyr...'the tyranny of sleep obeyed'<br /><br />So many tyrants, so little time ...Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-90530536427140470602011-08-05T03:52:28.714+01:002011-08-05T03:52:28.714+01:00Wow! You have WAY too many comments already for me...Wow! You have WAY too many comments already for me to read them all, unless I want to stay up and awake long into the night myself. Love the poem, the images, the call to do your own thing...DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-19907685503389800652011-08-05T03:46:53.810+01:002011-08-05T03:46:53.810+01:00Trying to force sleep never works, but to be at pe...Trying to force sleep never works, but to be at peace with the acceptance of wakefulness is a beautiful thing. Gotta say though, I usually sleep like a rock, and Oh, how I love sleep!Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12806075552597986362011-08-05T02:05:14.374+01:002011-08-05T02:05:14.374+01:00Friko, this is a post that I will want to return t...Friko, this is a post that I will want to return to read again, and again.<br /><br />Over the years, my personal measuring of days and nights have changed many times. I am currently so glad to have the gift of instant deep sleep, but have to say I miss some wakefulness and the ability to remember more of my dreams. <br /><br />(Last week, for the first time ever, I dreamed that I was being Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-57231067339512064402011-08-05T01:46:55.160+01:002011-08-05T01:46:55.160+01:00Beautiful piece, in which, as you do so often, you...Beautiful piece, in which, as you do so often, you take an ordinary, recognizable state of being and turn conventional thought about it on its head. I look forward greatly to what I find at Friko's World on my return from Maine.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-59165312738550018022011-08-05T01:21:41.517+01:002011-08-05T01:21:41.517+01:00A beautiful photo and your poem expresses so well ...A beautiful photo and your poem expresses so well what I have often thought.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-47673092624079708892011-08-05T00:45:38.426+01:002011-08-05T00:45:38.426+01:00"the tyranny of sleep a burden on my thoughts..."the tyranny of sleep a burden on my thoughts."<br /><br />I can so relate to this. Thank you for a wonderful, evocative poem.Maggie Asfahani Hajjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250678324642063148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-3571433602771117162011-08-04T23:08:46.476+01:002011-08-04T23:08:46.476+01:00That's lovely. Really evocative of those midd...That's lovely. Really evocative of those middle of the night feelings. Nice one.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-81836952988389279772011-08-04T22:59:54.711+01:002011-08-04T22:59:54.711+01:00Yeah Buddy! I love the photo and I love the poem. ...Yeah Buddy! I love the photo and I love the poem. This is what I like most about being alone and retired. Stay up until 3 am and sleep until noon if I so desire.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.com