What Do You Write About? Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

What Do You Write About?

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From time to time
you are asked what you write about.
You reply 'sense'.

Whether they're spent
in the dark or the light,
it makes sense
that sleepless nights
are called 'white'.

What Do You Write About?
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Topic(s) of this poem: question,night,sleep,reason
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
15.9.21. 'la nuit blanche': the sleepless night in War and Peace, on which they wait for the Count to die.
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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