Tuesday, 10 June 2025

UHTCEARE* by Louise Lee


 UNDER THE COVERS

HEAR MY HEARTBEAT

TIME STANDS STILL AS I STARE INTO DARKNESS


CREATURES LURK IN THE DOORWAY

EVERYWHERE SHADOWS MOVE

A SUDDEN JOLT AS I

REMEMBER

EVERYONE LAUGHING

*Uhtceare (plural) is an old English (Anglo-Saxon) word for pre-dawn (uht) cares and anxieties (ceare (plural) or caru (singular). 

Trouble sleeping is clearly not a modern thing. 

In our May meeting for the warm-up task, we took this ancient word to explore some of the things we might write about for the June writing task on sleep.

2 comments:

Jennie said...

Very good Louise and written in such a short time. I can identify with what you’ve written.

Irena Szirtes said...

Heartfelt ... as Jennie says, amazing what people come up with in a few minutes with an unknown prompt.