Dream Lover
Each night as I drift off to sleep,
Such verses do I write!
As sweet, as touching, and as deep
As any you could cite.
But when the dawn comes, sad to say,
My brilliant lines have fled.
I’m no great poet by the day,
But I am great in bed.
Michael T. Calvert has worked as a teacher, writer, and editor. He has always enjoyed doing things to words and so far has gotten away with it.