That actually seems to fit my situation handsomely, but being dogged by my Muse when I should be sleeping is most inconvenient. I have learned to compromise and suffer a little less sleep by getting up, writing the poem or the idea down, and letting it go till morning. I don't need to work through the night finishing the poem so long as I've jotted down the gist of it.
Otherwise, I risk the loss of what could have been a good poem. I have had to deal with that loss too many times. And although my mind will often continue to work on the piece a while longer, that actually makes me sleepy again. It feels sort of like listening to a fairy tale at that point and I can relax with it.
A win win for me.
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