When the World Went to Sleep
Listen to Julie read her poem ...
Trees bowed down
mountains held stars,
oceans slumped wide.
Roads parked memories
engines purred low,
lights turned cold.
I sat and watched
the grass lay down,
leaves hovered still.
Walls held night
my window misted,
the moon and me.
mountains held stars,
oceans slumped wide.
Roads parked memories
engines purred low,
lights turned cold.
I sat and watched
the grass lay down,
leaves hovered still.
Walls held night
my window misted,
the moon and me.
This poem is copyright (©) Julie Stevens 2025
About the Writer
Julie Stevens
Julie Stevens writes poems for both adults and children. She covers many themes, but often engages with the problems of disability. Her children’s poems have been published in many places including in anthologies published by Macmillan and Oxford University Press, in Paper Lanterns, The Dirigible Balloon, The Toy and Tyger Tyger. She has four published adult pamphlets. www.jumpingjulespoetry.com
