2022 Issue > Poetry > SLEEP STORY
Artwork by Maddie Hansen
SLEEP STORY
Sherman Funmaker
Forced to write
About my life’s story
Ups and downs
Of a fool and his dream
No one has interest
As plots thicken daily
Wakened too soon
Before the show ended
Ruined again
By the softness that
Follows
Pillows of sleep
Get in my way…
Sherman Funmaker is a Ho-chunk Nation Bear Clan Elder and a graduate from UW/Baraboo-Sauk County. Before his time at Boo U he had never really wrote anything but letters to his parents. He would like to thank professors Dave Cole and Ken Grant who helped him along this creative journey. He has website that has just some of his work.
Please visit ABearWritesPoetry.com
Maddie Hansen is extremely passionate about drawing, writing, and storytelling. She hopes to publish her own collection of poetry someday, with a drawing for each one. Check her out on Instagram: instagram.com/illiardbilliard