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Dream Poems | Examples of Dream Poetry

Dream Poems - Examples of all types of dream poetry to share and read. This list of dream poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of dream poetry. This list of works about dream is an excellent resource for examples on how to write dream poems.
Premium Member Yeah
Yeah I am still here Stuck Cuffed In place By golden shackles I wallow In mud And eat dust Suffer The hollow men Do it For a dream Or is it All just a dream Days just meld Welded together Time fly’s Time slows The mud The dust How I hate The hollow men ...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, destiny, dream,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Pressed Rose
(a collaboration with Dilly Dally, great fun, thank you) Lost as the night wraps its ebony shades round red lips like the petals on roses unfurled; in the mist, the soft crimson of beckoning smiles leave me hopeless to...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, dream,
Form: Blank verse
Stewing Romance
A tune flickered on the radio As we waltzed into the kitchen My hand wraps around yours As I flick on the stove top with the other. You grab a pot out of the cupboard And I grab...Read the rest...
Categories: dream, heartbroken, passion, romance,
Form: Free verse
Isolation
Confined by the borders of your mind Isolated with apprehensions Life is merely a complexion of a dream You'll never be truly awake....Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, cry, deep, dream,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The River Speaks
are you brave enough to discover the corners where you hid your dreams? ...Read the rest...
Categories: dream, river,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Tranquil Tropical Island
After the party, I found in a stupor, my old bed getting tired of lasting confinement, decided to fly out. On wings of the bed-sheet turning into a soaring swan it started to flutter away before I...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, beautiful, dream, imagery,
Form: Free verse
2024
It's eight After so much learning and healing in seven Now is the time to elevate So go and create Something beautiful and great Please, don't procrastinate. Now is the time to illustrate Then go demonstrate Your gifts and worth are yours to...Read the rest...
Categories: dream, adventure, blessing, confidence, creation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member dreaming
warm sand sunny beach awakened by cold water sand clings to my feet...Read the rest...
Categories: dream,
Form: Haiku
The Soup is Piping
The soup boils and spits out at me Reminding me of the past. Steam builds as it circulates around the fans Lurching forward, with a spoon, I taste a small droplet of the sizzling delight Only to find myself reminded...Read the rest...
Categories: caregiving, change, dream, for
Form: Free verse
March of the Shadows
I hold my breath this night a burning lungful of the green and dying sea that leaps then sinks in the minor key of sorrow’s deep and distant light a lowly note against my chest foam and fury...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, deep, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Rainbow's End
I’ve walked Many a mile Since every Rainbow’s End Was just a wish away Every pot of gold Has stayed a wish ahead I’ve walked Many a mile Through smoke-filled haze And alcoholic daze Melody now gone From lonesome cities I took no time To listen...Read the rest...
Categories: dream, 12th grade, addiction, allusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Moonlit Murmurs
In moonlit moments, I quicken to hear sleeping murmurs, your heart dares to dream, My Love. Yesterday’s memories today’s fatigue tomorrow’s journey. 5/30/2024 ...Read the rest...
Categories: dream, marriage, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Hardship and Hope
Dare I dream of hope in a world that's self consuming, and dare I dream of a home where hearts are always blooming. Peaceful the mind would be in a land I am assuming, but...Read the rest...
Categories: anger, change, courage, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Finishing Excitements in Living Life
Of many Trails walked Many lie in new awesome Lucid wonderment's. Unexpected Gates Found in curious dreaming's Trails for exploring… More, than I thought known More, then I can understand Add to living life. Beyond... just 3D Imagination’s trails Other Sun’s shining From free...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, dream, identity, imagination,
Form: Haiku
As The Candle Light Burns
As The Candle Light Burns Entwined together amid the sounds of the night As the candle burns, making silhouettes in fire's light Eye to eye, roaming fingers, and your sweetest kiss No night could ever be any better than...Read the rest...
Categories: dream, emotions, i love
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Dream Poems

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Definition | What is Dream in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs