Bedtime Poems - Poems about Bedtime

...Covering the flaws and imperfections, They're the heart’s intentions, Outside are prying eyes, Around are curious looks. Twilight sees those recalcitrant flaws, Daylight hides them behind mask......Read the rest...

... It’s getting late and I can’t wait to sleep. Insomnia always has hold of me at bedtime. Tonight I feel hopeful of a visit from the sandman! My adult son and his buddies are drinking and playing......Read the rest...

...Trailing clouds of glory do we come The magical moments of childhood When we felt at one with the universe Spinning dizzily with delight Or with more of horrible and awful That even to name is......Read the rest...

...I go to bed. It’s been a long day. All of the day’s cares melt away. There’s no guessing what I might ponder. My mind leaves my body to wander, Taking flight, leaving reason behind, It ......Read the rest...

... "Unreasonable Reasons for Fighting Dragons: Off Planet, Exiled" I could write something beautiful for you, like outside the windows the raindrops slide off tips of green leaves there......Read the rest...

... During a bad storm one night I turned on my television Grey and black flickering lines appeared, obscuring my vision I went outside and saw the aerial had bent over but it would have to wai......Read the rest...

...He sits in the attic all day, trimming his fur A creature without a name or a country Climbs into my closet an hour before bedtime I sense him, but cannot see him For he can be invisible when he ......Read the rest...

...Here I am at 3am scrolling through my phone up and down Adjusting it's brightness as it slowly hurts my eyes Here I am at 3am and in my thoughts I drown Slowly waiting for the sun to rise I a......Read the rest...

...Once before my bedtime, nearing, which I dreaded, fazed and fearing, Stories mother would read me before she closed and locked my bedroom door — While I washed up in the water, could mom have......Read the rest...

...Old beds reinvent themselves, as archived hammocks for the distilling of sweat and foam. Sprung mattress’ sag like spavined camels, or twist days and nights together into sheets stuffed with m......Read the rest...

... It’s early morning…I’m looking into empty bedrooms… when I smile…stop…and stare… Although our children have all grown…I can see them sleeping there. We’ve read them a bedtime story…they’ve lon......Read the rest...

...Children's Poems XI These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families. To My Child, Unborn by Michael R. Bu......Read the rest...

...Children's Poems II - Lullabies These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families. Sappho's Lullaby by Mich......Read the rest...

...Children rise with sleepy eyes While the moon and stars are yawning Sunrise sounds with leaps and bounds As another new day dawning Watch them play all through the day Till their energ......Read the rest...

...In the morning light, with a love so warm, You were there to guide, through each raging storm. Through laughter and tears, your embrace so true, Oh, Mom, this song's for you. You......Read the rest...