Night Poems | Examples of Night Poetry

at night, when the blue moon calls out to all wild things, its azure a calming wave in the bottomless screaming night I walk in time and with each furthering step, sweeping strides which pay more mind to...Read the rest...

At night In my room Curtains flap Scraps of black Look like bats Then a snore And a growl – ‘It’s a bear!’ ‘It’s a ghost!’ ‘It’s the fridge,’ says Dad. ...Read the rest...

the darkness of night soft shadows where one can hide perhaps then to dream ...Read the rest...

Amber flares rising at night Beaming the hills with their bright light Slowly fading as they drop And disappear as they stop Inspired by flares fired by the soldiers at night as part of military...Read the rest...

Stars, twinkling like fireflies, senses, Even my heart’s best defenses Can’t prevent the feelings flowing, One heartbeat away, rhythms growing… Moonlight, whispers pearlescent charm, Professing gentle who shan’t harm. Wonder that is always glowing, One heartbeat away, rhythms growing… Celestial nights, sleepless delights Soundless...Read the rest...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ euphoric dances beneath waxing crescent moon busy shadows breeze undressing the midnight hour to reveal the falling stars...Read the rest...

Low below the foaming seam, Slowly grows a bright red gleam, Only known in my own dreams, Lonely drone of evil schemes. It swims fast, it wont last, But right now it's forever, It kills me, it always sees, Let me go?...Read the rest...

In the dimly lit corners of her existence, She lingered, a ghost in the midst of persistence. From the womb, she was marked, a black sheep born, Destined to wander, forsaken and torn. In childhood's tender grasp, she stood...Read the rest...

Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. Because morning glories held my well-bucket hostage I went begging for water! —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation by Michael...Read the rest...

Nights once amiss Now birth cerebral bliss Evenings belong to caring for Oneself Lovely potions and Serums lining the shelf A cup of steam next to a Lover dreaming Worries now a focus of mind-clearing With crosswords or...Read the rest...

the moon is sleepless keeps stars at bay with dim smile nomadic travels...Read the rest...

The stars in the sky throw a party at night A million twinkling points of light. They come and invite me as a guest To witness the dance and judge the contest. The Big Dipper’s ladle scoops the dark Orion...Read the rest...

So we’ll go no more a bowling So late into this night Though our arms be still as willing And the lanes be still as bright, For balls wear out the fingers And arthritis shows its might, While the back pains...Read the rest...

Each monster and demon have taken flight, and I have made it through the night; But there is another dragon I must slay, and I will make it through the day....Read the rest...

Surrender to sleep at last! What a misery, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles. Sleep. — Homer, translation by Michael R. Burch Passage home? Impossible! Surely...Read the rest...