Sleep Poems - Examples of all types of sleep poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Nighttime Bliss
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...
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Categories:
sleep, anxiety, blessing, deep, family,
Form: Rhyme
No EscapePoet’s sleep
with their memories
to hate or to love
Voices unanswered
the night’s
turtledove
Darkness remembers
what daylight
forgets
As dreamers
reenter
— what twilight begets
(Dreamsleep: April, 2018)
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Categories:
dream, sleep, voice,
Form: Rhyme
Bundled BlanketsMaudlin
Crossing
Dateline
Morning
Maudlin by a failed winter's crossing,
Your heat's dateline onto the morning....
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Categories:
sleep, good morning, heart, international,
Form: Tyburn
Thought of the dayeach night in deep sleep, we return to God ~
waking up in form, energised and awed...
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Categories:
god, mystery, sleep,
Form: Couplet
Homer TranslationsSurrender 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...
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Categories:
sleep, beauty, god, home, mountains,
Form: Free verse
Sweet Sleep
Although by necessity, some people utilize me by day,
For most people, I come to comfort and relax them at night.
Whether by night or by day,
In December or the month of May,
Without warning, I will often...
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Categories:
sleep,
Form: Personification
Insomnia:Self InducedInsomnia:self induced
I had a rough night didn't sleep much at all
So i make my coffee strong sweet and tall
Got to wake up and get on with the day
Caffeine infused and sugar laced
Tonight I'll go to...
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Categories:
funny, humor, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
Hop onboard the overthinkerHop onboard overthinkers
A warm Welcome aboard the overthinker to all our guests,
Especially Mr insomnia, and Mrs overthinker, both frequent flyers and our VIP guests
I'll be your minds captain for this flight, through awake all...
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Categories:
sleep, angst, anxiety, conflict, feelings,
Form: Free verse
insomnia or demonsEven when my eyes sting too much to even peek,
I somehow still cannot seem to fall asleep
What is this evil force that keeps me wide awake?
This monster, no matter how i hard I try is...
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Categories:
sleep, anxiety, confusion, depression, for
Form: Free verse
Freedom at dawnWhat’s born will die, we know this
but heart says something’s amiss,
in as there is more to us,
than fears of mind that nonplus.
When we dream, senses recede,
yet thoughts refuse to concede
right of way to mists that...
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Categories:
joy, morning, sleep, spiritual,
Form: Jueju
naptime
it's a wonderful afternoon
i know i won't be able to sleep tonight
but that's fine
the eclipse was on my birthday, but another will come
if i'm lucky i'll see the sunset
it's fine either way
:)...
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Categories:
sleep,
Form: Free verse
Homer translationsHomer translations
Surrender to sleep at last! What an ordeal, 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!...
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Categories:
sleep, death, father son, god,
Form: Free verse
BedtimeI 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 has its own...
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Categories:
sleep,
Form: Rhyme
DawnThe dull lack of sleep.
Wishing to be blessed with sheep.
Even with soft pajamas.
I still feel the day’s stamina.
Even with soft rain,
I’m still lying here in vain.
This frustration I try to ignore.
There’s contemplation in being bored.
The...
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Categories:
sleep,
Form: Rhyme
i should go to bedi have lots to say
but i should go to bed now
i have the whole night
and day...
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Categories:
poetry, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Sleep Poems
Definition | What is Sleep in Poetry?
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