Best Awake Poems
Below are the all-time best Awake poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of awake poems written by PoetrySoup members
A Cathartic Weave of Three
listen,
the whispers
of leaves
turn colour
autumn is here.
now that you are gone
who will wake every morn
to lift the sun
unveil the sky
etch in the clouds
who will paint the...
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Categories:
awake, break up, celebration, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Whispers SharedYour time worn hand rests on my shoulder
A gentle firm touch
Ancient fingers stretching awake
And for that moment in time, I receive you
My body marinates in...
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Categories:
awake, appreciation, beauty, community, creation,
Form:
Free verse
Honeymoon SerenadeJust as the moon rises each night
and even as snow is caressed by its light,
then glowing, I'll rise, becoming your dawn,
your curved sleeping form to...
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Categories:
awake, romance,
Form:
Lyric
Silent PageSilent Heart
Sad, as it maybe, I had to break my OWN heart,
Too many nights, I sat there all torn apart
A dream girl,
Sitting under...
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Categories:
awake, confusion, corruption, dark, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Once Upon a Purple SunriseOnce Upon a Purple Sunrise
Pretty as a Periwinkle,
in your frilly summer frock,
the one with purple polka dots
that matched the cool of early dawn.
Haloed in hazy...
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Categories:
awake, memory, morning, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Crying RiverCrying River (The Untold Ballad)
Undercover waters of rain dash
Cold children, no smiling splash
Tragic sobs, epic force of the mountain rain
Beautiful as it may seem...
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Categories:
awake, beautiful, cry, deep, freedom,
Form:
Ballad
The Dove In Your EyesHow fast to wiles I fell my damask rose,
awake from slumber slept untold ages.
To gaze so deep in ocean eyes repose,
and print whispered prayer on...
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Categories:
awake, imagery, lonely, love, perspective,
Form:
Sonnet
Sleeping BeautyIt seems you only appear whilst I am asleep,
teasing rapid eye movement to awake and weep.
You hide, so I wonder how beautiful you must be,
fulfil...
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Categories:
awake, beauty, love, romantic love,
Form:
Sonnet
Poet's Adoration of NatureAs dusk's misty tones awake from silence,
darkness fades, as birds gather to rejoice.
A beautiful reminder of patience,
their sweet melodies give nature her voice.
Darkness fades, as...
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Categories:
awake, analogy, nature, poetry,
Form:
Pantoum
When I Dream DeepAs the mornings sun - begins to shine
And memories of yesterday - I leave behind
I get to see - another rising sun
And...
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Categories:
awake, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
A Soup Bowl Full of ChristmasTwas the night before Christmas, when all thru the Soup bowl,
Not a poet was writing, not even the musing mole.
All their pens were hung by...
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Categories:
awake, christmas, family, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
Oh Lord, As I Lay Down To Sleep Fear not of the undiscovered journey -
the souls’s compass will show you the way ~ the poet
...
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Categories:
awake, heaven, spiritual,
Form:
Kyrielle
We Rulers of the EarthWe Rulers Of This Earth
Homo-Sapiens we call ourselves, rulers of this Earth,
Intelligent and civilized, but what is all this worth?
We're working hard...
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Categories:
awake, angst, corruption, drug, earth,
Form:
Couplet
Under the Same Moon -3-Way-Collaboration-~Under the Same Moon~
P.D.
Our days are different, living under the same moon
Down here in TEXAS, life carries a different tune
This world spins on its lovely...
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Categories:
awake, friendship, lifeworld, life, love,
Form:
Couplet
March 19 MemoriesMama….it’s today
The chalendar shouts it
Today
15 years ago..you breathed your last
and I still see you in dreams
and I still miss you, Mama
I’m sitting here
in front of...
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Categories:
awake, death, faith, mother,
Form:
Free verse