Best Dark Of Night Poems

As you all peacefully sleep
My heart is awoken by the darkness of the night
I slumber through this empty house
For I carry in me a heavy heart
I light a candle, then a few
The movie of my past now flashes before my eyes
I stare at the empty...

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The night was strangely hushed and cloaked
by the clouds scuttling across the silvery moon.
The breeze made the night air feel chilled,
yet her flanks were covered in sweat
as she strained, muscles quivering and chest heaving.

It had to be quick as she could hear predators
for now in...

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My hopes lay dying,
     caught in webs the night had spun;
          will they hide the morning ray?
I calmed my crying,
     dwelled on dawn's bright golden sun;
  ...

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I am a wanderer in the dark of night,
visiting when you are helpless, in your sleep.
Your darkest dreams with you, I will reunite.

All your thoughts are mine to pillage as I might
there is no hidden corner I cannot creep;
I am a wanderer in the dark...

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Dark of Night
In the dark of night I awaken
the nightmare comes again
In a cold sweat, head and heart racing
I know it will stop, but when?

my Brother! I scream out loud
oh God, he needs to be healed
found him with a gun in his mouth
suicide-it’s the real...

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in the dark of night
they found the  most wanted man
and his life's details...

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Silence as the days go by
A world were kindness is no more
But one maiden He could adore
So pure as not able to lie
She could sing as thou no voice could be heard
As He would describe Her as a white rose in the night
So gentle yet...

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i sent my prayers out to the wind
doubting anyone was listening
i called out to the universe
in each and every direction
'twas then I heard in echo
the likes of angel voices
midst silence of the night
the songs of whippoorwills



AP: 1st place 2021, Honorable Mention 2021, Honorable Mention 2021

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My internal clock is a bane to me
waking me from dreams of paradise
thrusting me into life's stark reality
not allowing sleep when closing my eyes

No matter how many hours of sleep I need
I wake between three and four o'clock
Eyes wide open, blood red as if they...

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Sun sets and life begins to ease
The curtains closes on cue
Everything goes down 
As we do

Life darkens
and our lives begin in shade
Dreaming of what we have done
And ambitions we've made

We are always promised tomorrow
For their is always another sunset
Always another day we rise

So we thank...

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Dark of night; Angels in flight.
Darkness hues; coloring all of my views.
Take these stakes, the cause of my heartbreak.
I can see Home; so why must I stay,
In a place where everything is taken away.
Darkness hues; stakes are higher,
The darkness is not my funeral pyre.
Home calls...

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In the days  
New and old
Hearts folly 
Stories untold
Happiness rides 
The westward winds
Misery joins dangling 
Over the depths of sin
The Angel's storm gliding 
Through the vertical horizon 
Bringing tears from the moon 
Who's secretly hiding now
Approaching hope with
Her wings of glory
Remorse floating 
In her...

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Loud sirens echo in the driveway...they are here!
In dark of night, trancelike, they wrap and bring him out.
This nightmare now unfolds a real-life horrid scene...
his ashen, frightened face fades neath the bright, full moon.
Joined in with sounds of crying...sirens wail again.
Dear God...let him survive this...

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I thought I got away with it
now I know that it's not true
not taking away more than I came with
not leaving with anything new

I thought I was so coy
didn't think you'd see the light
thought that things ran deeper
in the dark of night

I thought I got...

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MONUMENTAL AMERICA
(c)11/1/20, Iris Sankey-Lewis

Monumental America, you said, "In God We Trust."
this super power thing of yours won't rust
the nerve of change to rearrange
internal wealth all by itself gives clue
beauty is in the eyes of Sages, good as new.
You've birth the good, the bad, and the...

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