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Best Dreamlike Poems

Below are the all-time best Dreamlike poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dreamlike poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Portrait of Nature
Each element of who she is, is scattered on the grass, 
with the scent of earth, the drop of rain, 
where dew reflects a sky...

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Categories: dreamlike, earth, nature,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Ballad of Poet Destroyer
"The Ballad of The Poet Destroyer"

Destroyer, and creator of words
Flying high on the wings of a bird
Drowning every inch, by foes and friends
Where has she...

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Categories: dreamlike, absence, courage, me, missing
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member The Poet
Etching tales that run in trails along a parchment sheet
From feathered quill in trembling hand so longing now for sleep
As black ink drips down from...

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Categories: dreamlike, poets, writing,
Form: Quatrain
A Debutante's Ball To Remember
A Debutante’s Ball to Remember

In the autumn of my life, oft have I recalled that superb summer night,
when I finally experienced my long-awaited heart’s delight.
Family...

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Categories: dreamlike, celebration, dance, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Paper Dolls
she is everything you have seen in the movies
crayola hair
velvet dress
sugar in her veins
tears glued to her face
she fingerpaints the kitchen walls like a little...

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Categories: dreamlike, addiction, beautiful, emotions, fire,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Dream of Her Untouched Sea
"The Dream of Her Untouched Sea"



Caressing Her tidal pools
the floor of Her Oceans rise
Sunlight through the crystal canopy
shines on Her 
song of the siren mind
meeting...

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Categories: dreamlike, ocean, romance, sensual,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Searching For You
As I made my way through the shadowy forest of doubt,
I had the most unusual dreamlike thoughts.
I stared trancelike when a herd of unicorns approached,
led...

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Categories: dreamlike, longing,
Form: Free verse
In the Graveyard of Soldiers
On sunny summer mornings
the myriad markers gleam 
and shimmer dreamlike
in the distance.
Visions from the stillness rise,
but only of the past,
for in this place,
time has come
to...

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Categories: dreamlike, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Smiles Follow You
The golden hour for rising has arrived, and there are violet roses in the sky,
So, I bid hello to you, my robust friend, as the...

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Categories: dreamlike, fantasy, imagery, joy, nature,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Clearing
It's summer, and sunlight's syrup pours sweet into afternoon.
We've come to the bungalow's cemetery
to pick over bones of bygone days;
touch time's tender skin, lay flowers...

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Categories: dreamlike, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
My Muse Resides
I see in creases no others found
where souls seem low 
and duty bound

where sparkle waits
in dreamlike states

amid anxious eyes
here her smile lies

I see in darkness...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dreamlike, for her, love, muse,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sing Me That Song
Sing me that song of compelling phrase,
Make me long to dance to your croon
With halting rhythms of a distant place.

I shall look longingly into your...

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Categories: dreamlike, lost love, love, memory,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member Life is a Song
Written: January 2nd, 2023, For Ink Empress Contest

Rumi verse" Sing to me in the silence of your heart and I will rise up to hear...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dreamlike, analogy, confidence, life, music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Golden Horse Ride
The oncoming truck swerved into my lane
And there was not enough time for veering
But I was suddenly relieved from the pain
By a golden horse with...

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Categories: dreamlike, horse, journey,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
A Soul Awakened
Eyes locked on each other, in dreamlike state
Deciding to meet again, we did not hesitate
Time could not erase, even though we were apart
The promise to...

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Categories: dreamlike, hope, love,
Form: Rhyme

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