Best Lights Out Poems
Below are the all-time best Lights Out poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of lights out poems written by PoetrySoup members
Land of LightsA sweep of milky waves flood onyx sands
converging under endless summer skies
of northern lights in iridescent bands
Icelandic talismans of tales sublime.
A glassy sea of crystalline...
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Categories:
lights out, beauty, nature,
Form:
Sonnet
Hidden BeautyHidden beauty resides not in the grace like charms
Of coy smiles
Painted across a gentle Madonnas face.
Nor is she vested within the chastened vows
Of saintly...
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Categories:
lights out, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
Past-Life NightmareA child of four suffers recurring dreams,
disturbing parents and siblings with screams.
When she awoke, always sore in one knee;
next to a birthmark, it throbbed painfully.
Night...
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Categories:
lights out, autumn, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Within Reason- Maurice Yvonne and Seren RobertsWithin reason
lies a house full of ordinary
a chest of bland memories.
...
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Categories:
lights out, life,
Form:
Verse
For One Pass of Your Breathyou write your words and they make me cry
you write those word and you know i die
but i've died so often now
i held you in...
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Categories:
lights out, lost love, love, love
Form:
Free verse
Old ManSilently he sat in darkness, flinching at the sight of light.
Which created a glow reflecting on his balding head.
His cold glare did not help my...
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Categories:
lights out, angst, dark, life,
Form:
Prose
Haiku - Celestial Seductionlights weave through snowflakes
teasing and twirling about
distant stars dancing
a brilliant display
wearing only hand-me-downs
the moon steals the show
~FJ Thomas
01/01/2020...
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Categories:
lights out, moon, night, snow, stars,
Form:
Haiku
A Small Bouquet of My Word Groupingsyou were an infant
i would sing a song i created for you
'there's a baby in my arms
there's a baby in the mirror
but honey
there's not...
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Categories:
lights out, appreciation, celebration, childhood, daughter,
Form:
Free verse
Pie In the Sky - Dedicated To Andrea Deitrichguided streams of bright lights few squeeze through a crystal tight sky
colours this nature scene brand new a freshly baked pumpkin spiced pie
a...
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Categories:
lights out, beautiful, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
Ocean WhispersOcean Whispers
I sit on shore by windswept seas
and feel the vibrant ocean breeze
As waves cascade upon the sand
...
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Categories:
lights out, moon, ocean, sea, water,
Form:
Couplet
All That I Have Taken InAt day's end, I take in the last light
seeping into the dark waters
across the bay and keep it here.
I gather the sound of departing gulls
smudged...
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Categories:
lights out, eve, nature, spiritual, sunset,
Form:
Free verse
I Can'T BreatheIn memory of----
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone to forget the taste of air.
Overwhelm by the...
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Categories:
lights out, abuse, bullying, color, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
Starry, Starry NightSTARRY, STARRY NIGHT
I often look up towards the sky at night,
And wonder who or what is there,
I shout out loud, if you see or hear...
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Categories:
lights out, night, stars, universe,
Form:
Free verse
The Belle of the BallMy dress is made of fine peach coloured lace
Hair is in ringlets, which frames my pretty face
The lights in the room cast a romantic glow
My...
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Categories:
lights out, dance, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
Tribute To Poetry SoupersThere's Danny with his love light burning,
Then Victor with his soulful yearning.
Jan makes us laugh with wit and delight,
Armand serenades us all through the...
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Categories:
lights out, poets, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme