Best Moonlight Poems
Below are the all-time best Moonlight poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of moonlight poems written by PoetrySoup members
When Madness Rides On MoonlightDays pass into the weak, loveless nights. The moon blinks.
The stars swirl beneath Van Gogh’s brush, as he links.
Comet light passes twisting cypresses, a schizophrenic’s...
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Categories:
moonlight, god, life,
Form:
Sestina
MoonlightPainting by Edvard Munch, 1895: "Moon Light"
your soft hand trembles in mine
no words are spoken
we observe our ascending full moon
as we have every month...
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Categories:
moonlight, death, love, love hurts,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Moonlight SerenadeBlindfolded, he takes me from the car through the humid air of August. He holds my hand, and then surrounds me with his arms, when...
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Categories:
moonlight, sensual,
Form:
Haibun
Magical MoonlightI
love
walking
at midnight
as moonlight shadows
dance on the inky blue ocean
and watch as they sparkle and shimmer like tiny stars,
pirouetting gracefully like prima ballerinas with the ocean...
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Categories:
moonlight, moon, ocean,
Form:
Fibonacci
Indian InkINDIAN INK
Indian Accent, form the whispers inside
Chanting from long ago
Echoes come and go
Losing time in a soft eternal glow
A beautiful and delicate autumn mountain scene
Dry...
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Categories:
moonlight, abuse, autumn, death, deep,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Does Your Heart Share This Moon Tonight“For in your light I dream, as evening takes my hand”
Silently I find my thoughts illumined by your beauty
In soft shimmers of dancing silhouettes
and patterns...
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Categories:
moonlight, longing, love,
Form:
Free verse
Alabaster NightUntroubled is the quiet night
How peaceful is a world that glimmers white
Frost and moonlight have whipped a silver glaze
And silhouettes of trees are black as...
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Categories:
moonlight, nature, planet, sea,
Form:
Free verse
Real Men Wear PinkI stand about five feet eight
I'll admit, I'm a tad overweight
Drive an old pick up truck
Not one to pass the buck
At the moment have a...
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Categories:
moonlight, character, funny, humor, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
moonlight, appreciation, beauty, community, creation,
Form:
Free verse
A Girl Named Sue - POTWPOTW 1 Oct 2018
Gossip about her
swept the school yard through
“Hey if you’ve got what it takes
There’s this girl named Sue
For a pack of smokes
or...
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Categories:
moonlight, angst, fantasy, teen love,
Form:
Rhyme
Potd Good Night,Poets of Gold Pens
~Poetesses and Poets, Divine~
All over this great planet we live,
Penning our thoughts, and love to give!
With our hearts, as lanterns...
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Categories:
moonlight, appreciation, community, love, perspective,
Form:
Couplet
The Enchanted ForestThe woods were silent except for the shifting
soft sounds of his hooves as they fell upon
the forest floor. There he stood amid the...
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Categories:
moonlight, adventure, fairy, fantasy, horse,
Form:
Narrative
These Eyes Have Often Been Solaced These eyes have often been solaced
by twilight's cotton candy pllows moving silently
towards a sky's velveteen blanket
and angels'silver gowns
By gazing over hills
to where old country...
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Categories:
moonlight, age, love, romantic,
Form:
Free verse
Desires of the HeartWhen my heart
was no longer content in solitude;
I asked;
"Oh my lonely heart,
what is it that you desire?"
Softly it whispered
for her heart beats to ease...
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Categories:
moonlight, dream, love, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Carpe NoctemUp above the moon shines brightly;
starlight touches earth so lightly;
passions teasing impolitely.
Midnight whispers, “Carpe noctem.”
Blowing soft the summer breezes
through her hair as nighttime pleases,
and the...
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Categories:
moonlight, longing, love, romantic,
Form:
Rhyme