Best Nighttime Poems
Such close relationship with death we keep,
As we embrace the nothingness of sleep.
Not careful enough for a fall so steep -
One moment awake, the next fast asleep.
A Goddess of forgotten time therein,
Who donned a crown of stars upon her head,
Constellations engraved on midnight skin,
The land of sleep, the land of halfway dead.
While some embrace the empress we call night
The mass extinguisher of any light,
Unhappy beings relish in their plight
Until the deep abyss swallows their fight.
Does this unexplored boundary exist
If this pull none remember nor resist?
NIGHTTIME DREAMER
I closed my eyes to catch the wind,
Murmur its way through the green of the field
Hoping somehow in it I'd hear,
You sigh sweetly as you oft do
For your heart on a sleeve you always wore
Even when life taught you to know better.
I hoped to catch you softly whisper
The wind, your harbinger in this silent night
Spreading your tales to the drowsy larks,
Who'll sing them to me at the crack of dawn
Of how another held your golden heart,
And was shallow enough to let it break
How gold thus break?, I wonder,
How a heart like yours can be led astray
For sitting by my window this eerie night,
I think up a thousand feverish words I'd say
To melt a golden treasure, thine heart,
But still I know words don't measure up
So I'll love you through the quiet night,
Daydreaming through the dead of night
As the wind sings to me your flawless name,
The leaves quivering with its every touch
For in this world I can love you free
And be the guardian of your golden heart.
Nighttime Paradox
Hideous tornadoes have moved on this night,
Storm clouds still flashing in the east,
Fireflies flickering, sparkling, skimming devastation
As if they claim the title of stars,
Mocking skies where barely seen in heavens play.
Tears fall for neighbors’ losses;
Tears fall for gratitude for being spared this dark night,
To watch and walk among the lovely fluttering fireflies.
November 29, 2023
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The footfalls are audible in the hall.
I can hear scraping against the wall.
During that time, I was lying in bed.
The obscurity engulfs me in dread.
A screech can be heard in the yard.
Hammering the window truly hard
Shadows wander across the night.
Demons are beaming with delight.
Aeries carried by a hovering broom.
Wolves shout in the gaze of gloom.
Sounds of bat wings flying quite loud.
The moon had been covered by cloud
Exhaustive respiration outside my door
I fade further into the covers and snore.
By making a turning motion on the knob.
The boogie man has completed the job.
night time orchids
blooming on the bayou
scented voodoo
heart beats faster to
random noises in the dark -
I can't reach the light
sail away with me
leave our troubles all behind
we've nothing to lose
I embraced the silent space,
In a moment caressed.
Rhythm from the saxophone a gift,
to the fluidity of her movement.
Perfection gave life's breath,
to melted candles and sensual eyes.
When beauty came to a pause,
so my eyes could feast on her alone
God will complete His work,
He never will forsake;
angels are keeping guard
along each path I take.
I trust His guiding hand;
He will not let me fall.
His sovereign grace is reigning over all.
His grace sufficient is,
His mercy overflows;
each footstep that I take
my God already knows.
Though sorrows overtake
wounding on the road,
His loving arms will help me bear the load.
I will not fear life's trials,
He supplies every need;
through His strength I can do
anything that He leads.
I yield to God's control,
trusting for each day;
the nighttime only means there is a day.
God's sovereign grace will reign,
His loving heart will guide;
the nighttime only means there is a day.
Faye Lanham Gibson
Copyright, October 8, 2014
Through the louvered window
The moonlight slips in furtively
Barring her flawless suntanned skin
Musky fragrance pervades the air
Stirring the mind with anticipation
Mellow sensual intoxication.
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Contest: Night time Musings
Sponsor: FJ Thomas
in flight my thoughts
dreaming, I wander to view
she, whom has captured
to see her my heart flutters
on arriving my eyes see
chatting we now walk
soon amidst our wanderings
hungered moments flow
hotel door now closed, we're close
eight thousand miles diminished
nighttime crickets chirp
in a warm summer evening
loudly making call
Russell Sivey
Envy devoured me as I witness the wind,
Caressing her milky complexion,
Gently blowing the hair off those defined rosy skin,
Revealing Stargates into Heaven,
Within the depths, finding warmth pouts and sultry smiles,
The smell of home flooded my memories,
Every touch and movements pausing the dials,
A stellar conquest of sublime mysteries.
Into being, I submerged in an infinite darkness,
An explosion illuminating the void, creating my Universe.
9th December 2015
A train
A whistle
A full moon
Feelings amassed
In proportions
Awesome and tranquil
Nighttime emotion
Become so serene
Just like those lamplights
And bedtime fans
Twirling in twilight
Adjusting to the night
Eyes see little
But the leftover reds
From the light
As night commences
In full accord
Only the sound of the train
Clanking down the tracks
And the distant whistle
Remain
And the sound
Of the fan
Whirl-winding around
In complete rhythm
To the train
And the moons escape
Towards infinity
As night moves along
And I drift off to sleep…
Russell Sivey
AFT-PLAY - Nighttime Musing
Listening -
soft murmur of her breath
gently moving silken strands
draped across her face,
Nuzzling -
beauty’s aromatic aftermath
adrift -
on a sea of dreams.
12/6/2015
submitted to – Nighttime Musings – Poetry Contest
sponsor – FJ Thomas