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Best Nod Off Poems

Below are the all-time best Nod Off poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of nod off poems written by PoetrySoup members

The land of Nod Off And Forget

Please take off your shoes, you've entered into
The land of Nod Off And Forget
Where people try to get something done
But haven't done it yet

They forget...

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Categories: nod off, funny, political,
Form: Free verse

AWAKE

AWAKE  ~ IN and OUT ~

Spring arising, before morning light,
I walk under the new epic sun
The aroma of yesterday, gone
Today's the day that will...

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Categories: nod off, addiction, adventure, betrayal, cute love, day,
Form: Free verse

IF I SHOPPED FOR MY SPOUSE LIKE I SHOP FOR MY AUTOMOBILE

My man was old and battered and was destined for the scrap heap
He’d failed his annual MOT as his many defects ran far too deep
His...

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Categories: nod off, age, body, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Tiger

He waits for chance to settle on my jeans,
This gentle relative of wild felines.
He starts to purr as he lands in my lap.
It is his...

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Categories: nod off, cat, love,
Form: Iambic Pentameter

Commercial Slam

AN APPOINTMENT WITH DR. VIAGRA

Husband: Honey, I consulted a doctor before using this product and my erection has lasted four or more hours so I...

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Categories: nod off, angst, nonsense, drug,
Form: Light Verse

Nightmare on Elm Street

 When we sleep we expect sweet dreams
        The kind where we  ride  on moonbeams
Where everything...

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Categories: nod off, horror,
Form: Rhyme

The Cardboard Box

I built a cardboard house
that came with four large flaps.
And when they're folded over
the roof it over-lapse.

I have to crouch inside it.
It's not made very...

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Categories: nod off, adventure, creation, fantasy, kids, fun, happiness,
Form: Quatrain

Golden Gift

"Golden Gift"


sweet life as a golden retriever
a good therapy dog, stress reliever
changing lives I am called Venus de Milo
wagging my tail I shout a huge...

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Categories: nod off, animals, me,
Form: Rhyme

You are an oxymoron

Always wanting more
Looking for the score
Wanting the reward
They will not be ignored

OxyContin is addictive
That's why it is restricted
Your problem's self inflicted
Get some help, get committed

Everything...

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Categories: nod off, addiction, health, humor, humorous, life, mental
Form: Rhyme

From a B M W

From a BMW

Slower than snails, slower than slugs,
Holdens, Hondas, and Volkswagen bugs;
All crawling along in slow moving lanes
On the fast freeway, bypassed by the trains.

All...

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Categories: nod off, parody,
Form: Rhyme

december fly

december fly buzzing by
how on earth did you survive
frozen cold outside
snow drifts waist high
how are you alive
december fly

december fly buzzing by
my naps slumber you deny
bzzz...

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Categories: nod off, december, funny, repetition, sleep, winter, ,
Form: Rhyme

Sadist

A frail woman walking home,
Quickly finds she's not alone.

A shudder ruptures her old bones,
As she falls to cobblestone.

Two young men without a home,
Quickly find they're...

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Categories: nod off, abuse, age, corruption, dark, horror, pain,
Form: Ballad

Mountain Home at Dusk

He knew a world of lesser life,
"miles from here and everywhere," he'd often quip.
He sat in a swing hung from chains, soaking up nature
after the...

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Categories: nod off, beauty, character, childhood, farm, youth,
Form: Free verse

I'm Burrowing

I'm burrowing inside today
because outside, it's cold and grey.
I'd hate to be a socialite;
I much prefer to sit and write,
so here inside my house I'll...

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Categories: nod off, happiness
Form: Rondeau

Summer Fun

Bountiful castles with walls of sand
Each grain an intricate part
Albatross squawk in high demand
Con morsels from those with soft hearts
Hot bodies bask in the blazing...

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Categories: nod off, happiness, peace, places, sea, uplifting, workwork,
Form: Acrostic

From The Jump

7/9/17

Getting stuck sucks
Call it tough luck
You must be nuts
I don't know you enough
So why would I just
Put very much trust
In someone that already bluffed
Over petty...

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Categories: nod off, dark, how i feel, poetry, rap,
Form: Rhyme

There is Something about Nothing to do

There is something about nothing to do
When all your work is through
The chore list finished with nothing new
With no one expecting any more from you
There...

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Categories: nod off, fun,
Form: Rhyme

Bluer than Blue

In the deepness of night
When angels nod off to sleep
As the stars dim their bright
When shadows seem to weep

The stillness of life within a breath
The...

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Categories: nod off, blue, dream, longing, night,
Form: Rhyme

A Lovely Little Daydream

Microsleeps vs Powernaps

The boredom of freeway driving is like a hypnotist's sleep talk
The constant drone of the car's engine
The flash of lane markers to and...

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Categories: nod off, sleep,
Form: Free verse

Nap Time



Well how about that, it's nap time again
It's three o'clock in the afternoon
Us old guys don't have a say in the matter
When it's time it's...

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Categories: nod off, age,
Form: Quatrain

Ghosts And Goblins



The world is far from being a perfect place
Pretty sure that's a well known fact
If it was, world peace would be the name of the...

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Categories: nod off, war,
Form: Quatrain

Summer Rain


Sky seems heavy today
Up on the hills the clouds gather
Musical chimes begin to sing 
My garden could use a soaking!
Enormous drops begin to fall
Rain!

Rhythm of...

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Categories: nod off, rain,
Form: Acrostic

a poem for my quintessential queen

what's a little bit of love from a big part of me
if it makes you smile for a while and you are digging my style
if...

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Categories: nod off, appreciation, for her,
Form: Free verse

MUSIC

MUSIC IS A PILL THAT HAIL FROM HEAVEN
IT HEALS THE MIND AND HEAVY-HEARTED
THE BROKEN MIND IS MIND AT IT'S SOUND
IT'S A PILL THAT DOES NOT...

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Categories: nod off, art,
Form: ABC

After the Melt

i see your body in fractions
the image of a soft thigh
the imminent regress back into privacy
i sense you climbing off the bed
and moving into the...

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Categories: nod off, art, passion,
Form: Free verse