Best Overnight Poems
Below are the all-time best Overnight poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of overnight poems written by PoetrySoup members
Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek The ConclusionIt was still quite dark in Milton Creek, and it had just gone four
When Tom arrived at the sheriff's office, and knocked on his door
The...
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Categories:
overnight, america, death, western,
Form:
Narrative
This Thing Called Love - POTD - With Winged Warrior
POTD 19 September 2017
Apprehensively I tramp with my lamp - through a path shrouded in gloom
Silvery shafts of light entwine and fight through foliage as...
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Categories:
overnight, love, mystery, romance, woman,
Form:
Rhyme
Jailbreak At Milton CreekThere was a rumour that outlaw Kyle was to be sprung from jail
But Sheriff Koplin got wind of it and he'd make sure they'd fail...
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Categories:
overnight, america, humor, violence,
Form:
Narrative
All Too WonderfulThe trees are given
to you, to me
The clouds are given
to us, for free
The grass turns green
overnight, prithee
The birds sing...
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Categories:
overnight, appreciation, beauty, earth, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Where Cheerful Robins DanceGleefully you and I smile from a scenic window on life
Enchanted by nightfall befriending quixotic autumn sky
Embossing crimson brushstrokes on vermilion arc
Akin to a painting...
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Categories:
overnight, imagery, nature, travel,
Form:
Free verse
The Gift From PrisonOn a pleasant Sunday morning,
beside a river in a park,
I went strolling in the city,
in the dawn just after dark.
Every bench; any haven,
slept a host...
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Categories:
overnight, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
A Cooked Goose
When you come home late at night
Open the door and turn on the light
You had better be extremely quite
Or your goodly wife you may excite
And...
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Categories:
overnight, funny, husband, wife,
Form:
Monorhyme
Echoes In the StoneECHOES IN THE STONE
No one can turn back the hands of time
Reliving the war, TEXAS her independence
The tombs so deep, where real hero's fought...
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Categories:
overnight, adventure, death, hero, history,
Form:
Epic
I Started a Joke - POTD
POTD 21 November 2017
So professional in his lies - So ruthless in his ambition
Feeding lies to the simple folk - convincing in his deception
Telling them...
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Categories:
overnight, betrayal, corruption, grief, inspirational,
Form:
Verse
If I Ruled the WorldIf I ruled the whole wide world there's so much that I would change
I wouldn't be Mr Popular and they'd think me somewhat strange
First thing...
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Categories:
overnight, conflict, environment, hate, international,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
overnight, nature,
Form:
Haiku
A Sneeze To SpringIt started with a sniffle one March morn’
When on my car that telltale film appeared
And I knew well this coat it had not worn
For overnight...
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Categories:
overnight, seasons, spring,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
MummyHey mum, could we have roast chicken for dinner?
You know your roast potatoes really are a winner.
Mum, remember you promised to help with my homework...
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Categories:
overnight, mom, mothers day,
Form:
Rhyme
Pearls Beneath the HarborOur bank accounts nearly emptied so we could afford a vacation; two young working girls who'd never been far from home. We were looking forward...
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Categories:
overnight, people, places, world war
Form:
Haibun
ObeseNow, I am not a huge man
I'm not large by any means
In fact it is surprising
I still wear normal jeans
My pants don't have elastics
I still...
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Categories:
overnight, age, funny,
Form:
Rhyme