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Night Poems | Examples of Night Poetry

Night Poems. Read and share great examples of poetry about the night. This list of night poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of night poetry. This list of works about night is an excellent resource for examples on how to write night poems.
Premium Member Night Heaves a Sigh
A friendship can turn on a mere word or two Night heaves a sigh ~ ...Read the rest...
Categories: friendship, morning, night, pain,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member As the City Sleeps
I mourn. For the houses, as their lights die out. One, by one. I stop. I start to see… Through the other side of glass, as the city sleeps at night. ...Read the rest...
Categories: grief, introspection, metaphor, night,
Form: Free verse
stones
stones by michael r. burch i. far below me lies a village with its houses hewn from stone and though Everyman who lives there bravely claims he’s not alone, i can tell him, yes u are! for u cannot touch the stars no matter...Read the rest...
Categories: night, fire, heart, house, mountains,
Form: Rhyme
Saint Catherine Was Excalibur
I always said tether to the void Not any idealistic reason or choice Now suspended I know why I’ve been devoid Because how can one speak with an inside voice Where no one can hear you outside yourself Dawn of...Read the rest...
Categories: night, adventure, conflict, corruption, crazy,
Form: Epic
Sharon
Sharon by Michael R. Burch, circa age 15 apologies to Byron I. Flamingo-minted, pink, pink cheeks, dark hair streaked with a lisp of dawnlight; I have seen your shadow creep through eerie webs spun out of twilight... And I have longed to kiss...Read the rest...
Categories: night, beauty, body, hair, light,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Intertwined Souls In Passionate Urge
Ah! All fades away, nothing remains... but carved names into cold stones! The scent of evening's kisses, the touch of trembling hands also drift away into pretty sunsets! Intertwined souls in passionate urge make moaning surge; no crickets sound distracts, no moonlight gets admiration: we're...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, emotions, moon, night,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Don't Dream, Don't Cry
Don't dream, don't cry... don't let be something of your daily living; as you know dreams don't last more than a single night! Don't dream, don't cry... don't shiver under your sheets: wish for the guy who held you tight! Don't dream, don't...Read the rest...
Categories: night, anxiety, desire, dream, happiness,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member when the crow caws
I hear a crow caw breaking silence of the night followed by wolf's howl...Read the rest...
Categories: night,
Form: Haiku
Awake Arise
Awake, in the silence of the night, a sound is heard Winds of change whisper heaven’s secret Word Breaking free the chains that bind and enthrall Declaring the call to rise and stand tall With the dawn breaking, a...Read the rest...
Categories: courage, inspiration, light, night,
Form: Free verse
In Midnight's Absence of Day
Daisies Crooked, not quite— Each, a garden's seraphs Within ethereal lamp's watch; Praises...Read the rest...
Categories: night, appreciation, beauty, devotion, flower,
Form: Cinquain
IF THE NIGHT CEASES TO COME
The world would be a merrier place Where people worry not What tomorrow brings For there would be nothing to look up to. We would go about our business In absolute happiness Light...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, night,
Form: Free verse
Moonlight Whitewash Minichu
The moon inclines in the trees To walk her dreams against the boughs, A fade on her full body's beams Where the leaves wiggle in gold— Now with miffed sky's dizzying slight; Then jumble on craters, silver mold Different eyes Long fright Nights The...Read the rest...
Categories: night, angst, conflict, introspection, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Night of mysteries
NIGHT OF MYSTERIES Night of mysteries Tomorrow is not certain We are eager to shift the curtain Just to speak about today stories.. Life don't give chance, We focus more to uncertainties But everything is full of vanities Yet opportunity comes...Read the rest...
Categories: night,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Still Nights
In still skies, Sapphire glistens Roaring across the night, Heaven’s seas, rich melodies Caressing the silence Tempting sighs On the breath of desire, Moments colored in fire, Rustling the Autumn leaves On mahogany trees – Oaks, maples and walnut, All the earth’s verdant smiles, Alive...Read the rest...
Categories: night, appreciation, devotion, encouraging, faith,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Night's Many Colors
Mysterious blue as midnight moonlight spills on meandering dreams. Once butterflies' ball is done merlot bliss lies past the sun! Red Mars reveries join nights of mulberry rose camouflaging green. So many are not sleeping when the yellow warblers sing....Read the rest...
Categories: night, beauty, color, flower, moon,
Form: Tanka

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Book: Shattered Sighs