Short Insomnia Poems

Short Insomnia Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Insomnia by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Insomnia by length and keyword.


Insomnia

I can’t sleep.
Maybe it’s the drugs
Or maybe
Its the murder of crows
That sit outside my window.
I’m afraid to close my eyes.
© S. Grace  Create an image from this poem.


Premium Member An Insomniac's Dream

Insomnia is  nothing
Of good gain a silent  strain
Sleeplessness chronic the pain
A problem,  one solution 
Sleeplessness resolution
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Insomnia



Another
Restlessly
Wakeful night

Thoughts keep on
Dusk till dawn
Sleep walking

Close my eyes
One more try
Oo, popcorn!
Form: Other

Premium Member Insomnia Monologue

I ponder the world’s problems in the twilight of my sleepless hours
By morning my own troubles rise once again to reclaim their powers
Form: Couplet

01:46 - Insomnia Somewhere

I lie alone
A bed of stone
My skin's on fire
So I can't sleep
Your eyes fill mine
In sweet decline
The dream's a liar
A lie I'll keep.
Form: Rhyme


Cures

There are only two cures
for insomnia,
says the shrink,
sex  and death.

Note: Inspired by "The Hyland Confession," The Bold Ones, 1970
Form: Verse

Haiku Poem

Mountain one mile tall/huge mega quake peak collapse/no climb broken ground


MAJOR INSOMNIA
CORPORAL SLEEP
Nick Armbrister and other writers
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Android Insomnia

Lucid dream machine
Still counting electric sheep
Android who can't sleep

The white unicorn
Seeks out the virgin maiden
who's the replicant?
Form: Haiku

Insomnia

Eyes shot of hell's crimson,
Hands octopussed on keys,
He dreams of the morrow,
While at Facebook, he gazed.










April 22, 2014
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Cures

There are only two cures
for insomnia,
says the shrink,
sex and death.

Note: Inspired by "The Hyland Confession," The Bold Ones, 1970
Form: Verse

Insomnia Ninette

I'm
tired
Eyes wide shut
Insomnia
has destroyed my dreams
Just want to sleep
Is that to
much to
ask?

Silent One Ninette contest
October 9
Form: Ninette

Absence

Absence by Shane Cogan


                      Lost at summer clock
                       Insomnia blue skies
                       Absent minded bliss
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Insomniac

Night’s restless rodent,

                                    I just nod off all day long.

                                           I am nocturnal.
Form: Senryu

Insomnia

Insomnia
Bridge to paranoia
Sleep
Brother to death

Insomnia
Born of worries
Sleep
Brings in peace

Insomnia
I become lost
Sleep
Please find me
© Arum Dusu   Create an image from this poem.

Insomnia

I don’t care what
the experts say,

sleep is such
elusive prey,

except when I’m at
work. But hey…

…can’t sleep at
night, so I crash in
the day.

Beau Peep

Big problem for Little Bo-Peep:
Frisky lambs would not let her sleep
Then one afternoon
A ram made her swoon
And that's when she learned to count sheep!
Form: Limerick

Insomnia

Insomnia,
Besets the darkness.
While the sultans of slumber caress my iris
To usher a sweet, but faint nightmare,
From pleasant dream to pleasant dreams.

Premium Member Insomnia

Deep green eyes wide shut
Hears strange voices in his mind
Refined gentlemen
Loses sense of sanity
Madness sad reality












5-27-2016
sad
Form: Tanka

Insomnia

Deprived of sleep
I need to dream
Scared to breathe 
I wanna scream

My body aches
My eyes are Dry
The sun rises 
As I kiss the thought of sleep
Goodbye.
Form: Rhyme

23:53 - Half Past Dead

Exhaustion creeps into bed with me
And wipes his grey paws all over my eyes.
Insomnia dances around in my sheets,
And kicks the old dog till the showing of skies.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Insomnia

Insomnia

tick, tock tick, tock tick, tock tick, tock tick, tock tick, tock
tick, tock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Premium Member Waking hours

Obscurity broken midst night visions
Haunting evil thrust in flight amongst stars
Sleep will not come tonight



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Insomnia

Can't sleep
Count sheep
So weary
Eyes bleary

    Relax
Sandman sacked

Get up
Make tea
Drink three
Dear me

Glance at clock
Get a shock
Sunrise
Closed eyes
Form: Rhyme

Insomnia

On tangled plots and idle thoughts
The mind can fathom deep
In vast detail each bunny trail
Whenever I should sleep


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© Jesse Rowe  Create an image from this poem.

Aurora's Sweet Curse

Annoyed by dawn’s light—yet I’ll plan a good day to spite my insomnia Poetry Contest: Morning Monoku Sponsored by: Michelle Faulkner May 28, 2022
Form: Monoku

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