Short Nightmares Poems

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


Summer Nightmares

Green 
gross and nasty 
film covered slim.

Clear 
see all the 
way through
pools.


Cory long
septolet contest
© Cory Long  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse


Premium Member Demanding Dreams

Those Dreams Making demands Stark unreality Doors stay closed~windows open wide Nightmares
Form: Cinquain

The Magic Sea

The mossy-green magic oysters
The magic sea
Water's
Red
With sadness
Courage
Bled
Colors changing
Nightmares
Dead
sad

As I Drift To Sleep

as i drift to sleep
nightmares entagle me
making joy fleed in its presence
steal my nightmares away? 
share your dreams?
Form:

Restored

And when the sun rose
It swept away the darkness
Erased the nightmares
Renewed me with warmth
Restored my tattered spirit
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Choka


Your Fantasy

If I'm in your dreams
I don't want to pull you in
My nightmares are real
Let me be your fantasy
The kind I never would be
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Self Forgiveness

ghostly
chilling nightmares
countless silent regrets 
into stormy misty darkness
vanish



AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Form: Cinquain

Tonight

Here tonight
our love is 
blind, isn't it?.
Good nightmares
rating high
in rainbow.
Of dreams, each
of a smile 
in purple.

Premium Member Stephen King

Author Stephen King,
Writes stories that are shocking.
Horror is his claim to fame.
His books make nightmares fair game.

2013
Form: Clerihew

Stepping Stone

The walls break
My heart is a stepping stone
It's swallowing the rain
Nightmare's obstacles
Faith's accident
See through clouds

Dreams Over Nightmares

Inertia warrants
On regret's silver platter
Sinister outcomes,
To weave the dreams of your fate
Be stronger than your nightmares
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Sleep Disorder

Morning came and dad was sad
his sleep had been a tad bad
	he smiled a frown
	thought up was down
nightmares had driven him mad!
Form: Limerick

Nightmares

Childhood nightmares.
Relentlessly pounding me.
Need to stay awake.
Eventually.
Sleep always overcomes me.
What drug to try now?

Mother Nature

I Am Destruction Incarnate.
I Witness Your Worst Nightmares And Visit Them Upon You.
I Am The Cleansing Fire Of All Evil.
I Am Kaali

Premium Member Counterattack

chilling walls, like flesh nightmares gather to feed on brain i return the favor 11/10/2017 5/8/6 senryu
Form: Senryu

Premium Member A Dream Coming To Life

Hope 

is a dream coming to life among

the shadows of life's nightmares  








© Demetrios Trifiatis
      18 APRIL 2020
Form: Epigram

Stephen King

Pen to page at seven.
Such a tender young age.
Frightens us with dark words.
Brings our nightmares to life.
Leaves shivers of delight!

Premium Member Snow

A Winters Icy nights Bring nightmares cold And unfriendly clouds, Of snowy-gray To rain down Snowflake Lace.
Form: Ninette

Trump Derangement Syndrome Blues

Trump Derangement Syndrome Blues

Trump haunts my nightmares
dystopian visions 
soon to come true

fan story 15 syllable poem contest
© Jake Aller  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Stick To the Center

Nightmares and daydreams
They but stall your climb, stick to
Bare necessities
Of a centered heart and mind
Building dreams in the moment
Form: Tanka

Dream What May Come

Dream what may come
Recalling past lives lived
Every fantasy comes to life
All night long 
More nightmares to come
So many worlds to explore
© Jake Aller  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Sestina

Kuro Bara

Once again night gathers, 
beckoning your tears.
Sorrow shatters laughter, 
echoing your fears.
You tragic disaster, 
what fruit can life bear?

Nightmares

Killing essence of dreams
Lost in darkness alone
Mentally seeking safety
Nightmares like you’ve never known

Why can’t every dream be peaceful?
Form: ABC

Premium Member I dreamt I was electrocuted

I woke up bit frazzled.
I'll be alright once I settle down.
I'm prone to nasty nightmares.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member dentists worst nightmare

mother and daughter
extra- large beaver-like teeth
distinct family trait

they could cut down trees
their incisors like axes
dentists’ worst nightmares
Form: Senryu

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