Short Sleep Poems

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


Sleep-Less...

Darkness for some
An asylum security
Our dreams,
A mere reflection...

The light of day,
Brings hope to the many...
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Premium Member Why I Sleep

I rest peacefully
A bed made for perfection
I sleep gracefully
Holding love in my stomach
I lay infatuated

Russell Sivey
Form: Tanka

Insomniac Prison

Out of step was I in my insomniac prison, finally breaking out to recapture some of my circadian rhythm.




2-14-18
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Melatonin

Melatonin Haiku By: Tom Wright Melatonin sleep is conducive to bad dreams more often than not
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Dreamsleep

Returning
to a sleep
reality abandons

You become
what you dream
—so forever sleep well

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)


Lullaby - for contest 1435 any haiku

"Sweet sleeping child: so near, so far" 

Little face-feathers: 
eyelashes fall on your cheeks,
fringing sleepy eyes.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member 'neath Cloudy Skies

The pale new moon hides 'neath cloudy skies
                                            ~ Restful sleep covers tired eyes
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Haiku 7


village 'holiday'
 rooster breaks a dreamy sleep
 
      rude awakening

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© Sneha Rv  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member MOON-SOFT BLESSING

night folds its wings around your quiet breathing~ a silver hush drifting through the doorway of sleep
Form: Other

Premium Member Bedtime Ku

harley beside me
          sound of sleep

       cranky passenger 




MagiCicada13

*Harley Davidson Motorcycle
Form: Senryu

Before I Sleep

O, look how I shake the clouds
Not to dust the oddments of 
Dreams, but to wish them back, sweet 
As your prurient lips!
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member All I Need Is Sleep

All I need is  sleep 
Is that to much to  ask for
Maybe sleeping  pills
Vomit in my surroundings 
My heart is  pounding
Form: Tanka

Premium Member 2:00 AM Liminal

Between a dream and a nightmare is a place without a name

A gathering of half baked shadows waiting for a shape to claim
Form: Couplet

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?
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Premium Member Haiku: Sleep Meds

limbs cup nature’s breast
mossy trunk hugs whistling stream
cricket praise fills earth

Brian Johnston
October 20, 2015
Form: Haiku

Hypnotic Effect


            smooth river gurgles 

     bewitching birds belt out blues ~

i am lulled to sleep


02/15/17
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Into a Cocoon

each night
she rolls up 
in her sheets and blankets
into a cocoon

turning 
into a butterfly
at sunrise
after a latte

Sleep

My eyes burn
its fiery furnace 
glows increasingly with pain 
as the hours go by 
I should have got some sleep last night
Form: Rhyme

O Hypnos

The west wind is cruel
It appears to stir curtains
When I close my eyes
O Hypnos rush to me 
with
Morpheus and Thanatos.
Form: Tanka

Broken Sleep

Broken sleep
With colorful dreams
More cautious 
Spends more time 
With a mirror and comb 
What happens
Am I falling in love ?

Premium Member Bedtime

My brain is wound,
my thinker is down,
and I am bedroom bound.

My day is done,
gone is the sun,
and I am bedroom bound.

Premium Member My Keyboard Yawns

The clock strikes twelve
  my keyboard yawns
Pleads for me to tuck him in

  I say "One more poem"
    He says, "You win"
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Feverish Sun

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The feverish sun

stretching out atop the sea

sinks, at length, to sleep

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Form: Haiku

Premium Member Paying For the Wakefulness of the Weekend

lids war the endless pursuit
of oxygen dispelled by
the gulp of grounds and stirred cream
...caffeine withdrawal

10/8/2018
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member Through Me

lying 
on my side in bed
looking out 
at the window

the window looks back
through me
to the bed
and snuggles next to me

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