Short Sleeping Poems

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


Premium Member Sleeping Naked With Abraham Lincoln

Sincerity sticks to some 
like a shiny penny sticks to a naked @ss.
It soon falls off and leaves no lasting impression.


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

Sleeping with you

like to do it with you
Sleeping with you
Is like honey that melts in the mouth.
Suddenly all my desire for sex returns.
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Premium Member Clerihew Corbett

Artist Edith Corbett nee Ellenborough
was so very thorough
Her 'Sleeping Girl' is so typique
as sensuality she did seek
Form: Clerihew

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


Adam's Plea

I plead not guilty your worship, I was tricked by feminine wiles,
And ever since God found out, I’m sleeping on the tiles.
Form: Rhyme

Canines

Canines
Soft, Fierce
Loving, Licking, Drooling
Big, Loud, Small, Quiet
Purring, Hissing, Sleeping
Lazy, Sneaky
Feline
Form: Cinquain

Wet Season

Sleeping desert bed
Blue skies turn orange to red
Now alive once was dead


By Robb A. Kopp
All Rights Reserved © MMX
Form: Haiku

Not To Cold Not To Hot

this my kind of weather
it don't get no better
go park stay until dark
pull out a sleeping cot
NOT TO COLD 
NOT TO HOT

Sleeping In a Chair

as you rock
your eyes get lock
its not fake
can't stay awake
it hard to bear
ifs its nair
you or
SLEEPING IN A CHAIR

Premium Member Purple Rose

Dewy dark beauty
living for orange dawn sun
and pink butterflies
In the hour of gold sunrise
she rises from sleeping bed
Form: Tanka

Open Window

By Sleeping with my window down
it served to cool me well.
While listening to the noise outside
that heated me like Hell.
Form: Quatrain

For Those Who Do Not Want To Keep Themselves Awake

While sleeping or dreaming
they have a tendency to forget everything;
Is it because they like evenings
and hate mornings?
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Sleeping With Dogs and Cats

dog snores loudly
old people cannot stand it
a sleeping house

cat is farting
everyone passes gas
dog snores deeper now
Form: Senryu

Sigh

soliloquy of softness saddened
somber sleeping of starlight sound
song of silken sylvan sunset
psalm of satisfaction found

Premium Member Devil Sleeping In My Bed

There is a devil sleeping in my bed She takes my hand leads me down Lower levels beneath
Russell Sivey
Form: Kimo

Minister, Mr Gulay

Our minister, Mr. Gulay Has an interesting sermon today But, the choir is yawning And the audience is sleeping!
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Through My Window

mount baker looming
snow clad with vapors rising
sleeping volcano


By: Joyce Johnson

Contest "An Haiku From Your Window
Form: Haiku

Rest In Peace

My cat is sleeping in my lawn 
Her head,tail and between thrown 
More than me something I own 
The day I slept last not known

Premium Member Shh Water Spider Is Sleeping

Shh!
The water spider is sleeping.

She stared at the raised clear bubble on her friend’s wrist
Then she ran away screaming.

We Should Pray

fall down
look around
so many homeless around
some sleeping on the ground
for a better day
this not gods way
WE SHOULD PRAY

The Winter Blues

it can be you see
no home no key
sleeping bag
cloths drited and sag
you feel abuse
and ueses
give to you too
the
THE WINTER BLUES

Love Is Sleeping Next To Death

Love is sleeping next to death
Quietly and peacefully



Title: Love Is Sleeping Next to Death
Date Created: 5th March 2017
Form: Haiku

The Bear

If I ever have to meet a bear
While through the woods I am creeping
I hope I find him in his cave
In winter while he's sleeping
Form:

Scene From Above

i dreamt that i
was dreaming
seeing myself
sleeping but

you were
beside
me
that's

how i
knew
it was
just a

dream
Form:

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