Sleep Poems | Examples of Sleep Poetry

If only ...Read More

We make our beds and lie in them —whether we sleep or not (Dreamsleep: November, 2020) ...Read More

your mouth wide open inviting all and sundry gently they mosey spiders ~ flies ~ are so nosey at night keep your mouth shut tight Written 21st November 2020 Syllables Per Line: 5 7 5 7 7 Contest Name QUIN-TO your...Read More

I think it's time I wake up, Call it an early night. I don't care about the customer, I'm the one whose always right. I'll take the whole bottle myself, I'll save a few for snorting. Or maybe for once, I'll get...Read More

Rain falling Wind blowing Snug under the duvet Four heartbeats and just a moment from sleeping Thought about murder Had no motive; no reason Needed not an opportunity; nor means Four heartbeats and just a moment from sleeping My feet were...Read More

~While I nodded nearly sleeping my snores was hurt all around the house the family knew I was alive and breathing~ 11/16/20 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...Read More

The winter darkness falls before the day Has run its course, long ere the eyes of those Who labor seek surcease from weariness. The home-bound traffic winds its halting way Beneath the moon-bound Evening Star and slows— A mess. And so...Read More

If only I could hibernate To awaken in the spring To see sweet swathes of snowdrops A welcome sign as spring begins With daffodils and hyacinths And tulips on their way And pretty blue forget me nots In gentle breeze shall dance...Read More

Sigmund sandy dreams resolute mirthy income tranquil playhouse...Read More

A young lad there was, couldn't fall asleep Tossed and turned all night; he would even weep He cried for his mama Then yelled for his papa With no computer, he couldn't count...Read More

I Shall Write To You In My Sleep I shall write to you in my sleep while others sleep, I shall sing to you read to you from a wrinkled parchment fading behind my tired eyes It is unusual that...Read More

Many years ago, ...Read More

Sleep you waking dreamless poet, earthbound whore of words. Awakening to the world of differing drifted moments piled high against all dreams still growing. Dreams unknowing held against your breast so tightly curtain thinly thinning gone and merge with joy...Read More

In my mind, my body moves Involuntary images appear. Orientation becomes distorted Deceptive imagery adheres. I run, I hop, Sometimes I fly Unreachable - too complex to; Impossible Illusions Bizarre delusions. Elation, fear, and colors appear Activities bestow my movement. No loss of...Read More

in the gloomy darkness, late, past sun set, the six blood sisters of fate often met, their venue the slumber of mortal minds, in the depth of sleep when the reason's blind. sister 'Doubt' is the one that started...Read More