Snooze Poems | Examples

winter snooze

snowflakes keep falling
under a white fluffy quilt~
the earth lies snoozing

I must have promised

I must have promised to diligently strive
to get up each morning by half past five.
Drink my java, watch the news, keep
things quiet and let her snooze..
Wash up at our bathroom sink but keep
the faucet trickling so she gets a full drink..
Serve her a chicken pate dish, never meat
and seldom fish..
If I'm met with defeat offer a few temptation treats.
Brush my tresses and her hair, bless her with
a St. Anthony prayer..
Once the sun is fully up, let her out to strut her stuff..
When I forget or show some slack, I'm actually snubbed
by my very own cat!
I'll be sticking with this cat's agenda, heaven forbid I
might offend her..

Let The Muse Snooze

Let the muse snooze!
The poor dear having been
drained of all rhyme in search
of reason…

Let the muse have a day
of rest...when, regenerated
he will be closer his best…

But don’t let the muse confess --
that he relies on a higher address…
maybe even, an all inspiring Jesus

He let his muse snooze…
what the heck, his muse
long played, the author
tried dealing word-cards 
from his own pictured deck.  

He dealt a rhyme, in manic time,
thinking himself a Carson City gambler  

then a bandit with a slot marked dime
realizing himself a trite rambler 

Then played a horn

and beat a drum….

Snooze and Lose

In court, the accused
is produced and
charged with abuse,
no evidence is adduced, 
the sentence is reduced,
he is not amused
to pay his dues
his name is in the news,
the public giving views
they have no clues
defense counsel does not snooze
no one wants to lose

Lazy Snooze Alarm

The sun looked tired this morning
Yawning stretched shadows over silent birds
Teasing nighttimes sleeping flowers
As its lazy snooze alarm hummed idly

©9/11/2023

Snooze Button

Go on,
I dare you!
Press me just one more time.
The alarm rings out,
Disturbing my slumber.
Dreams of sunshine,
beauty,
Sex, darkness.

The cold reality cuts like a knife.
Startled into sudden alertness.
Yet, in this harsh awakening,
A little ray of hope.

A tiny flicker that all will be ok.
That the new day which has dawned 
is not so urgent.
Go on! I dare you. 
Press the snooze button 
just one more time!

Snowman Takes a Snooze

Snowman took the largest snooze today.
The wren saw him and whistled merry and gay.
Trying to get a wink, a sigh or a hey hey hey
But the snowman was out of it in every way.

Fox Snooze

The Russians have landed on Mars!
They can't drive American cars
But neither can we
Its the dust, you see,
Plus the fact that there are no bars!

Trump needs more support for golf fees
All cash donations he seize   (sees?)
But oh what the heck
Your stimulus cheque
Will work just as well, if you please!

My Muse Is Taking a Snooze

My dearest one,
Where have you gone?
In these long days
I am bereft
Without your deft
Turn of phrase
To spark
My sluggish heart
From my verbose malaise

Are you upset, oh delicate
flower of finest select
Colors, who trickle
In fickle
Flame and fade
A sleight-of-hand shade
I mine fruitless lines
All which you bade
Too conveniently made
Sharply undefined

Is it me? Do I bore?
Are my attentions a chore?
I wish only this
To create words of bliss
But away you turn, as my implores
Thud, a dud, between your coarse snores

Maybe my flirty girl's
Creative cold snap
Just needs
Milk and cookies
And a cat-nap.

5/19/20

Entered in 'and now for something completely different' contest
Judged 5/30/20

Snooze Alarm

Streetlights flicker in daybreaks doubt.
Grayish clouds mope lazily.
Sunrise smirks at the early risers.
Dewdrops dangle on yellowed leaves.
A cat shakes his wet paws.
Robins wrangle chilled worms.
A squirrel maps his acorn field.
Frail winds stifle the hawk’s wings.
Late bloomers shiver in the sun’s lie.
School bus stops chatter.
The old dog yawns and looks at the door.


John G. Lawless
©10/24/2019

Dreamt of the Dreamer

I am the dreamt of the Dreamer
knowing no more what matters
can be acknowledged, are you still
sleeping oh thou I perhaps have called
God in my younger years of sleep
imbued with the sense of aloneness
never to be seen no more than a
rock stillness persists despite all of
the advancement which is simply running 
on the tracks of time, over and over
again we disappear into machines
angry hearts forgetting the restfulness
of silence...oh Dreamer of a billion years
where have you gone...do you remember
why you began this dream?  Were you
lonely or merely alone in your creation
of imagination?  What if you could 
animate the furniture of your mind?
what if you could awaken to playmates
playing back with you, just as in chess
my turn, your turn, and so on
until it was time to put the dream to
snooze alarm hit –more time required?
bordering on the mundane I think you
have forgotten what you began...are we
alone now?

A Wide Awake Snooze Made Me Scream

A wide awake snooze made me scream
Held me in the clutches of a well-earned dream.
An elephant in pajamas came running up fast.
He pushed me aside, and made the sign of a bast.

A wide awake snooze held me captive in my head.
I thrashed and I crashed,, and I fell out of the bed.
My dad yelled, "What's that?" But I could not open my eyes.
So I stayed on the floor, curled up with some left over fries.

My snooze was determined to keep my eyes solidly shut.
I fought her for awhile, but soon gave up in my gut.
She was much too strong for me, this wide away snooze.
So I envisioned myself a frog, deciding to stay off the booze.

Santa Hits the Snooze Button

Santa Hits The Snooze Button


Santa went out last night dressed as mutton 
drinking too much at the costume party.
Being a glutton woke up with a hearty 
hangover.

He turned over
and hit the snooze button one more time. 
Mrs. Santa gave him a cup of lime,
tomato juice, and beer to get over
the hangover. 

Wake up. Wake up. Please wake up.

I can't. I stayed out too late with Buttercup.
I ate and drank until it I tossed up 
all of my cookies and liquor sup.

Santa! Wake up. Please wake up 
before the morn and children wake up.

Rudolph battery is running low
before it goes while it still glows 
you need to deliver all the children's toys. 
You're going to ruin the joy of the girls and boys.


12/18/2018

Poetry Contest: 'CHRISTMAS CHEER'  
Sponsored By:	Kim Rodrigues
Title Chosen: Santa Hits The Snooze Button

Santa Hits the Snooze Button: For Christmas Cheer Contest

Santa Hits The Snooze Button
(For Christmas Cheer contest)

Santa woke up feeling fruity
The Mrs was spark out
He grinned cos in a minute
His Rudolph clock would shout

Whinny, whinny, moo, quack
Whinny, whinny, neigh
(How’s a poet sposed to know
What Reindeer clocks might say)

Even though his wife nowadays
Is lamb dressed up as mutton
He sees her how she used to be
So wallops that snooze button

So Santa’s got ten minutes
For undercover fun
Please excuse the metaphor...
He’s got a loaded gun

We’ve got a spare ten minutes
Come take your man to heaven
Well what we gonna do she said
With the other seven


3 December 2018

A Little Snooze

A Little Snooze;

Took a little snooze;
Myself don't want to abuse;
Which world woe is next?

Jim Horn

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