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Sunset Poems | Examples of Sunset Poetry

Sunset Poems - Examples of all types of sunset poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for sunset.
Premium Member All Aboard
As the shadows start to lengthen And the colors turn to gray The sun concedes its dominance For night it's making way A barque for you is waiting To take you out to sea To sail you to the sunset The...Read More
Categories: sunset, for her, i love
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The nothings on the colour chart
Amber sunsets streak the sky Reminiscent of millennia encased in resin For the patterns across the heavens Hold fast all that passed through So we stare in wonder If not enlightenment Knowing that we should know The answers reside above Whilst colours...Read More
Categories: sunset,
Form: Free verse
Tomorrow
Late afternoon. I settle into the last warmth cradled in a patch of mottled sunlight. The garden is beginning to darken and fold away. Is this all there is ?. Reflections in the cooling air, cloudy streaks on a...Read More
Categories: sunset, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silhouette
Shifting Shadows sculpt ebony edges Inscribing boundaries of light and dark. Light contrasts with fragmented flowing forms, Highlighting converging differences. Out of chaos structure seemingly takes form, Utilizing rays of a setting sun. Etched upon the fringes of night and day, Trees...Read More
Categories: sunset, beautiful, change, image, nature,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Vibrant
Vibrant orange of pink chiffon A silence of beauty reveal A day passing by A memory held tight A sunset so sweet of delight ...Read More
Categories: sunset,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Sunset
The golden hope Of brighter tomorrow Slides into the salty ocean No steam or bubbles Just the crimson joy of the clouds Escorting With their shifting ochre tones While fiery orange irradiates The grateful atmosphere Until slowly Every so slowly Into the ripples of...Read More
Categories: love, sunset,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sunset
on the waning edge of day sunset rolls white clouds to pink and amber strands sifting back and forth ...Read More
Categories: sunset, change, environment, inspiration, night,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sunset Splash
The sun sets in muted gold glow, Shadows darkle the sky's blue brow, Salmon clouds spread the sparkle slow, As the orange orb's hiding now; Lilac lush of evening welkin, A prelude to heaven's splendour, Horizon...Read More
Categories: beautiful, color, sunset,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Swarovski Sunset
When the first glimpse of silver crescent sprinkles citrine dust, sparkling pink brooks spring forth, flowing through emerald green forests. Moss covered Pine trees spread their branches, reaching towards the setting amber sun. Cherry blossom clouds coat the dusky horizon, unfurling lilac...Read More
Categories: sunset, destiny, dream, star, sun,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sunset
The stress of the day fades to a sigh As the day begins to surrender The sky changes color to comply Gathering sunset's splendor A feeling of relief comes over me As the worries of the day depart...Read More
Categories: sunset,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sunset
the setting sun \ bleeds his sorrow \ streaking across sky \ before falling \ into the sea \ in a deep weep \...Read More
Categories: lost love, sad, sunset,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member When The Sun Goes Down
Embellished by the artist's softest marten hairbrush unfolds creatively on...Read More
Categories: beauty, nature, sunset,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Firefly
Firefly in rouge, dusk flames, Flying in charmed wonder; Famed since glad childish days Fast moving, slow blinking, Fanatic of cream moon. Fervency of summer, Fuchsia night green stunner!...Read More
Categories: sunset, beauty, color, eve, flying,
Form: Pleiades
Premium Member The Setting Sun
Sitting silently and dreaming, while the fading day is teeming with emotions softly streaming, as we face the setting sun. Saffron skies as day is ending; into twilight, night is blending; twinkling stars above are pending, ...Read More
Categories: age, sunset,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sunset Song
In the dwindling day at the edge of twilight the halcyon horizon blushes in delicate delight, as the sunset colors spin the astral strands thin in the formless fleet of cloud turning to violin. After the sky-scan it’s...Read More
Categories: beautiful, color, sunset,
Form: Rhyme

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