Sunset Poems | Examples of Sunset Poetry

Written: Apri 26, 2024 For Joseph May Contest 2. Tangerine sunsets composing chrysanthemum hymns ...Read the rest...

An evening breeze tickles the leaves on trees; and an ancient oak tree creeks, sighs, and heaves. As silhouettes merge, they soon disappear, and the owls and bats advance their premiere. A symphony of saffron and chiffon composes a sunset...Read the rest...

All day the world has waited for me to come and rest here, to welcome me into a picture it has composed with people walking their dogs along the water's edge and the wide, seaweed strewn beach bathed in the...Read the rest...

Watching the sunset Small joy brings simple life Banish my upset....Read the rest...

There’s a box lying somewhere. Somewhere in a dusty cupboard. Somewhere behind old paper, older words, and wounds older still. Somewhere no one can find it. I think about it, sometimes. Sometimes, when I breathe. Sometimes, when I exhale puffs of...Read the rest...

Along the South Banks, I sat staring at the river Shimmering in city lights, Ferries gliding by, Occasional airplanes in the sunset sky With a half-baked moon, All reflections are converging into me. Amongst the day dreamers And romantic humans, I sat stuck to...Read the rest...

The sun is setting Upon this new spring evening. Winds are whispering Lovely birds are all chirping, As the trees are all blossoming....Read the rest...

The wrinkles of the rug cast sunlight on a pug Who splayed out her hind legs backwards And as I left, I looked back and paused As her face fell silently Onto her paws. ...Read the rest...

The day comes to an end and night draws near Where the shadows are cast but vision is clear The sun fights back with a vibrant show With colors on the horizon that don't want to go The beautiful...Read the rest...

Down at the end of dead end street, Cold, down and feeling beat, Trying to make sense of it all, Sun rises burning red, Visions spinning in my head, Now every dead end street leads to me. Blowing around in stormy...Read the rest...

If you should leave Before I rise, And the sun Yawns her first signs Of willingness, While the earth grinds And tilts to greet her, Pay my morning respects To her brilliance. And as we revolve Around her wondrous Love, Blow a kiss to her For shining...Read the rest...

At Dolomite sand On warm and peaceful sunset I wear my headband....Read the rest...

"Sunsets are loved because they vanish." - Ray Bradbury Days like this, I could forget If they were all to vanish, Come to an end in a sunset Black clouds I'd ever banish If they were all to vanish As...Read the rest...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hued ribbons adorn the heavens lustrous rainbows of the night ...Read the rest...

"One day, . . . I saw the sunset forty-four times! . . . You know—one loves the sunset, when one is so sad." Quote from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Sky, mirror of...Read the rest...