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Night Poems | Examples of Night Poetry

Night Poems. Read and share great examples of poetry about the night. This list of night poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of night poetry. This list of works about night is an excellent resource for examples on how to write night poems.
Premium Member Nocturnal Delight
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ whippoorwills call out crickets chirp, owls are hooting nocturnal delight...Read the rest...
Categories: nature, night,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member I Woke Up On A Tropical Island
A vacation was needed, off on a cruise we were treated. Great cabin, food, parties and shows, now in a chair with a book about a rose. The seas got really rough, off the desk went our stuff. Into the cold...Read the rest...
Categories: night, drink, food, friend, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Regal Reign
A subtle shift in the shadows of sunset exposes the splendid Moon as She rises. Just as a cunning gambler hedges his bet She shines Her best displaying Her surprises. She slinks across the restless sky, a coquette, limning traits...Read the rest...
Categories: god, light, moon, night,
Form: Ottava rima
Clouds and moon
Inky tendrils reach grasping for her slick surface sliding off smooth skin ...Read the rest...
Categories: moon, night, sky,
Form: Haiku
Sigh After Play
"over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ..." ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge Night winds sigh Sigh over the seas Sigh in sync Sync with...Read the rest...
Categories: night, ocean, water,
Form: Blitz



Premium Member Underneath Starry Nights
"over the waters blue the night winds sigh, the breakers roar ... Samual Taylor Coleridge My love, we'll meet at eight as we agreed, A storm was near, the lighthouse sent its flash. Would be our...Read the rest...
Categories: love, night, storm, wind,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Twilight
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ world bathed in soft glow twilight's gentle touch does flow time of peace and calm ...Read the rest...
Categories: night,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Performance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in blackness with the strength of midnight blue whispering to its soft heart balletic stars perform ...Read the rest...
Categories: night, stars,
Form: Kimo
MOONLESS NIGHT
It's one of those nights The moon hoards its light Fireflies taking stage Lighting life into our gasping breaths. Stars whispered known secrets To the cool, quiet breeze Grass beneath the sheets we lay Cries for mercy as our act painful. Our shadows...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, night,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Serendipity
Beneath the quarter moon’s pale glow, Gas lamps flicker, casting shadows below. Alleys whisper secrets, haunting and deep, Lost in memories, he wanders on lonely street. In the stillness of night, where shadows dance, Oliver walks, caught in a trance. Echoes...Read the rest...
Categories: night, dark, gothic, hope, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lilith
“The actual guise of her has become apparent” ~~ The Poet Engaged in rapturous slander. Forced by reputation to meander. Through the annals of time, Deemed worse than a witch sublime Indicted as a demon in old folk lore Seducing...Read the rest...
Categories: night,
Form: Rhyme
Winded
I’m sitting on my lawn chair Outside the night is cool I hear the trees swaying The breeze chills my skin It knocks on my hippocampus Am I here or where it blows? Breeze, you are timeless From queens to...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, night, nostalgia, star,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member FAR
Distant starlit place Flying parsecs away In outer space Circles Milky Way A blinking light Night and day Cepheid Hubble found, Receding slowly apace Universe outward bound. ...Read the rest...
Categories: day, flying, light, night,
Form: Other
Premium Member Whispers of The Night
In moonlit dreams, the stars align, Their shimmering dance, a cosmic sign. Silent whispers weave through the air, Echoes of wishes, secrets to share. The night unfolds its velvet cloak, As constellations softly invoke Stories of...Read the rest...
Categories: night, creation, dark, family, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Blue Collar, White Collar
Blue collar school, Blue collar play, Blue collar children, Blue collar praise, Blue collar words, Blue collar phrased, Blue collar work, Blue collar pay, Blue collar union, Blue collar say, Blue collar terraced, Blue collar glazed, Blue collar town, Blue collar ways, Blue collar nights, Blue collar days, Blue collar skies, Blue...Read the rest...
Categories: children, day, house, night,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Night Poems

Read wonderful night poetry on the following sub-topics: baby, babies, beautiful, bonfire, children, funny, good, goodnight, her, him, love, romantic, sad, sky, and more.

Definition | What is Night in Poetry?


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