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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 Darkness and light
Between darkness and light. Reveal the magic of night. Cast shadow over the beauty of light. Find solitude in the quiet of night. The curtain comes down on the day. Its histories are fading away. Into memory or just...Read the rest...
Categories: night, absence, dark, day, fear,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Night Dreams
In the quiet slipstream of night, where thoughts unfurl like tendrils of smoke, some dismiss dreams as mere echoes— brain farts, they jest, leftover gas from our wakeful hours. But dreams stretch...Read the rest...
Categories: dream, night,
Form: Free verse
Crow Fights The Raven
Beneath the pall of an eldritch moon, ...Read the rest...
Categories: night, betrayal, bird, gothic, horror,
Form: Free verse
In The Moonlight
Quote by: Sara Etgen-Baker The river rushes to meet the trees, as they gather together in the moonlight their leaves dressed in slivers turn to silver Ocular beauty of night how precious you are aside the colored...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, night,
Form: Free verse
Aurora's Veil
Once in a blue moon A rare sight to behold Dancing cross the sky A celestial curtain Flowing like a wave That shimmers in the night. How radiant it glows Shifting color by the second A light show for the world to behold Before...Read the rest...
Categories: light, nature, night, writing,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Nighttime Pearls
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dusk arrives with its promise of starlight brilliant pearls of nighttime sit cushioned on black velvet ...Read the rest...
Categories: night,
Form: Kimo
Premium Member God Sends Pets Without Wings
"God sends pets without wings so no one will suspect they are angels ..."  Unkown Angels come in all sizes Never knowing when they will appear Great fur coats to wear Every day and night of the year Love will spread their...Read the rest...
Categories: night, day, friend, fun, love,
Form: Acrostic
Waiting in Fear
the sun, having been fixed on the barbed wires of my ranch, is in a state of fear and shock, cause it has blocked the night's path; that's why it will have to be exposed to the night's wrath ...Read the rest...
Categories: day, night,
Form: Free verse
campground'ig
. 'side the hammock 'neath the glints 'pon mine 'lightened hern...Read the rest...
Categories: night, adventure, beautiful, blessing, good
Form: Romanticism
After Karaoke
music lingers streetlights shine stars man and woman sleeping in shadows the library’s closed an intimate voice on the radio as I drive home midnight the spell is cast midnight as I drive home on the radio an intimate voice the library’s closed sleeping in shadows man and woman shine stars streetlights music lingers ...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, inspiration, music, night,
Form: Verse
Premium Member 1st Camp Out
Winding up the sheet, I just Couldn't sleep! Dragged the sheet outside, Beside the mud puddle, ...Read the rest...
Categories: night, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Free verse
Phantom Pain
at night, when the blue moon calls out to all wild things, its azure a calming wave in the bottomless screaming night I walk in time and with each furthering step, sweeping strides which pay more mind to...Read the rest...
Categories: night, analogy, anxiety, gender, lonely,
Form: Free verse
A Child’s Night-Cave
At night In my room Curtains flap Scraps of black Look like bats Then a snore And a growl – ‘It’s a bear!’ ‘It’s a ghost!’ ‘It’s the fridge,’ says Dad. ...Read the rest...
Categories: child, fear, night,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Soft Shadows
the darkness of night soft shadows where one can hide perhaps then to dream ...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, dream, night,
Form: Haiku
The Flares
Amber flares rising at night Beaming the hills with their bright light Slowly fading as they drop And disappear as they stop Inspired by flares fired by the soldiers at night as part of military...Read the rest...
Categories: night,
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Night Poems

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