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Slumber Poems - Poems about Slumber

Slumber Poems - Examples of all types of poems about slumber to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for slumber.
Premium Member there are always a few
...There are always a few Troublesome “tickl-ings “ Daringly darting In somnambulant slumber Shape shifting shadows Mocking the moonlight Creeping through the crevasses Of literary limitation We......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, fun, word play, words,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member Starlit Destinies
... "I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it..."   E.E. Cummings Amber hues kissed twilight's platinum pigments that night, beckoning ivory pearls to weave patter......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, absence, lost love, romantic
Form: Abecedarian
SHE IS A LEADER
...Steady as a rock, firm faith she carries The embodiment of strength, girl power! She reads out her mind like a political novel Confidence is her hidden name and she lives it For she believes it. ......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, leadership, woman, women,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If You Only Knew
... If only you knew Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Silent One Rumi Quote: “If only you knew what bliss I find in being nothing.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, appreciation, bereavement, introspection,
Form: Free verse
A Summer Flower
...Bellis Perennis Summer Flower Of the sun-kissed fields and lazy day,  Summer's gentle touch awakens you, a delicate bloom from earthy slumber, soft petals unfurling, revealing colors bright and......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, blessing, care, emotions, faith,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Rainy Days, and the Old Red Barn
...“Allen saw it first Charlie then later Allen chased the black raven Charlie lived his dreams”. Steady rain had been falling for two straight days In dimming, muted light. Striding out from......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, adventure, bird, dream, horror,
Form: Free verse
Old Age
... Older age being old is always ten years ahead: meanwhile I’ve decided to embrace my present age positively I walk, don’t run, affecting a dignified lumbering; if I stumble,I welcome......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, adventure,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Lupines Are In The Meadow
... Flowers are the music of the ground, from earth’s lips spoken without sound. ~ Edwin Cerran Lupines are in the meadow, speaking poetry of nature; the breeze directing purple allegret......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, nature,
Form: Sonnet
In the crucible of time, where the iron of human will is melted
...In the crucible of time, where the iron of human will is melted, Lords of armies forge their crowns from flames that build mirages. They invoke the spirit of the earth, but their thoughts leap over......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
It wasn't the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could live with
...It wasn't the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could live with, A canvas woven from moonbeams and delicate shadows on the water's face. They were seeking a tale in which to slumber, beside a......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Incarnate
...He came in human flesh, So He would see someone like me, He wore the robes of pain, grief and struggles, So He could relate to my emotions. He took the fall, So He could understand why I stumb......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, inspirational, jesus, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lying Awake in Dark of Night
... My internal clock is a bane to me waking me from dreams of paradise thrusting me into life's stark reality not allowing sleep when closing my eyes No matter how many hours of sleep I need ......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, anxiety, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
INSANE POETRY RUNNING AWAY Part 02
...Oh Syrinx, by the lake where you await, blossom anew! Proud of murmurs that speak of goddesses, in a reverent hue. Unleash the waists of shadows, in my tales they live and breathe, As I imbibe t......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, poems,
Form: Free verse
Shadows of the Eternal Night
...I inhabit a realm where contradiction and paradox intertwine, as intimately as vines warmed by Cleopatra's lips. By my very nature, I exist in a state of "woke" and in slumber, endowed with a divine ......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, art, evil, extended metaphor,
Form: Other
In the chamber of the soul, where silences gather
...In the chamber of the soul, where silences gather, I dwell as a hermit in the city of foam, Where the world seems like a faded illusion, I wrap myself in thoughts, like a tree in its closed bark. ......Read the rest...
Categories: slumber, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

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