Poems About Nightmares by Top Critiquers
#nightmares
Poems about nightmares by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
Cocooned
#dark
#death
#evil #nightmares
#evil #nightmares
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4 Comments
alone with the dark
i lie awake & silently scream at night
the dark crowds in
with violent whispers
i see my flaws
they converge on me
& surround my trembling soul
they're the monsters
i carry in the day
concealed under
well applied makeup
& my smiling face
if people looked closer
they would see
the cracks in my veneer
i've slipped sideways
in my thoughts
the fall is coming
i feel it
i walk a fine line
between sane...
the dark crowds in
with violent whispers
i see my flaws
they converge on me
& surround my trembling soul
they're the monsters
i carry in the day
concealed under
well applied makeup
& my smiling face
if people looked closer
they would see
the cracks in my veneer
i've slipped sideways
in my thoughts
the fall is coming
i feel it
i walk a fine line
between sane...
#nightmares
1014 reads
14 Comments
bad dreams
stalked,
those tremors
prepared
the nights
through
sleep,
bad dreams
lay thick
bare pinnacle
shallow
breathing,
shaking in
the thin
air.
.
those tremors
prepared
the nights
through
sleep,
bad dreams
lay thick
bare pinnacle
shallow
breathing,
shaking in
the thin
air.
.
#sleep
#nightmares
#vulnerability
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4 Comments
Cat and Mouse
Trying to read you
Not easy
Cat and mouse
Gatekeeper
Keeps bag of cheese close by
Cuts off a piece
The cat and mouse each want it
He watches amused
One is a sadist
One is a hunter
One is elusive
Not easy
Cat and mouse
Gatekeeper
Keeps bag of cheese close by
Cuts off a piece
The cat and mouse each want it
He watches amused
One is a sadist
One is a hunter
One is elusive
#dark
#evil
#scary #nightmares
#scary #nightmares
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16 Comments
go back to sleep...
when the nightmares fade
and the fog of time settles in
like an old patchwork quilt
scraps of the past stitched together
in some haphazard kinda manner
blanketing history with a groggy me
muffling the internal screams
until I'm finally able to sleep
unsettled...twitchy...a little uneasy...
but desperate for a respite
a moment's unblemished peace
I lay tensed in a compact ball
occupying the least required space
waiting for sandman's call
listening to the erratic thud of my heart
and the unnaturally loud sound of my...
and the fog of time settles in
like an old patchwork quilt
scraps of the past stitched together
in some haphazard kinda manner
blanketing history with a groggy me
muffling the internal screams
until I'm finally able to sleep
unsettled...twitchy...a little uneasy...
but desperate for a respite
a moment's unblemished peace
I lay tensed in a compact ball
occupying the least required space
waiting for sandman's call
listening to the erratic thud of my heart
and the unnaturally loud sound of my...
#confessional
#insomnia
#PTSD #nightmares
#PTSD #nightmares
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10 Comments
Darkness Shines in His Eye
I in depths of twilight's slumber
saw a dream in its haunting claim
of shadows dancing in evil glee
picking at my peripheral vision
I looked into the depths of the abyss
staring at the realm of nightmares
lost and afraid I prayed so hard
to wake to the comfort of my bed
you looked up at me from below
your face contorted in pain and fear
looked into my face with red eyes
hissed your wish to be free
you reached for me with claws for fingers
hatred shone in your bleeding eyes
there is no heaven here only...
saw a dream in its haunting claim
of shadows dancing in evil glee
picking at my peripheral vision
I looked into the depths of the abyss
staring at the realm of nightmares
lost and afraid I prayed so hard
to wake to the comfort of my bed
you looked up at me from below
your face contorted in pain and fear
looked into my face with red eyes
hissed your wish to be free
you reached for me with claws for fingers
hatred shone in your bleeding eyes
there is no heaven here only...
#nightmares
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7 Comments
Nightmare: The Purge
If the purge came
alive into the real world
It would be our worst
nightmares come true
I've been to hell and
back and would
participate so it's
kill or be killed
The Loner of your
family must die
because he causes
nothing but pain
That's the only person
I would kill
The rest you
leave up to fate
alive into the real world
It would be our worst
nightmares come true
I've been to hell and
back and would
participate so it's
kill or be killed
The Loner of your
family must die
because he causes
nothing but pain
That's the only person
I would kill
The rest you
leave up to fate
#anger
#dark
#murder
#TruthOfLife
#nightmares
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6 Comments
The All Seeing Eye
Within the shadows still more questions lurk.
Just what did that infra-red sensor see?
Was it some demon of the id at work
Or a shade split from it's mortality,
Creeping in with a fresh maritime mist
Seeking revenge for ancient offences
Or longing for some prehistoric tryst
To reawaken it's long dead senses?
Mark it, THERE, moving by the patients bed
A vague form of certain locomotion
Shifting through death and past the optic sped
Beyond the eyeballs ocular ocean.
Oh what could be more strange and scary
Then the...
Just what did that infra-red sensor see?
Was it some demon of the id at work
Or a shade split from it's mortality,
Creeping in with a fresh maritime mist
Seeking revenge for ancient offences
Or longing for some prehistoric tryst
To reawaken it's long dead senses?
Mark it, THERE, moving by the patients bed
A vague form of certain locomotion
Shifting through death and past the optic sped
Beyond the eyeballs ocular ocean.
Oh what could be more strange and scary
Then the...
#nightmares
#dystopian
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0 Comments
Poetic Addiction
it seems, i desperately write poetry or prose
things that only the mad persons dare compose
for lack of skilled handicraft, its just a cause
escape into sickness, addicted in poetic overdose
armed with a pen, full of inky powder to sniff
if to a certain morbid level, i come to grieve
i get the eager need to then, trace the lines
leave a sad track behind, now,i'm looking fine
poetical addiction has really taken its toll
i look like derwish,in filthy streets i stroll
ironically called "Nabi" for the words i...
things that only the mad persons dare compose
for lack of skilled handicraft, its just a cause
escape into sickness, addicted in poetic overdose
armed with a pen, full of inky powder to sniff
if to a certain morbid level, i come to grieve
i get the eager need to then, trace the lines
leave a sad track behind, now,i'm looking fine
poetical addiction has really taken its toll
i look like derwish,in filthy streets i stroll
ironically called "Nabi" for the words i...
#fate
#nightmares
#dystopian #curse
#dystopian #curse
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5 Comments
nurserymares
I
how now said the dead
cow to the falling moon
while the dealers cooked
up murder on a silver spoon
my dear little boy blue,
come, blow taps on your
horn
opioids, heroin and
fentanyl
the end comes much,
much too
soon
II
hickory dickery
doc
a virus stopped
the clock
time stood still
as many became
ill ...
how now said the dead
cow to the falling moon
while the dealers cooked
up murder on a silver spoon
my dear little boy blue,
come, blow taps on your
horn
opioids, heroin and
fentanyl
the end comes much,
much too
soon
II
hickory dickery
doc
a virus stopped
the clock
time stood still
as many became
ill ...
#nightmares
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4 Comments
P T S D-reams
i’m so sick
of seeing
you all
in my dreams
long night
after night
memories
still haunting
and half
of the time
the stories
are all wrong
painting you
in colors
that you
never wore
desires
i dreamt up
wishing you
were more
waking up
thrashing
and yelling
forlorn
those words
i was never
quite able
to say
feelings
i wish
would just
go away
trying to
forgive you
little...
of seeing
you all
in my dreams
long night
after night
memories
still haunting
and half
of the time
the stories
are all wrong
painting you
in colors
that you
never wore
desires
i dreamt up
wishing you
were more
waking up
thrashing
and yelling
forlorn
those words
i was never
quite able
to say
feelings
i wish
would just
go away
trying to
forgive you
little...
#anxiety
#PTSD
#disappointment
#emptiness
#nightmares
453 reads
4 Comments
Happy Halloween...
Animated Mini-Production
Brought To You By Another K Production
First published 29th Oct 2021
Brought To You By Another K Production
First published 29th Oct 2021
#Halloween
#vampires
#nightmares #witches
#nightmares #witches
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