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Desire Poems | Examples of Desire Poetry

Desire Poems - Examples of all types of desire poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for desire.
Premium Member A Pearl
An oyster felt an uncomfortable itch Caused by a stinging sand grain. Ten fathoms deep, he slowly made - a pearl, So that he was free of pain. A sea-diving Japanese ama, dove, Swimming topless...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, desire, sea,
Form: Rhyme



What do you mean?
What do you mean I left everything I know and love and started new What do you mean the few I called friends times are due What do you mean my animals are back at home I’m crying...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, dream, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Eva, Don't Turn Them On
Some ladies need to be protected, they are nice to hold, oh, so true; and that's for sure they can give you everything, but also they'll take it back from you! Eva is a lovely, sensitive woman who reaches out...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, crush, desire, devotion,
Form: Lyric
Addiction
Why have you plagued me? Why have you latched on my soul not ready to leave? What's my offense? Why have you fought my desires to do away with you? Why have you cried me to sleep? Why have you...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, anger, cry, desire,
Form: Prose
Premium Member If Only You Knew
I heard the birds sing, soared when the breeze blew for you, as the sunburst sky flushed your face with hue. How adorably attractive you were to me you had no clue, if only you knew. After drooping dull...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, desire, longing,
Form: Rhyme



City Of Broken Souls
The city is littered with broken souls, To reside among nature, the purest of goals, Some dream of vast fields of green, Deep in their minds, a vivid scene. Chained to the nightmare of city life, Fractured daily by overwhelming...Read the rest...
Categories: cheer up, desire, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member An Alliterative Pursuit Of A Lover
An Alliterative Pursuit Of A Lover I will firstly frankly forwardly forthrightly fastidiously befriend you. Then I will completely correctly courteously candidly chastely court you. Then whencesoever I have wonderfully wackily warmly wooingly won wed you, I’ll be free...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, friendship, funny, lust,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member If Only You Knew
If only you knew the secrets locked in my heart. Dreams and desires; treasure waiting for you to discover. Dear Sir, please unlock the songs my heart sings in the night. A symphony of love~ you hold the key, if only you...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The music in your eyes
I see the music in your eyes I feel it deep in my soul It excites me night and day That music vibrates in my veins It is soft and melodious It stirs in me a...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, desire, emotions, father
Form: Free verse
Dove of Freedom
she could see in their eyes they looked at her , as if she was a Dove. she was the freedom they wanted to capture , they wanted to hide her, to encage her to keep her only, only...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, desire, destiny, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Becoming
The thing I look for, That thing I become. The perspective I carry, On that road, I am buried. The grave you fix for me, In that place, I never return. The proportion you hold for me, Always be a negligible one. The unquenchable...Read the rest...
Categories: confusion, desire, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Our Galaxy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the late hours of the nights, we created our own galaxy. Every fear, every hope, every desire we shared became stars in our sky. It didn’t take us long to light up the sky with our own constellations. ...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, fear, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Let Me Expire In Your Soft Arms
Let me expire in your sweet arms tonight Let me give you my love, my last breath Revive me, love me, and kiss me. Until death We had promised to be together, that's right. In your arms, I'm at...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, cute love, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Thought of the day
the hermit who sought a rainbow body was foiled from the start by ego’s desire for the novelty which he wished to own...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, spiritual,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Linger
Moments mirror slow-motioned silhouettes, suspended in the still of trickling time. Your hands have yet to feel me, though I've never felt so touched. Tangled in the tension between...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, emotions, feelings, kiss,
Form: Alliteration

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Book: Shattered Sighs