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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.
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
Premium Member Pleasures She Wore
Your skin glows like a peach blossom, Delicious is the smell of the Black Lotus Flower, In the purest hope of springs essences. My yearning rises to her frequency, Her feminine voice soothes the core of my...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, art, beauty, best friend,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Yours
You lips so close, so promising awe-inspiring inviting enticing If only... I sigh I die to everything else but this wondering... ah....wondering... what it would be like to touch to taste ...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, first love, kiss,
Form: Narrative
rule of ten
As one gets older One often looks back At all the things you did In your life. The good, the bad, and the ugly And we all have those moments Because we are human. And some things you desired But never pursued. For...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, desire, write,
Form: Free verse
Desire of all
Cover blown Your plan is now known Deem dim your scheme But don’t forfeit your dream No man claims to deserve But all want to own and preserve To be lords in perpetuity With their kind,...Read the rest...
Categories: christmas, desire, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Hidden Talent
Hidden talent Creative mind Scared to talk But tucked away So much to invent But how do I vent? Unmotivated, uninspired all it went I'm not poetic I hope you can relax Knowing fully well This boy will flex Don't believe in me I...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, beauty, deep, desire,
Form: Free verse

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