Absence Poems | Examples of Absence Poetry

My ballet shoes have a name, undisguised among a multitude. They dance free all over, without a name. My dancing shoes are old, great enough for the right feet to keep on dancing. My ballet shoes only fit my feet to be...Read the rest...

Kidding around, I called mother “Lou” Short for Louella between us two. She’d return the favor; call me “number three.” At the time it was cute, now it’s precious to me. “Thank you, Lou” always brought a smile, A wink...Read the rest...

The lost tribe Holocaust, the ongoing tragedy this time, it is the Palestinians who are victims from a tribe that has learned that if one has  to survive, they must be ty, able to tell lies and cynically plays on...Read the rest...

You caught me running, constantly looking back, tears merging within the rain. If I took a leap, would I fly? Left behind, the mole above your lip, laughter in your eyes, jaded progression. It could have been...Read the rest...

Declarations of Love It was a quiet moment under the starlit skies when these beautiful words were whispered to me: He said, “I declare, with sincerity, the shades of love dwelling in my heart for thee. A declaration of...Read the rest...

Dark space but red blood I am on my knees Starts at night Sleep in dreams Soul pay punishment but your durgs of bite My work is my mirror But...Read the rest...

I suppose we all have a lengthened life, some alone, some kind, some hard fought, some short, and some long And we all deal with death in a different way, some deal with it by not caring, some by showing how they crumble, some...Read the rest...

Hey all I know that I haven't been active on here for a while. I've been having some health issues lately that have been keeping me sidelined. That and trying to mentally prepare for a...Read the rest...

I await you, Day and night, Even my dreams are honoured by your presence I await you, To meet your comforting eyes, Lost in a world of its glory A beauty no spoken words can describe I await...Read the rest...

Why do you show me such treasure, only to deprive me. When you are gone, smoke fills the air, I'm misplaced in the mist of misery, w a n d e r i n g helplessly lost, masking melancholic emotions. Parasite winds bring...Read the rest...

You come to me, palpable, The way a candle flickers When the air is stirred, A vague mirage, a sense Of metaphysical existence But here, nevertheless, A wondering sensation one never forgets More than just a curiosity A part of me rises to...Read the rest...

Lovely enchantress of cyberspace Betwixt and between us lies an immense untraversable realm of never knowable forbidding possibilities quixotic, rhapsodic, sympathetic, telepathic..., where tantalizing, scandalizing, and revolting, nevertheless promising fantasies beckons buzzfeeding, crowdsourcing, dovetailing, earthshaking, foo fighting, hashtagging, jump/kick starting, twittering uber whatsapp pining toward...Read the rest...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Do not mourn me, I am stardust. I am the universe, the universe is me. I am the sand between your toes, the sun on...Read the rest...

finally out at last... spent seven 'daze' in the hospital... was blacking out collapsing in a haze... an 'imp' proved to be bacterial... noticeably better now glad to be back... stan lee ...Read the rest...

O my glorious rival in love, For I fell in the cosmic river of yours. I flew in the rhythm of darkness within, For finding my light in glorious you. I played my flute for you...Read the rest...