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Desire Poems | Examples of Desire Poetry

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Premium Member choosing to suffer
desire and hope ego groping elopes with fear...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, desire, fear, hope,
Form: Than-Bauk



I Dreamed A Dream
I am on a train above the clouds, a wondrous scene, No panic stirred, just enchantment filled the air serene. Faces, familiar yet strange, in clownish attire, A vintage dream train, stoked with childhood's desire. A steward with rosy...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, children, desire, dream,
Form: Narrative
10 PM
You make me feel so… I just can’t find the words to express. My poetic ingenuity, fails me thus. Maybe I should just try my hand at painting. Let’s see… You make me feel Red. Yes. A splash of boldness, stains the...Read the rest...
Categories: care, confusion, desire, feelings,
Form: Shape
Tunnel Vision
I want to rip my face off. I pinch and poke in hopes of leaving a clean flattened surface. I long for my skin to smooth out. I assure myself I am aware of what...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, addiction, anger, angst, cry,
Form: Free verse
Hills And Crosses
Hills & Crosses I hung myself on a cross To atone for my works An attempt on my soul To rid him off of his unwholesomeness To cut off the tree of transgressions, I continously ate of its...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, bible, desire, religion,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Zen mode
we are astonished at use of labels assigned to domains imaginary yet sought after by fickle desire of deluded hearts nonchalance yawns and moves on...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, heart, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Sickness
I'm sick of you, Tired of trying, In love with your lies, A mind-made paradise, I made for myself, All sugar coated with your colourless words, That I dipped in my false hope I'm sick of...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, 11th grade, break up,
Form: Rhyme
Delusion
He loves me, he loves me not. I can, but he cannot. I'm the favorite, that much is clear, I know he loves me, though he hides it, I fear. So happy! Wealth and fame are mine, The center...Read the rest...
Categories: depression, desire, dream, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hope
She longed to hear his laughter and see his smile for real to be in his arms for comfort and oh the warmth she’d feel She dreamt of times together but loneliness tugged her heart she desired his tender touch but they...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, feelings, inspirational love,
Form: Rhyme
Our first talk
I still remember our first talk, A memory stuck in my mind, Like a sinner to his sin, Bless the man who revealed the secrets of love, I now know I'm an addict An addict of...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, 11th grade, betrayal, boyfriend,
Form: Rhyme
There is Nothing Romantic About the Way I Feel
Night and day I think about you. You’ve tightly bound the wrists of my self control And grabbed my fevered dreams by the throat. I try to forget what my body knows But it betrays me every time. Your skin...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, lust, sexy,
Form: Free verse
Writing the Unspoken Feelings
Writing is my hobby, like many others do, Just like my lover, who loves someone new. Through the rhythm and rhyme, I ignite. These unspoken feelings, I gently write, In writing poetry, I find my release, It’s like a journey...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, desire, feelings, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Lovely enchantress of cyberspace
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...
Categories: desire, absence, adventure, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eternal Ecstasy
Vivacious incandescent longing blushes buoyant, spreads spectrum of fervor in the sanguine skies. Spring-suffused beguiled brush paints to enchant, portrays chromatic contours of craving, life descries. In cracked cinnamon ground parched to the core, the mist...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, joy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member FAR
Invisible opportunity stairs Flight fate fashioned Masked mental wares. Past existential roots Accrue manipulative motif Extant present imputes. Futuristic intents allure Remote eternal sanguinity Time track obscure. ...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, time,
Form: Other

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Definition | What is Desire in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs