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Crystallized She WoreYour skin glows like a peach blossoms,
Delicious as the Lotus Flower,
In the purest hope of spring.
My yearning heart rises to yours,
Feminine voice, and leaps as a panther
By the whisper of your name.
Evening ascends,...
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Categories:
desire, art, christian, confidence, deep,
Form: Prose
YoursYou 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
...
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Categories:
desire, first love, kiss,
Form: Narrative
rule of tenAs 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...
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Categories:
angst, desire, write,
Form: Free verse
Desire of allCover 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,...
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Categories:
christmas, desire, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
Hidden TalentHidden 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...
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Categories:
anxiety, beauty, deep, desire,
Form: Free verse
Elegy of the NightIn the quiet depth of our shared despair,
You vanished into the cool night air.
My soul cried out, in the stillness, for thee,
Yearning for the comfort only you could guarantee....
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Categories:
anxiety, deep, depression, desire,
Form: Free verse
Vertical Horizontal righteous in Him-As I lay dormant I stand raised in the midst of my vertical
I lay horizontal yet I rise beneath myself so I stand
Amongst my inner man a sinner man I stand and walk, I am...
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Categories:
analogy, desire, forgiveness, god,
Form: Sijo
RumblingA system is rumbling in the air and it is causing many people to fear, the clouds are getting dark and the birds are flying around looking for a decent place to call home, they...
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Categories:
desire, bird, birth, birthday, business,
Form: Narrative
YouI was beguiled;
you were then
a flower child;
veiled in Cyclamen
opus of allure;
siren to men.
I stared, unsure;
unabashed, you smiled,
our thoughts, impure....
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Categories:
desire, love,
Form: Other
The Secret Side of YouThe Secret Side of You
Vs.1) One thing makes me so proud
To know that I know how
You si…ghh when you say My name.
A treasure I hold tight
To know when you sleep tonight
You'll la.....
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Categories:
anniversary, desire, husband, i
Form: Lyric
choosing to suffer
Categories:
angst, desire, fear, hope,
Form: Than-Bauk
I Dreamed A DreamI 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...
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Categories:
childhood, children, desire, dream,
Form: Narrative
10 PMYou 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...
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Categories:
care, confusion, desire, feelings,
Form: Shape
Tunnel VisionI 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...
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Categories:
desire, addiction, anger, angst, cry,
Form: Free verse
Hills And CrossesHills & 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...
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Categories:
addiction, bible, desire, religion,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Desire Poems
Definition | What is Desire in Poetry?
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