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One More
What's one more day? I always say,
Then time slips by, it fades away.
A twist of fate, a fleeting glance,
And suddenly, you’ve lost your chance.
What's one more step? I’ll take it slow,
But now I'm running, and...
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Categories:
longing, abuse, addiction, conflict, desire,
Form: Rhyme
AvenueThe chapter I'm writing
starts with this setting
a side street that goes
for a block and ends
at a ravine.
Boxes are stacked
in the hallway.
The crimson trees outside
are still, but I know
something stirs.
The laptop screen glows
as I write.
I'll...
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Categories:
longing, age, animal, autumn, friendship,
Form: Free verse
A World of PainIn a world full of pain, I feel so alone,
Now shadows form where silence has grown.
A gaping void to fill this space,
These thoughts I have, I can't misplace.
It is four in the morning,...
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Categories:
longing, angst, anxiety, dark, depression,
Form: Rhyme
A Time For MeWhen will the time for me arrive
when I no longer have to strive
to fight to keep myself alive?
When will I travel land and see,
no longer bound by misery,
but free to bask in revelry?
When will my...
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Categories:
future, longing, time,
Form: Rhyme
It's Always Our Time a song[Intrumental intro]
[verse]
I missed you
you came back
then bowed out again
life's crazy times
cutting in like sin
And so I will sing to you
the only thing I know
to reach out
to comfort
just so you know
I don't blame you
I know you...
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Categories:
longing, absence, boyfriend, devotion, emotions,
Form: Lyric
24-7In quiet times, in times of talk
I love you just the same
There's nothing that can stop that fact
My heart beats out your name
It beats inside this chest of mine
Unseen from viewing eyes
But beat it...
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Categories:
longing, for her, i love
Form: Rhyme
I'll Always Be Here For YouCome back to me, darling.
I wanted you to stay.
I wanted it so badly.
Why did you go away?
I know we had our problems,
but surely you could see
we always worked them out.
Oh, please come back to me.
Chorus:
Babe,...
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Categories:
longing,
Form: Lyric
Stars in the Haze Inspired by Why Don’t You Stay
Written: November 15, 2024 For Glenn Hughes Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori
...
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Categories:
celebrity, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Ten Thousand PlacesWith ten thousand places to go
And it won't cost me a dime,
Just to walk a block or so ...
Takes a few minutes of my time
And it won't cost me a dime
To borrow one...
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Categories:
longing, adventure, books, fantasy, leaving,
Form: Pantoum
Closer to FineYou'll never be just anyone
You meant alot to me
But now that you have flown away
Your nest sits here empty
The full reports, the temperature
What should I wear today?
All the little things we had
Meant more than...
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Categories:
longing, heartbreak, i love you,
Form: Rhyme
where has the time gonewhere has the time gone
i remember running through the green green grass
wild with laughter, breathless with freedom, smiling so hard our cheeks hurt
the world was wide, the sky was endless- a blanket of stars stretched...
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Categories:
longing, 10th grade, cry, emotions,
Form: Free verse
in her eyes, i see myselfI will grant you eternal life,
Something I don’t have the power to give,
So long as you always look in my eyes
And never drop your gaze.
You look different the longer I watch you;
The more I take...
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Categories:
destiny, devotion, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
A Dream Within A DreamTis, but, a forged adventure
Lost in the cataclysic mind
For the ticking of the clock
Plucked of a memory
Becomes present time
I wander distant gateways
Purple hues adorn
A dream within a dream
Where solitude is born
I call of...
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Categories:
beauty, dream, longing, mystery,
Form: Verse
Survival in life’s precious pathwaySurvival in life’s precious pathway
When I did peep my eager eyes majestically open, my parents were overwhelmed with awesome love and the attention was immense. I have the slimmest chance of survival, lamentable, their given...
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Categories:
longing,
Form: Free verse
To Love in SilenceMy heart longs deeply,
and I am unable to remain unfazed whenever I see you.
It’s tragic to think that,
aside from the fact that there was never a "you and me,"
I cannot even hold your hand freely.
I...
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Categories:
feelings, heartbroken, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Longing Poems
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desire, for her, for him, for you, for your touch, friendship, haiku, home, life, lonely, lost, missing you, pain
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Definition | What is Longing in Poetry?
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