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Longing Poems | Examples of Longing Poetry

Longing Poems - Examples of all types of longing poetry to share and read. This list of longing poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of longing poetry. This list of works about longing is an excellent resource for examples on how to write longing poems.
A Snowflake’s Journey
A simple snowflake small and white Fell so gracefully in the night Quiet and peaceful was the little street And I knew the next day there'd be a child to meet The next morning I woke with the wonderful...Read the rest...
Categories: 8th grade, life, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Geoffrey Chaucer translations 1 by Michael R Burch
These are modern English translations of love poems by Geoffrey Chaucer. These are poems of love, longing, passion and desire. To Rosemounde: A Ballade by Geoffrey Chaucer translation by Michael R. Burch Madame, you’re a shrine to loveliness And as...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, beauty, dance, desire, heart,
Form: Rhyme

This Old House
You open the door And hear a creak. A longing for what once was, But never again will be. No souls lie contained. Only memories live here. Do not be afraid, It’s only a House, dear. The Old House is lonely. Look at...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, absence, corruption, environment, house,
Form: Rhyme
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The song of the maiden
As long as the wind blows, As long as the birds fly, Mine own affection for you only expands. Hero sacrificed for Leander; Know not sacrifice but if it's true about life, Wouldn't mind giving all mine own blood and...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, destiny, longing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Your Beauty In Everything
I see Your beauty in your smile Your beauty in your eyes Your beauty in your cadence Your beauty in your fragrances. I see Your beauty in your laughter Your beauty in your hair Your beauty in your patience Your beauty in your grace. I...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, color,
Form: Free verse

The Big Debut
It seems as though the curtain is closing Behind the scenes it traps me I'll have to love her without her knowing I'll be damned before I feel happy Her big debut, my smiling face An act that I put...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, depression, heartbreak, i love
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I Will Love Him Forever
I never want to give up on my twin soul lover. I will always long to be with him forever. I am not sure when we will truly be together. I often wish someone can give me an...Read the rest...
Categories: dedication, first love, longing,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member September Reflections
Love are the verbs blossom like roses scented reserve suite line composes, Love sails an odyssey of Greek ships thousands save Helen impatient lips, Steve's ebony Wonders love can be, Paul's ivory flights pearl dove at...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, analogy, appreciation, devotion, faith,
Form: Free verse
Alongside destiny
Right now it feels like we’re something casual, with out a meaning, nothing actual, only one of us holds deeper feelings, I know that persons me, but one day I want to say it’s you...Read the rest...
Categories: cute, longing, love,
Form: Rhyme
Hello Sorry Goodbye
I know it's been a while since I've felt thing that's real But that's only cause when you are gone I don't know what to feel I wish I hadn't waited to tell you that you're pretty But...Read the rest...
Categories: cry, depression, loneliness, longing,
Form: Free verse
To the Boy I Loved, Yet Could Not Call Mine,
To the boy I loved, yet could not call mine. Days turn into months, And months into years. Yet your touch still lingers, Your warmth still comforts— But it’s not the same...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, absence, death, feelings, first
Form: Free verse
burrrupt'd winter party
. whilst mine timber mine oak freezez ...Read the rest...
Categories: allegory, beautiful, longing,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member I AM KING OF The Height of Heaven and the Depth of the Earth
Surely I am He I am of the son ship I AM King It is God’s privilege to conceal things And the king’s privilege to discover them No one man living Nor womb-man knows The height of heaven Nor the depth of the...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, appreciation, inspirational, longing,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Once Upon a Dream
Once upon a dream A night teemed with gleam Walking the tracks of unknown Carrying the sorrow of being alone But walls, nothing expecting Wandering the alleys, detecting In a hope, searching every place To trace a face of any race Where are...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, boat, change, dream, horror,
Form: Couplet
Train To A Broken Heart
I said I'm on a train to meet you, But you won't be waiting there, I look around the platform, I guess you really don't care. I used to ask for you to be here, But now I just want...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, lost love, love
Form: Rhyme

Specific Types of Longing Poems

Read wonderful longing poetry on the following sub-topics: desire, for her, for him, for you, for your touch, friendship, haiku, home, life, lonely, lost, missing you, pain and more.

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