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Longing Poems | Examples of Longing Poetry

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Premium Member Farewell
The sweet voice of the announcer Echoed through the airport. Ladies and Gentlemen Gate 4 Malta Paris is now open. Take your hand luggage And have your tickets ready. ...Read the rest...
Categories: longing,
Form: Free verse
Still Think Of You
You've been away a while, And I still think of you. The truth that you're gone, I can't begin to believe. With so many of these Truly beautiful memories, They make missing you Such an absolute ease. The pain I carry inside Is from...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, dedication, i love you,
Form: Rhyme



Im as free as a bird, but i cant seem to fly
Im free as a bird, But i cant seem to fly... Taking off is tiring, Yet i am still trying... I am still deciding If i should take off, Or if i should stay, Forever wanting Forever needing, Just a little bit...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse

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December Rainy Night
Starring out my window this December rainy night, all I can do is long for you again. Sometimes I feel I’m over you, like maybe I just might move on and forget about all that’s been. But as the...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbreak, heartbroken, longing, lost,
Form: Rhyme
The Power Of Your Beauty
I tried to ask you a question, But I can't remember what it was. Once I looked into your eyes, My mind was filled with fuzz. Your beauty is grand and unique And is able to incapacitate me. I've witnessed nothing...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, beautiful, beauty, i love
Form: Rhyme



My Love For You
I don't believe you understand How much I truly care. Though I try to show you Everything in my heart I share. I do my best to tell you How I love you intensely, But there are times you act like My...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, happiness, i love you,
Form: Rhyme
Why Did You Leave
My beautiful wife, my world, Why did you do this? Why leave? I'm devastated and confused. All I can do is grieve. Each day I'm without you, My heart breaks more and more. I lost my purpose for living When you walked...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, break up, divorce, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
If Only I Wasn’t the Thorn
I wish you stars, but not the darkness they need to shine. I wish you clouds, but not the tears they pour.   I wish you roses, but never their thorns. And I wish you love– but not me. ...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, loss, lost, love,
Form: Free verse
When the leaves fall; The ache of letting go
As autumn came to claim the leaves from my strands, Its breeze swirled around my bark and branches, A threat, ready to seclude the foliage from my hands. I was too stubborn to release the leaves from my...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, loss, lost, seasons,
Form: Free verse
Nepenthe
I am a wounded man who has lost all belief! The Grim Reaper will soon be coming like a thief! {The fickle sickle of a pestering Jester} Give me Nepenthe that I may forget my grief,...Read the rest...
Categories: drink, longing,
Form: Monorhyme
Ease Her Pain
I could see she was broken, It was so easy to tell. The look in her eyes Said her life had been hell. To get all of her heart, I knew that I could never. With all its broken edges, It was...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, beautiful, courage, dark, grave,
Form: Rhyme
Don't Cry Troubador
Don't cry, it will be alright The hardest hours are late at night When dark and silence fill the air Into a fireplace I stare Alone and sitting in my chair Wishing you were with me there An afghan warms...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, i love you, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Implosion
The slope is tiring I have been diligently struggling The top of the mountain is called bliss My eyes scotched to it I keep trying to reach its peace Yet, I could not anticipate myself Breaking into pieces, tearing myself up From...Read the rest...
Categories: longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lyric Of Lavender Lagoon
Aviating aspirations of effervescent incandescence spread psychic plasma of primal spectrum, painting the exuberance of indigo emotions on the sullen sky, fantasy configures fascinating fresco of mental panorama, suffused...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, imagery, longing,
Form: Free verse
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When you ask about my trip, what will I say? That the river waters are milky azure, surging from melting glaciers Glaciers pressing through granite masses So huge they might be clouds held tightly in valleys of fearful...Read the rest...
Categories: imagery, longing, nature, passion,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Longing Poems

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