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Yearning Poems - Poems about Yearning

Yearning Poems - Examples of all types of poems about yearning to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for yearning.
The Cosmic Quill
...In the beginning, there was only sound The whispered words of God, echoing all around A canvas of darkness, awaiting the stroke Of creation's brush, as the universe awoke With syllables of fire......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, creation, god, poetry,
Form: Ode



Premium Member Art Of Endurance
... In desolate wasteland of deprivation, sauntering languidly with my indigent life, I tried tolerantly for so long to smoothen the angularities of our beleaguered bond. Swirling in the......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, analogy, lost love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
Dry and Desperate
...This longing in my heart A yearning as deep as the ocean An emptiness in my soul A void as the depth of the hades Like a fallen branch from off the vine I am as dead as the dried leaf Sired b......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, absence, anxiety, depression, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Heart Gentle Eye Mindful
... The surge of self-centric storm blows in the desert of life, I’m not aware a calm niche of bliss nestles in my heart, fail to discover the concealed oasis of gentle ambiance, not until the br......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, inspirational, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
SPY
...Numbness poisoned flowers spooky nights serenaded with chattered cowers, wounded grasp cascaded panicked voices bloomed mother's smile paraded with gleams doomed, yearning hopeless answer......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, death, emotions, feelings, freedom,
Form: Other



Premium Member Gravity
...Gravity is the enemy… It holds me down. It keeps my soul from flying, knocks me to the ground. And struggling against the force will only hurt And yet I cannot stay here, face down in the dirt. ......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, fear, feelings, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member He Is Here
... In the sky, where hearts delight, In the sun, who ends the shadow, In the stars, reflections of hope, In the trees, a million pleasures, In the birds, signs of His love… He is there, alway......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, appreciation, blessing, christian, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Look Closely
...Praying It was just yesterday, his love was a quiet smile, embracing the faith, the sigh, like a heart who can see, past the ugly in me, through the expanse of shadows, pouring over my naked......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, grief,
Form: Free verse
Yashodhara - Buddha
...A shadow dims Yashodhara's vibrant gaze, "My love," she murmurs, "lost in wisdom's maze. A prince you were, with riches at your hand, Yet craved a truth beyond this earthly land.” "A deeper ......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, confidence, heartbroken, husband, i
Form: Free verse
Freesoul
...Beneath the fury of sun Wades a wobbly nun Stomping on thorns Watch the teary ferns Scars on her skin Carrying wounds engraved Curse devious grin And snakes she once craved She sucked and......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, for teens, journey, nature,
Form: Free verse
Blank Space Craft
...The dark spill muddied my canvas: Made its mess, dislocated light And thoughtful lines to the edges While it claimed the center for spite. It seemed like all was wrecked. The time I'd wor......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, divorce, perspective, recovery from,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mellifluous Muse
... In my hunger, I saw a hallucination of heaven. From afar, visions of a golden glow, lustered, lingering above a crowded crossroad. This aura of agave aromatherapy, left an amorous aroma of rom......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, assonance, love, romance,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Raining in Summer
... Acts 14:17 (KJV) “Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” ......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, appreciation, rain, summer, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
The poet does not see reality, but sees beyond its enchanted veil
...The poet does not see reality, but sees beyond its enchanted veil, Through his eyes unfold the mysteries of the world, in mantles of light and shadow, A young wanderer on the paths of imagination, ......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Poetry and we have roots like an ancient tree
...Poetry and we have roots like an ancient tree, Deeply embedded in the mysterious soil of time, Each verse, a branch reaching towards unknown heavens, Seeking divine light, yearning to touch eterni......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

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