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Desire Poems | Examples of Desire Poetry

Desire Poems - Examples of all types of desire poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for desire.
scar struck AGAIN
Damn these feelings of stress, interlacing impulsive dreams of disgrace Can it all be over soon? Maybe, the hopes drowned in the mere dust of time Oh, long lost lamb, I am so in need of...Read the rest...
Categories: deep, desire, grief,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Yeah
Yeah I am still here Stuck Cuffed In place By golden shackles I wallow In mud And eat dust Suffer The hollow men Do it For a dream Or is it All just a dream Days just meld Welded together Time fly’s Time slows The mud The dust How I hate The hollow men ...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, destiny, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thought of the day
stirred from stillness by an urge, awareness could not discern ~ ego conveniently labelled, desire as spontaneity...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, introspection, silence,
Form: Free verse
Garnished Martini
Clinging rhythms from musical styles ignites my desire. Can you dim the red lights? I crave a sense of cashmere danger, It smells of peace and warmth, pleasure and vibrations, placing me in a butterfly zone. Yet I...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, beautiful, best friend, black
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Making The hardest Choice
Some girls can't sleep, they fight over me with insanity it's the insomnia that won't let dream; it has taken away all the happiness and serenity! Everywhere I go there's a good possibility that I attract the wrong one and marry...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, beautiful, desire, fear,
Form: Lyric



Reflections
Eyes reflect your sorrows deep within Like a window peering into your essence You’re merely a victim But they don't see your tears...Read the rest...
Categories: confusion, cry, deep, desire,
Form: Quatrain
Cream Corn Chowder
Despicable How it drips down the side Bubbling up from the innards of the pot I can hear the sizzling The smell of the butter drenched corn I throw in a bit of salt and pepper To spice up...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, emotions, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Travel On
I travelled like the sun in the sky With route unknown and path unsaid Lone to shine like gold in the day Unremembered, assumed to be okay. As I search and search for the end to...Read the rest...
Categories: desire,
Form: Rhyme
Have faith
This is a story of two lovers, A boy and a girl, their bond like no other. Their love was pure, their passion strong, But fate had a different plan all along. Their love blossomed like a spring flower, Hearts...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Far Away
FAR AWAY FROM HOME Far away from home wandering in the dark nights ___lonely woods lost in the world of love the romantic scenes playing, tickling your nipples... (massage in your breasts) a kiss for the moon and a sin for the stars swallowing...Read the rest...
Categories: cute love, deep, desire,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Literary Standstill
Am I meant to be found? Do not force it let it come. Let it come, Like you used to. Filing away the words, overproduced. Distraction is no bad thing, I tell myself. Coincidence, Nothing more? Me and...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, care, dark, desire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Your Love Is Like A Light
(Inspired by Glenn Hughes Song " Your Love Is Like A Fire") Your love is like a light It radiates passion for me. My eyes search for you My heart bleeds the truth I want your soul illumine me Enter...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, desire, love,
Form: Free verse
How I Feel
He ceased from living in hell That unholy prince of hell He takes his hostile abode everywhere His alluring angst's felt more here The world now knows no bounds Unhealthy redundant show of pow'r 'n will Echoes of sheer messed up...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, desire, fate, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fated To Try
Looking at you My heart remembers… Mind chiming in. Two times a sinner Now, three times a fool… Enticing smile… once again What am I going to do. ___*___ 1st time, arguments 2nd time, a cheat Why’s my heart drinkin’ you in Skippin’ still a...Read the rest...
Categories: conflict, crush, desire, emotions,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Ledger of Love: PART I
Ledger of Love In the dim-lit chambers of the Victorian home, Resides a wife, her heart a silent tome. Once, love’s flame burned bright within her breast, But now a thin whisp, a ghostly jest. Her gaze averts from her...Read the rest...
Categories: confusion, desire, heartbreak, longing,
Form: Narrative

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