Longing Poems | Poems About Longing

Longing Poems. Below are examples of poems about longing. This list of poetry about longing is made of PoetrySoup member poems. PoetrySoup is a great resource for examples of longing poems or a list of longing poetry. These examples show what longing poems look like. There is also a link below to the definition of longing and a page where you can discuss these types of poems.

List of Longing Poems

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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	In The Garden Of My Heart	Rose, Mystic	Tanka	longing,
	A Beau for Brenda	Poteet, Reason A.	Alliteration	longing,
	FOR YOU	White, Darren	Free verse	longing, love,
	Will You Give Me Anisa	Izegwire, Odion	Rhyme	how i feel, imagery, longing, love hurts,
	Longing for Absolution	Howe, Jim	Free verse	longing,
	YOU	Johny, Ruphen	Free verse	absence, cute love, joy, longing, love, romance,
	PETALS	Opara, Samuel	I do not know?	absence, age, anxiety, beauty, longing, love,
	My Light Fades	White, Emma	Free verse	best friend, death, depression, longing, rain,
	Addicted To It	Adovica, Martina	Free verse	depression, emotions, heartbreak, imagery, longing, lost,
	Love Longings	Thompson, Janis	Tanka	longing, sad love,
	Lament	Smith, Charlie	Tanka	longing, sad,
	Your black eyes know about my tiresome silence	Lyrewing, Serge	Lyric	angst, emotions, feelings, lonely, longing, love, solitude,
	Fragile hearts	Hamilton, John	Acrostic	happiness, heartbreak, hope, loneliness, longing, lost love,
	Sleep, Sweet Prince	Schroeder, Jennifer	Free verse	longing, lost love, love,
	Wuthering Glimpse	Coyne, William	Rhyme	longing, love,
	Starcrossed	Roberts, Kay	Rhyme	longing, love, love hurts,
	Wasted Love Of Mine	Tortoza, Franchesca Mia	Rhyme	longing, lost, lost love,
	VOWED	Diaz, Tiffany	Couplet	heart, inspirational, life, longing, love, passion, poetry,
	Im your daddy my angel	van der Merwe, Mark Paul	Rhyme	child, daughter, divorce, father longing, love, relationship,
	The Lonely Phoenix	Turney, Trent	Sonnet	animal, hurt, i miss longing, love, sad love,
	The Sun	Rose, Brynn	Free verse	depression, how i feel, longing, moon, night, sun,
	Truth or Dare	Diaz, Tiffany	Haiku	longing, love, poetry, relationship,
	Shore Leave	cougar, laughing	Romanticism	longing, love, lust,
	PATHOLOGY OF OBSESSION	lateef, basit	Lyric	longing, pride, romance,
	-Late Night Encounter-	Kalicharan, Jenni	Free verse	beach, desire, emotions, longing, romantic, sensual,
	Brenda	Fross, James	Alliteration	longing, ocean,
	How can I exist without your grace	Hlabisa, Sizwe	Free verse	first love, heartbreak, longing,
	Durian Fest	CHUAN SENG, KENG	Free verse	longing,
	I don't speak	Lyrewing, Serge	Lyric	emotions, feelings, hurt, loneliness, longing, pain, sorrow,
	Eternal Embrace	Hanna, Ross	Free verse	longing, love, romantic,
	Where Were You	Melugin, Chuck	Lyric	absence, deep, emotions, hurt, longing, night, woman,
	Longing	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	desire, imagery, life, lonely, longing, love, woman,
	Blaze	Bosa, Diana	Dodoitsu	care, inspiration, light, longing, love, true love,
	Gone	Yantis, Susan	Free verse	bereavement, eulogy, farewell, longing, loss,
	Fallen	Copold, Jared Wain	Sonnet	absence, angst, depression, loneliness, longing, lost, sorrow,
	The Tempo in My Head	Riggio, Sharon	Free verse	longing,
	Unsound	Diaz, Tiffany	Couplet	allusion, betrayal, body, conflict, longing, poetry,
	My Love	Tortoza, Franchesca Mia	Free verse	longing, love, night,
	Heart Beat	Hafiz, Afnan	Quatrain	desire, destiny, dream, feelings, longing, love, nostalgia,
	Memories	HAMID, UMI	Rhyme	cry, death, dedication, longing, memory, mother daughter,
	I've Missed You So	Breidenthal, Laura	Free verse	angst, appreciation, deep, devotion, longing, love,
	A Torn Piece Of Fabric	Foss, Dylan	Free verse	absence, desire, hope, i longing, love,
	Kimi Ni Koishite Iru: I'm In Love With You	Tortoza, Franchesca Mia	Rhyme	longing, love, love hurts,
	I don't believe you baby	Hamilton, John	Lyric	longing, sad love,
	Posy Dream	Parise, Rick	Verse	longing,
	Watan	White, Darren	Enclosed Rhyme	abuse, anxiety, grandfather, longing, pain,
	Heartbreak	Burke, Shannon	Romanticism	anxiety, beautiful, break up, longing, love hurts,
	Acceptance	Peers, Chris	Rhyme	emotions, feelings, how i longing, lost love, love,
	Loved One	Diale, Seahlodi	ABC	anxiety, care, heartbreak, longing, memory, sad, sad
	Your Right Full Name	J.T., Honestly	Lyric	longing, truth,
	Words	Rose, Brynn	I do not know?	longing, sad, writing,
	Darkness	vaso, arthur	Free verse	art, dark, dedication, deep, longing,
	Travelers with Humane Destinations	Dillenbeck, Gerald	Prose Poetry	desire, happiness, health, longing, psychological, religion, science,
	sexual love	hansen, jan oskar	Sonnet	longing, marathi, me, mental
	You and I	Hafiz, Afnan	Dramatic monologue	conflict, confusion, destiny, emotions, longing, loss, true love,
	I can't believe that you're here	Hamilton, John	Lyric	desire, emotions, encouraging, hope, longing, love,
	If you're not with me	Hamilton, John	Lyric	break up, farewell, heartbreak, longing, lyric,
	Jasmine	Marcum Wong, Connie	Verse	longing, love,
	Picture Perfect	J.T., Honestly	Lyric	longing, me, woman,
	Love's Brambles	lawless, John	Sonnet	longing, love, lust,
	Muse	Vigoren, Bo	Romanticism	confusion, depression, heartbreak, how longing,
	Unraveling, Alone Two Heartbeats	Banks, Russell	Free verse	art, beautiful, lonely, longing, love, love hurts,
	Well of Rememberance	Banks, Russell	Free verse	longing, lost love, love
	Down at The Station	Lanier, Bo	Free verse	longing, love,
	Only In My Dreams	Cornelius , Jeff	Rhyme	longing, love,
	The Musical Box	Kirk, Tony	Rhyme	allegory, loneliness, lonely, longing, magic, stress,
	Strange Magic	Adovica, Martina	Free verse	longing, love, meaningful, men,
	In Her Heart	Melugin, Chuck	Lyric	depression, imagination, loneliness, longing, passion, sad love,
	I'm vulnerable	Hamilton, John	Lyric	desire, emotions, feelings, forgiveness, longing, miss you,
	I owned a dog	Silver, Robin	Light Poetry	animal, devotion, dog, longing, lost love, love,
	This grand old house with its large oak doors	JY, T.I.R.O.	Free verse	longing, loss, lost love,
	FOR LOVE'S THIRST HEART ON FIRE	POET BL, CLOUDY	Haiku	longing, love, red, rose,
	Call Into The Night	Worthy, Justin	Rhyme	baby, family, friendship, longing, love,
	2	Pullen, Charles	Cinqku	beauty, desire, feelings, imagination, longing, lust, night,
	My Zephyr	Cornelius , Jeff	I do not know?	beauty, desire, dream, emotions, longing, relationship,
	Yasabel	vaso, arthur	Free verse	flower, imagery, life, longing, love, missing, romantic,
	Time's Distance	lawless, John	Sonnet	longing, love, lust,
	Can I Live	V., Key	Quatrain	change, fear, loneliness, longing, lost, sad,
	The Cigarette	Ward, Julia	Free verse	longing,
	These Memories Imprison Me	Osborn, Brandie	I do not know?	dream, feelings, goodbye, leaving, longing, memory, sad love,
	My Favorite Drug	uptain, brandy	I do not know?	addiction, corruption, i miss longing, , drug,
	Something Like This	Adovica, Martina	Free verse	longing, love hurts, miss
	HAZY EVENING MIST	onclaud, nette	Rhyme	longing, mystery,
	Suckling, Her Mother's Milk	St.Cross, Rachel	Free verse	beautiful, for her, joy, longing, love, mother, soulmate,
	Best Comfort from the Sick Bay	Makama, Funom	Couplet	i love you, kiss, longing, love, lust, sensual,
	The persistent Suitor	Makama, Funom	Couplet	adventure, boyfriend, epic, i longing, love,
	On The Horizon - with Vladislav Raven	Byrne, Nicola	Quatrain	longing, love, romance,
	Snowdancer	Duet, Carole	Rhyme	longing, snow,
	Unheeded	Bosa, Diana	Tanka	how i feel, introspection, longing, love, spiritual, true
	There's A Time and A Place A Mara Prose Poem	Prose, Mara	Free verse	longing, lust, poems,
	Vera Causa	Bosa, Diana	Senryu	longing, love, science fiction,
	Sweet Cleiry	Hlabisa, Sizwe	Free verse	beautiful, devotion, emotions, longing, love,
	Girls are my weakness	Duffy, Alex	Free verse	longing, lost love, love,
	The Endling	Copold, Jared Wain	Free verse	angst, dark, death, life, longing, memory, world,
	The Sage	williams, colin mitchell	Free verse	longing, love, wisdom,
	I Melt With You	Adovica, Martina	Free verse	longing, love hurts, sad,
	I love you, My Love	Pratim, Partha	Free verse	beautiful, first love, girlfriend, longing, love,
	I Need To Know	Tortoza, Franchesca Mia	Rhyme	longing, love, true love,
	Poem to a Departing Friend	Mudge, John	Couplet	friendship, girlfriend, longing, love,
	attention	Cotterman, Mark Anthony	Free verse	longing,