Short Longing Poems

Short Longing Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Longing by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Longing by length and keyword.


Halo

The halo just woke what cold this earth was longing. In joy, the moon danced.
December 13, 2013
Form: Haiku


Premium Member Genie In a Bottle

Floating in the sea
                         a genie needs to be free
                          Three rubs and I'm fine
Form: Senryu

Planet

You wandering one
whose celestial body is
moving in the sky
by lighting this inhuman 
earth; your pace is my comfort.
© Diana Bosa  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Tears Do Not Belong To Us

No tears
      belong to us...
      They are legitimate daughters
      of pain and longing
      that invade us...!
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Purred With Adoration

his voice was golden honey
she listened in the night
her heart played like a fiddle



AP: Honorable Mention 2025


Premium Member When Sleep Won't Come

in the silence of midnight madness
my heart beats furiously



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on June 26, 2022

Premium Member I Think of You

and quite understand how the sunflower so worships the sun



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on August 18, 2022
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Wish For a Kiss

My eternal bliss.
My reason for happiness.
His passionate kiss.
I had been waiting for this.
The oldest of my wishes.
Form: Tanka

icicles on gutters

icicles on gutters

glisten in light
of early morning

reflections of sun
when sitting alone
my dreams of spring
Form: Verse

Premium Member longing of train whistle

such longing in a long sad, drawn-out train whistle
do metal objects have feelings?
this sound makes the idea plausible

My Tears

My tears keep flowing

Never wanting to stop

Flowing because of a depression

Flowing, longing for an eternal sleep
Form:

For You

My hand, 
My arms,
My voice 
These things, 
may hesitate

My eyes,
My ears,
My heart,
These things, 
cannot wait

My Tanka

my tanka
an injured bluebird longing
for the branches above
but finding beneath the  snow 
the forgotten seeds of fall
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Frozen

the cold frozen ice
       distant silence without words
          needs warmth to be heard


Heidi Sands

11/28/17
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Longing To Recoup

sprinting to make up for wasted years lost
youth of wanton delusion
squandering idleness



posted on March 22, 2018
Form: Kimo

Premium Member Until I See You

this life
this love
what if it's all
nothing but illusion



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on August 6, 2022

All I Need

…I need
My love
You are
All I need
My love
You are
All I need
My love
You are
All I need 
My love
You are
All…

Beneath

Here I am.
Everywhere we were.
Capillaries fill with her,
rotting roots beneath trees,
feeding truth in buried leaves.

My Moments

Moments of fascination
Sounds of distraction
Feelings of longing
Dreams scattered
Fears of trembling 
Happiness everlasting
Form: Prose

Premium Member From the Depths

from the depths
beneath rolling waves
lonely mermaids chant



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on April 19, 2019
Form: Senryu

Premium Member When All Seems Hopeless

i hold on fast to my dream
waiting for the night to dissipate
and the storm to pass



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Premium Member Your Wallflower

I'd rather be a wallflower chained to your beauty then that dancing girl whos dancing out of duty
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Circling Heights

circling heights
of a soaring eagle heart
~ chasing freedom



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on August 2, 2020
Form: Haiku

Premium Member The Winds Of Spring

Over the hills and down below never knew winter was so slow 
I'm a tired old goat longing for the winds of spring to blow.
Form: Couplet

BIZARRE poetrix



      Your love, what a strange rite!
         if I get closer to you    
      further away from you, I become....

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