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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.
In the shadow of the system, I withdraw in silence
...In the shadow of the system, I withdraw in silence, Watching as the sky effortlessly weaves the white of clouds. To the vast game of the world, I do not bow but smile faintly, Let the masks fall t......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Innocent
...Innocent Lighting travels through my core, like a diving hawk to prey. Unwittingly, I let a breathy moan escape. To the glory of the heavens, my eyes roll up then close. The better to feel an......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, christian, corruption, desire, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Incarnate
... Your flushing face winsome in the wild wind, the ebony strands of hair insolent, flutter unbridled. Some swirl squally, threading the gushing gale, on the ivory forehead their lattice capture......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, analogy, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member SOFT WHISPERS
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ as I came across the yellowed card unfolding lost fond memories life pages of my yesterdays yearning for those I miss the lines written there slowly becam......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, memory,
Form: Nonet
The Whispering Attic
...Cobwebs cling to memories, whisper in the gloom, Once vibrant threads of knowledge, shrouded in a tomb. Skills like dusty treasures, hidden from the light, Yearning for a touch, a chance to tak......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, career, dedication, passion,
Form: Personification



Grim Embrace
...In the depths of her soul, she's yearning for touch, In a void of despair, where emotions are crushed. Once her fortress, her solace, her knight, Now distant, indifferent, cloaked in spite. He ......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, anger, depression, emotions, howl,
Form: Rhyme
A tarnished soul
...Here's a story poem about a girl's tragic descent, imbued with dark imagery: A Broken Doll's Lament Tiny fingers, a gap in the wood, a scene etched in fright, A scream ripped from silence, shatter......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, anger, cry, depression, divorce,
Form: Rhyme
If tears don't run salty into the bowl of lentils of life, you don't know the seasoning of pain
...If tears don't run salty into the bowl of lentils of life, you don't know the seasoning of pain, It's just a breeze, a transient wind over your infinite fields of indifference. When you weep, tasti......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
In the days that gradually thin, sprinkled with the last strands of sand
...In the days that gradually thin, sprinkled with the last strands of sand, Evening descends upon my old and warm soul, Bony and stiff fingers, yearning for the warmth of the waning summer, As the a......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Lyrical Journey of a Lover through Taiwan-I
...If you are the vast, ever-changing ocean, I will be the sturdy mountain, holding you close, Embracing your gentle morning waves with care, And welcome your crashing tidal surges in the evening wi......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, love, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Creative Creation
...Zygote ideas crowd cobwebbed thoughts. Foetal creations evolving... Yearning for life. Crammed in empty wombs Contracted by phantom possibilities Gatekeepers to life Aborted hopes and dreams ......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, birth, creation,
Form: Free verse
Home
...Love can move mountains, And impair one's judgements Make you soar high like a bird Or so in tales, I've seen and heard. Been watching cheesy romcoms Couples dancing in balls and proms Read l......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, beautiful, cute love, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Journey of Love
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When I look into your eyes,… … I journey into your soul discovering your inner being that I long to know; … I waltz with the sparkle i......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Gentle Rain
... While the dawn collects its rhythm, Quietly protecting the whispers of a new day, Tangerine sunsets composing chrysanthemum hymns, Risk their gentling tones in rarest glimpses, T......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, appreciation, beautiful, inspiration, rain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Music Of Memory
... Disarrayed sands dropped by chaotic time settle ceaseless bemused on stratified shelf of languid life disorganized, in moments moving ......Read the rest...
Categories: yearning, analogy, depression, memory, time,
Form: Free verse

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