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Best Basking Poems

Below are the all-time best Basking poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of basking poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Plagiarizing
"Mine all Mine!"

A thief I long to be
Your eyes original like the moon and sea

A lover in the world............
An Anthology, you walk and talk like...

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Categories: basking, addiction, beauty, cute love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Goodbye
(NOTHING MORE TO SAY)

I've seen the way you look at me
I've seen the way you look at them
Without wanting to admit, you hate everything I...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: basking, break up, conflict, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In November
In November I write of winter
  for I am weary of the old year and tired bones
I visualize all hardships blanketed with fresh snowfall
geese...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: basking, november, poetry, seasons, writing,
Form: Free verse
Winter's Afterglow
stars twinkled brilliantly
against majestic snow-capped mountains,
delicate pure white flakes danced;
swirling, twirling, rhythmically.

she stood, nose pressed tightly
against the window pane; gazing in awe
at the magic the...

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© Lynn Marie  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: basking, angst, death, introspection, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member African Anthology
walking gracefully  
with a pendulum movement ~
a herd of giraffes   

the mass migration
crocodiles at the river~
food for the taking

gazelles are running ...

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Categories: basking, africa, animal, nature, water,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Poet's Adoration of Nature
As dusk's misty tones awake from silence,
darkness fades, as birds gather to rejoice.
A beautiful reminder of patience,
their sweet melodies give nature her voice.

Darkness fades, as...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: basking, analogy, nature, poetry,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member You'Re the Poem
If only this poetry could define,
how your presence takes me towards cloud nine.
Your touch brings sensations that feel divine,
yet, my tongue is quiet, fighting this...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: basking, love,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Enlightenment
Quietude endows hushed mystical space
Admonishing words have no role to play—
Look how in solitude its posture bends
Bowing in deference to calming intellect.

Listen to the utterance...

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Categories: basking, deep, endurance, introspection, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sand, Sun-Kissed and Sandals
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. . . someone like me, sultry and carefree,
          becomes excited in tender moments,
 ...

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Categories: basking, longing, romance, seasons, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Poetry Was Her Best Lover- Not For Contest
Poetry was her best lover
like no other
he loved her
without restraint
She could be herself
and explore
discovering
secret pleasures and fantasies

Naked above the covers
he let her lie exposed
as he...

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Categories: basking, passion, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mindful
Mindful  

Startled out of nonchalant light,
Wakefulness stands at attention
Ignited flame from the eternal candle,
Energized vigil of the watchman
At the soul’s dawning daybreak
Tingling in the...

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Categories: basking, blessing, life, light,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poetry Was Her Best Lover- Adult Content
Poetry was her best lover
Like no other
He loved her
Without restraint
She could be herself
And explore
And discover
Secret pleasures and fantasies
Naked above the covers
He let her lie
Exposed
As he...

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Categories: basking, body, feelings, freedom, sensual,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Garden of Blooms
She is the flower in the garden of dreams
 Awaiting her butterfly on the summer breeze
 A sip of nectar where her beauty beams
 Kissing...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: basking, butterfly, flower, garden,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Slow Hand - An Erotic Romance
Walking past each other and just by chance
My heart skips a beat and my knees turn weak
Your eyes lock with mine in a fleeting glance
In...

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Categories: basking, lost love, lust, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wake Me, the Owl, When the Moon Does Rise
Wake me, the owl, when the moon does rise
and his golden beams illuminate the skies,
when the darkness flees and the time just flies
and the cold,...

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Categories: basking, bird, fantasy, longing, moon,
Form: Personification

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