Best Closeness Poems

some days you may
be low on strength
i’ll give you mine
life is bigger than cancer

we feed off each other
the closeness of our bond
finishing each other’s
thoughts and sentences

your smile your touch 
there’s magic in the details
in the togetherness of you and i
in life being bigger than cancer



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~THE POWER OF TWO~ 2020

AP: 2nd...

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Two circles linked within our hearts
Each a symbol chained in the orbital path
Of our love's infinite pathway
Forever to return united in the moment
As east is to west
And north is to south
As wind is to stillness
As fire is to water
As earth is to air
I am vulnerable
I am centered in your essence
To inherit your elements
From beginning to...

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Compressive closeness 
Enchanted vision crumpled
In collapsed distance.

Transparent closeness
Masked reality unveiled
In snapped relation. 

Demanding closeness
Stifled freedom fragmented
In ego crisis.

Transgressive closeness
Nascent emotions smothered
In timed attraction.

Unscripted closeness
Unfinished story shelved
In dark memory.

December 10, 2017....

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"Being alone with Spirit lifts souls with gifts of joy for hearts and light for eyes." Poet

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Whether I am embracing joy or buried in strife,
Your presence has been clear to me all of my life.
Through all years, I have sought to feel You even more
so truth continuously cements firmer within my core.
Your closeness - my...

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Written: January 06, 2024 
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Shimmering swaths
of cerulean sea
ionize comely light
purple-tinged sand
strewn with tattered shells
during low tide,
summon imperial thrones,
tartly lovely youth
amid sparkling Tyrian swells,
whilst peering 
solace amid 
vibrant splendor 
of landscape, 
as serene slopes 
and lucid pleas prevail, 
I wait with ebbed breath
for an ethereal grace
to ignite a spark...

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the trust
the comfort
blurred line
between
the you
the me

the invitation
unspoken 
implied
a nudge
a smile
a touch
acknowledged
proximity
the attraction
the closeness
mutual devotion
intimate
inseparable
a harmony uncommon            



AP: Honorable Mention 2020, Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on February 3, 2020 for contest STRAND SELECT C sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 2ND...

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Oh, to have the hugs and closeness of a companion,
To hear laughter of happiness,
To see youthful smiles on tender lips,
To scent a fragrance worn,
To feel the warmth of entwined fingers holding hands,
Walking hand in hand in sunshine, rain showers,
In enjoyment, wanting to be together,
To be close to each other.
Oh, to park on a beach of...

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Walk with me, although your hand
Extends through strands of wire
Beaded with thorns; be careful now
But let us walk

Talk with me, although your words
Must pass through cords of steel
Binding these limbs; be careful now
But let us talk

Sing with me, although your song
Sounds faint through walls of stone
Keeping us apart; be careful now
But let us sing....

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Closeness 

a ripple of chance
in an ever 
changing pulse

~tides shift~

seasons shed her shape
warm caresses disperse

poetic forbearance

rests 

outside the dearth...

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Translations of Urdu couplets and poems by Momin Khan Momin

Perhaps
by Momin Khan Momin
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
 
The cohesiveness between us, you may remember, or perhaps not.
Our solemn oaths of faithfulness, you may remember, or perhaps forgot.
If something happened that was not to your liking,
the shrinking away that produces silence, you may remember, or...

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My son Kevin is a fine young man
With a positive attitude and the motto “yes I can”!
His energy is amazing and there’s no challenge too great
Results oriented like his mom, he’s a winner out the gate
Anything mechanical a piece of cake for gifted hands
Fast cars his passion as we watch from the stands
A Navy vet...

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I know you are always with me
as minutes gather, form together and mesh
then don't be afraid
then all at once, time stands still,
infinite nights dictated by moonlight
I know you never give more than can be handled
allowing for time forgotten, to be reclaimed and remembered
then go ahead, meet the challenge
recounting moments captured from memories
I know you will...

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Your skin glows like the passion fruit, blossoms pretty as the rose in the purest hope of spring.

My yearning heart rises to your voice and leaps like a cat at the whisper of your name,

The evening ascends in on a great lark wing.
In the hushed, I listen for the last of the spring.

I wait in...

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I cannot tell a lie
I love you more than the sky
Or what the earth will hold
All the beauty be told
That whispers in my heart's embrace

Your warmth that floods to comfort me
Your voice and words do bestow
My contented pleasure to unfold happily
With golden floods of light and love to flow
In the whisper of my heart's embrace

And...

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