Best Courtship Poems

I wrestle with my words in aimlessness when I write.
Poetry is a relationship to me, it's a troubled courtship.
I can't come to reasonable reform in words on the spot..
but rather seek intimacy with my thoughts in attempt. 

The two of us, man and his romantic...

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He worked at the local newspaper office.
I worked for his employer’s wife as a mother’s helper.
He had served his apprenticeship 
and was now a full fledged printer 
earning a magnificent sum of eight dollars a week.
My wages were three dollars per week. 

Mrs. Miller found...

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Sire she's been sighted
two miles south of Sinai,
our sentinels say she has brought a river,
her baggage train stretches into the ancient sands,
the envoys of her retinue spoke of marvelous gifts,
beasts and creatures of the Orient
gems that glitter like the eyes of children
summer baskets of gold...

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he walked with me for miles.
talked with me for ever.
kissed me with sincerity.
held me till I felt strong.
surrounded me with loving
and protective arms 
and with much tenderness
left himself burried 
deep within my heart.



I wrote this many years ago 
we just won't say how many....

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we danced among fields
feeling as free as the wind
I am enraptured
your floral bouquet lingers
your sweet nectar, I still taste


TLH  ©  05-31-2012

Lets Pass A Tanka Love Note Contest...

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Whirlwind courtship.
One morning she woke up
married to someone she’d not met -
an overzealous mother-in-law.
For twenty years now, she’s been 
excluded from his family clan. 
What a blessing in disguise!...

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There once was a Lass from up around Mass
Who ventured down south for some schoolin’

The boys were all giddy because she was so pretty,
But none caught the young lady’s fancy

Her suitors opined, but she was resigned
An old maid certain she’d be

Deep in her books, she...

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Can’t get you out of my head
Oh pretty woman
Under the moon of love
Reach out I’ll be there
Temptation
Sometimes when we touch
Hopelessly devoted to you
It must be love
Perfect day

10~05~14
Contest: Romantic Acrostic (created using song titles) 
Sponsor: Regina Riddle
~awarded 1st place~...

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Poor wisp of life, upon the billows whisper
A love assailed by storms of uncertainty and defeat.
Across what cruel seas of hope we flee,
My heart and yours alone to steer the course!

My pen is dull, my sword of little force
Our dreams lie open to the winds...

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The Courtship

He courted her for many years
Said she was the one for him
She looked like a goddess he said
In the moonlight, tall and slim
No one else would ever compare
Yes…she was the one for him!

The years rolled by one by one
Each one getting older
But he never...

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We came to start the partyrock. Got some Grey Goose, Gin, Red Berry Ciroc. We're birds of a feather baby, join the flock. Because we're white boy wasted, rockin like Dethklok. Chillax lil mama, just do the wave. and if you don't know how, you...

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Dark clouds sit thinking
On the brim of withered hills
Earth dreams of new birth...

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Galaxy witness courtship
of many meteor  sublime  
in darkness shed clothes 
to nudeness,
a journey in unknown  
horizons above human
consciousness 
tracing a companion  
to unveil  energies  
inside meteor.

Reaching  peaks
on courtship
of meteors  
waiting  for big bang  
in womb of
galaxies  
ending in birth
of a shining star 
enlightening  human
races for...

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Written by Gail DeBole on August 16, 2017

Lacey the turtle fell flat on her back.
She landed squarely.
Her shell did not crack.

Jakey the turtle became her green knight.
With his gentle nudge
She again was upright.

After that, Jakey would not leave her side
Making sure Lacey stayed upright.
She became...

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An Evening Date

Once, we lay beneath a starlit sky
And the sheaves of wheat seemed to bow
before the grandeur of our sighs.
I opened my heart to yours that day
Wishing to stay, for eternity, as we lay.

When we were spirits free from mortal mesh
And love unbound in...

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