Best Ember Poems

Oh, my Inglenook my Inglenook
a whole life time spent within thee,
my name is Ember 
I create patterns 
of dancing shadows
a need to be stoked constantly. 
I can be an inhospitable harrowing flame
for those that dare to glare 
and too hot to the touch,
phantom notions I...

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My love has not diminished.
I would not want to pursue, evoke 
feelings of shadowed prey or some craving 
to a fabricated addiction… I accepted that 
you had grown weary and would not want 
that I linger or impede future chances 
at love or romance.

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There is...

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Scarlet ember

(look , smell, sound, taste, feel)

Scarlet--flakes of RUST , SEEN in ashes of burnt coal 
Scarlet—AROMA of smothered froth of BLACK engine
Scarlet—CRACKLES, likes of icy BLUE hailstorm
Scarlet—memoirs of BROWN BITTER stones
Scarlet—FEET like crispy GOLDEN autumn leaves on ground

(rust, seen , aroma, black, crackles, blue,...

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I cannot see or touch you now,
you're far away from me.
But in my mind your hazel eyes
are all that I can see.
I feel your breath caress my ear,
your hands that stroke my face.
But when I open up my eyes,
you're gone without a trace.
There's something turning...

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Each eleven November
We all should remember
Every service member
Who left a glowing ember...

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just a flicker….
here now gone tomorrow
who misses who...

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Thy scarlet rise, thy wistful blur

I delve, into thine purest passion

and taste the ember

of our crazed pollution.

Thy lash, thy whipping break 

I, hither under thine blooming scuffle

soothe the yoke of this moment

with the edge of epiphany's 

final gasp. 

Sink thine breath into mine marrow,

and live...

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If there remains the slightest breath of warmth in an ember
let it be tendered with care
so that it may begin to brighten-
then burst forth into a dancing flame
stepping up to illuminate desires 
once thought lost, cooled by insensitive means
Let it relight the way through the...

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Springs heat - not but a dying ember

Shades of green fill the air. and all around.
In bright blue skies, seen, shadows crawl the ground.
Spring fever no longer seems to melt
away winters chill- all that is felt.

Buds do open and they do flower.
Aged, never seems to...

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Without the comfort of your hand to hold
   Aimlessly, I wander about in the dark
No hint of warning had been foretold
   I am a dying ember without a spark

Forbearance and faith is what I need
   and a love so...

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Sitting in a classroom full of empty desks,
You are sitting in the back and to my right,
A ball of fire not a dream but oh so real.
I am standing up in-front of the class,
Never taking my eyes off You.

A little ember of fire breaks off...

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Once a raging fire, 
that burned so long ago,
was reduced to a tiny ember,
that had all but lost its glow.

That mighty fire I thought had died,
that left ashes in my heart,
was brought to life again once more,
from the tiniest of sparks.

All it took was a...

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Chandelier versus ember


                             Chandelier 
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For I cannot look straight into your eyes
Or you will know I’m lying. I’m churning.
Scared that my eyes will give it all away
In the cover of friendship I’m hiding.
	
Silently true, I have forgotten you
A familiar lovesong. From long ago.
For if there’s no fuel, the fire...

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         A Fading Ember

In shadows cast by waning light,
A love once vivid, now takes flight.
Our candle that once burned so bright,
Now stings of a cold, harsh night.

I see the distance in your eyes,
Reflecting echoes of love's goodbye,
Emptiness...

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