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Premium Member She Wept In Languished Moan
She wept as they buried her one true love.
Each day thereafter she brought him a rose,
the flower she knew he was fondest of.
Her grief unbearable,...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: languished, bereavement,
Form: Quintain (English)



Your Man
Your man 

O' fallen leaf of barren branch
doth charge my heart, my aching heart
with missing you, needing you
On sun dried earth I lay,
grasping at my...

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Categories: languished, good night,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Forbidden Fruit
Unrequited love is the
forbidden fruit of the heart.
And if you long for its taste,
it will tear your heart apart.

A love never meant to be;
drains dying...

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Categories: languished, angst, heart, heartbreak, love,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member To the Fallen of Covid 19
To all the fallen of Covid 19
whose deaths were unrecorded and unseen
To those who languished in intensive care
where Fear unmasked itself to mock each prayer

To...

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Categories: languished, tribute,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member Once I Had
It's a long time ago 
that I flew high and thought
that’s like a carrion crow
flying over a deserted plateau
could bring its prey so much woe.

Once...

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Categories: languished, lost love,
Form: Light Verse



Alliteration For the Planet
Wonderful wonders woven within wild. 
Titillates theatrical tender thoughts
Consistently creation, contrives conservation concerns. 
Ecology evolves equations, entitling entities essence.
Empowering equality, enlarges existence.
Life lovingly leases Longevity.
Biodiversity...

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© Sam Raj  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: languished, environment, nature,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Swan Lake
Satin shoes, for years, 
I wore upon my feet;
Bound around my
Ankles with
Expectations 
I could never meet,
On bloodied toes
That languished 
In a pirouette 
Of self-defeat;
Wearing slippers
That...

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Categories: languished, childhood,
Form: Verse
After You
I saw a light from across the field
On a night the sky shed tears of rain.
I had hoped the dark would help to shield
My heart...

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Categories: languished, angst, lost love, light,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member Woods In Shadowed Flight
I 
knew
your woods
through every
quiver of bonfires...
although our music pealed a wind
flamed  evensongs   quickly  languished,
cleaving my breaths into dry twigs; and hushing...

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Categories: languished, leaving,
Form: Fibonacci
The Huntress
A pursuer at an precocious age,
Instantly able to set the stage.
Unaware of the glare from a piercing stare,
Calculated thoughts and moments planned; the prey would...

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Categories: languished, fantasy, passion
Form: Epyllion
An Inner Push
The other day I did some chores
That I’d been putting off.
It made me feel so good
But hear me out before you scoff.

They weren’t monumental things...

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Categories: languished, life, me, time, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tell Me Why
TELL ME WHY
If what I've done is love too much
too deep, and far too strong,
and languished in loves bitter touch
that stays with me too long
what...

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© Vee Bdosa  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: languished, anxiety, beauty, confusion, feelings,
Form: Lyric
Weeds of Regret
Forever lost deep in a lonely heart,
stands a forgotten palace hidden from sight.
Where lived a simple scribe who practiced his art
and languished in the flames...

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Categories: languished, death, heartbroken, loss, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Meaning of Easter
Chocolate bunnies and Easter eggs,
Fluffy chicks and lambs at play.
The spring of the year is a beautiful time,
And we celebrate as the time draws nigh,

To...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: languished, easter,
Form: Quatrain
Despair
He despaired. He was despondent and desperate.
He was impelled to violent action but restrained from acting out.
He had finally given up. He had lost all...

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© Ed Coet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: languished, angst, depression, satire,
Form: Narrative

Book: Reflection on the Important Things