Best Lingering Poems

'Neath nocturnal bloom
the essence of self
dwindles in a pillowed horizon
twilight dies a whisper -
your voice in my ear…

the pale goddess rises
mothering angel’s tears
tending till dawn 
a moon garden vigil
bearing witness to your visit...

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Lingering within

It sits upon my widow sill,
after all of this time,
the Magnolia bloom you sent
Wilted and shriveled,
once the purest white -
now browned with age
Yet what it is,
is just as beautiful
as what it was

We all age, change
collecting wrinkles and new colors
staring in the mirror 
wondering, where...

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Lift your eyes and gaze upon this flower
who worships you with her heart on display
A bud on trellis,  twined in your tower
now opens her fragile bloom for you today

If you would pluck me from my vine tonight
it would bring blush to petals crimson red
What...

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a simple kindness
leaves a lingering echo
lasting forever...

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 Autumn doesn't mind if summer lingers for a while
 Summer doesn't mind if spring lingers longer with her smile
 But Spring does mind when winter stays too long
 When her time comes she wants to bloom with joyful song

 So on the first day...

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A scarlet sun bleeds onto a pink sky,
behind branches of a majestic oak.
And shadows ink its leaves in silhouette,
as lonely crickets chirp and bullfrogs croak.

I hear the treetops swaying in the breeze;
and a brook, babbling with a southern drawl.
But they're lost to the quiet of...

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I saw you across the room 
and I knew I shouldn't stay
but then you walked up to me and said, 
"How've you been?"  I couldn't walk away.

I can't find the right words to say.
You etched the scars inside of me
Can't risk opening the wounds...

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The lights have fallen
to nightbreak.
There, on the sharp horizon.
Cracked open.
Leaching
pastel peach...
(Or is it apricot?)
...into the dimming blue.

The moon,
two stars -
aligned,
in a line.

Three drops of rain;
frozen in their falling.
An overnight shower,
lasting longer than it did...

By the tiny grace
of an unseen spider;
her webwork
holding these three,
three pieces of...

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Neither mad dogs nor Englishmen
rejoice as sunlight growing thin
allows the tidal sands to shift
through moonlight’s vapor growing dim

Yet still the beasts of lolling tongue
huddle with their shaded young
beneath a cloak of crimson red
abandoned nests now left unsung

Whilst I enjoyed this mingled tryst
as lovers passing gently...

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Lonely looking sky...

Eerie whispers in the night.
Dread fills the air with a chilling fright.
Ghosts of the past they take their toll.
Apparitions that haunt this lost, lonely soul.
Raven's justice in flight cries out a mournful plea:

"All Hallows' Eve, All Hallows Eve, the spirits are free!"
Lingering all...

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A breathtaking moment unfolds, 
like a beautiful incredible tableau

I am lingering still,
just reminiscing about love


. . And the first thing you notice will never be, 
the moon's glitter placing me in a spotlight, 
or even the waves dancing wildly with glee

It will always be ....

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The October sky
is silent this night as my
warmest thoughts linger
beneath its pastel canopy
of leaves gently falling,
creating a tapestry 
on the chilly ground
~
It is then that I see
a crescent moon smiling
happily above the 
autumn horizon and 
its expression tells me
it must be thinking about
the same thing...

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~ Aura ~
                     Surrounds the place
              Where a wedding was blessed
 ...

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Silent moments together that Creates passionate desire.
Feeling the closeness of nature that bloomed on face of the one we admire,
creating warmth that ignites into a burning fire, giving feelings that takes us
to the seven heavens or even higher...

Gazing in nature marvel as our eyes met...

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Call it chance or fate that we met, 
        a night we will never forget.

Not looking for affection, but we felt an immediate connection.
        In a room of online scrabble, we...

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