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Best Lovers Poems

Below are the all-time best Lovers poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of lovers poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member We Are Not Merely Poets
Some of us are secretive at first. We hide our poetry’s soul self, 
gently letting her peep out; sometimes regretting it immediately.
Fearful of critiques from...

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Categories: lovers, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Starry Starry Night - POTW
POTW

When Wishes were made on a shooting star
The Heavens looked down and smiled
With sprinkles of stardust on a whisper of moonbeams
They created for us a...

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Categories: lovers, anti bullying, art, beauty,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Whispers Shared
Your time worn hand rests on my shoulder
A gentle firm touch
Ancient fingers stretching awake
And for that moment in time, I receive you
My body marinates in...

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Categories: lovers, appreciation, beauty, community, creation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In the Stars
Written in The Stars 

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Two hearts bleached by the sun
        A poem's - fallen wish
   ...

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Categories: lovers, fantasy, love, muse, romance,
Form: Free verse
Portrait of Love
Let me paint you like a summer’s day,
Upon luscious landscapes where lovers play…
With oils of Celestial Blue and Carmine Red,
Cherry Blossom Pink with a Saffron...

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Categories: lovers, art, color, passion,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member All I Am
Long slender tendril of mist in the morning
snakes slowly across the cool water, wandering,
endlessly,
searching, moving slowly, seemingly without purpose,
without direction, without destination.
It fades like a...

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Categories: lovers, longing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Old Oak Tree
Oh I am but a simple leaf
         withering within the gutter
      ...

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Categories: lovers, autumn, life, spring, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Park Bench
The Park Bench

I wish I was a poet
With magical words
To make people see all of the absurd
Tears fly, paintings in pastel die

When we look into...

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Categories: lovers, art, beauty, inspirational, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Lily of the Nile
Lily of the Nile 

O Lily of the Nile, your enchanting
purple starburst blooms
rise on naked stalks to greet

lovers on their river stroll as
nature lifts their...

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Categories: lovers, beauty, flower, river,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Space and Time
Entering the doorway through my heart
Following the nuance of space
Allowing expansion ~ mystery ~ and curiosity
To guide me into realms of spiritual awakening
Journeying through moments...

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Categories: lovers, appreciation, beauty, blessing, environment,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Poet's Gift
A Poet's Gift

A poet writes to share a secret depth 
Of feelings within their soulful breast.
They write to grasp onto immortality,
To be remembered beyond their...

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Categories: lovers, art, poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In November
In November I write of winter
  for I am weary of the old year and tired bones
I visualize all hardships blanketed with fresh snowfall
geese...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lovers, november, poetry, seasons, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member -unlatched-
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So young, I was, and so naive
There was no doubt, I did believe
this babe who's latched inside my womb
with ties we had,... would always be

Latched...

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Categories: lovers, childhood, family, mother, son,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Mind Dance
Mind Dance

I hear you calling me
I feel you on the wind
Playing with my hair
Grazing my cheek
With kiss’s shadow

Upon your distant shores
Perched on craggy rocks
Upon sunlit...

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Categories: lovers, appreciation, beauty, bird, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Longings of An Old Man
I long to—
Walk one more time
To where the land ends, and the ocean begins
To listen expectantly for the sounds of infant waves
Grasping layers of golden...

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© Jim Hirtle  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lovers, love,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs