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Unattainable
A repost of “Unattainable” with special thanks, sincere recognition and due veneration to our fellow poet and friend, Pashang Salehi, for his constructive critique.. valuable...

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Categories: unattainable, beauty, destiny, faith, inspiration,
Form: Ghazal



Unattainable
Satisfying founts of passions, a celebration remains unattainable
Like admiring the unreachable, possession remains unattainable.

Carved pains from which to heal, an abiding endeavour
As pleasure of the...

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Categories: unattainable, art, beauty, inspiration, passion,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member A Kept Woman
Dream-worker 
delves deeply into my dream;

vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed 
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine...

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Categories: unattainable, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Not Worth the Hate
maybe someday this heart will no longer hurt for the innocent souls

as every child's turquoise dream turns into a sea of bleeding bullets

every mother's fruitful...

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Categories: unattainable, dream, humanity,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member The Butterfly
I pursued a butterfly through the woods.
It fluttered, just always beyond my reach.
The more I pursued, the more it teased.
Stalking it, like prey, it just...

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Categories: unattainable, children, philosophy, butterfly,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Only the Moon Understands
No stars tonight, yet eyes transcend towards bright moonlight.
Oh Moon, without words, we converse in lone quiet moonlight.

Angst of two hearts apart, shows in somber...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unattainable, angst, moon, romance,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member She
She’s a quiet whisperer 
so listen closely to hear her
She knows who you are
and who you were
She plays the notes
that cause your soul to stir
Let...

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Categories: unattainable, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Be It Only By Dreams
With the onset of advancing age, so I find,        
A man grows weary of all mundane talk; ...

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Categories: unattainable, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Raspberry Ruins
In a world bejeweled 
with tainted trinkets,
and feigned flowers,
we follow the 
wailing waves below 
whirling wind,
like secluded silhouettes,
stranded on the
cusp of chaos,
unable to find the...

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Categories: unattainable, deep, life,
Form: Free verse
A Total Enigma
I can’t be branded and put into a box
I’m a rhyme wrapped within a riddle a complete paradox
I won't  carry the labels, or walk...

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Categories: unattainable, introspection, riddle,
Form: Free verse
Keep Your Dreams
Above the sky
   Is a dream
That comes to my
  Distant shore.

Here's a little, formula ,
  I hope all. Can
Endure.

Keep your dreams
...

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Categories: unattainable, desire, devotion, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Close the Curtains
she half-heartedly stares
out the window, as if a mirror

the tree stands there
fragile and frail
uprooted, ready to snap
beneath the weight of winter
icicles hang like daggers to...

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Categories: unattainable, snow, tree, winter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member That's Poetry
When tongue is silent, but muse is chanting - that's poetry.
When we write what the heart has been asking - that's poetry.

As dawn's hues glisten...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unattainable, poetry, poets,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member Should I Quit Being a Poet
Written: September 1st, 2023          
Would You Love Me If I Wasn't A Poet?   ...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: unattainable, analogy, appreciation, love, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Obstinate Heart
My desolate heart, my obstinate friend
Do not be naïve, please understand
That glittering faces you mustn’t eye
Everything enchanting is not thy

You fret, fry, burn and agonize
Your...

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Categories: unattainable, allegory, life, love
Form: Rhyme Royal

Book: Shattered Sighs