Best Undesired Poems

Amid the white patches of that mauve gracious dusk,
I bask in an awaited dawn since I found myself from a lost world
to win over my...

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Pain had I ignited bright
Through my silence, had my hurt worsened
Denied conversations with all for superficial reasons, I had
Forgetting that love was my life
And people...

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Dear members of Poetry Soup, here I present my most awesome poem to date. 
It is best appreciated while listening to my mate Andy's recital....

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A cold lion roams, doctrinaire and sterile,
The expanse of Africa offers him no sanctuary, the Saringehti no salvation,
He can only smell the scent of his...

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I watch the sun fall from the sky
tumbling soundlessly, the horrid quiet deafening.
As I see it touch the horizon, the world burns
and clouds, like kindling,...

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They said that she was ugly, fat, and shy.
She went her way to shameful words and sneers.
Ignored or worse by those who passed her by,
She'd...

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Another COVID Holiday

in an ever increasing
rate of replanting
the seed was spreading
through the population

a seed so small
as to be microscopic
should remain insignificant
no outward effect dramatic
though COVID’s...

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do you remember all the things you said to me
can you recall all your generosity 
you said you'd never ever leave me
 who would know...

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Do you wish to taste 
the succulent flower 
as she grows, anxious, in the garden? 
Morning’s blush arouses 
her soft pink petals 
and they become...

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The sun set low
And my heart split asunder
The wind blew hard with traces of slow
Darkness spread around and pierced deep under
My blooming valley of roses
Causing...

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Take My Hand Not My Life

Life special moments of splendors
Smoldering away like embers
Silently yearning to be wanted 
But always undesired
~
Take my hand not my life
~
Tolerate...

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A broken mirror that cuts the soul,
A broken mirror that holds control.
A broken mirror I wish to please,
A broken mirror that loves to tease.
A broken...

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A request for a piece
On my feelings for you
The love that we share
And the journey we've been through

Anticipating perfection
Expecting gold from my pen
But instead growing...

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Take My Hand Not My Life

Life special moments of splendors
Smoldering away like embers
Silently yearning to be wanted  
But always undesired
~
Take my hand not my...

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Applying for teacher certification
I caused one technician much consternation

My fingerprints had simply not registered
Again and again the test he administered

“Guess you could have had a...

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