Best Unsent Poems

I am writing the words I do not have the courage to say out loud
I need to ask you for something, something I don't want
I don't want you to bring home junk food, please don't bake so much either

I know this is your love, giving...

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I'm remembering our tender moments; how sweet was love
that filled pages of poetry you will never read, where I wrote of 
my affection and things I no longer have the chance to say.
Words of passion, anger, and dreams that were swept away.
Melodies of memories I...

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Written: September 20, 2024

For: Letters or Photographs Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Ink Empress
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A mound of unsent letters was under my pillow
Frozen...

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I find myself
with just myself reflecting
on undelivered letters of winters past--
the most bitter front glazing evenings
where a fireplace becomes a chilled shelter
of sharp, dazed musings 
as I travel within time's slow compass.
Two quarter moons ago...you left hurriedly crashed by a wheeler,
And my soul burned in...

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Lord you laid down your life for me
I am not worthy to even kiss your feet
Dusty words used on repeat seem weak
Unopened letters from heavy heart bleeds

I am so full of sin and selfishness 
How can I write you when I am 
Lost in the...

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I want so much to knock on the door to your happiness and ask if I can love you too. 
Selfishly I want to share what was never mine
How can I ask for forgiveness for wanting to be loved in the way that I...

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I crafted words at midnight, perfect in their form,
Emotions spilled like rainfall before the coming storm.
My fingers hovered trembling above the final key,
These truths too raw, too honest for you to ever see.

I saved them in the shadows where courage goes to hide,
Each sentence held...

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Dearest,


There would be no nightfalls 
thereunto your eyes but partly goosebumps
nor would be nightscapes along your brows 
even an inch above their  shorelines

where darkness heaves 
no. When shadows dance in tip-toed pirouette to the tune of your     hairfall
whose breaths breathe...

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Unladylike though to speak this heart of mine
          for a certain man who makes my day shine.
          I admit I'm just being true to myself
  ...

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I like your long wavy hair
Brown it is better than fair
I like your pretty eyes in green 
They’re the purest I have ever seen

Or maybe they are hazel?
Beautiful but still as sharp as a razor!
(And don’t worry about being short
Because men like girls of the...

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I don’t know where you’ve gone,
And I don’t know how long it’s been.
I’ve been here all alone, 
And these letters have gone unsent. 

I’ve tried reaching you for hundreds of years,
But, like the cold, I’m frozen by my phobias and fears.
Whenever I try to move...

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If only you knew why I gave you up 
You would not stew or stare at me 
With those cold eyes of a stranger 

If only you knew how I held you
     close to my breaking heart 
Comforting your tiny tears...

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Carlos, Hanna, my dear friends,
you met such early ends,
and I'm empty inside.
I ushered at your wedding.
Warm love you'd soon be spreading - 
the happy groom and bride.

I'll love you both forever - 
forget your friendship - never.   
Carlos and his spouse.
You treated me...

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Bow my head, with pen to book.
Pretend not to see stolen looks.
Writing of dreams I wish I'd had,
Of naughty times when we were bad.
I think of you, I think of them.
But always, I think of you again.
Endless songs, upon blotted ink.
Scrunched up paper, I tried...

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Replying back within seconds, staring at our texts waiting for a reply, rethinking what I said. Did my words make your heart melt like yours do to me? Have you smiling and giggling at your phone, kicking your feet and reread each word until they...

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