Romantic Conflict Poems

Ah, unlucky me! Ah, unlucky you!
What was all that anxiety for?
We couldn't understand it took faith
to move on and hold on worth;
ah, unlucky me! Ah,...

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UNTITLED POEM 10
PEN BY: OWEN HAMALALA 

I am that toxic lover 
That's why I choose to hide from the face of the earth 
Oho

Yes am...

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The shower is where we go to get dirty 
A domain of filthy activity & debauchery 
Together, we defile the sanctity of a shared space...

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Appreciation:
A big thank you Silent One for your splendid narration of this poem.

THE GANGSTER

Through foreboding, whispering, wintery air
A woken Heron shrilly shrieks somewhere
Reflective iridescent gem...

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I wanted to try both types of the Rispetto form. The first one is 11 syllables
and the second is 8. I know the Iambic tetrameter...

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In a world spun from the threads of reality and dreams, there exists a girl. Not just any girl, mind you, but a girl who...

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Shakespeare's quill gave Romeo and Juliet a tragic ending
but that's a sad love story I think needs a bit of mending.
Yes, he's the Bard, but...

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I am two different people
Superficially the same

One inside the romantic
and totally right brained

the other is pragmatic
intellectualizing all

A dichotomy of thought on two different keys
a melody...

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Along a quiet river to nowhere were styx lean like broken crosses. The wind is gentle with a sent of quite decay or is that...

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Our love is botanical garden
where the trees have evanesced
The petals have wilted
The roots are debilitated
as if they were immune to growth
And the soil can barely...

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Can we meet again?
You, wearing your black jacket;
Me, empty in mind or thought.

You ask what I want.
I want long hours of chatter.
Know you are happy,
even...

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There was an annual gala party
going on last Friday;
from the large crowd suddenly 
emerged a gorgeous lady
with a dazzling red gown:
she wasn't wearing a crown!

The...

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oblivious

we are oblivious to it all, the death, the lies, the cries of nature and spirits among mankind, powerful sweet repose we will regret our...

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You entered my home, as a new bride, snow-white embellished!
I was in my bride-groom-dress, looked royal and unblemished!
All so, due to crude cultures, where marriage...

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Chorus:

How can we live
not loving anybody?
Can we spend an entire life
not feeling any joy?
Can we stop dreaming,
giving up everything? 

Verse I:

We love if we are...

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