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Desire Poems | Examples of Desire Poetry

Desire Poems - Examples of all types of desire poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for desire.
Carry the Flame
Destitute, barren, hollow, Senses malfunction, Reality, I struggle to swallow, Critical error, dysfunction. Pain seeps in, like water in the desert, Absorbed in my core, Grows within, with little effort, Heart cries, tears pour through pores. The black swirls once again, Casting shadows...Read the rest...
Categories: courage, desire, feelings, growth,
Form: Rhyme



A lovers dream
I seek a spot, in paradise. Where love is hot, just like a spice. A place of dream, where hearts are won, without a scheme, when words are done. Where burning hearts, become a whole, not just a piece, of burning coal. A lovers nest, beside the sea, a...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, dream, emotions, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
I a youthsome wholesome jokesome handsome
I (a youthsome, wholesome, jokesome, handsome,... gamesome, chucklesome, bothersome, and awesome modest fellow)... does not deliberately court immortalization, and wonders what criteria confer elevation, exaltation, glorification, hero worship, idolization, veneration, or worship. I go about a daily humdrum routine me, a twenty first...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, age, appreciation, birth, creation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Intertwined Souls In Passionate Urge
Ah! All fades away, nothing remains... but carved names into cold stones! The scent of evening's kisses, the touch of trembling hands also drift away into pretty sunsets! Intertwined souls in passionate urge make moaning surge; no crickets sound distracts, no moonlight gets admiration: we're...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, emotions, moon, night,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Temptations of the past
The silence is deafening, but I know you're still here. I look within and see your presence A beautiful spirit with lovely eyes. I look around me, and I think I have become a menace. Stuck ruminating on...Read the rest...
Categories: absence, desire,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Don't Dream, Don't Cry
Don't dream, don't cry... don't let be something of your daily living; as you know dreams don't last more than a single night! Don't dream, don't cry... don't shiver under your sheets: wish for the guy who held you tight! Don't dream, don't...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, desire, dream, happiness,
Form: Lyric
Fate Favors Now
Looking back then, my Dreams begin to realize Fate seem favors now....Read the rest...
Categories: desire, dream, fate, perspective,
Form: Senryu
Tingles
shadow cast within dust and pink ribbon growing steady like floating stars glowing more burst of sin screaming within pink red black mirrored to reflect some ones love never comes back...Read the rest...
Categories: desire,
Form: Free verse
The Evolution of Want
Listen up, 'cause I'm about to break it down From caveman to spaceman, desires abound Security, survival, that's where it begins Food, water, shelter, protection from our sins But we ain't stop there, oh no, we expand Love, knowledge, purpose,...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, earth, engagement, environment,
Form: Free verse
Across the Miles
Across the miles, my heart does yearn, For you to know the love I burn. In distant lands, you dwell so far, Yet in my soul, you are my star. Each moment planned, each meeting near, The world conspires, but...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, hope, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Where were you
Where were you when the wind starts to blow? Where you when you I created the show, where were you when my hands were stiff, where were you when I got stuck in the ditch? I...Read the rest...
Categories: career, community, confidence, desire,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Zeus's Compliance
They thought so confidently that wintry brief days would be over soon if Horae only agreed to appease; and although they constantly pleaded with deep eagerness, she wouldn't grant their wish but remained frozen by silence. They should have...Read the rest...
Categories: allusion, betrayal, desire, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Spiritual Indignation
I have this feeling Unexplainable; something Only soul relate....Read the rest...
Categories: desire, faith, feelings, perspective,
Form: Senryu
The Root of Obsession
Planted in the ground of possibilities Stemming from inner catastrophies Am I blinded by curiosity? Am I losing my sanity? Attraction, love, lust Obsession Money, status, purpose Obsession Entertainment, power, time Obsession External? Internal? Obsession...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, desire, lost,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member weightless wave
_______________ (PoetrySoup Format) _______________ an echo cannot be captured ( because the vibrating sound will softly emerge ) as the melody within begins to build, waves become wild...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, longing, love, sensual,
Form: Alliteration

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