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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.
Premium Member The Flower and the Butterfly
The Flower and the Butterfly In the subtle softness of dawn’s embrace, A tender flower reclines upon her garden bed, Enshrouded in the veil of morning mist, Which caress her form like the softest lace, As golden rays of...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, desire, flower, garden,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Empress of the Night
Enshrouded in the moon’s ethereal grace, Skin aglow with celestial trace. A smile, a devil’s tempting lure of sin, Alluring lips, plush and dark, a sinister grin. Your hair, a river of raven’s gentle flow, Beneath the moonbeam’s soft,...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, desire, fantasy, gothic,
Form: Rhyme
The Shady Ones
Too bright the world maybe in eyes of different colours, but wicked eyes do fail to see the light in hearts of others. With warmth the sun shall shine on souls that overglow, undoubtful faith in...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, evil, hate, innocence,
Form: Rhyme
a quest to find myself again
The days were brighter then, When without the slightest effort, I’d succeed in making a good impression. Now it seems no one knows me to be “good”, How will they? I’ve hardly provided any proof I used to swim...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, depression, desire, education,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thought of the day
discard oh hermit, your to-do list ~ the seeker who seeks does not exist...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, spiritual, truth,
Form: Couplet



Writing poetry, a voice within a voice
“Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice QUOTE POEM—63 Poetry is pure inner soul’s voice Conveyed hidden words choice Quietly spinning lyrical equipoise Inner voice vibrate audible noise Poetry echoes words to rejoice Structured in secret lyrical...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, appreciation, beautiful, desire,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Be Mine Or Nobody's
Every thought, every vision you will dream must evolve around me: be mine or nobody's! even your breath belongs to me... be mine or nobody's: can my faint hope die and not ever gleam? No woman could sing me a happier...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety, betrayal, desire, dream,
Form: Ode
Eyes of God
Maybe if I close my eyes long enough this will all just disappear. I’ll wake up to the eyes of God and his voice whispering in my ear. A dream, this life, can be so cold and cruel. A dose of...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, dream, fantasy, fate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member ATTEMPTED BAKE
ATTEMPTED BAKE Everything prepared the day before Reading a recipe book for sure The Flour, Butter and Sugar all added It’s not the Pillsbury Bake Off It was a need for dessert Bake on Bake on The oven is good and hot Soon...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, adventure, appreciation, april, care,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Monk mode
If there be no desire, no thought forms can arise, so if we just be still, darkness yields to sunrise and dark voids within fill. If there be no desire, we live by need, not greed, treading gently on earth, allowing love to...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, god, joy, spiritual,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Heart says Mind says
Heart says "But I want to know" Mind says " Its time to let go." Heart says "I can't take this ache" Mind says "Ypu always knew this would one day break" Heart says "If given a...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, desire, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Emptiness
You gripped my hips, not my heart you stoked the fire on my lips, sent me sprawling through an abyss and left my body tangled in sweat drenched sheets alone. you wove a wrathful web of wantonness, slid...Read the rest...
Categories: dark, deep, desire, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Walls of Egypt
I only remembered it for a minute second Some dream bound for the black hole. A minuscule moment it was Slipping into the fabric of no dimension. The actor forgetting their single stage moment In the shortest act created...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, desire, garden, history,
Form: Narrative
I'm in love
Admired you from far, And kept gazing at you like the brightest star. Words weren't enough to describe you, Hence, I was madly in love and all my friends knew it too. You treat me like the most delicate...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, art, beautiful, butterfly, crush,
Form: Rhyme
Because My Heart Desires
My whole life, I felt like something was missing, like my heart's desire was only half full. But, I was okay. Then one day, because you liked me, because...Read the rest...
Categories: boyfriend, desire, feelings, girlfriend,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Desire Poems

Definition | What is Desire in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs