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Do Without Poems - Poems about Do Without

Yours without having you
Yours Without Having You" As solitude surrounds me, I still feel the whispers... of your presence. Soft. Haunting. Like a memory... not yet made. In a fleeting moment of joy, you hush my fears. You stir… a calm I never knew lived in me. Then An epiphany strikes. Like the sun, piercing my skin. Sudden. Warm. Unforgettable. But still a deep sadness lingers in my soul. Because I know... I can never call you mine. Resilience? Baby… it slips through my fingers like smoke. I...

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Categories: do without, beautiful, confusion, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Where would I be without you?
my body and my heart are fragile brittle mostly broken your visit and your kindness mean the world to me you sing your song and the healing of my soul begins ~ rebuilding the bridge to hope AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

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Categories: do without, appreciation, body, encouraging, heart,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Without Fear
It’s the darkness, flooding the silent room A still so bitter it flows, splashing fears Weary as the moments I would never presume Pierce the heart with feelings, frantic tears It’s the night, breathing in echoes of anxiety Murmuring shadows who still the soul Wiping out the silhouettes of notoriety Following the screams of a dread’s control It’s the dusk, ending twilight’s...

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Categories: do without, anxiety, cancer, fear, grief,
Form: Rhyme
without water
Hydrangeas without water are drydrangeas....

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Categories: do without, flower, funny,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Action without reaction
Flowing with ease, in mode embrace and release, looking neither ahead nor backward in time, seeking no outcomes, no demons to appease, leaving behind no residue, as we climb, all doings are done as God Himself does please, making all our actions blissful and sublime. No karma’s attracted since there’s no one here, as we thus breeze through life sans desire and...

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Categories: do without, spiritual,
Form: Ottava rima



Premium Member I Carry Within Me a Church Without Doors
I never had a religion. Only thirst. And instead of drinking, I shouted. I was told I am lost. That I burn too much and God does not come to those who shout. But He answered me only when I howled. I carry within me a church without doors. No priests. No icons. Only a cross shaped like a question and a Gospel written with the blood...

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Categories: do without, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Time Goes On Without You
It's with something as heavy as death or light as silence Time going on leaving us behind ignoring our presence Unless you give your voice no one knows your alive In a world where no one cares you'll be left deprived People will miss you but how would know if don't connect Not connecting is like resting...

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Categories: do without, age, life, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Without her, life is like a song without notes in the breeze of time
Without her, life is like a song without notes in the breeze of time, I dream dreams that shine in someone else's eyes, stars seeking their sky, She was perfect, like a divine painting in the colors of sunset, I, just a fleeting moment, a rustle of leaves in the wind, timeless. It wasn't her fault, no shadow of...

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Categories: do without, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Without you
I made it so easy for you I never let you wonder if I loved you but here we go again Another man who takes my love as a weakness I did everything you wanted me to You played me like a fool I have to admit I allowed you too You had me right next to you...

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Categories: do without, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cheltenham Races
Watched the steeplechase races at Cheltenham At the haywall a jockey fell off His horse though continued to ride And came first – what a great finish that was. The name of the horse is Fiddlerontheroof But the victory was awarded to Monkfish, Who came second, with a jockey on the back. At my comprehension, Fiddlerontheroof won. He did the job...

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Categories: do without, judgement,
Form: Free verse
Without Regrets What Have I Left
The end of days is a term Dark enough To make men squirm And real enough In a way To make one consider His final day… Without regrets…who’s to say And doing so I must look back On what I wrought And what I wrecked What I built And what I broke What I gave And what I took Then the book that tallies sums Finds me wanting And then some For...

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Categories: do without, death, humanity, life, philosophy,
Form: Narrative
Pulchritudinous virtual crime pulled off without a cocked hitch
Pulchritudinous virtual crime pulled off without a cocked hitch delivered me back in the dark shadows and the underbelly of the web, where impossible mission to differentiate the outer limits cast by edge of night essentially rendering a twilight zone where obscured criminal activity clear as day in retrospect, versus earlier this month when yours truly gung ho obediently got a...

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Categories: do without, absence, america, anger, anniversary,
Form: Free verse
Life without Him
This message is someone’s story and from observing their story, it inspired me to write about it. Hopefully this can help someone else who may be going through or in a toxic relationship. Imagine - Being with a person and experiencing this. The level of toxicity, love, sex and lies, pain, hurt, tears, abuse, disrespect, smiles, fusses,...

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Categories: do without, abuse, boyfriend, change, friend,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Song Without Music
There’s a song without music I hum While I wait for your call every night And the lyrics that usually come “You’re my everything, you’re the light” But the rest I’ve forgotten, exept That together-forever trope And of course there were tears I wept And most likely, the blessings of hope Though it all may not matter this time But it does, even...

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Categories: do without, bereavement, grief, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member WITHOUT YOU-
WITHOUT YOU Without you it will be no Liberty; Without you it will be no eyes; Where I could see; Without you it would be obscenities; Without you there'll be no peace; Without Elohim ; there would be nothing; Creator of all; He's Almighty God; All Father without there would be nothing 6/28/25 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2025 ...

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Categories: do without, analogy, caregiving, missing you,
Form: Free verse

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