Love Ekphrasis Poems

Moonlit Shipwreck At Sea, 1901 Thomas Moran (1837-1926)


A misty memory
Touch a bleeding heart
Through a moonlit beam

Peering from storm clouds
A light of hope
Revealing a story
To late...

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trapped in skeletal arms of the wolverine forest,
I crave rose-scents from the corpse crescent,
   seeing through the portal of pained pupils,
written with cinder-gold...

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Fur bounds, through the cottony breeze, to me.
On a warm, summery day,
the scent of dog resounds.

A wet nose, commiserate smile and hug.
Against my skin, he...

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note the nothingness of the tag
yet so much time was spent gazing,
observing each inhalation, exhalation ~
each held breath ~
not disturbing her rest.

love learns no more.

she...

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Blood Moon

I gaze at the full moon
now bloody, weeping red tears
a symbol of our sacrifices
and the love we lost
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 Where beauty 
         meets passion
    the scarlet
of compassion
 the emblem
   ...

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Is there a word for when you love something because it is horrible
and it's horrible because it's true,
and specifically, because it's you?

That's why my chosen...

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She passed away upon a day
Where silence lie in sullen vein 
Where whispered notions plant a seed 
Of all the words penned in belief
Hoping a...

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Love is a rose, but you'd better not pick it
Only grows when it's on the vine
Handful of thorns and you know you've missed it
Lose your...

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Love Like a Flower

Love is a rose, but you'd better not pick it
Only grows when it's on the vine
Handful of thorns and you know you've...

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The rush that occurs with Van Gogh’s brush.
Deep in the undergrowth, drawn to two figures.
The dappled landscape, lemon, lime and vanilla.
The close couple strolls amidst...

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Long ago at twilight we pledged our sweet
love amid trees stretching stark and bare
Yet at our rendezvous the very next night
I was alone in my...

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Our Dying Love

Love is like a dyin' ember
Only memories remain
Through the ages I'll remember
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain 

Blue Eyes Cryin’ In The Rain...

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Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell into a ring of fire -- Ring of Fire sung by...

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		Dimensions

I see you as you really are
a shadow, a ghost.
No substance, just 
an empty shroud.
Where did our love go
after all of these years?
Perhaps you occupy...

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