A TENDER VERSETo you I write
This tender verse
My dearest
Lover at first glance.
I was no believer
In love struck on sight
Calling it mere heat
Not heart. But you changed that.
Words may fade
Ink may dry
Even the sky may lose its blue
But with you, I feel whole.
So I write
With ink steeped in longing
Softly asking
For your hand, if you're willing....
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Categories:
12th grade, first love,
Form: Free verse
unforced errorsIn tennis,
Love means nothing.
Off the court,
It’s everything.
Tennis and love start the same—
Your pulse quickens, hands shake.
Your first high school match,
You lose the opening service game to love.
You would’ve felt less gutted
Had your opponent eviscerated you.
Tennis is a game
Of little lives and quiet deaths,
Each break point converted, electric—
Every winner a shock to the heart.
The points lost...
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Categories:
first love, 11th grade, analogy, first
Form: Free verse
Love Songs Don't Sound As Good As They Used ToHave you heard
the one about the
birds and the
bees?
I never much liked
it myself, because it
soured the taste of
our innocence.
Or maybe our
innocence soured
the taste of us.
So much for happy endings,
and so much for love.
So much for innocence,
and so much for us.
You’re an old slow dance.
You’re an old song.
And if I’m being
honest—
I still think back to that
time I...
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Categories:
first love, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Even in Pieces, I Stayed Yours
English Rhyming Translation
© Krishika Upadhyay | 2025
I’m breaking down, in lashes' shade,
In silent dreams, I wish I stayed.
I try to rise, on roads that smile,
But thorns have gripped my feet a while.
Yes, thorns are biting where I tread,
And tears now rest where sleep once spread.
It feels I’ll shatter, fade away,
Or lose myself in you someday.
I...
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Categories:
first love, care, destiny, feelings, first
Form: Rhyme
A Carnival Night of First Love
On a warm summer evening
we are pinned together on the octopus ride,
twirling with excited pleasure.
Even the breeze we swirl through
cannot cool us down,
for the passion of new love
consumes us.
We browse along the Midway,
and he buys for me spun sugar on a stick.
Later we sit buckled in on the seat
of a huge lit-up ferris wheel.
It circles...
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Categories:
first love, romantic,
Form: Free verse
Mil Gayi KyaWo daulat wo shohrat jo chahiye thi mil gayi kya
Jo main de na saka tha wo khushiyan mil gayi kya?
Jin ko paane ki chaah mein chhoda tha tumne mujhko
Us shaks mein tumhein wo saari khoobiyaan mil gayi kya?
Wo moti jade lehange ka, kya shauk tera poora hua
Wo tujhe heero se judi hui choodiyan mil gayi...
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Categories:
beautiful, books, first love,
Form: Ghazal
Letter to ucountless dreams of you
when i open my eyes i start to feel blue
memories we shared
music we blared
I just never thought we’d be through
driving thru my city thinking bout you…
steering as the.. soft familiar harmonies sound thru
my stereo
our hearts were stuck together just like glue...
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Categories:
emotions, first love, inspirational
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Categories:
first love, angst, conflict, courage, freedom,
Form: Free verse
tulipsTulips
The last time we chatted, it was tense
But nothing without you makes sense.
Its been a fall, since you set the standard high.
still remember when we met ,you still make me shy.
Oh my sweet darling you smelled of tulips.
Should I click the send button, tempting
But you seem happy ,not that I’m complaining.
I wont lie no one...
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Categories:
care, first love, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
The HoneymoonWe married not beneath a sky,
But in the belly of the Earth —
The Mponeng mine, where shadows cry,
And gold remembers sorrow’s birth.
No roses bloomed, no organs played,
Just echoes where the diamonds wept,
And in that hollow heart, we laid
A vow so sacred, silence kept.
Her name was Lucy — fierce and kind,
A flame that lit my wounded...
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Categories:
adventure, first love, husband,
Form: Free verse
TRUE LOVETrue love is true, and never makes you blue.
Like a star in the sky, it shines and makes everything feel bright.
True love, is always constant and works to make a feeling of love with every kiss and hug.
True love is a rush of emotion, that fills the air with sweet love and...
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Categories:
feelings, first love, lost
Form: Rhyme
Break my heartMaybe you did break my heart, but it was yours to break from the very start, I loved you, and I still do, from the moment I met you, from now to the start, I knew I’d love you with every broken piece of my heart.
...
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Categories:
first love, i love
Form: Rhyme
In The BeginningIn the beginning two lovers were born
In the campus parking lot behind the student union
They clung together for 60 years
Until one day my wounded bird knew
Her broken hip would not allow her to fly again
I was too old and weak to pick her up off the floor
When she fell...she said she wanted to go to...
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Categories:
death, farewell, first love,
Form: Narrative
Blue Suede Coatl saw him looking as l was walking by
and in those days, l was really shy
and my friend said 'did you see that gorgeous guy'
and l said no....and asked her why
she said he was definitely looking at you
l said no, that cant be true
for she was the prettiest of us two
he said l...
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Categories:
first love, teen love,
Form: Rhyme
Idyllic
"God did not create darkness. Darkness is the absence of light. He did not create hate. Hate is the absence of love. Darkness and hate therefore, are the absence of God." ~ by poet
Kept apart by time, miles, and circumstance,
their sweet reunion quivers with passion.
Seen distantly across the bridge, they ran.
Teeth, lips, and bodies...
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Categories:
emotions, first love, love,
Form: Free verse
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