Romantic Free Verse Poems

We’re not dating—
but you heart-react to my stories like it’s a full-time job,
send a “you up?” at 12:47 a.m.
then disappear like my willpower at a...

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amongst the excitement of nature's bounty
summer beckons and a feast awaits
whilst the sun sets the stage for two lovers...

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The love I have for you is too powerful for words.

It cannot be contained by any ordinary imaginings,

Like the ones that come from the places...

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When we parted at the airport you left a part of you behind,
Your scent Lingering still on my shirts, my clothes my hands.
I crushed them...

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days in stillness
I found you spying on me
with love I sought you in my times of trouble
who can remember bliss?
under the stars I know you...

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go to bed  •think bemusingly of you
loop (cond) { tomorrow }
I rise in the morning,
jog an 8K  •thinking of you, wash up
drink some...

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One wonders of the
flexibility of Time…
3 minutes hardly enough,
or the perfect egg -- 

Our times together
never seeming enough

and the parts away, painfully
protracted, occupant of my
every...

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that rock over there, the one with the smooth
gray surface, blended with light
it looks like a promise, weakened by the darkness
softer than the heat that...

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My arrival landed where I began my flight and journey 
Sunny San Diego y e s, I was back and how I missed it
Oh-h-h-h, let...

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You hated yourself,
but adored his light.
Told stories of him,
while erasing yours.

How dare you?
Go. Gather your pieces.
Return whole.
Then call it love....

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What were the chances?
Even if just one percent,
I would redo the calculations,
Till my body turns to ashes.

The times we spent together—
Were the ones that made...

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i used to think
loving you too much
was romantic.

now i see—
it was me
giving away parts of myself
like clearance items,
hoping you’d find value
in something
i had already discounted.

you...

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Hey Danica,
I don’t know why I’m addressing you like this
as if these words are meant to be opened by your hands
though they’re more like a...

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Red-Crested Sampan

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Shariful Alam
June 10, 2025
Hudson, New York
United States of America

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If by chance we meet again someday,
If desire brings us close once more,
I’ll breathe deeply again...

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Yellow  in your eyes—
seemed bright, but honeyed words didn’t feel right.

Letters that questioned truth and dare,
asked other girls—
green-eyed, now I won’t spare.

Engraved in my...

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