Devotion Friendship Love Poems

Poetry is my mistress 
I write everything in her name. 
If you’ve not heard from me in a while 
It is poetry to whom you...

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You do not have to disguise
Your heart from any more lies
The words I say are the truth
Promising you will not lose
Any of my caring love
You...

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When your heart touched mine,
There was joy – there was fire, more than just desire,
A promise melted every darkness, erased every shadow,
Taught me that the...

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No, sad-looking lady,
leave out you pathetic pity;
I left someone for your sake...
she had lips of honey:
wasn't it a big mistake?

Words that hurt aren't mine,
you shouted...

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I always want to be
Your friendly voice
The station you tune into
When you feel there's too much noise

I want to be the harbour
For your boat when...

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What falls from my eyes is dry; as crystals of a saltine
Frozen waters, be damned; I find calm in what they mean
Sweetness of their memory;...

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I want someone I cannot have.
same story, different tale.
time spent with her, I'm elated,
time apart, a bitter hell.

I want someone I cannot have.
her beauty takes...

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How much?

When I say I love you,
you ask me how much?
Let me begin by telling you 
for me, your name, 
Tabitha 
is where life begins.
I...

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You've meant so deeply much; within my desire
If I could present a world or build an empire
It would be so easy to secretly conspire
In a...

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Ode to Be

I feel different from other people,
Some say I am weird and strange,
This endless striving to be accepted, 
Just leaves me disheartened and drained....

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Author Dana Redricks
December 9, 2023

I'm crazy so in love with you. I've never met no one like you. I like the way you keep it...

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They say people come and go
But I hope you stay
Through all the winters and summers yet to come
Until every strand of my hair has turned...

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tea for us each morning rise

leafy flavor tantalize

infuse water

kitchen daughter

every day a sweet surprise.
...

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The bric-a-brac shop waits on Rue Nationale.
In a sleepy French town.
It opens at ten,
And closes at one,
Till three.
Then on till seven in the evening.
Madame opens...

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I have watched you love yourself and seen you fight
You find it difficult to fight yourself but you still try 
For the battle against oneself...

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