Languorous Poems

Premium MemberFake Out

...I woke to a whirring hum—
not the low drone of memory,
but the sharp, electric flick
of a question with wings.

Languorous molten air,
a stone canyon furnace,
and there!—
a hummingbird—
head...
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Categories: languorous, bird, happiness, humor, joy,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberUndergrowth with Two Figures -Van Gogh

...Describe what you see my love, she queries 
A game they often play in the depths of the forest
He replies,  Turgid are the woodlands densely they’ve died back 
creeping  where  no  life  is seen,
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Categories: languorous, art, assonance, death,
Form: Free verse


Safe Shores

...A languorous morning 

Nestled in between warm duvets, a goose feathered pillow or two…a luxury 
A striped kitten, a beautiful shade of grey, on a windowsill grey too; purring, gentle breaths, aut...
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Categories: languorous, allusion, betrayal,
Form: Free verse

Falling Asleep

...Falling Asleep
                                       Roger White
Languorous head caresses feathered pillow.  Fatigued back and limbs repose on cushioned bed. Eyes finish the day’s tasks and rest b...
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Categories: languorous, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberNight time

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Night, good friend, protection against the dangers of life
It’s two o’clock, so nice this dark morning, inspired time
The city is almost sleeping – a bit alert and languorous

The nocturnal s...
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Categories: languorous, future, life, light,
Form: Free verse


Mental Health

...Nowadays
I'm in the shattered sighs
An insipid ink in the poetic realm 
Unable to express in words to words
All green leaves lost in the abysmal thought
No south breeze vibrates the finger's pen...
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Categories: languorous, how i feel,
Form: Prose Poetry

The Weight Of Our Thoughts

...THE WEIGHT OF OUR THOUGHTS
 
Mind, the supreme gift to humankind is,
Plentiful thoughts criss-crossing whiz;
Enchanted spirits gliding high,
Success triumph when almost nigh!

Gratified the mi...
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Categories: languorous, philosophy, wisdom,
Form: Free verse

Premium Memberhow paints a poet? -

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(inhale)

aim, undetermined ...
what purpose do I serve?
what is poetry’s primal essence?!?
my words only
cover pages that ghost
the spaces of better intention ...
that garland upon
my bro...
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Categories: languorous, analogy, appreciation, beauty, death,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberUtopia

..." Imagine a place where there is beauty, bliss and plentifulness for all. It is nothing short of utopia. Though we are far from realizing it, isn't it thrilling to imagine a version of the world diff...
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Categories: languorous, beauty, fantasy, uplifting,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMission Accomplished POTD

...I was a skilled, dedicated CIA agent, helping to preserve national security,
By searching for and garnering information, as silvery rain ensures purity.

Days were spent perusing foreign material,...
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Categories: languorous, confusion, fantasy, joy, prayer,
Form: Couplet

Premium MemberIn the negative infinity between us

...In the negative infinity between us,
In the desolate field of wounded hearts,
Where echoes of sorrow roll at night,
We remained, separated from our slumbering dreams.
Like two comets lost in the ...
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Categories: languorous, lost love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPunctilious Puns

...I was a happy, fluent linguist, fruitfully helping revive endangered languages,
As colorful rainbows walk across the sky, in buttery hours, turned languorous.

I enjoyed doing practical fieldwork,...
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Categories: languorous, fantasy, imagery, language, nature,
Form: Couplet

Secret Love, Two Searching Eyes

...*Secret love, two searching eyes*

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The early morning's languorous mild sun 
Seemed jaded from a nightlong tiring jog, 
And liked dawn's dew-mixed mirth nor glee of smog,
Nor some stray passin...
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Categories: languorous, childhood, feelings, love,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

Premium MemberLanguorous

...languorous in heat
cicada sings summer song
distracted by bee...
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Categories: languorous, song, summer,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberA Hidden Maestro

...I was a professional, melodic dance instructor, at the flowery prime of the art,
And I taught its various, elegant styles, sweet joy of valuable living to impart.

The noble old classic styles wil...
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Categories: languorous, career, dance, fantasy, magic,
Form: Couplet

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