Longing Poems | Examples of Longing Poetry

A void within me calls wanting only what I've never had, but I've always seen. The taste of a possession so illegal, It's to die for. as literal and figurative as the jaws of the idea itself surrounding and consuming me. Oh, I've seen it. The ecstasy of true bliss multiplied only their best moments. The promise of nostalgia and a feeling of home. An easiness...

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I rented a bedspace like a borrowed name— half a mattress, whole silences. My roommate talked in her sleep, and I envied her dreams. At night, I listened for footsteps outside the door, pretending one might be fate knocking, or you. ...

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Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about clouds, geese, departing, empty nests and huts, lonely, loneliness, drinking alone, sake, longing, loss, death, hawks, the moon, Japanese culture. As clouds drift apart, so we two separate: wild geese departing. —Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael R. Burch The old nest deserted, how empty now my next-door neighbor’s hut. —Matsuo Basho, translation by Michael R. Burch Yesterday? Departed, like...

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DEBJANI MITRA Free verse MIDNIGHT CHIMES (COLLABORATION WITH DEBJANI MITRA) This poem is an English translation of one of the beautiful Bengali poem of PS poet MALABIKA RAY CHOUDHURY Midnight chimes unveil in cascade, glances of your shimmering face engulfing me in a transient dream... As if you never went away! As if I didn't wake up to see you're gone! As...

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In the Mouth of Desire touching me your lips, your tongue chalice filled with sweet fruit we’re no longer friends when we sup lovers once again we can’t get enough sucking grapes nibbling red apples tender, the nape of neck at eureka’s urging ...

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Ten years ago, I did not stumble into love, I stepped into you, slowly, as one steps barefoot into morning light knowing he will stay. You did not arrive with thunder, but with silence that made everything else grow still. You were never a spark, you were a slow fire that found the corners of my cold and made them warm. The way your eyes linger, not asking for...

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Look into my eyes my love Tell me what you see Desire? Passion? Wanting more? I certainly agree If you could go inside my head You'd know just what I think Then when I looked into your eyes You'd guide, I wouldn't blink...

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No, I ain’t wrote. I’ve been caught up In the greatest things they say Life has to offer. But, in the midst Of all my success, I find myself feeling Oddly like a pauper. And in my darkest Days and hours, I get to thinking of the time We spent together. Your whispers Never failed To set my brushes Hissing all across The canvases of summer. It’s strange of me To come back...

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The journey is beautiful as we stay together. It is just the beginning, more wonderful stories to write together. Our journey continues.... ...

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pillow next to me in the gleam of sunrise without a wrinkle...

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(Sister Golden Hair by America - Added Lyrics) Well, it's so long since I saw you, Sister Golden Hair surprise. Though I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, you can't see it in my eyes. Now I want better correspondence, I am not so hard to find. And I promise you I'll make it worth your while. Will I meet you there in...

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The Efflorescence of a Half-Moon Love An immutable desire to awaken and experience the night’s breath… Where saddened petals elate at the ability to whisper open at the cusp of dawn. I reach to orbit near you: where carnal might kiss deity, and the air between us smells of divine pollen. A heavenly flower exhaling eternity from the soft rupture of its...

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> When autumn leaves from branches fly, And whisper low a gentle goodbye, I think of thee, my heart’s soft sigh. > When longing stirs this silent breast, Thy lips return and grant me rest, From them my soul found sweet redress. > A swan lifts high through morning mist, The still lake lies, by sorrow kissed, As thou didst leave, my breath...

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How am I supposed to feel after expressing it. It’s so bad, this unrequited love. I yearn to have you love me but it’ll never happen. Why must I be so close to you yet so far, for now I hold onto you, but how long can I keep going. It’s a bad religion to be in love with...

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The space right beside me is empty And my wish is for you to be there Desire for you I've aplenty, Plus there's plenty of room in my chair We could talk about things and do puzzles Our legs entwined reading a book In a blinding snowstorm we can cuddle I'll feel my way, no need to look...

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