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Coming back homeCraving to be back where I belong
Only place my heart breaks into song
Memories come flooding through my mind
Imitating days I left behind.
Nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Guess that's why you're always home to me.
Been...
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Categories:
longing, love,
Form: Acrostic
That Lookyour seductive eyes spherical - unblinking enticement heals me
Monoku composed: February 26, 2021
Without Saying I Love You Poetry Contest
Sponsor: JCB Brul...
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Categories:
longing, love, sensual,
Form: Monoku
MOURNING OUR FOREVER
how could I let fate
tear you away from me
and now forever’s
come and gone
Submitted on February 26, 2021 for contest LIBERUM DIVISA 4 sponsored by GREGORY R BARDEN - excerpt from my poem...
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Categories:
longing, death, grief, life, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
What You Thought Were True Was WringWhat you thought you were true was wrong,
I'm saddened over someone to whom I could belong.
Every suspicious look
made you turn back,
and create the myths about me;
those feelings of confusion
tempted to move you along secretly
and...
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Categories:
longing, addiction, conflict, confusion, goodbye,
Form: Lyric
God Give MeGod give me the strength
When I am weak
To say the words
That I could not speak
God keep me from temptation
When I hunger to feed
On the things I desire
Every man does not need
God give me honesty
When...
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Categories:
character, christian, god, longing,
Form: Rhyme
HP LovecraftH.astily I traipse “amidst these tombs,” “untainted eye…”
P.reparing the way for the “hidden world of yore.”
Luring lovers in, “lost Nevermore…”
“O’er the midnight moorlands crying,”
Verily to “wreck the solace of the poet’s mood!”
Even now, “drunk of...
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Categories:
longing, appreciation, celebration, feelings, growth,
Form: Acrostic
To Break My PromiseTo break my promise
wouldn't be that easy...
to tell you that I want
those true, untouched lips
more than anything else
is always a consolation
to know that I am holding
onto something of yours
that will never go!
I'd...
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Categories:
longing, adventure, dedication, dream, faith,
Form: Lyric
Fox HuntingFox Hunting
She turns tail to snake through the dust,
parting orderly heads of corn,
breathing heat and eating dark
On her way to escape—she hopes—
from the fox chasing her (a rabbit).
She knows this place and can’t be lost
in...
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Categories:
angst, animal, beauty, longing,
Form: Sestina
GOOD NIGHT
one last look
at your photo
as i touch the urn
turn off the lights
and wish you
good night
sweetheart
i love you
there’s no way
i’ll ever get used
to the silence
that follows
posted on February 23, 2021...
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Categories:
grief, loneliness, longing, lost
Form: Free verse
Coming Back Home
Cold winds blow outside so very strong
Only to whisper you’re not where you belong.
Motionless sitting morose by the fireplace
Insipid frozen heart in the glow I gently place
Not knowing when it will again throb and melt...
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Categories:
longing, absence, desire, endurance, home,
Form: Acrostic
You are what I needWhen you are in love, every single moment becomes a treasure to be wrapped and saved in heart forever. We move on, life changes……. but these memories bejewel our lives. They bring back the smile,...
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Categories:
longing, crazy, crush, cute love,
Form: Narrative
Coming Back HomeComing Back Home
Colors fade into the darkness of night,
Once you left, the moon lost its silvery light.
My soul is sucked into a black abyss,
I long for your embrace...it's you I miss.
No one can ever take...
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Categories:
longing, heartbroken, hope, i miss
Form: Acrostic
By Quill of NightSteadfast, he, as fortress guarded
In his ivory tower slept
Fearing naught, though faith-departed
Knowing not his lover wept.
Cowardice, thought long-discarded
Secretly in silence crept
Corroded, as if silver, tarnished
‘Twas his heart - her only quest.
Haunting, held-yet lamentations...
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Categories:
devotion, loneliness, longing, love,
Form: Ottava rima
Coming Back Home
Can I return to you? Oh, can I please?
Only you, Darling, make me feel alive.
My heart keeps yearning. I feel such unease
In this new place. All I do is survive!
Nothing compares to what I had...
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Categories:
longing,
Form: Acrostic
BROKEN PROMISES
i know my tears
are selfish
they’re for
the widow I’ve become
they’re for the ache
of missing you
and accepting
you’re in a place
that’s better
than my arms
these tears are
for the severed love
and other promises
we could not keep
AP: 3rd place...
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Categories:
death, grief, heartbroken, longing,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Longing Poems
Read wonderful longing poetry on the following sub-topics:
desire, for her, for him, for you, for your touch, friendship, haiku, home, life, lonely, lost, missing you, pain
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Definition | What is Longing in Poetry?
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