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Russian ruinsRepulsive rodents
Roaming razed Russian ruins
Post-nuclear war
Hollowing our heritage
Scarring our soiled Slavic state
...
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Categories:
death, longing, loss, patriotic,
Form: Tanka
Looking for ComfortI’m just looking for comfort
Something to sink into
Because feeling lonely can hurt
A lot of what I mean tends to be covert
There may be some things to look into
I’m just looking for comfort
I can’t tell...
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Categories:
emo, loneliness, lonely, longing,
Form: Villanelle
UNDER MOONLIGHT
the sky abounds with stars tonight
reflections dance across the sea
from far beyond a melody
igniting thoughts of you and me
so miles apart we'd spend in flight
in eagerness to cross the sea
meanwhile distant calls in whispers sweet
and...
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Categories:
longing, love, moon, sea,
Form: Free verse
A Quiet Way to DieSuch loving words whispered in my ears
Such intruding hands running through my skin
Such brutal teeth haunting my flesh
Ocean eyes washing your trace away
I'm losing the only thing you left
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Categories:
cry, emotions, longing, loss,
Form: Free verse
magic in the night
i closed my eyes
wishing some manifestation
would light my path to you
AP: 2nd place 2023
Posted on June 7, 2023...
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Categories:
longing, love, magic, night,
Form: Free verse
wraitan 8like minds convening
in direction they're leaning
truth intervening
each seeks to find some meaning
original tune to sing
no one single thing
no matter power it brings
is this life's mainspring...
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Categories:
culture, life, longing, perspective,
Form: Other
Children in GleeYou would have been 60
Sweet brother of mine
Gone to paradise
Where all will be fine
But I miss you so much
Twins in our pram
Sweet brother of mine
Gone in a slam
Most days I’m ok
Your with me I feel
But...
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Categories:
birthday, brother, grief, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Dwindling Decay
"Dead leaves lay still until the wind takes them
here and there: even the last flower is withered:
yet there is a beauty in decay. "
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Categories:
longing, autumn, dark, death, life,
Form: Free verse
MiscommunicationsInspired by a storyline from a show.
Don't put your life on hold for others without proper communication. Relationships are give and take. But if there is a lack of communication or a misunderstanding of...
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Categories:
longing, break up, emotions, hope,
Form: Rhyme
HappierHappier than the morning sun,
Isn’t that the way that life should be done?
I’m also disappointed to note.
That lately the poet's writings are devoid of hope,
they are all poems of trauma and strife.
I’m still Happier...
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Categories:
longing, cry, encouraging, fear, feelings,
Form: Free verse
From you, but to youI'm smiling more than usual
'n sitting quietly in a corner
All this seems to you unusual
I wish you had the eye
To see my heart cry
But you came and asked why
So...
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Categories:
deep, emotions, feelings, longing,
Form: Free verse
ConfabulationConfabulation
My precious reminiscences
that open the magic doors,
you are sweet-speaking witches,
who hold bell-lamps with a tricky smile.
The spring comes back
when you chant with your crimson lips.
My charming prince is waking up
when...
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Categories:
longing, dream, fantasy, feelings, imagination,
Form: Free verse
My euphoria
She's like a cool breeze in summer of June
Like twinkling stars above the crescent moon
Like the shining sun in winter's noon
She's like a majestic bird soaring in the sky
Like diaphanous wings of a butterfly
Like I've...
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Categories:
happy, heart, longing, love,
Form: Rhyme
Im Dreaming of YouLast night I dreamt
What I’ve so longed to do
We made love and spoke of
How all our dreams would come true
You undressed and impressed
With all the things that you knew
Even when I’m not dreaming
I’m dreaming of...
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Categories:
longing, appreciation, deep, desire, dream,
Form: Lyric
Blues and BrownsEyes of sapphire, dazzling blue
Locks my gaze, looks right through
Mine, honey brown, together blends
Behold your beauty apprehends
Heartbeats sync, pulses one
Desire grows, exponential sum
Squared then cubed, the nth degree
This passion that's inside of me
Cannot be...
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Categories:
longing, for her, i love
Form: Rhyme
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?
Poems Related to Longing
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