Girlfriend Love Poems

“It was the art of our words
made it too real, too raw to hold
No skin, no touch, just me and you, 
connecting through the cold”

You...

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Under the cherry blossoms, we stand,
Your hand in mine, soft as the sand.
The world is loud, yet here it’s still,
Our hearts in tune, our spirits...

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We’re not dating—
but you heart-react to my stories like it’s a full-time job,
send a “you up?” at 12:47 a.m.
then disappear like my willpower at a...

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Cherries stain her fingers bright,
Deep and dark as midnight wine.
She pops them slow between her lips,
Her smile lazy, soft, divine.

The window's cracked to summer air,
The...

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Clasped like babe on breast to suck
As ancient forces blind
Cleave white and shadow one,
That force of love to bind.

Palm to lover’s palm conjoined,
Those partnered dancing...

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Renee Vivien English Translation

Words to My Love
by Renée Vivien
translation by Michael R. Burch

This is Vivien’s “coming out” poem, although the term wasn’t coined until many...

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I always had Angie Under My Thumb,
one day I heard her honking her car horn.
What had she just done with her anger,
my candy apple red...

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#Xhosa_pool
Today I fell into a Xhosa pool, still grappling with my recovery, my shivering mind. In there something epic hides, an enormous emotional drainage. Feel...

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Hey Danica,
I don’t know why I’m addressing you like this
as if these words are meant to be opened by your hands
though they’re more like a...

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I scrubbed the shame from under my fingernails,
as if guilt could be washed like dirt.
Cold showers never baptized the ache; 
just gave it discipline,
a neat...

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*A Meditation on Growing Up*

## I. [Age 6] — First Light

Your fingernails, chewed down to pink,
sort bottle caps by rust and shine.
I offer you my...

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My dear friend, who shines my way,
Lead my steps when I go misguided.

Your words like lanterns in my gloomy night,
Turning all my wrongs slowly into...

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She placed her dreams in starshine's bright design 
where she believed the galaxy would guard them
from incidents and accidents that might shard them. 
She trusted...

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Love begins as a whisper, soft and light,  
A single spark in the endless night.  
But flames don't linger—they rise and soar, ...

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Three Months with You

Three months ago, you came into my days,
With laughter like sunlight and gentle ways,
Since then the hours have danced in your glow,
And...

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