Romance Love Hurts Poems

The bypassing kids looked at me hastily with their eyes sparkling, foreheads sweaty
 but somehow they weren’t tired. 
The girl climbed onto the swings with...

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That was Then, and This is Now

In the crypt of our loves memory, we danced so free,
Our romance, a cursed flame, burned with spectral glow.
But...

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My heart seems to break every day 
and
little by little by little
it's chipping away.
The pain that I feel,
I pretend it's not real,
but
little by little by...

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Preposterous Eros
by Michael R. Burch

“Preposterous Eros” – Patricia Falanga

Preposterous Eros shot me in
the buttocks, with a Devilish grin,
spent all my money in a rush
then left...

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Inspired by Kevin and Sophie's love story in a show. Heartbreaking and moving.

I thought, and you thought 
By Michelle Morris
25/02/2024

I wanted you to see me
Like...

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A million myriad colours of love
Some resplendent others in shades of grey
For those drenched in romance, world's a love cove
Sadly, ones out of it can...

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Appreciation:
A big thank you Silent One for your splendid narration of this poem.

THE GANGSTER

Through foreboding, whispering, wintery air
A woken Heron shrilly shrieks somewhere
Reflective iridescent gem...

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lavender ribbons 
from your hair 
lay against 
the pages
I love to read
so much
and as I turned 
the pages
the smell 
of your hair
makes me 
love the...

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If I sing songs lined with honey 
Will you let me be your bunny? 
     Let my hands make your heart...

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there’s no pain in love
     it’s lying about loving
          it’s the lie...

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You have the Florentine beauty of the soul,

with pale fingers as if made of snow,
you play nocturne farewell melody
on my ribs as if they were...

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I wish I knew how to play piano,
Just so I can finally let you know
How much I'll always love you so,
But life always has its...

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It’s not like how it used to be, we seem to of lost our spark, now it’s just blackness and we’re loving in the dark....

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Too far to touch.

For thoughts not so much.

Until notions aren't enough. 

Bearing empty narratives.

And recalls of your earth tone.

And then you're not here.

But who said...

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I find myself in a familiar place and lost once again.
Well off my daily “straight and narrow.” Her intangible
presence creating problems my mind has proven...

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