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Nepenthe Poems - Poems about Nepenthe


Nepenthe
a cute child playing by herself accepts chocolate by stranger is taken to desolate shed where four men played until she bled hurriedly she was dropped where found a known passerby brought her home to scared dad, mother aghast cold who cradled half-dead six year old --- ostracized, no child plays with her no relatives cuddle or kiss _ cannot fathom glance of others _ shifting places...

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Categories: nepenthe, abuse,
Form: Free verse
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Now I’m empty I’ve taken plenty of Nepenthe and lost my mind Oh it wasn’t that bad or so I keep telling myself Lying here all drowsy trying to remember why I took it in the first place Of course! I must’ve been trying to forget something so terrible that I could not sleep anymore All’s starting...

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Categories: nepenthe, drug, humanity, perspective,
Form: Free verse



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Within the fragile frame of my fervent heart, tinged with the tinsels of the amorous night, my love gleamed with an enticing shimmer, reflected by the sequins of your subtle grace. In my enthralled psyche I felt the tempting touch of your intangible mesmeric charisma, but you sauntered away from my entranced sight, like the autumn...

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Categories: nepenthe, lost love, pain, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Nepenthe
I am a wounded man who has lost all belief! The Grim Reaper will soon be coming like a thief! {The fickle sickle of a pestering Jester} Give me Nepenthe that I may forget my grief, And relearn to be joyous in this life so brief! Make me drink this nectar, may I find some relief!...

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Categories: nepenthe, drink, longing,
Form: Monorhyme
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Once found upon my lover's lips; when softly pressed against my own all else I knew it did eclipse, and all away was sorrow thrown; until the next morn's dreaded dawn did wash away with virgin light. Then, once again, my mind was torn and thrown into its daily fight. I long outstayed the lover's kiss; its hypnotic opiate haze, seductive, comforting abyss; now, all the...

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Categories: nepenthe, addiction, love,
Form: Rhyme



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Written: February 14, 2025 for Contest by Edward Ibeh “Quote: Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore! Edgar Allan Poe” ...

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Categories: nepenthe, beauty, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Nepenthe
In the still of morning’s light Softly glowing – in virgin’s white Burning away the dew of night Arising in shadows, stardust delight In the sigh of a songster’s flame Graceful stories, poetries dark shame Bruising the mists with heartache’s game Embracing the moments with love’s claim In the silence of a sensation’s ray Skies alive with hearts who still pray Raising the spirits who’re...

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Categories: nepenthe, appreciation, encouraging, hope, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
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P o e t r y the timeless nepenthe to my aching soul, a cluster of calming couplets caressing the ventricular vortex within my heart. When dark is the dawn, when cold is the air, and heavy is the garnet I wear around fatigued fingers, eager to release the suppressed scars that linger… Tonight, I listen to the wind whisper to the waves, verses of the sea sapphires mirroring...

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Categories: nepenthe, feelings, heart,
Form: Free verse
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Love’s the elixir that banishes grief, an infant sucking on his mother’s breast, two childhood friends lost in banter and jest, an ambedo trace granting soul relief. Joy is soul’s diamond but ego’s the thief, employing thought spirals that do not rest, taking control by invading heart’s nest, yet when touched by love, we turn a new leaf. Octaves of love, the hues...

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Categories: nepenthe, love,
Form: Italian Sonnet

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