Not Love Poems

That's Not Love

In opulence, you dwelled, with wealth's endearing might
Gifts rained upon me, a gesture of your fleeting light
Thoughtful, you seemed, in moments of tender reprieve
Yet, when our bond broke, your words became a venomous deceive

You branded me an opportunist, with lips that scorned
Now I discern the truth, that love was never born
For love can't be bought,
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Categories: not love, betrayal, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse

That's Not Love

In opulence, you dwelled, with wealth's endearing might
Gifts rained upon me, a gesture of your fleeting light
Thoughtful, you seemed, in moments of tender reprieve
Yet, when our bond broke, your words became a venomous deceive

You branded me an opportunist, with lips that scorned
Now I discern the truth, that love was never born
For love can't be bought,
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Categories: not love, friendship love,
Form: Free verse


I do not love you

I don't love you

We can say I don't know you
We can say I haven't given you a chance
We can say that maybe love will grow if we are patient 
We can say there is hope 

But as of now, I don't love you
What we can't say is that I don't know what love is
I know
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Categories: not love, break up, deep, i
Form: Free verse

It's not love

You hated yourself,
but adored his light.
Told stories of him,
while erasing yours.

How dare you?
Go. Gather your pieces.
Return whole.
Then call it love.
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Categories: not love, anxiety, boy, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberI’LL NEVER NOT LOVE YOU


The air was filled with expectancy, my mood mellow and sultry,  The sun had just sunk Into a golden horizon, and a shy full moon, was rising into the twilight.  I skipped on and over the stepping stones as if I was catching up with a magical presence, a presence that would alter
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Categories: not love, love,
Form: Narrative


Premium MemberThe poet does not love you for your changing beauty, a leaf that shivers in the wind

The poet does not love you for your changing beauty, a leaf that shivers in the wind,
But for how the sun plays on the curve of your cheek, a subtle mirror of light and earth.
For those hidden creases in your smile, deserted paths where footsteps wander,
For the secret hues carried on the tips of your
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Categories: not love, fantasy,
Form: Free verse

Premium Memberif it's not love

if it's not love
	what has it become

once, we were the ones
who left the others in awe
of our passion, our nearly lethal dose
of lust and complete abandon
now, the linens are barely ruffled
the room smells of soap and softeners
our days are spent in silence
in the worries of the world that 
has stolen the souls of lovers 
gone
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Categories: not love, lost love,
Form: Free verse

I Knew Not Love

I knew not love.
Love did know me.
And when love died,
Then, did I know love.

And it was true love.

And I knew love ever after
And love ever after did not need to die,
To be true love.

Know love alive, to love ever after
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Categories: not love, death, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWhen Will I Not Love You

When will I not love you
shall there be a distant flame
flickering beyond the warmth of 
an Indian summer's sultry breeze

When will I not love you 
will the sun rest on top of giant
umbrellas dancing heavenly  
about sparkling shores

When will I not love you
shall the roaring tides rise
over broken sea shells 
sending the tiny crabs
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Categories: not love, muse, music, romance, sea,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberDo Not Love the World's System 1 John 2:15-17

Do not love the world's system 1 John 2: 15-17

Do not love the world nor anything in the world.  If anyone loves
the world,  the love of the Father is not in him.  For everything in
the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lusts of his eyes,  and 
the boasting of what he
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Categories: not love, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative

She Does Not Love Me

I’m afraid I’m not at liberty to share
Whether or not I love her
Her long dark hair does fall down her back in a lovely way
She does melt under me when I kiss her
She does take a certain delight in my hips
But she sure likes tugging at my heartstrings
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Categories: not love, angst, first love, girlfriend,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLust Is Not Love

 what's love 
               gotta do with lust?
            not a doggone thing.
                one must never
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Categories: not love, love, lust, metaphor, perspective,
Form: Free verse

I Do Not Love You

I don’t love you,
I simply love the pleasures of love,
The butterflies in my heart,
The rush of emotions that come with it.

It’s not you I love,
But the beauty of love itself,
The way it makes me feel
When I gaze at the moon,
Or listen to the melodies of the cuckoo.

You may come and go,
But the joy and pain
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Categories: not love, best friend, betrayal, break
Form: Free verse

God Does Not Love Humans As Much As We Think

Why is America so ty…
Why must this Country hate it’s people so much?
Why do I have all these questions about how ty this place is…

America… one of the main Country’s that you’ll see have school shootings, robberies, mass murders…
Why is this Country filled with Racism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Etcetera,
Because if god loved us he would have
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Categories: not love, 8th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse

She Could Not Love Me For Me

[An Old Poem]

The age of the cage reflects on every page
As I engage every word with the pen in history
The lines of solitude increase in magnitude
Embracing a rhyme that reflects this heart of mine!
Though things are not always as they seem
I remain composed, smitten by the banner of my mosaic application
The architecture of this adventure
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Categories: not love, love,
Form: Free verse

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