Pain And Love Poems

The silk merchant

...Silk merchant 's gaze, a practical sweep,
Fine thread he seeks, where shadows sleep.
A finger points, with eager grace,
"This crimson hue, a rare embrace!"

Young maiden stands,with eyes so deep...
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Categories: pain and love, 11th grade, grief, humanity,
Form: Ballad

Weight of a gaze

...Eyes: the window to the soul, the gate to your tears, the mirror of memories and of ghosts that linger near.
Eyes: some forever glazed by the blurring of sorrow, some haunted by the past and some cu...
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Categories: pain and love, anxiety, appreciation, beauty, deep,
Form: Free verse


just allow the tao

...sunlight on the son,
shining like a star.
king of the world,
the man from afar.

his army of peace,
come to stop the war.
a hint to the rich,
a hand to the poor.

the princely posture,
sta...
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Categories: pain and love, life,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWhat are WE

...The sepulcher within its confines hold
a withering shell where once a grand life spent
a journey both of joy and discontent -
of pain and love and stories left untold.
Too simple and complex I co...
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Categories: pain and love, death,
Form: Sonnet

Earth

...Earth

Was initiating infinity prepared with the reflection of eternity.
The expected substances were expectations for their living resources.
Infinity that expresses human creativity with the cr...
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Categories: pain and love, christian, earth,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberInk Blots of Life

...Blacks and blues, a cruel kindness,
A paradox that leaves us blindless
Words that wound but also heal
A mix of pain and love we feel.

Ink blots spill onto the page,
A canvas of our...
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Categories: pain and love, analogy, appreciation, character, community,
Form: Rhyme

Half-Empty Love

...Half empty love, a bitter truth,
A tale of pain and love uncouth,
Of relations that failed to last,
Of hearts that shattered like broken glass.

Flipped coins and cents of life,
A gamble that c...
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Categories: pain and love, africa, betrayal, life, lost
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberI Died

...The sepulcher within its confines hold
a withering shell where once a grand life spent
a journey both of joy and discontent -
of pain and love and stories left untold.
Too simple and complex I co...
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Categories: pain and love, death,
Form: Sonnet

Holding On

...Author Dana Redricks
February 5, 2023

I keep holding on even though at times my body is consumed with pain and deep down inside I want to fall apart, and cease from holding on. I try to remain st...
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Categories: pain and love, christian, encouraging, faith, hope,
Form: Free verse

How Does Soul Enters the Heaven

...soul said the journey of pain and love has ended, we all left our loved ones behind.
Even if I am going to heaven my memories are making me fall behind
Even if I am going to live near god I will al...
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Categories: pain and love, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Just Righting

...Its pools of elastic black oil
that pulls lines and curves
spaces pausing words
a flick of a tale
a flick of a tail
tendrilled T's that stretch and yawn
U's that capture like cups
O's that don...
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Categories: pain and love, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Forever

...The clouds above me darken, as I sit here reminiscing about my past.
It's a challenge to invest in and build relationships that are not meant to last.
Some memories are pleasant, others not so much...
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Categories: pain and love, life,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberPain and Love and the Long Goodbye

...this is about pain and love
when i listen to myself
i hear bitterness, anger, 
longing, hurt

frozen in time, 
never aging
i was 25 years younger
46 years later,
i’m 21 years older

i neve...
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Categories: pain and love, absence, anger, love, pain,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPain and Love

...A surreal vision
dreamlike and bizarre.
     I felt as if I were in the throes
     of a turbulent blazing blizzard,
     a throbbing pulsating migraine
     almost static in fermentation.
It g...
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Categories: pain and love, love, pain,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRhythm and Blues

...As our lips meet for our undisclosed appointment, I slowly get a picture of those green and blue waves in your eyes

It makes me feel like the ocean if the waters under the sun were to smile, 

S...
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Categories: pain and love, cute love, desire, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

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