Reluctantly Poems - Poems about Reluctantly

...‘One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.’ - Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus While we’re in the vertiginous first throws of being in love, Cupid......Read the rest...

... Today, this black oak forest will become my grave. A crow caws in the distance, but I swear it is calling my name. I have never believed in omens or curses but perhaps there are such hateful th......Read the rest...

...Through the galleries of dreaming, where evening beads its somber pearls, An echo of twilight suffocates discreetly across the plain towards eternal passing; It floats, it floats over the velvet bl......Read the rest...

...Two Doves Once upon a time, in a kingdom far away, lived two childhood sweethearts named Aiden and Adeline. Despite growing apart due to societal expectations and familial obligations, they couldn't......Read the rest...

...I am an early riser, usually between 4 and 5 a.m. That's my quiet time for reading, and thinking, And sometimes writing. I especially enjoy it when, After a pre-dawn shower, I can look out my......Read the rest...

...Come to me in April when the chill of March winds have died and the flowers that struggle to bloom now find sun rays that warm and loom; come to me in April when all the winter cold sl......Read the rest...

... In a leaf-strewn garden bed, a toad reared up its head, then jumped into my sight, giving my face an awful fright my heart almost giving out – as I buckled to my knees just about! His......Read the rest...

...The Fighting Temeraire I lead this Queen to a guillotine She follows me with dignity and grace all English oak and 98 guns. I am an unsuitable escort for my Lady, my low born coarseness, the eff......Read the rest...

...Let hope rely upon your Maginot for swift retort has choked your Gallic might. It crushed your will beneath its undertow as diligence receded in the fight. Your flailing forces teeter on defeat ......Read the rest...

...When silver waves of crystalline crescent emanate rhapsodies glazed in Jupiter light.. reflections of bejeweled June comes swirling in tunes of turquoise I feel the sa......Read the rest...

...Born into a world with only one hand to hold Delivered by eyes impassive to his existence cold fingers brought no warmth to his welcome While no strength held him high. The yearning in his eyes ......Read the rest...

...POTD 8th Jan 24 NOTHING LESS ~ NOTHING MORE The ambushed night when all was still, Amidst the gloom, anxiety took my will. Though the moo......Read the rest...

...I avoid those floral gangsters, vainglorious Gladioli, eugenically forced greenhouse Geraniums with their large Shar-pei heads. Garish claustrophobic chromatic mobs, their heavy menacing over-cu......Read the rest...

... On a monotone Monday, under grey skies with perpetual rain, I became a devotee to your magnificence. A poetic pilgrim wandering upon a path, which would lead me to your embrace. Intoxicated ......Read the rest...

...Lying in bed with blankets piled, body still furnace playing chicken never seems to kick on outside you can hear the winter wind howling and you don't want to face the cold night lying quietly yo......Read the rest...