Rosewater Poems

I Want that World

...Her throat is a reliquary of shards.
Every sob races through burial yards.
Her words erupt.

Surgeons laced her scars not the stare.
Scalding eyes ignited the trauma's flare.
Sympathy was bankr...
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Categories: rosewater, anger,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberSaviour Complex

...Theme: Vulnerability

Saviour Complex - Free Verse

In the absence of love,
a childhood is shaped by the stars,
but when black smoke is the only impression in the light,
sorrows peel in...
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Categories: rosewater, absence, angst, love,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberMoon's Song

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A tepid breeze delicately descends,
embedding a sphere of embers engulfed in saffron flames,
but intrinsic illuminations cannot soothe somber sorrows.
Splashes of persimmon and periwinkle hori...
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Categories: rosewater, absence, analogy, love, romance,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberNightmare

...“I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.”
Frida Kahlo“

In the absence of love,
a childhood is shaped by the stars,
but when black smoke is the only impression in th...
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Categories: rosewater, analogy, childhood, dream, love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberFlaws and Gnaws

...Expecting a flood of love letters
as scribbling on a sheet of rosewater
the fragrance crushed earthy scent
a thornless moonlight rose
an aesthetic storm is brewing
beyond spiritual v...
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Categories: rosewater, analogy, character, emotions,
Form: Free verse


Port Boy Or Girl

...knew him as he walked in
A Port boy by the size of his grin
That went from ear to ear
And we shook hands like old friends dear

There was sea water in his veins
And a story for each move of his...
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Categories: rosewater, life, remember,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Premium MemberTalking Points

...Her world is a paranoid marketplace.
Fear is the zeitgeist and panic her shame.
She’d married her psyche to a dog whistle pimp
Who’d promised her he’d drain the swamp.
And sure enough, he did. 
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Categories: rosewater, allegory, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Swain

...Swain…
I wanted you to stay with me forever.
Swain…
I wanted you not to go there
where I left my heart ache.
Till the end of life, I want you to be mine
Put up with me till the dark…

Swain…
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Categories: rosewater, appreciation, death, i love
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberThe Depth of Acknowledgement

...1 John 1:9 KJV - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

THE DEPTH OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

a shame to not...
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Categories: rosewater, christian,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberRosewater Dreaming

...I sank into the rosy waters, my
skin sensing silken dreams fading soft,
to blissful dreaming on passionate tides.

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Categories: rosewater, dream, poems, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Rosewater

...half opened red buds 
in petal folds raindrops tucked -
rosewater drizzles...
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Categories: rosewater, nature,
Form: Haiku

Damsel

...Epaulets of schmaltzy eyes set to be so loose
Given a glass of rosewater, its perfect booze!
This cattish damsel in the planetary alignment of swank
Regularly chichi, sometimes bltchy
Never mind,...
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Categories: rosewater, fun,
Form: Verse

It's Called Love

...When nothingness of a blank canvas
is smudged by glossy crayons of a child,
a messy picture chuckles in a new carnival.

When thoughts twinkle stargazing the sky
unfurling a drama in splendor of...
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Categories: rosewater, beautiful, imagery, love, romantic
Form: Verse

Love Me

...I cover myself in rosewater,flower myself with petals
My hair goes down my shoulders while giving an aroma of lavender
Do you think I’m pretty?
I curl my lashes, wash my hair, I can’t wait to see ...
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Categories: rosewater, kiss, love, lust,
Form: I do not know?

Premium MemberHer Grace

...She reigns with rosewater essence and long-stemmed style,
the honey of perfection and purring elegance;
with feline finesse in stilettos she walks on elevated air - 
her shapely legs of lyrical ra...
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Categories: rosewater, beautiful, woman,
Form: Free verse

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