Coasters Stop You From Seeping Into Me, Do I Secretly Want You To?
I cradle you in both hands—
the cup is hotter than the blood in me.
I sip until my tongue blisters,
as if pain is the only proof
that I can still be filled.
The table is a witness—
its pale skin bruises under you.
You leave your halo of tannin,
a brown eclipse widening,
seeping into the grain like rot that knows my
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Categories:
secretly, cute, cute love, drink,
Form: Free verse
Hermann Hesse translation of 'Secretly We Thirst'
Hermann Hesse English Translations
Secretly We Thirst…
by Hermann Hesse
from The Glass Bead Game
translation by Michael R. Burch
Charismatic, spiritual, with the gracefulness of arabesques,
our lives resemble fairies’ pirouettes,
spinning gently through the nothingness
to which we sacrifice our beings and the present.
Whirling dreams of quintessence and loveliness,
like breathing in perfect harmony,
while beneath your bright surface
blackness broods, longing for blood
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Categories:
secretly, birth, dance, death, dream,
Form: Free verse
At any moment, looking at the world, we don't notice the love that flows secretly
At any moment, looking at the world, we don't notice the love that flows secretly,
Like an unseen river winding through the valley of our days,
Gentleness, a whisper of wind caressing the leaves,
Faith, a glimmer of a star illuminating the darkness of silence.
They are virtues, you might say, but they are more than words;
They are crumbs
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Categories:
secretly, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Society Of Secretly Puuurrfectly Poets Tribute
Such an array of complex verse,
orchestrated by a few crazy poets;
Catastrophe of emotions
instigate more than a few masterpieces;
Engage to inspire that’s the goal,
tighten a skill release a breath of words;
Yank along a heartbeat and write,
over and over again;
Feathers and ink join in a light
succumbing to a prompt or a soft purr;
Eloquently they swirl
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Categories:
secretly, emotions, feelings, poetry, poets,
Form: Acrostic
Nora Tries To Secretly Graduate
Nora told no one of her plan.
She had been secretly attending college for four years.
She did not expect to see anybody there except her friend Sug.
Sug could not keep a secret. She had told the press.
When Nora walked across the stage she heard “There’s grandma!”
The audience had been told to hold their applause.
Her relatives could
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Categories:
secretly, grandmother,
Form: Free verse
Secretly Adore You
I’ve been wanting to say “Hello”
But I’m a little too shy.
Your expensive smile;
I could not afford it.
I wish it was mine.
Give me those onyx eyes
Can you wink for me, please?
Each time I come to you
You fly like a breeze
I can recognize your pointed nose
Even though you stand from a distance.
But I like you more
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Categories:
secretly, love,
Form: Verse
Sun: Secretly Loving You
I am the sun
Loving you like no one else can
To you, I endlessly shine my light
Reflecting it to the moon every night
Embracing you is my life-long dream
But, you’re just so far away it seems
As I gaze upon you each passing day
There are millions of things I want to say
This feeling that keeps on growing
Just like
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Categories:
secretly, heartbreak, romance,
Form: Romanticism
Secretly Anxious
Sitting without slouching.
And standing without shaking.
Remembering that it’s ok to hesitate sometimes.
If I take a breath-
They are not judging.
In fact- they are taking the opportunity to pause along with me.
With a smile that was secretly rehearsed.
The entire time-
I am secretly waiting to return to my crevice.
Where I can return
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Categories:
secretly, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Things I Secretly Do To My Neighbor
I secretly do these things to my neighbor
make fun of her walk, her talk, her arrogant ways
draw her as a cartoon buffoon with a giant large ugly toothy mouth
paint her wearing gaudy neon colors that she would despise
wash her hairsprayed up hair in my toilet bowl in my mind’s eye
write her into poems that are
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Categories:
secretly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: List
Sh Life Is Around
Seesaws moving up and down
Slides sweeping down
Swings flying high
Laughters released
Thundering and echoing
Footsteps scattered
Trumpeting and vibrating
While many eyes observing and following
While many eyes hunting and fixing
Sh, life is around
And so a motherly love
Has secretly crawled in
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Categories:
secretly, child, family, love,
Form: Free verse
I Am Secretly In Love With You
You're completely
a stranger;
but if you ask me
if I know
your whereabouts--
it's quite ironic
because
I'll gladly say yes,
I'll let you feel
my chest,
to braille your name
that is deeply engraved.
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Categories:
secretly, love,
Form: Free verse
Secretly Watching Fairy Brigade
Fairy brigade stopped as queen tied her shoe.
In that one pause I knew what to do.
Hid inside a mushroom with dots of blue.
Magical moment of woodland voodoo.
Crow cawed loudly then away she flew.
Parade restarted, determined, anew.
Rainbow peeked out, sharing beautiful hue.
Reverence exuding from daisy pew.
Gorgeous day in the land of the dew.
I often wonder if
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Categories:
secretly, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
B28-P11-Secretly Loving You
POEM 11 SECRETLY LOVING YOU
SECRETLY LOVING YOU I AM IN LOVE WITH A WOMAN WHO DOESN'T KNOW IT.
SECRETLY LOVING YOU THAT I AM AFRAID TO SHOW MY LOVE.
SECRETLY LOVING YOU SHE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY IF SHE KNEW HOW I FELT.
SECRETLY LOVING YOU IF I TOLD HER OUR FRIENDSHIP WOULD HAVE
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Categories:
secretly, 9th grade, appreciation, car,
Form: Prose Poetry
Secretly Scary
When life gets suddenly scary,
you search around for a safe place.
And try blocking reality:
with tricks of imagination.
Anxieties begin to climb:
when life gets suddenly scary.
And paranoia stalks your thoughts;
overshadowing happiness.
Ghosts of buried yesteryears haunt;
while memories morph into tears.
When life gets suddenly scary:
Love retreats into wishful dreams.
But dreams only come out at night:
for fantasies fade in sunlight.
And
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Categories:
secretly, 12th grade, angst, anxiety,
Form: Quatern
Silently Secretly Sealed
Silently Secretly Sealed
If you could see inside a fruitful flower
You would see what’s inside my heart
For my love for you blossoms every hour
As it did from the very first sacrificial start
If you could take a look at celestial creation
You would explore my spiritual stable soul
A cosmic cathedral of justificative jubilation
As it is held captive within
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Categories:
secretly, love, solitude,
Form: Sonnet
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