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So Close You Can Taste It Poems - Poems about So Close You Can Taste It

In the inferno of night
... a whisper of loss a phantom lace a ghostly touch fingers close, cold to taste lingers laughter cracked bone-dry air the clock chimes midnight it is backward here in this abyss of my ......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, angst, art, death, deep,
Form: Free verse
Wasting Time
...Days fly by We've created our own version of time Foggy memories seep through our brains Been known the definition of insane But still playing the same old game Just because reality is sometimes......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, devotion, future, growth, i
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Imbibing Imaginations
...The word ‘romance,’ according to the dictionary means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime. —Billy Graham Imbibing Imaginations ......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, sea,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member How Will It Be?
...Have you ever wondered how you’ll die, I don’t mean the external particulars But the inner state of mind, When the moment comes? Will you be consumed in terror, Or blessed relief, or simply d......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, death, life, perspective,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member When Time Stands Still
... On the edge of a luminescent hillside I lay belly down gazing at the horizon Waiting patiently w......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, candy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Mere Pawn
... Calling at the midnight hour come my demons and my dreams, each with hope of casting colored skys of their choosing over the vast open regions of this restless mind. The first come crashing in ......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, anxiety, introspection,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Psalm 23
...The shepherd doth provide for my true needs, And stills the waters, watches while I rest. All to His glory, I go where he leads; Refreshed my soul, for his right way is best. Tho' shadows loom,......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, blessing,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member So Close You Can Taste
...I’ve seen wretched souls fall poorer by stealth I’ve seen frail old people endure pain as they knelt Climbing mountains barefoot pilgrimages never stop A penance for being born light y......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, allusion, forgiveness, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sweet Dark Kiss
...'Tis told by those wiser than me In crisis, freak feelings some see When scent of death is all around One's primal pulse does start to pound Songs sing of outrageous empathy Crossing all history......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, dark, death, feelings, kiss,
Form: Couplet
Trying
...My Dream has fallen short This dream of mine feels hurt I try and I try But the more I try disappointment rises I’m too strong to cry But my soul still hurts My body still aches from the want ......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, anger, blue, deep, depression,
Form: Verse
Soul Burn
...Bleeding from the inside; I feel sickly Seething with anger; I’ve got to move quickly Fighting my inner soul; a battle out of control Spirits who surround me; I am not myself at all Feeling like ......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, angst, conflict, deep, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Cascade Adventures --- Pt 1
...It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. I've been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals and having to settle for photos found on Goog......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, adventure, beauty, childhood, confidence,
Form: Haibun
Safe Word
...What do I wanna do? Hmm c'mere Come here Let me whisper in your ear Watch your back I'm eyeing you closely Holiest of holies Coveting more When I'm ready Predatory Consensual lust Star......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, class,
Form: Free verse
An Empty Soul
...As the time creeps near Hold back your fear Swallow that lump Did you hear that bump? Creeping creeping creeping ever so close No one recognizes the danger, no one knows A chill runs up yo......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, dark, evil, fear, horror,
Form: Prose
Splendor Upon the Grass
...Naked they lie upon the grass, he touches her lips she starts to moan, deep are his kisses she has never known, their tongues infused with unbinding affection, their bodies entwine in a sonnet pe......

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Categories: so close you can taste it, celebration, joy, sensual, sexy,
Form: Free verse

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