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Succumbs Poems - Poems about Succumbs

Premium Member City Heat
...The neighborhood has gone to bed A lonely yellow light peeks out a window A wary city coyote gives a curious glance Racoons pick the combination lock on the trash can lid A feral Tom serenades it......

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Categories: succumbs, city, night, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Be still my heart 1391
... Flutter dear heart Let this mystery start Of entwined lace And God’s holy grace With scented chiffon flowing Smoke from the chimney blowing And stifled salted tears From memories through the......

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Categories: succumbs, heart,
Form: Rhyme



SANDALWOOD AND THE AXE poetrix
... How wonderful is the sandalwood that even when it succumbs perfumes the axe that cuts it down!......

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Categories: succumbs, allusion, extended metaphor, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Staying Out of Reach-The Siren’s Story
...Staying Out of Reach-The Siren’s Story She was a fish out of water, only in the metaphorical sense, for the sea was her song and her home, where she played, where she laid her head, and whe......

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Categories: succumbs, moon, sea, song, stars,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member His Lipstick Kisses
... He smothered her with lipstick kisses, every part of her body aroused Where within her he had lit a raging fire; that just couldn’t be doused Under his experienced hands as becomes submissive wit......

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Categories: succumbs, beautiful, kiss, love, sensual,
Form: Rhyme



Early Poems XXI
...These are my early poems, or juvenilia. Stars by Michael R. Burch, age 22 Though night has come, I'm not alone, for stars appear —fierce, faint and far— to dance until they disappear. T......

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Categories: succumbs, dance, loneliness, night, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Traction Stornello
...Now I have been forced into this position, I hate having to change my plan of action. Left to start this ball rolling to gain traction. This demeanor so commonly full of poise, I detest the us......

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Categories: succumbs, anger, emotions, feelings,
Form: Other
Premium Member bye bye, me me
... bye bye, me me egotist retreats, succumbs with tale between legs moony face on show......

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Categories: succumbs, anger, fantasy, moon, sun,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Dripping With Desire
...Candles burn, incense glows, as music plays and fires blaze. The scent of you... Déjà vu. Your silhouette is mesmerizing, hypnotizing me. Enchanting eyes, seductive smile. Your gentle to......

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Categories: succumbs, desire, love, lust, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Praise On
... Something other than my heart Told me to listen, to hear – then start Writing the joy, the peace, the light Prayers that reveal the stars of night Shining quietly, up in the skies......

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Categories: succumbs, appreciation, blessing, christian, god,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Ballad of Circumlocution
...In realms where thought and tempests meet where shifting sands outpace the feet a creature stirs with cunning guise Circumlocution cloaked in darkened skies its words like desert viper’s sting t......

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Categories: succumbs, allegory, allusion, confusion, philosophy,
Form: Ballad
Premium Member Recognition
... Life is the embodiment of the unique existence, the construct of universal elements destiny decides to manifest distinctively with the divine essence in the unparallel trinity of body, mind an......

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Categories: succumbs, analogy, life, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
ERODED VIRTUES
... Does modernity's veil conceal nakedness within? Does civilization's stride lead to exposure's sin? How has religion's influence shaped culture's gentle face? And tradition's timeless values, h......

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Categories: succumbs, anxiety, cheer up, childhood,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Mask of Black Spinel
... Frice the week along with night had fallen to sleepless slumber, Trapped again 'tween times when thirds are three in number. I sense a grimace gurgle in these halls of boned wall, The aching w......

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Categories: succumbs, angst, dream, evil, horror,
Form: Couplet
Either We Love or We Die
...{“When I dunk my head in holy water, to rid myself of your poison. Hatred circuits through my veins at the delusional expectancy I have clasped. I let my nucleus out of its solitary incarceration; a ......

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Categories: succumbs, absence, abuse, addiction, anger,
Form: Free verse

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