Tantalized Poems

What Happened Here ?

...Finally, the options are revealed
The appeal is second to none 
Tantalized by various speech patterns 
Shocking, awful, and mistaken 
Chills travel down the spine 
Afraid of what's to come 
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Categories: tantalized, analogy, angst, fear, journey,
Form: Free verse

Vepertilian

...Lest I halt this pervasive thought that’s wiggling in to perform something indescribably ineffable. As repose in this boudoir, my ossuary exudes a graveolent aura, a baleful lust for the necromantic....
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Categories: tantalized, crazy, dark, death, deep,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberTIMING

...What is it to be
That I shall die
Without your love
You entered my life 
If I never knew
How or why
The art of love
You set my spirit free
I know not how
Your kiss tantalized me
I know not ...
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Categories: tantalized, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Memberjmaa el-fnaa -

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hold still …

eventide -
I am a capricious cad among wraiths
waltzing with a mop in a Marrakesh courtyard -
catching stars as they drip with
waxy and wild wonder
into the braids of my maudli...
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Categories: tantalized, analogy, city, imagery, travel,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberLeaves Dream

...see dreams of my zestful youth in soaring, swirling, swooshing, floating leaves

                                     beauty in decay 
                        leaves drift around, leaves flutter 
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Categories: tantalized, autumn, dream,
Form: Other


Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa

...“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”

Spurred by mother dearest 
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tr...
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Categories: tantalized, 12th grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Rhyme

Dunkelheit

...calling all mistreated jugglers
and wretches of condemned madhouses
bewitched by fingers of freak fame
the spindly fingers of trickster twins
that open the floodgates to occult caverns
unleashin...
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Categories: tantalized, imagery, surreal, symbolism,
Form: Free verse

Ah Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious Sleep

...Ah...Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious Sleep

Aye sandman, I surrender to yar supreme governance
surreal spectacular soiree gifts subconscious sphere
soothing (analogous to natural pallia...
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Categories: tantalized, 12th grade, adventure, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

The Last Kiss

...her hands were cold, ?my eyes were numb,
       and impossible was eye contact;
              tears rolling down, and hearts left dumb;
       how on sep'ration, we could act?

she looked at me ...
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Categories: tantalized, best friend, emotions, grief,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberMaterialism Vs Minimalism

...Queen of Materialism Versus Queen of Minimalism
She shops and shops and shops and shops.
She is either in a store or on the phone.
Amazon boxes surround her house.
Some are opened, some are not.
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Categories: tantalized, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose Poetry

Premium MemberOne Thing We Agreed On

...Candy ribbon amber skies tantalized my imagination tonight
there was an eclipse the second we saw a touch of moonlight
our boat was still. In silence we waited, expecting something.
What wonderful...
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Categories: tantalized, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberI Am All Powerful and Omnipotent Here

...Drink me. Eat me. I stare at the vials.
What kind of rabbit hole have I fallen down?
I blink, trying to adjust to the light.
A blue orb begins to develop.
I watch her get larger and closer.
Ther...
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Categories: tantalized, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberTom Loves Marmite

...Hey Mister Tom Cunningham,
You are definitely the man,
Your poetic talents reaching far,
Your taste buds tantalized by a
Marmite jar!...
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Categories: tantalized, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Memberjemaa el-fnaa - morocco -

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hold still, eventide ...
   I am a capricious cad among wraiths,
     waltzing with a mop in
      a Marrakesh courtyard - catching stars
     as they drip with waxy and
   wild wonde...
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Categories: tantalized, adventure, appreciation, celebration, travel,
Form: Imagism

Mirasol

...Golden smiles are sweet,
Tantalized by the sun's heat,
Every day they greet....
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Categories: tantalized, beauty, environment, flower, garden,
Form: Haiku

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