Unachieved Poems

STAY

...Come near do not take your gaze from mine
The heavens have nothing on the stars of your eyes
If you're willing take my hand. let our destinies entwine
If not then fear not for your company will gr...
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Categories: unachieved, emotions, longing, lost love,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberA Voyage To Unknown

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Birds twitter, birds croon to each other,
I watch life moving at a lulling slower pace,
Rose bushes leisurely sway, breeze converses
With the rustling leaves, clouds float languidly
In endless ...
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Categories: unachieved, death, life,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberA Time To Reflect

..."we are
All pawns in the chessboard of an
Unknown skilled magician..." (By Poet)

On a calm tranquil afternoon,
When playful chirping and cooing  
Of birds lavishly entertain my throbbing sense...
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Categories: unachieved, journey, life,
Form: Free verse

Unplayed Strings

...What good is the wave, if sails,
It awaits no means, destination.
What good is the tide,
If it rises and falls over sights of unpleasant expectations.
What good are words,
If it's origin comes f...
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Categories: unachieved, hope,
Form: Free verse

A Letter To Life

...Oh! life, how sweet how bitter
have you been to me 
sometimes you treat me better
sometimes so mean 

There were days of salty tears
also days of sugary smiles
They were night to hard to bear
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Categories: unachieved, death, life, old,
Form: Rhyme


The Journey Home

...Restless
 how slowly life seems to flow
in youth, ever in a hurry and on the go,
 rushing toward the coming of age
living quick and fast on a passing stage
 finding out nothing truly lasts;
sud...
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Categories: unachieved, age, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme

KAREN

...When I walk down the paths that wind 
Through the canyons of my mind, 
I find mystic scrolls of wishes and dreams, 
Floating on Destiny’s streams.
Never shall these dreams and wishes 
Be abandon...
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Categories: unachieved, lost, lost love, love,
Form: Rhyme

Can You Hear the Quiet

...Listen
 strain your ear
when neither wind nor traffic break the quiet,
 there is a silence pounding in the heart
 calling out a hush below a whisper;
there in the depths of every beating heart
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Categories: unachieved, america, silence,
Form: Free verse

Perseverance

...I close my eyes to old ends and open my heart to new beginnings;
For beginning is the most important part of any work.
I struggle, persevere, toil and wrestle,
I spare no effort to achieve the una...
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Categories: unachieved, appreciation, character, inspiration, motivation,
Form: Blank verse

Old Dreams

...Old Dreams

In the evening when the moonlight;
Gently falls on land and sea.
Old dreams come like wolves at midnight;
Come to howl and torment me.

Dreams of youth their glory ended;
Fall beh...
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Categories: unachieved, anxiety, care, conflict, dark,
Form: Rhyme

Sober Reflection

...SOBER REFLECTION


As  I was considering human actions,
My mindset was geared towards repecaution,
Replacing the position of gladness with saddened motions,
I once asked father ''what was the c...
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Categories: unachieved, adventure, deep, grief, life,
Form: Classicism

S-Ruth Ncede,MANTAKWENDE!

...Laughter filled our home
Sweet voice anchored our home
The finger that was always pointing
Sucked finger made a lifetime mark

Elegance was her middle name
Confidence was her best friend
Humou...
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Categories: unachieved, appreciation, best friend,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberNo Longer Unknown

...Uninspired
          Undesired
           Unadmired
Unstable, unable, unemployed
   Unbelieved, unbelieving
   Unachieved, unachieving
     All this - Undisputed
     But was he Unhappy?
   N...
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Categories: unachieved, assonance, happiness, sad,
Form: Alliteration

This Side of the Mirror

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This Side of the Mirror 

I feel lost within the mirror’s eyes
Those charming narcissistic pools
As vast and blue as endless skies
Glittering like two polished jewels

As I lo...
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Categories: unachieved, beauty, crush, desire, funny
Form: Rhyme

Song of My Love

...The song of my love is heard
It travels over Seas and mountains 
Bearing cadences that make the fishes dance
It frolics over hills and oceans 
With rhythms that adorn the eyes of the sun 
Sniffi...
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Categories: unachieved, africa, beautiful, devotion, feelings,
Form: Blank verse

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