Poems About Love

The Parroting

Wise think and wise feel,Words said before,Yet to unreachable applesyou gravitate forevermore,A heart ever full of hopewith a sore, burning core,A naive wish to elopewith another man’s amore. Never a push, though ever a nudge;All in reach but ne’er in touch.

January

We had just celebrated the New Year,The shimmering of candlelight still in the air,The soft, warm hue on her gorgeous eyes. A couple near us lit some cigarettes,And another downed copious amounts of booze,An AfroPop song I can‘t rememberwas playing in the background,We both sucked at dancing,but we danced together anyway.Our lips met as the …

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Lusitania

“Pack your yellow blouseAnd meet me at the lighthouseMy love.I’ve received word from my uncleJohn one who gave me that buckleMy dove.He just came from FinlandAnd invites us to auld England,Together with cups from LithuaniaHe sent us tickets aboard the Lusitania.” Aboard the U-20,Captain Walther Schwieger waits patiently“Sir, we must fulfill our mission;We have plotted …

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Letter to a Lover

Hey, how’s it going? It’s been a minuteSorry I took a while to answer your last letter. So much’s been going on and I never really settled before this moment. They started the train service again. I’m looking at it right now, actually, as it treks across the meadow.It’s raining. Raindrops are racing across the …

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Release at Sunset’s Edge

Standing by waters still as these A duck quacks and the cool breeze Gently grazes ‘cross my face As sunset rays grace the place, A burden once oft heavy, now with shoulders light, A feel of relief and perhaps delight My heart relieved for mine and mine sake Past moments, I shall forever forsake.