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Abandonment | Rp Verlaine - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

Abandonment | Rp Verlaine

Uneasy with the thought that you have left
evidence of your return I am without
no calls or message at all, except
the echo silence makes with each new doubt.
A prison I might call these empty rooms
bereft of one who lived inside its doors
and left me prisoner under a pale moon
like us eclipsed by all that we ignored.
Ask anything and I will take to task
to undo or repair what made you leave.
I sit here with tears and an empty flask
not sure of what I have or truly need
The sadness of not knowing’s difficult
lack of parting words- the final insult.

Tell-All | Ivan Jenson - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

Tell-All | Ivan Jenson

I confess that you
once made everything old
and beautiful
in an incensed church
or long nap on a rainy afternoon
sort of way
and the rusted brass rings
of this world
were no longer
worth reaching for
only the long stretching
past held interest
as you chained me to
the pillars of your yesteryear
and everything was about
ancient relics
tiny trinkets, rings, stones,
Bach Partitas or buckets
of wishes to live
elsewhere
no place in particular
just anywhere but in
the graveyard backyard
that living had become
for you…for us
and only Fred twirling Ginger
brought a sunken smile
to your once stunning
face that in it’s hey girl
hey day
made my father
give up his dream of writing
the great American novel
in exchange for marrying
his Latin American destiny
in all its tempestuous
disastrous glory

More at http://www.ivanjenson.com/.

Yet the Debate Continues | NilavroNill Shoovro - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

Yet the Debate Continues | NilavroNill Shoovro

It is dusk
Not yet dark
Like the north sky
Stars are preparing
For the evening conference

She will walk along with her love
At anytime for their rendezvous
With a red rose in one hand
The other hand will remain free

Although the evening is special
Also for the stars
As they are gearing up
For the heated debate

The lovers have no idea
About these developments
They are so composed
In their secrecy

Eyes remain locked
Desires are dancing
With mutual understanding
They are so familiar with

Yet the debate
Continues without
Any conclusion
About love and desire

She is now glowing hot
The vowels start humming
Pages of histories-
Unfolding secret stories

It grows darker
Stars are now very agitated
She starts to unfold her alphabets
The primordial Womb
Will take over soon

More at https://poetnilavronill.wordpress.com/.

Revenge and Remission | Amrita Singh - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

Revenge and Remission | Amrita Singh

T’was a crimson day streaked by the shadowy dusk
Yet it appeared dipped headlong into inkiness of treachery

Like the whole world had conspired
To bathe in the saltiness of revenge

A dark silhouette, dressed in layers of hiding
Concealed deep within, his predicament
He held a velvety red rose, Innocent and yet crafted
He twirled her around, smiled as she looked lost unto,
Bent to kiss the nape of her neck…

That which he revered true and long
And planted the rose in her fragrant bun
Her tresses came undone, while He kept twirling her around and round

As she laughed, a beautiful tilted resonance in the sky
He stabbed at her heart with the dagger,
The dagger which curled at the wrist
Like a shocked wind, her breath emptied itself
She lay wounded, in love, the last drops of life ebbing away
And He covered her with the discreet white shroud and walked away.

Remission

The sky looked like a lover’s palette,
Pinkly hues, engulfed in orange and blues
Moments, never more perfect for Love
A love that brought her back,
Unscathed from the realms of guilt and rues

The shiny mirror transformed into his gaze,
Perched lovingly, atop her face,
Dabbed into the scents and adorned her neck
Tied her hair into a bun, at his behest

She looked at herself, soaked in love
And wished that time would pass more speedily by,
To when they were together, tucked into an embrace
And then time could stand still, forever

A token of his affection, a satin white cape,
Wrapped around, the warmth engulfing her,
She hastened her pace,
Happiness unbounded, for she could now see,
There, holding a rose in his hand was He.

More at http://www.soulroot.blogspot.com/.

Of Love and Other Demons! | Deepti Sharma - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

Of Love and Other Demons! | Deepti Sharma

In the diagonal hour of the midnight
that morphed into
a tattoo on her back..
I saw a purple rainbow
that faded as the dawn cracked.
The winding trails
that crawled to her..
immersed in the holy water.
Either my resin hard dreams were to be baptised..
or the misty reality was to be slaughtered.
The feral sorcery of her charm
simmering with the magic herbs..
hemmed my tattered misgivings..
the intentions were never misjudged.
The abundance of my pinning heart
and the economies of her presence!
Like the shadow in the daylight
that redeems with a full moon credence.
Like still ripe sepia hues….
of the picture from the yore..
under that ochre autumn tree,
that at the eleventh hour still stands tall.
In the shadow of its vestigial promise,
I brought my sins and carnations…
come love, meet me under the moonlight
when reasons need not oblige a million adaptations!

Forget-Me-Nevers | Jacob Erin-Cilberto - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

Forget-Me-Nevers | Jacob Erin-Cilberto

i love you when
the petals let go of the dandelion
and flutter in a wind of doubt

i love you when
the blade cuts the lawn in ‘twain
we bleed serene green
and the scent of affection
lingers in the air

i love you when
the heat of day
skips rope toward a half moon
and we trip on the beams
happily falling into the stars of
shape-shifting voyeurs watching
elegantly

i love you when
and if
storms provoke us to windswept fate
as punishment for loving too much
we will gladly accede to the suffering

provided the yellow gale
splits the moon
with each of us as equal halves
of the rapture.

Wake and Forget | Dah - Read Poetry Online by Talented Contemporary Poets

Wake and Forget | Dah

What I love
I forget to love
and there is nothing
half-hearted either way
and there is something
remarkable about this
the manifestation
the celebration
the openness
of leaving or returning
that brings not only
change to one’s self
but to the lover
who remains devoted
with exuberance and restraint
on certain days
that seem humbler
than others
where in the dullness
of the world
there’s a great sleeping
desire to dream
with my head
hanging down
as if exiled from reality
as if conditioned
to wake and forget
or to ignore
such brief encounters
as having loved

More at https://dahlusion.wordpress.com/.

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