by Elizabeth Wesley |
Categories:
love, me, me,
You loved me just a little
You never loved me long;
But you gave my soul serenity
And gave my heart a song.
You loved me for a moment
I found it in your eyes;
But your mouth I could not capture
By temptation or surprise.
Sweet lips that I remember
With a poignant surge of pain
As one remembers fragrance
Of the softly falling rain.
Within this world of wonder
Without warning I feel sad;
The dream I hold still haunts me
For the kiss I never had.
by Melissa Wadkins Patterson |
Categories:
hope, life, love, yellow,
This morning I wrote a poem
about a yellow heart
pining for red fusion,
in a desperate attempt
to shake the fruit
that never
falls
And tonight I am alone
without tangerine lips
or the temptation of apple,
carefully watching familiar verses
unravel themselves
and fanatically dance around
like a final punctuation mark
or an overused cliche,
while my hands whittle metaphors
into a quick-witted instrument
sharp enough to scrape
the smeared imagery
off the sidewalk of poem,
Still I am not sorry
the fruit has not
fallen
to kiss my weary head,
it takes an overly cautious yellow
to see the perfect shade of red
by Andre Sanders |
Categories:
art, depression, devotion, faith, family, father, friendship, growing up, happiness, hope, inspirational, life, love, peace, urban,
Bravery is the father of fears
Dreams are distant cousins of nightmares
Hope is the sister of prayers
Every night shame lays down and gets screwed by despair
Pollution abuses Mrs. atmosphere
It's a battle between personality and reality
But obviously nobody cares
Maybe it's because big tough is the uncle of little scared
Planning is deeply in love with prepared
Procrastination is the biggest enemy of determination
Ignorance is jealous of realization
Sometimes strength can get sneak attacked by temptation
Silence can never defeat a great proclamation
When the brain disagrees with the heart
The body dies of complications
Love your self...
by Cameron Hartley |
Categories:
love,
He is both clarity and confusion
My conscience... and my temptation
My greatest virtue is my dearest sin
My stength and weakness: my love of him
by Hyle Chu |
Categories:
confusion, depression, devotion, fantasy, girlfriend-boyfriend, hope, imagination, introspection, life, loss, lost love, love, mystery, passion, philosophy, recovery from..., sad
The steady pull
of temptation--
a tease on
my resolution.
When I can sleep,
I take what dreams
afford me.
In these dreams,
my 'noxide comes
to ward me.
Her smoke is an invitation.
my conscience
falls for
the con science
of my imagination.
I give in
and reality spins.
Between the sleeps,
I lie in sanity.
I wonder:
Did I give into
my humanity?
did I'd err?
Is that
smoke in the air?
by Sharon Gulley |
Categories:
devotion, for him, i love you, remember, romance,
Take these old hands into yours
remember how they felt when
they were unwrinkled and belonged
to a young girl.
Take this tired smile honey I know
you don't miss and see the temptation
of passion that even now old, burns with a
deep desire for your kiss.
Take my grey touched, raven hair
and let it dance through your fingers
as if you do not care.
Take these older hazel, green eyes
and see that when looking at you
they still youthfully shine.
Take this old heart for it is still yours
and lend to it the thought that I am
no matter how old, still the same,
your girl.
by John Hamilton |
Categories:
appreciation, devotion, longing, lost, love, repetition, trust,
Lost in the world, no direction, no love, to be found,
No one cares for you, animosity knows no bounds.
When you're off course, you need not be alone,
A little help is all you need, let love lead you home.
Love is the compass, when you're astray in the woods,
Languishing in the darkness, you feel, gone for good.
A glimmer of hope, when, someone finds where you roam,
Let love lead the way, let love lead you home.
Temptation is abundant, too easy to go astray,
Loyalty is the director, helps to show you the way.
Show your thankfulness, for the love you've been shown.
Let love lead the way, let love lead you home.
John Derek Hamilton October 21,2015
by Sharon Ruebel |
Categories:
happiness, love
Welcome in the Fall of life Spring enters
Loves emptied heart replenished with his touch
I become his Muse and he is my center
Lips burning passion captured in his clutch
Shared breath nothing compares to this splendor
Two bodies align in time they are flush
Worn hearts beating young with exhilaration
Once again falling into loves temptation
Contest: New Love
Sponsored by, Jarred Pickett
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by Deb Wilson |
Categories:
dark, earth, moon,
Silhouettes of the far off skies
laced through the edge of madness
bring a certain dance to your feet
and some mysterious sadness.
Into the depths of black and beyond
temptation knows no bounds.
Moonlight breathes upon the earth
while passion's song resounds.
Under the lunar tapestry
love outlives it's hunger.
Thirst and greed shall disappear
while all the world grows younger.
Blame it on the stars above;
those crescent pieces of sky.
Blame it on the moon's pale glow
and never question why.
written 10/28/2013
for contest"Blame It On The Moon"
by Laurie Mahoney |
Categories:
angst, conflict, desire, love, love hurts, lust, sensual,
I've still not healed from you
You're in my blood, my veins
You've seeped in every pore of me
A plague upon my brain
You make me hot like fever
I sweat, my body aches
Lose air when I am close to you
How much sickness can I take
I'm infected with this passion
Desire like disease
It lives in every cell of me
My body's under seige
This carnal need is savage
It's eating me alive
I have to touch you, feel you
Or else I cant survive
There has to be an antidote
A treatment, remedy
To cure this lustful sickness
That's taken over me
I need to search, to find it
And make this go away
I'm so weakened by the wanting
I'm temptation''s easy prey
by Lindsay Laurie |
Categories:
faith, life,
At some stage in a turbid life,
Temptation stalks around the bend.
The devil waits with a friendly smile
At the cross-road time we spend.
The cross-roads are our troubled time,
where sin and prayer do blend;
If we can read the devils smile,
God wins out in the end.
For prayer is our line to heaven
to rejoice in every day
through teaching from our saviour,
may life always stay that way.
But hellfire is sent to tempt us;
and destroy us too they may!
If we choose to take the devil’s route
when at the cross-roads we delay.
We've all been to the cross-roads,
where temptation seems a friend …
Through love, faith and prayer
God wins out in the end.
by Delilah Ventura |
Categories:
art, happiness, imagination, love, passion, romance
Desire tender feeling you are my strength, when I am weak
You are my voice when, I'm stuck in my dreams
Powerful sky shine my heart in the clouds
Unwind my spirit in the mountains
Put my words in the ocean
Spread my love in the rainbow, so it may brighten the sky
Smash the yearning in my soul for temptation
Temptation for true love, in my sight
It so hard to believe, but it's all coming to me
Things I thought, I would never do or feel
Do and feel for you
For you true love, dear love
Is you
by Matthew Horstkotter |
Categories:
growing up, lost love, pain, sad,
There are still nights
Up alone, I think of you
How right you were
But still how very wrong
How can that be?
I battle amongst myself
Temptation to call
Just want to hear your voice
See your face
Though I know it’s wrong
I want to touch your lips
With mine
Remember the kiss I left?
How sweet and gentle
The lips of an angel
You gave it what you could
I asked for more
You had nothing left
Though you looked
So I left
Feeling you were used
What you gave me
Was what I was after
I refused to change
Refused to see
by Arturo Michael |
Categories:
life, love, lust,
T ~ is for the twist and turns I made to get you girl
E ~ be the excitement of picking your red rose
M ~ makes for a magical mystery carpet ride
P ~ for the powerful urge to kiss you and not question why
T ~ is telling me," don’t you worry, it’s OK"
A ~ means take advantage before it’s too late
T ~ comes back around to taunt, "it's alright"
I ~ say I must taste your sweet delights
O ~ means open up, I'm coming in... after all what's the sin
N ~ is a natural desire from our soul within
by John Gondolf |
Categories:
desire, love, lust, woman,
The feline is stalking
without any talking;
her silhouette walking
in temptation.
On prowl she is searching
for someone who’s lurching,
or prey that is perching
in frustration.
Her raven hair shining;
her looks so refining;
her thoughts are designing
on sensation.
Her green eyes are peering
with looks that are leering
for someone appearing
in fixation.
At last her eyes spying
a vision complying;
a gentleman trying
for flirtation.
Exchange of small talking
without any balking,
and off they go walking:
culmination.
by Jan Allison |
Categories:
candy, humorous,
I crave sticky butter mint balls
Liquorice allsorts from the candy stalls
Orange smarties, my favourite treat
Violet crumbles I just love to eat
English toffees for me to masticate
Chocolate drops make me salivate
Aniseed balls would paint my tongue red
Nougat or should I choose fruit gums instead
Dime bars and snickers too much temptation
Yikes! my waistline spread’s caused aggravation!
Message In An Acrostic 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Kim Rodrigues
09/07/21
by Ts Poetry |
Categories:
love,
I traipse across your page
dining on the inflection amid reflection
and amorous dalliance
diluting my soul ever so slowly
dipping my fingers into you
the scent of sentiment
I'm not like the bee, the butterflies
or the bear searching for honey
I'm a string
strung out for all to see
wrapping the bits around my finger
each loop a perfect memory
meant to last a lifetime
dip me in holy waters
cross my heart and kiss my sky
there's no fraying or temptation
just freedom in the feeling
I shall wander in your eye
by Daver Austin |
Categories:
song-lyric
EVENING FAIR (sing to Scarborough Fair)
Crust of bread and strawberries red
Cheese and wine will go to your head
And when you dance the room becomes magic
Step and whirl at Blithe County Fair
Warm the night with bright crescent Moon
Fiddles three an old Spanish tune
Sweet Greta Lee has captured my fancy
Step and whirl at Blithe County Fair
Youth and Eros moment of bliss
Rose glow her cheeks I offer a kiss
Though so demure she yields to temptation
Found my true love at Blithe County Fair
by Welsonn Goh |
Categories:
love, lust, universe,
Th’ night sky dyed a berryblue hue,
Beneath th olive river blackening,
Her breath rich with grape nectar,
Her hair a nebula of lime & pumpkin.
Orange peels by th curbside,
Yellow pulp by th curbside,
Old Greek sidewalk lemonade.
Rose apples sitting with th china pear,
Sweet lust littering her secret ivy thoroughfare;
Moonlight pink upon her blushing bosom,
Th Universe in trapped in her ocular dew,
Cosmic sailors lost in her white coconut ocean,
Pleas forgotten as she raptured through.
Lead her not to temptation,
For she has found it herself;
This is th Love Fruition.
by Ashley Daly |
Categories:
devotion, love, passion,
I tasted of temptation
With a pinch of infatuation
A touch of captivation
And a dash of imagination
With heaps of fascination
And a sense of excitation
With this newfound jubilation
You’re my favorite fixation
by Lacey Melton |
Categories:
faith, hope, life, religion, song-
I don't know how to overcome temptation,
I don't know how to overcome my fear.
But I know that you know my situation,
And most importantly I know your here.
I don't know how to rise above the waters,
I can't seem to find my way back to the shores.
But I know how much you love your daughters,
And I know that I'll always be yours.
No matter what the devil throws in my way,
I know that I can find my way over it.
Even though things get harder everyday,
No matter what I'm not going to quit!
Cause I know the power within me is greater,
Than the weapons of my enemy.
And I know that the almighty Creator,
Is my protector and He will help me.
by Lyn Church |
Categories:
adventure, desire, dream, feelings, lust,
We succumb to temptation
And bathe in its juices
We challenge the mighty tyrant
And stand victorious
We dare to risk everything
Yet we gain even more
We fall in love as children do
However, we refuse to let go
The possibilities are unthinkable
Yet we fear nothing
The nonsense tortures and humbles us
And we come back for more
There we find Comfort and safety
And never want to leave
And then we awaken to realize
It's only in our dreams
Lyn Church
by Robert Gorelick |
Categories:
giving, home,
Praise be to the tranquil home
Where care and amity abide
Like a well-worn book or favorite poem
In whose members we confide
And whose values are our guide
Ill-fated is the raging home
Where resentment and cruelty reign
Like an outcast always bound to roam
Doomed to empty constant pain
Where no glimmer of will remain
Blessed is our home within
Where resides a treasure glowing
Without temptation need or sin
Just eternal pure love glowing
And goodwill overflowing
Written 2/22/22
by Bryn Strudwick |
Categories:
lost love, miss you,
WHAT OF ME?
Just between you and me ~
Where did she go? ~ The girl next door. ~
Temptation? ~ Greener grass? ~
It’s all over ~ Shattered dreams ~
Meltdown ~
And what of me? ~
A fresh start? ~ Never again. -CT
7th July 2019
Collaboration of you titles contest
Sponsor - Charles Messina
by Journey Mehlhaf |
Categories:
anger, anxiety, appreciation, feelings, lost love, love, lust,
Love is something that may come once
Don’t lose it by being a dunce
Don’t give in to a temptation
That will ruin your reputation
The love you hold is strong and deep
Don’t hurt her, even though you think she is asleep
The pain you will cause her is one unbearable
The ache she will feel will be most terrible
She will weep for your memories
She will yearn for your presence
Though the block in her head will form a resentment
If you love her you will not waste what love you have got
Or that will be all that she wrought
Your love is special and so is she
Treating her right is the key
And if you love her most dearly
You will respect her most sincerely.