Longing

Poems about "Longing"

Another way to describe this feeling might be "long-distance love." Not the same as "Long-distance relationship," mind you. It's a statement on the distance between the lovee and the loved in mental miles, or in attitude; the psycological distance the lovee perceives between his love, inside, and her knowing.

Witnessing: Thinking about his love, the narrator describes some of how he feels about her.
TrŽs Intressant: French and German for "Very Interesting"; a peek into the thoughts the narrator thinks while he searches his mind for his feelings.
Shadow Woman: The narrator, after a particularly embarrasing or painful rejection, reveals that he still longs for her.
Wide, though the Earth is round: The narrator has an interesting experience searching for his love, with a surprise ending ...
Off, as though we knew what we were doing: The narrator meets up with a former flame, years later ... time may heal all wounds, but it does not extinguish all fires ...
Twist Goes the Knife: The narrator reads something from his flame that implies that he is less than dangerous ...
Arise, sweet one: The narrator tries to convince himself that he will survive the tests he is presented with.
The Same River: A Shakespearian-style sonnet. The river is clearly a metaphor ... but, for what?
Try this for a change: I don't know what to call this form, but check it out. It's basically a 2/3/3/2 (syllable) form. The narrator thinks some things while he or she is ... occupied (use your imagination!)
If the grass were ever green on my side of the fence: Fanciful conversation between the narrator, the wind, and the stars. Allegorical.
Our friends, ourselves: One view of how friends ought to relate to one another.
Broken: The narrator gets some news he didn't want to hear ...