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Emotion

by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

An African drum throbs from a distance.
It is heyday and there is rejoicing.
But ululations surround me suddenly, and tensions
Climb gently the steps of a dancing heaven.
As my lobes grow softer and my hair stands
On the grounds of love,
I sense the throbs on my hollow soul,
Near, yet so far, for the wretched wench
Whose sweet eyes I have descried yonder.

The Glove And The Lions

by James Henry Leigh Hunt

King Francis was a hearty king, and loved a royal sport,
And one day as his lions fought, sat looking on the court;
The nobles filled the benches, and the ladies in their pride,
And 'mongst them sat the Count de Lorge, with one for whom he sighed:
And truly 'twas a gallant thing to see that crowning show,
Valour and love, and a king above, and the royal beasts below.

Ramped and roared the lions, with horrid laughing jaws;
They bit, they glared, gave blows like beams, a wind went with their paws;
With wallowing might and stifled roar they rolled on one another;

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On The Death Of The Beloved

by John O'Donohue

Though we need to weep your loss,
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts,
Where no storm or night or pain can reach you.

Your love was like the dawn
Brightening over our lives
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of colour.

The sound of your voice

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The Canonization

by John Donne

For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love,
Or chide my palsy, or my gout,
My five grey hairs, or ruin'd fortune flout,
With wealth your state, your mind with arts improve,
Take you a course, get you a place,
Observe his Honour, or his Grace,
Or the King's real, or his stamped face
Contemplate, what you will, approve,
So you will let me love.

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Yours

by Daniel Hoffman

I am yours as the summer air at evening is
Possessed by the scent of linden blossoms,

As the snowcap gleams with light
Lent it by the brimming moon.

Without you I'd be an unleafed tree
Blasted in a bleakness with no Spring.

Your love is the weather of my being.

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Recent Love Poems

Wild is the fire

by Mario Odekerken

You touch me,
and time forgets its name.
The sky leans in,
carrying your breath
across the trembling earth.

No promise is spoken,
yet the leaves believe you.
They rise-
not to flee,

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Als een Diamant

by Mario Odekerken

Ik vergelijk jou met een diamant.
Niet om je kostbaarheid,
maar om je helderheid.

Jouw schoonheid is zuiver,
zonder opsmuk,
zonder ruis.
Ze vangt het licht
en weerkaatst iets
wat niet te benoemen is.

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Soos 'n Diamant

by Mario Odekerken

Ek verglyk jou met 'n diamant.
nie oor jou waarde nie,
maar oor jou helderheid.

Jou skoonheid is suiver,
sonder moeite,
sonder geraas.
Dit vang die lig
en weerkaats iets
wat nie 'n naam het nie.

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Tief in meinem Herzen

by Mario Odekerken

Tief in meinem Herzen
lebt eine Stille,die deinen Namen trägt.
Keine Stimme,keine Berührung,
und doch eine Gegenwart
sanfter als ein Atemzug.

Du bist nie gekommen,
und doch warst du immer da.
Wie ein Schatten unter dem Licht,
wie eine Erinnerung, die nie geboren wurde,

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Sweet with her compassions

by Reynaldo Casison

Luminous hymns crescent hips
Heavenly Incantations
Luminous hymns crescent hips
Sweet with her compassions

Just about anyone can see your sultry beauty
However I see its layers like exquisite roses
With all Its caresses and sweet poses
Not anyone can cherish
your sultry sweet beauty

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