"What I Wouldn't Give..."

Write a poem, any style, about something you want greatly and would give anything to receive it.
It can be something internal, like 'peace of mind' or something greatly desired, like a vacation or lover,
or maybe going back in time to make right a wrong of a love one that's passed on.
Hell, it could be a slice of strawberry cheesecake for all I care, or legalizing prostitution....
Your mind is limitless to what you Want and what *you wouldn't give* to have it.
Let me read about it....have fun!


Competition rules:

Poem must contain: 'what I wouldn't give'...
and it must be used twice in the poem.

Poem must be 'titled'

300 word limit

one entry per poet

2 weeks

SHIP of wrecks

What I wouldn`t give
To restore our love
Let me be the parchment of your sin
Drink the light of the fading moon
In a china cup
Sailing a paper boat
On the wavelengths of your heart
Writing my name on your spinal cord
Eventually, essentially
What I wouldn`t give
To be of your lips
These searching hands
Have lost their way

Are you sure it's what you wouldn't give, or should it be what you would give?
Like  I would give my right arm for a second chance at my marriage?
I wouldn't give my right eye, lol Not sure can you clarify Rain?

Thank you Le Fay for opening the door to this comp.

Zazzles, I meant exactly what the title stated. The coined expression, "what I wouldn't give" is the equivalent of  wanting or needing something so strongly, that you would give up things cherished, just to have it .
...so, per your example; 'what I wouldn't give for a second chance at my marriage'

Hoped I cleared it up a bit!

Ok :)

What if we use "what I wouldn't give" more than twice?

---What I Wouldn't Give----------

What I wouldn't give
To rediscover the patience
Like the first days of summer
That I spent with you

The way we've had to live
has created complications
that are unlike any other
I don't know what to do



What I wouldn't give
To find your warmth in the night
To know you're here by my side
To make peace and not fight

None of us win
Against the flames you ignite
With a fire so high
It stays etched in my mind



What I wouldn't give
To snuff out that deadly fascination
You seem to have with frustration
As you struggle within

Surrounded in sin
Overcome with temptation
Once we get wasted
We start over again

A Poem That Lives

I read a poem on here a while back
Written by a writer I've always loved to love
Not one that made my toes curl with romantic desire
Nothing that made me want him at all
But what I wouldn't give to have more like him
In this world
It was poetic prose
for his little girl and to this day
Its the deepest thing I've ever read
What I wouldn't have given
to have that kind of dad
But to know that it exists
That something that makes life a safe place to grow
To live
I wish he knew how special it is
And what some of us would give
Even to write a piece that speaks like his
Lives on in the soul of a reader to resonate forever
I wish he knew the depths of his gift

Jealous shadows

what I wouldn't give
for her presence to dim my lights again
an angel of darkness
the heavenly blackness of my chains

to press my lips
upon her poison ivy blackened corset
the tainted taste of others
scars and marks of fear and regret

to sooth her shivers
within the grips of loving leather
shackle her burdens
and burn them with my desire

to hear the weeping
of her missing  innocents
as I gift them back to her
stolen from a past of wickedness

to see her fall away
under my carnal driven grip
to feel the heat of her glow
as I watch her sail on a euphoric trip

to be a tattoo
of my very existence
to be her dark passenger
as a loving master of chaotic coexistence

to have my shadows jealous
for we were under each others skin
what I wouldn't give
to have that all over again

Unforgettable

What I wouldn't give to know the truth
A knife right to the heart strings of you
Deep into the obsessive oblivion of your eyes
Dying just to taste the reason for goodbyes
What I wouldn't give to be your shadow
To wrap myself around your faulty halo
You're the answer to my questions unknown
What I wouldn't give to have you back home

Thank you everyone! Amazing submissions...Xo

.: Dawgs Be Trippin' :.


What I wouldn’t give to get a hold of this...
No doubt about what I wouldn’t give to get bold with this.
Place her on my list. This creature
No hit or miss, main feature
See I came across this pretty HOT picture
My gaze went into haze, but my
eyes became richer

Now I’m wishing for her to be my one & only fixture
Her natural form; not requiring any mixture
Personally I’m thinkin’ she’s an exotic-type elixir
Other than that maybe a fine arts teacher
Gosh darn, sell the farm if I could only reach her


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Yes, I’m tellin’ you this
She’s an amazing Ms.
This chronic-like tonic and
I’d be all up in this

The magic made I’d surely be her trickster
If she’s a twin; no doubt I’d get with her sister
That’s the only way that I might resist her
Her unparalleled mate, yes I’m that Mister
In 3D come see for certain we’d merger
If she’s gone that’s wrong but
for sure I’d miss her

But no, we never met...no, not in person
Such a loss; the cost sometimes has me cursin’
Shame never creeped only peeped the photo
Got fantasies like Dorothy’s where peeps call me Toto
Hot pix, what reflects, if Kansas we’d solo
KC, her and me...then jet-it on the D-Low
Yeah, Straw man, Tin man, Cowardly Lion
What I wouldn’t give having her all up in Zion

WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE


Childhood memories of young love gone forlorn
Written in an old notebook with pages that are torn
The first innocent kisses which lingered in your brain
Burnt up in my lips, forever etched in my aging skin
What I wouldn’t give to keep those memories alive
Is fervent hope to cope up with loneliness and jive

There are so many things that I could give
In the name of love, all of you I can forgive
What I wouldn’t give is your place in my heart
For it’s there that you live since we’ve been apart
Fate has been kind to bring us together once more
Let each kisses be like there’s no tomorrow and never more

May your kisses be like the waves pounding on the shore
Day and night they never cease as if it’s a daily chore
I could only hope and pray that your love still exists
Even if I can’t remember the last time that we kissed
For true love is set without doubts and expectations
We will go on loving each other without frustrations

Now that we are nearing the twilight of our lives
Looking forward each day hoping not to deprive
A life full of love so long denied, yet meaningful
We will carry to the grave, memories so beautiful
Only you and I can hold and keep without hesitation
Because our love was meant to be without limitation

Everyday I’m on the edge and living with a silent prayer
Just the dream of touching your long, flowing raven hair
To me is simple joy filled with hope and a breath of fresh air
To give away those hope and dreams may seem not fair
Because those are the things that define my life,
What I wouldn’t give… even if they lead into a strife

What I wouldn't give

What I wouldn't give
to see your Kingly face
once again, at my door

to kiss you ravenously
and fall into your grace
like I have done, so many times before

what I wouldn't give
to know true happiness
and die intrenched in your love

to give you my heart
as true witness
to the heaven of your touch.

A Liar’s Fate

What I wouldn’t give
for a razor sharp knife
to broaden your vain
and venomous smile
slicing it neatly
from ear to ear
cutting matters between us clear.

What I wouldn’t give
for a needle and thread
to re-stitch together that gaping slit
that ripped apart seam, sanguine and wet
so you’ll never ever be able for sure
to lie through your teeth any more.