Long Asian Poems
Long Asian Poems. Below are the most popular long Asian by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Asian poems by poem length and keyword.
Additional Advice To Those Would Be King From the Thiruk-Kural With CommentaryAdditional free advice to those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with Commentary
[*like presidents, prime ministers, dictators of declining (falling or fallen) nations or even empires]
K442: urranOy niikki uraa amai munkaakkum
...
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Categories:
asian, bullying, immigration, prison, religion, sympathy, tamil, violence,
Form:
Epigram
Bharathidasan's Pulikku Nay Enta Mulai, Translated By T Wignesan
Bharathidasan’s “Pulikku nay enta muulai” (To the Tiger, the Dog knows no safe dwelling!) translated by T. Wignesan
Bharathidasan (1891-1964) was a self-proclaimed disciple of the eminent Brahmin poet: Cuppiramania Bharathiyar (cf. two poems of...
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Categories:
asian, anti bullying, patriotic, political, racism, , literature,
Form:
Sonnet
Same Ol' Song and DanceAs I look back across more musical times
of rhythmic reflections,
ceremonies and commemorations
of each dawn and dusk eremitic liturgy,
if that is not an oxymoron
of sound and sight,
song and dance,
tragically sad, yet also bilaterally bound with happier...
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Categories:
asian, community, dance, humanity, humor, integrity, love, music,
Form:
Political Verse
The Pedicure VirginI don't know what came over me that day - an instant of weakness after years of resistance, I suppose.
My beaming spouse leads me, a dog on a short leash, into the forbidden citadel, the...
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Categories:
asian, humor,
Form:
Prose
Let's Be KinderIn his essay "Let's Be Reasonable"
Rev. Todd Eklof [The Gadfly Papers]
reduces reasonable to logical;
This is a common left-brain dominant error,
confusion between deductive premises
and coldly reductive conclusions
calculated assuming cause v effect linear formulas
more than feedback...
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Categories:
asian, health, humanity, integrity, math, political, power, relationship,
Form:
Political Verse
Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History MonthNascent poetic tribute to black history month...
crafted before onset when people of color
got acknowledged for twenty eight or nine days
depending if leap year occurred.
Though I yam Caucasian,
rightful to honor most bitter
racist genocidal...
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Categories:
asian, abuse, dream, evil, february, grave, hate, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Niitthaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of the Ascetic, Canto 3 of the Thirukkural By ThiruvalluvarNiithaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of Ascetics, Canto 26 of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classical Treatise on Ethics, Translation and Commentary by T. Wignesan
[Given the scarcity of information (mostly conflicting even then) on the...
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Categories:
asian, education, humanity, life, philosophy, retirement, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
Cowboy Shooters On Motor Scooters[Just a little note to help maintain the peace on Soup.
To cause no animosity among our friendly group
I myself am partial to some tasty asian...
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Categories:
asian, humorous, native american, western,
Form:
Rhyme
Bloody RiverI took a ride through the park to relax my mind
I stood on top of the hill observing the burnt trees
standing patiently waiting for someone to take them in
The entire place was...
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Categories:
asian, america, angel, beautiful, blessing, culture, environment, london,
Form:
Narrative
IndifferencePerhaps like me, you have heard the expression, ...
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Categories:
asian, race,
Form:
Free verse
AdrenalineThe legal system is business operated by officers and boys in the street
The legal system is a business fashioned to target the vulnerable and the weak
The people who cannot defend themselves or don't have...
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Categories:
asian, business, conflict, courage, culture, discrimination, freedom, gender,
Form:
Narrative
Bad Day At the Rochester FairIt was an early fall day, some decades ago,
When three of my boys were still young.
Looking forward that year to the Rochester Fair,
An event that was always good fun.
A promise from me I would...
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Categories:
asian, angst, fun, humorous, kid, september,
Form:
Narrative
Thomas Found the Philosopher's StoneThomas was walking through his favorite part of the forest,
where the overturned giant oak tree has been a sitting spot
for him since childhood, the part of the forest that is lit
a little bit thanks to...
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Categories:
asian, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Narrative
Inextricably Rooted With Hair FixationInextricably rooted with hair fixation
As a lad in grade school,
yours truly, (a diminutive, intuitive,
oversensitive, and vegetative potato head kid,
whose voice exhibited
a severe nasal twang)
felt envious at other boys,
especially those young bucks
who sported budding antlers
plus thick...
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Categories:
asian, 11th grade, 12th grade, 5th grade, 6th
Form:
Rhyme
I Relished Being Hungry For Thanksgiving Pop Slop Gloppy GrubI relished being hungry for Thanksgiving pop slop gloppy grub
whereby the missus didst potchke
created whirling dervish hubbub
after enjoying repast,
(fit for a tarnished king),
yours truly able, eager, and ready
to soak my ego freezing carcass in...
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Categories:
asian, abuse, adventure, appreciation, autumn, blessing, drink, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
Sad Seasonally Affective DisorderSAD Seasonally Affective Disorder
Some are prone to depression in winter when days get shorter when
less light enters the brain through the eyes and thoughts become darker
I am also affected and when news gets explosive when...
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Categories:
asian, conflict,
Form:
Light Verse
New Time Same Problem Still PrejudiceNEW TIME SAME PROBLEM STILL PREJUDICE
I am colored by my skin type is...
Dark brown I am black
If the color of my skin offends you, then
Just close your, eyes close your eyes;
Be surprised everything in the...
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Categories:
asian, anger, angst, anxiety, assonance, discrimination,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Mango Epulaeryu PoemEpulaeryu Mango Poetry Season
Greetings my dear brothers and sister of God's inspirational grace, and I pray each of you will defeat Covid-19 and its elusive Delta and Omicron variants, and live a most gracious life...
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Categories:
asian, appreciation, celebration, fruit, joy, passion, thanksgiving, uplifting,
Form:
Epulaeryu
Letter To a Soldier - a TrilogyLETTER TO A SOLDIER
A Trilogy
I. SONGS OF LOVE
Love walked with me
In the crisp fall air
In a shower of gold and red.
Love showed me the print
Of a doe’s foot
And where she made her bed.
Love sat...
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Categories:
asian, absence, america, death, emotions, hero, longing, war,
Form:
Ballad
And Many ThoughtAND MANY THOUGHT WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE
Tell me child, what it was like so many years ago?
When as a young person you grew
In what we considered was times of uncertainty...
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Categories:
asian, war,
Form:
Free verse
The Stricken CorridorFall tumbles relentlessly on our door steps
young winter birds inducing provoking sounds scamper in trees
Watching winter crawling slowly under our feet.
The night rain wet the ground with sadness
washing away the environmental stench
purging...
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Categories:
asian, dream, education, environment, water, weather, wedding, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Negligent Grooming Habits UnbridledNegligent grooming habits unbridled
Apathy toward mine personal hygiene
i.e. relinquishing attention
linkedin with bare toiletries,
cuz I rarely spruced myself up
nor never maple leave
to cease being hard nut to crack
and rendered adopted
couture modus operandi
of yours truly shabby chic
figurative...
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Categories:
asian, 11th grade, 12th grade, betrayal, care, clothes,
Form:
Rhyme
I relished being hungry for leftover Thanksgiving pop slop gloppy grubI relished being hungry for leftover Thanksgiving pop slop gloppy grub
(a poetic partial fiction
blended, diced, fricaseed,
marinated, mixed, pureed, sautéed,
stewed... with fact)
Hmm... on second thought
lemme join anorexic club
until rib cage protrudes taut and...
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Categories:
asian, america, appreciation, blessing, celebration, family, food, holiday,
Form:
Rhyme
My New Parents Are MonstersMy New Parents Are Monsters!
By Johana Britt
My new parents are monsters!
They're creepy and weird.
I don't understand their monster ways,
But they love me very dear.
I remember the day we met one another.
It...
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Categories:
asian, children,
Form:
Rhyme
Is It Not
Yellow is the color of the sun,
is it not?
It’s the same color as the Asian
valet corporate fella,
holding a Salvation Army red pot
Collecting inflated IPO fees
at an illegal
dot.com parking lot
Always yielding to temptation,
is the armored...
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Categories:
asian, spiritual, truth, visionary, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse