Best Lengthened Poems
Moon In Pale Depression
...Muted evidence proclaimed the subtle oddities of night
Lunar time should have reached the zenith of its height
No chirping crickets were heard, nor angry feline brawls
Lacking was the ......
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Categories:
lengthened, sorrow,
Form:
Rhyme
King Sun and Goddess Sea
...One summer day, enraptured by the Goddess Sea,
King Sun shone down with all his might; most splendidly
he moved the Goddess, for she rippled laughingly
a shimmering reply to Sun in azure ......
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Categories:
lengthened, sea, summer,
Form:
Couplet
Slava Ukraini
...A year ago, the Russian state launched an unprovoked attack
Seizing land from Ukraine but they've bravely fighting back
If Russia can't have it, they operate a policy of scorched earth
And tu......
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Categories:
lengthened, death, evil, horror, war,
Form:
Rhyme
The Last Day
...Gene stood. Skyscraper demanding. Cold steel.
Thirty-five hard years. Over now. Just like that.
Corrugated box. Family photo. Timex watch.
Bitter coffee.
Stale sweat.
He walked out. Sun blaze. ......
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Categories:
lengthened, grief, jobs, loss, psychological,
Form:
Narrative
Painted Echoes
...A wash of gold adorns the westward sky
as waning light departs a summer’s eve;
in readiness to roost, crows cease to fly
and seek their resting place among the leaves.
Past toasted rooftops, tw......
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Categories:
lengthened, inspirational, life, nature
Form:
Sonnet
Ruminations of a Romance
...Winter’s cold chill cuts through my chin.
Within its bleak and brazen embrace,
My brisk days are turned brief and barren.
They are lengthened into sordid sepulchral insomniac nights.
I slither an......
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Categories:
lengthened, depression, fate, hope, love,
Form:
Alliteration
Wisdom Tree
...Wisdom Tree
A solitary man
Makes his way up the mountain
One step at a time
The life he knows further and further behind
He wishes to be alone
Away from the busyness
The noise
Responsibili......
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Categories:
lengthened, life,
Form:
Free verse
Canyons Cold and Dark
...She dwells in deep canyons cold and dark
To ponder a mystery that haunts her soul
Which leaves confusion and doubts in heart
The loss of confidence now takes its toll
To ponder a mystery that h......
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Categories:
lengthened, depression, flower, life, loss,
Form:
Pantoum
Forgiveness
...You asked me to forgive you
Still you would cause me pain again
Your words rained down like daggers
Soaking my soul with so much pain
I know i was taught to forgive
It became harder every day
......
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Categories:
lengthened, abuse, beauty, change, father,
Form:
Quatrain
With Fondness
...My dear Beloved,
Night owl hoots at me again
beneath a ramp of clouds,
like cozy pillow to my moon
pinching this letter with anticipation
to tuck my ruffled mind away…
and in twiligh......
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Categories:
lengthened, absence, love,
Form:
Free verse
At the Millpond
...The millwheel will not turn again till spring
for Winter’s icy cold grip holds it firm.
She squeezes it like Her private plaything,
though Her crushing power is but short-term.
As short......
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Categories:
lengthened, 12th grade, anxiety, community,
Form:
Quatrain
A Costume For the Cat
...A COSTUME FOR THE CAT
Cat, my miniature human,
in a tiny costume of fur,
what would you wear if you would dare
to let such crazy thoughts occur?
Person, I wouldn’t wear your clothes,
or wan......
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Categories:
lengthened, cat, halloween, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
There I Am Ageless
...I peer at myself in the mirror.
My forehead is nice though I like it covered with bangs.
Lines there are to be expected,
and so too, the crows’ feet at my eyes.
At the base of my forehead are dar......
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Categories:
lengthened, age,
Form:
Free verse
Alone He Stands Behind the Plow
...alone he stands behind the plow
in footrace with the lengthened dawn
a shadow figure in the now
pursues the where and when and how
of unseen reins so slowly drawn
alone he stands behind the pl......
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Categories:
lengthened, dedication, family, life,
Form:
Villanelle
The Echo Returns Not
...
The sea was calm, the shore silent,
No echoes resonated there,
A walk along the ocean meant
To cleanse the soul and lay it bare;
As shadows lengthened, they strolled on, ......
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Categories:
lengthened, emotions, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme