Best Long Overdue Poems
Below are the all-time best Long Overdue poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of long overdue poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Loss of the Andrea GailThey that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters:
These see the works of the Lord and his wonders in...
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Categories:
long overdue, america, death, fishing, ocean,
Form:
Narrative
A Bright Light Has Gone Out In Soup CreekIt was coming up for Christmas in the town of Soup Creek
Everyone was in good spirits and they had been all week
Jenna's saloon was very...
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Categories:
long overdue, america, friend, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
A Tomb of Ancient BloomTake me to the place where the aromatic fragrance
threatens to envelop our obelisks glorifying death;
to the place where the seraphim of old long to steal...
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Categories:
long overdue, appreciation, beauty, devotion, emotions,
Form:
Romanticism
We Found Paradise, Its Valleys Wide and Soft GreenWe Found Paradise, Its Valleys Wide And Soft Green
When your heart sang to this downtrodden and lost man
singing birds stopped singing to hear that melody;
I...
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Categories:
long overdue, appreciation, beautiful, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
My Heart's Eviction NoticeI’m giving you two weeks’ notice
And then I’m evicting you
From my heart
You haven’t been paying your dues…
Lingering caresses
Entwining embraces
Passion laden kisses
And loving whispers
Are overdue
LONG...
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Categories:
long overdue, allegory, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Mermaid's Milk: a Collaboration With the Still Dashing David WilliamsThe moss clung tightly; making it unbearable to breathe,
and she sealed her lips tighter than a clam’s— not letting the pain take over
As the...
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Categories:
long overdue, hope, mystery, me, song,
Form:
Free verse
I Lifted Upfrom suffering and pain
that is piped into veins
by the organ-less master
who relentlessly plays
from a congested gutter
of fake themes
hiding in deception
and callous clutter
from distaste of the...
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Categories:
long overdue, environment, humanity, political, truth,
Form:
Free verse
These Evil I'sEvil eyes
Why are you watching me
Your bad intentions
A blind man can see
Eyes that scream out
Veil nasty words
Has its own claw
Ripping to the bones
Evil eyes
Wicked and...
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Categories:
long overdue, betrayal, inspirational, jealousy,
Form:
Verse
A Sunshine RevolutionI was attending a birthday party, once when summer was young.
We played games on the back lawn, beneath the huge orange sun.
Colorful birds were tweeting,...
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Categories:
long overdue, birthday, change, fantasy, magic,
Form:
Couplet
Please Take a MomentHave you taken a moment today
To think of the people important to you
Taken the time to talk to them
Or organise a catch-up that’s long overdue
Have...
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Categories:
long overdue, appreciation, giving, remember, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Unwritten AbsenceFor long I have been an aimless vagabond
I strayed far, the world being enormously wide.
Traveling to lands foreign, I searched my fortune.
At the end, fed...
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Categories:
long overdue, absence, home, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Eurovision Past, Present, Future Poetry Contest~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Can anyone tell me why does Eurovision exist?
The show’s absolute rubbish,
but some say it just can’t be missed.
The acts are so bad, they’re simply vexing.
Makes...
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Categories:
long overdue, music,
Form:
Rhyme
Comes the NightComes the night with a residual rampant roar
As the shadows swallow the remaining light
For death documents it final scurrilous score
And breaths are barred from taking...
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Categories:
long overdue, anxiety, confusion, death, night,
Form:
Quatrain
Spring Is In the AirA faint perfume of lilac blooms has stirred the sleeping dawn
Bright sunlight weaves a golden loom with threads across the lawn
Crisp white-lipped Delphiniums tossed snowflakes...
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Categories:
long overdue, flower, nature, spring,
Form:
Abecedarian
Norse Mythology, Return of the Slayer of DragonsNorse Mythology, Return Of The Slayer Of Dragons
( Part One, Darkness Arrives)
I - (THE PLEA)
Slayer of weak beasts, ravager of torn breasts
Darkness from East, dragons...
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Categories:
long overdue, art, conflict, creation, destiny,
Form:
Epic