Long 500 Poems
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My Most Popular Poems On the Internet IiMy most popular poems on the Internet (II)
A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a lot...
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500, internet, poems, poetry, poets, social, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Bleeding Before Rome -2Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees,
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage,
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenched brutality
with the bodies of...
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Categories:
500, culture, heart, war, world war ii,
Form:
Epic
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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500, bullying, immigration, prison, religion, sympathy, tamil, violence,
Form:
Epigram
February 29th, 2024February 29th, 2024
Alternately titled: 111th leap year since 1582
the year Pope Gregory XIII world leader
(i.e. essentially paterfamilias among
Roman Catholic flock)
timely maneuvered around calendrical rock
and hard space implementing
viable system tracking years ad hoc
out of sync and...
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500, 12th grade, age, birth, celebration, fate, february,
Form:
Rhyme
Geese, Goslings and the BridgeGeese, Goslings and the Bridge
Sometimes, when you least expect it, Mother Nature makes a u-turn and draws you into the ridiculous. Such was the time recently as I was returning from a friend’s home...
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500, bird, family,
Form:
Metrical Tale
Farmer Fred Talks Politics Vol IFarmer Fred was out in his field making inspection
When I snuck up on him without detection
I stated my greetings with great voice inflection
Which caused Fred to jump in the opposite direction
Then he smiled and made...
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Categories:
500, political,
Form:
Narrative
Ten Years, Somewhere In Their Lost Neighbourhood
“Ten Years, Somewhere in their Lost Neighbourhood”
Of course,
he said, like a god,
there is no course,
one must simply go with the flow
the penumbra stands waivering its existence,
a kind of deactivation, fuzzy borderline hanging,
backing the art...
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Categories:
500, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
“Barking Up the Wrong Tree”
ghost gums
shed their bark
the min-min
makes good use of it
papyrus, soft enough to
imprint and write
thoughts, like the
ripening welts of
green ants
small bites sting
subcutaneous and
meridional,
terra...
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Categories:
500, morning, muse, nature, night,
Form:
Free verse
A Forgotten AngelA FORGOTTEN ANGEL
Who was she? They wondered
No one knew her name
Where did she live? They wondered
No one ever saw her playing
How old was she? They wondered
Did she have any friends?
What happened? ...
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500, angel, anger, betrayal, child abuse, courage, grave,
Form:
Free verse
La Fin Du Monde
“La fin du monde”
The fragrance
that makes you pop
in all the best places
no need for bikini
nude etat liberte
un amourette
experimentum crucis
500 Years
Eau de Protection
holy water ad libitum
ghost in the shell
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
What it’s like...
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Categories:
500, muse, poetry, senses,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 29 -- Damian Delilah Friends and Family: Damian's FriendsDolly was supposed to see
Doctor Ibis this same day. She
Showered and dressed. She
Sat on the bed and began
Waking Damian. "Baby, wake up
Wake my love." She shook
him. He turned onto his back
Opening...
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Categories:
500, birth, confidence,
Form:
Alliteration
The Leonardo 500Leonardo more than a Renaissance man
artist? yes but -
sculptor? yes but -
musician? yes but -
anatomist? yes but -
cartographer? yes but -
scientist? yes but -
engineer? yes but -
inventor? yes...
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500, art, imagination, inspiration, inspirational, science, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
OnionsThe old church lay in ruins, left to languish in time.
He was sitting on the grave talking to Sergeant R Johnston.
Well, I suppose you want an update on the war.
Let me see now, where do...
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Categories:
500, death, humor, soldier,
Form:
Free verse
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpationEminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...
Maternal grandfather of mine
long since passed among the living;
He left his Motherland
before onset of Holodomor,
a policy of the Soviet Union
aimed at the destruction
of the Ukrainian nation,
the 1932–1933 genocide...
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Categories:
500, abuse, age, anger, bereavement, bullying, corruption, grandfather,
Form:
Free verse
Junk Mail AgainWow, look, we can save $500!
I wonder how much we must invest
to generate this savings.
Oh, I see.
We need only buy a new or used car,
which, of course, as everyone knows,
is something that we truly truly...
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Categories:
500, beauty, culture, health, humor, political, psychological, visionary,
Form:
Prose Poetry
I Love You Elvis
Elvis Aaron Presley, Elvis, came from poor beginnings
born in Tupelo, Mississippi to Vernon and Gladys
this boy loved the gospel music in church . . . .
at thirteen his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee
when...
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500, music, tribute,
Form:
Bio
Ss SultanaSS SULTANA
Boiler, or bomb, the Sultana sank on April 27, eighteen sixty five
Taking down with her, a good rounded off number of 1,800 lives
Carrying Union soldiers, who were ex-prisoners of war, up north
From Vicksburg...
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500, betrayal, boat, history, lost, soldier, war, write,
Form:
Couplet
So Many Yet So Few?Writing poetry, to me is like a form of catharsis. You are exposing all of your feelings and letting it all hang out. We often are exhibiting extrovert tendencies to cover up our introvert ones....
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Categories:
500, analogy, encouraging,
Form:
Blank verse
Dreams of the Battle of Thymbra, Lydian Persian WarDreams of The Battle of Thymbra, Lydian-Persian War
In the midst of a battle I awoke thrown
walking over the crimson red dead.
Found and drew the shaft from solid stone
standing on soil blood soaked in red!
My heart...
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Categories:
500, conflict, death, history, imagery, military, sorrow, war,
Form:
Narrative
A Heart Made Hatchet -1I've never seen a baby so merry as Martha...
They say March newborns are bellwethers for blissful Springs Mary...
Hannah, Haverhill has been a hard place to call home
I'm sorry about Elizabeth's hanging,
Thomas has honored you...
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Categories:
500, america,
Form:
Epic
My Ancestors EscapePRELUDE
There has always been animosity between Greece and Turkey as far back in history as we wish to go. Greece was occupied by the Turks during the Middle-Ages for almost 500 years. My...
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Categories:
500, war,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord -Part 2Later that day, I fell upon my knees and prayed to God fervently,
“Lord God, with us, among us, I am ever grateful, and I am ever joyous,
I thank You for the gift of life,
And the...
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Categories:
500, appreciation, beautiful, bible, evil, identity, wisdom, world,
Form:
Narrative
Damn Bad Reputation Counts 500 Plus Paw Whet Tick StintsDamn bad reputation counts 500 plus paw whet tick stints
The following fictitious poetic vignette attempts a feeble tale of one ordinary day in life of anonymous miscreant.
"I don't give a damn
about my bad reputation."
I...
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Categories:
500, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Eminent Domain, Manifest Destiny, UsurpationEminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...
Russian soldiers in general
and Vladimir Putin in particular
perpetrate outright injustice
against Ukrainian population.
Impossible mission to comprehend
the mindset of belligerent, egotistical,
indignant, NeoNazi, tsarist
self anointed totalitarian zealot.
Gross violation of human rights
blatantly carried out
courtesy diabolical...
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Categories:
500, abuse, anger, conflict, death, discrimination, evil, hate,
Form:
Free verse
The Scottish Wild Cat Giving Facts of Its LifeI am a big admirer of all large cats, one of my favourites being the Scottish Wild Cat.
It is one of the wildest of all cats and will fight to the death to protect its...
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Categories:
500, animal, cat, nature, planet,
Form:
Narrative