Long Abridged Poems
Long Abridged Poems. Below are the most popular long Abridged by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Abridged poems by poem length and keyword.
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:
abridged, anti bullying, patriotic, political, racism, , literature,
Form:
Sonnet
Beloved Face, Translation of Bharathiyar's poem Asai Mugam by T WignesanTranslation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
...
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Categories:
abridged, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Friday May 13th 2022Friday May 13th, 2022
An excerpt taken from a lengthy tome,
written courtesy a favorite poet of mine.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia struck within a blink,
I swear yours truly never took a drink,
nevertheless he witnessed
and falsely accused of being a...
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Categories:
abridged, atheist, dark, destiny, gothic, history, husband, may,
Form:
Free verse
The Great Lakes - part onePellucid pearls in northeastern North America since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth
Straddle Canadian–United States border tethering partial global girth
Constituting 21% of world's surface...
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Categories:
abridged, creation, environment, joy, sea, usa, water, wisdom,
Form:
Epic
The Universal Way of Avalokitesvara BodhisattvaLiberal, simplified and abridged translation for speedy daily practice.
Released into Public Domain.
The Bodhisattva of Boundless Will arose from his seat, bared his right
shoulder, turned towards the Buddha with joined palms and asked:...
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Categories:
abridged, adventure, anxiety, universe, uplifting, woman, women, world,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Man and a Flowervery short, abridged, edited, small version.
There was a cave, deep within the hills
Of St Francis
A seedling traveled by the black crow
And was dropped on the wings of a dove
Only to tumble tumble, down, earthenly bound
The...
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Categories:
abridged, love,
Form:
Light Verse
The Great LakesPellucid pearls in northeastern
North America since planetary birth
comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan,
Huron, Erie, and Ontario
(HOMES acronym) dearth
largest group of freshwater lakes on...
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Categories:
abridged, 10th grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 7th
Form:
Epic
Das Furer Trumpeting Totalitarian TriumphCall me a pacifist activist deploring insanity of war,
never a Fitbit moon-unit soldier of military industrial
complex, this articulate baby boomer verily stupefied,
openmouthed, dumbfounded at inane ill logic to send
best and brightest, or even those boasting...
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Categories:
abridged, 11th grade, 12th grade, america, fear, how
Form:
Dramatic Verse
VIVA LA ELVIS - Abridged VersionVIVA LA ELVIS
In Tupelo Mississippi, twin baby boys were born,
To Gladys and Vernon Presley, but sadly one passed on.
They named him Jesse Garon, their hearts so full of pain,
And then came Elvis Aaron, a breath...
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Categories:
abridged, dedicationheart, lost, day, heart, joy, lost,
Form:
Ode
To Those Who Worship: Abridged VersionYou!! You, I say you on the guitar?
Do you know who you are?
Or are you just an angel without a name?
I see your heart my sister!! And you do not sing for fame!!!
No, you live...
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Categories:
abridged, faith, friendshipmusic, light, water, dark, dark, evil,
Form:
I do not know?
Love, AbridgedAll I had left was a man
I told him I was sick and tired of life.
...
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Categories:
abridged, heartbreak, moving on, passion,
Form:
Blank verse
Polar BearsAbridged Alaska along the freezing Arctic edge
lives the ivory Polar Bear, a vigorous carnivore.
They enjoy eating the tough walrus, beluga
whales and seals. They can sniff out a seal’s den
up to a mile...
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Categories:
abridged, animal,
Form:
Free verse
It's A Crying Shame
George Washington would never believe it and call it a crying shame. I have observed the prohibition of prayer in public schools. Free speech is not free but is for sale to the highest bidder....
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Categories:
abridged, america, god, leadership, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
Skeleton Quay - abridged for Goosebumps contestSkeleton quay - abridged for Give Me Goosebumps contest
When the sniper fired his rifle and his faithful canine fell
A second bullet found his heart and he went down as well
Might we stay together, somehow he...
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Categories:
abridged, death, dog, funeral, soulmate,
Form:
Rhyme
Whispering Angel - abridgedWhispering Angel: Strength of the Babes
Blubbering baby, newborn to this Earth
Tell me why you wail and blubber at birth?
Could you be afraid of this Earthly Circus?
Well, don’t be afraid and don’t be nervous.
I shall...
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Categories:
abridged, angel, baby, birth, blessing, life, light, spiritual,
Form:
Verse
Wood chew believe aye took stockWood chew believe aye took stock...?
Upon a whim, an endeavor
arose to communicate
cumulative key whatchamacallit,
yea...nuggets o' wisdom, asper
about yours truly no reason, nor
rhyme unwinding, tooling sputtering
most vexing mystery more
baffling than any whodunnit,
asper in this ole rattle...
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Categories:
abridged, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, devotion,
Form:
Lyric
the Great Lakes - part onePellucid pearls in northeastern North America
since planetary birth
Comprise Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron,
Erie, and Ontario dearth
Largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth
Straddle Canadian–United States border
tethering partial global girth
Constituting 21% of world's surface...
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Categories:
abridged, beauty, blue, heaven, imagery, planet, sound, water,
Form:
Free verse
Meandering along Schwenksville RoadMeandering along Schwenksville Road...
while listening to SiriusXM Radio
An Autumn like day (August 28th, 2021)
found me and the missus venturing
along unfamiliar roads.
Said spouse manned wheel of automobile
courting entering land of the lost,
nevertheless experiencing zest
she drove as...
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Categories:
abridged, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Rhyme
cast my now fate to an ill windEver reliant placid pilled compliant nevertheless undefined anarchaic fool fk clandestined anamorphoric clumsy apparentless undistinguished negiligent aforthought defiant scopic blind congenital aborted panoramic distilled coherent brain dead dynamic stagnant democratic fascist positive negative here now...
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Categories:
abridged, angst, conflict, confusion, psychological, society, , 2nd
Form:
Free verse
To free a cicada trapped inside our bedroomTo free a cicada (trapped inside our bedroom)...
Yours truly bug buster Harris - August
twenty fifth two thousand twenty one
(at approximately 4:20 Post Meridian)
felt nearly paralyzed, neutralized,
limned, thus jump started travails,
and went emotionally bust
watching helpless and...
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Categories:
abridged, adventure, appreciation, blessing, devotion, friendship, hero, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
The Round Thing - abridged versionOnce upon a time in the square shaped woods
There lived a square shaped thing
He liked to watch the square shaped birds
He liked to hear them sing
A shadow moved behind a mound,
A mound all square...
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Categories:
abridged, fantasy, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Rhyme
Weeping WillowWeeping Willow
The way your toes curl when you first wake up, yes I have been there to see this.
The way your nose wrinkles as you start to laugh, to this also I have been witness.
You...
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Categories:
abridged, lovenight, night,
Form:
Couplet
August AlliterationAfter July abdicates, august August arrives,
and the year advances, as annually agreed.
After assessing alternative alternatives and accords,
as anticipated, no other affirmative alternative is advanced.
Actually August is always an annual actuality, affably accepted
as amicable...
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Categories:
abridged, august,
Form:
Alliteration
Spaghetti - snack size for Cowboy ContestSmoke signals rise from Sitting Duck cavern
In town the Pitt gang are trashing the tavern
John Wayne strolled in and he ain’t here to dance
They say that he walked like he just sh*t his pants
Don’t be...
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Categories:
abridged, america, humorous, native american,
Form:
Rhyme
Living in Juliet's Shadow
The fleeting moments could never distill your eternal essence, yet thy shadow lingers to caress the lofty words
inscribed on doled heart. Time was abridged by thy unappreciable presence. With an incalculable prescience
thou did sculpt...
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Categories:
abridged, love
Form:
Prose Poetry