Long Aftermath Poems
Long Aftermath Poems. Below are the most popular long Aftermath by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Aftermath poems by poem length and keyword.
Fully Employed NowHumanity keeps looking forward, toward the coming of a birth,
and we’re all deemed as equals on our first day on this earth,
but as the years go quickly by our lives become our own;
we’re seen as...
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Categories:
aftermath, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Free Verse ILozenge
by Michael R. Burch
When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a lozenge of sugar.
When I held you in...
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Categories:
aftermath, forgiveness, heart, humanity, life, love, relationship, together,
Form:
Free verse
Free Verse IiNucleotidings
by Michael R. Burch
“We will walk taller!” said Gupta,
sorta abrupta,
hand-in-hand with his mom,
eyeing the A-bomb.
“Who needs a mahatma
in the aftermath of NAFTA?
Now, that was a disaster,”
cried glib Punjab.
“After Y2k,
time will spin out of control anyway,”
flamed...
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Categories:
aftermath, angel, child, childhood, children, family, time, world,
Form:
Free verse
Wisdom's Marching CouncilI know you invited the Brothers to side-line along,
but only if we are here to listen;
Don't speak.
Yet I may have credential for qualifying voice.
For I, like some of you,
know what it means to develop cooperative,
too...
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Categories:
aftermath, deep, health, poverty, race, wisdom, women,
Form:
Political Verse
Legacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RINGLegacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RING
uninvited GUESTS linkedin as the themes of mein kampf.
Despite countless factorial permutations
& combinations, this cyber surfer
avails left and right alm
seeking succor Out Of Human Bondage
invisibles shackles bind head,
shoulders, knees and...
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Categories:
aftermath, abuse, age, angst, anxiety, city, depression, earth,
Form:
Free verse
Understand Where I StoodGood boy gone bad enters the stage with a spotlight overhead, despite being misunderstood in my ghetto neighborhood
The lonely applause celebrates in my cracked, corrupted, and crazed cranium
I exaggerate too much and so too much,...
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Categories:
aftermath, anger, angst, anxiety, conflict, courage, dedication, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Spring Festival
Symbols cry in dry ice theater -
the expanse of aesthetic visa-
drawn-
from the romance of the silvery eye -
as it golden advances the lid of covenance
in dynamic enzyme.
Open faced type interpreted-
interpreter-embossed embol-
in...
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Categories:
aftermath, beautiful, god, love,
Form:
Epic
Ghosts of the Sun Dance-Part 28. Transformation
Yielding to those who have mastered the art
Of grasping one's place in existence's grand scheme
Life’s constant challenges never depart
But humble diligence will grow the dream
In passing from childhood to adulthood
Innocence to responsibility
Firm new role...
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Categories:
aftermath, spiritual, sports,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Bionic Betty: Another True Tale From the Mental WardBetty was bonafide crazy. She had shot her husband after a night of drunken quarreling, and was in the state mental hospital instead of being in the slammer. She'd shot the louse in the stomach...
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Categories:
aftermath, crazy, woman,
Form:
Narrative
Beating the Odds -- Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationThese two lived through a devastating hurricane -
The morning started out like any other standard day. The sky was partly cloudy and the breeze was soft and warm.
An empty little rain cloud drifted by...
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Categories:
aftermath, storm,
Form:
Narrative
The Longest Song I'Ve Ever Written Ch-1Verse 1: Quiet times…I haunt and taunt for no reason
Fighting times…without any reason, faced with treason
Do you know where I stand?
I have no idea and I fall to my knees
Please, don’t take me back to...
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Categories:
aftermath, words,
Form:
Free verse
Stitches and Dreamst was half past five before sunrise,
when darkness faded into the misty Saturday's dawn,
just an hour after a bloody confrontation,
but a brave woman descended into a blood-bathed
street of Lustre,
with hungry cats...
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Categories:
aftermath, change,
Form:
Ballad
The JourneyI
It all began so many years ago,
his journey down the narrow winding path,
and where it was to lead just fate could know
as it would take him through life’s aftermath.
The journey long and hard that he...
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Categories:
aftermath, destiny, journey, life,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Up and About, Feeling EmptyI feel rather empty…
Flushed, confused, free me?
I’m feeling kinda dirty
To be honest, I’m fake happy
Wearing a smile like the rest of us
But, there’s a million rivers and fires between us
So, don’t throw me under the...
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Categories:
aftermath, abuse, adventure, anger, angst, anxiety, appreciation, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
Yes, I Met AliceWhat if I ,
Saw a waist-coated white rabbit,
Pass and disappear down a hole
Would I think I was going quite mad
Or would I want to follow him
As he exclaimed I’m late! I’m late!
For a very...
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Categories:
aftermath, beautiful,
Form:
Free verse
Regenerate IntelligenceI often fail to notice
nuanced distinctions
between ethics of punishment,
retribution, on right hand
and boycott,
shunning revenge, on my left;
Between reigning down further abuse
and more quietly raining temporary neglect,
social
economic
political distancing.
Punishment is a tool
for privileged narcissists,
win/lose competitors,
colonizers,
for fake-righteously...
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Categories:
aftermath, earth, extended metaphor, health, heart, integrity, political,
Form:
Political Verse
The Hardships of Honesty - Speak To MeTell me this…
In your vision,
Am I your mission?
In your eyes,
Are their hints of lies?
Why did you let go of everything you once had?
It’s okay to have a new start; on the otherhand, it’s not bad
They...
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Categories:
aftermath, angst, anxiety, emotions, grief, pain, trust, youth,
Form:
Free verse
Rough Roads To RoamThe flames of the furnace (well-travelled by wind
slowly glazing the rags of gray women chagrined
at the sight of a hair fleeing tresses now thinned)
sometimes billow like waves flooding naves through the night,
when the lightning...
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Categories:
aftermath, culture, earth, humanity, planet, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Brought Low Till I Had EnoughI found out, walking the difficult route,
That falling in love ain’t a friend at all
No one can hear my midnight shout, I’m out
Try to knock me out, but I’ll stand tall
Help is on the way...
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Categories:
aftermath, emotions, endurance, fear, hope, hurt, love hurts,
Form:
Rhyme
Drinker's Doom In Sobriety's SanctuaryYour drinker's doom
Turned out to be a tranquil tomb
Is there any room
To bring out your brilliant, legitimate bloom?
You linger around my restful haven,
My darksome and lonesome, yet pretty satisfying bedroom
You stared at me vacantly and...
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Categories:
aftermath, addiction, angst, betrayal, deep, fear, lost, stress,
Form:
Rhyme
Purge Our ConsciencesFrom my lowly bachelor’s house
Proudly christened ‘Embassy Fair’
I woke up to the chirping of birds
On the trees above and across the vale
And the riverine bushes in-between
I woke up to the crowing of cocks
And the mooing...
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Categories:
aftermath, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
Of Unknown OriginNylon waste is often akin to a brushed out stable, manger, or stall. But brushing the carpet is often a resemblance of a swirling cloud of dust and tobacco shards and tobacco shards are not...
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Categories:
aftermath, beach, beautiful,
Form:
I do not know?
Inception: Sprinkle Salt and Pepper Upon My Distasteful Flavor - Collab With Mikey Part 1The roof’s the limit, hon, sorry – I can’t change the rules nor can I mask the night with delight that will let you down in the aftermath…
So, stop throwing your two-year-old fits…once again, darkness...
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Categories:
aftermath, courage, depression, dream, emotions, freedom, grief, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Ramen Noodles:) now this is what Im talking bout .... nothin iz 2 uncommon when all you got 2 eat iz Ramen
noodles 4 all y'all poodles
seahorse sonar struggle with senses
far beyond the realm...
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Categories:
aftermath, dad, mother, relationship, spring, spring, winter, senses,
Form:
Lyric
Maintain Diligence***Part 2 -last part- of the series, Not Focused (written entirely by J.W. Earnings)***
Hear me out in the dark woods of my bewildered mind and save me from evil deeds
I am intrigued by Your spiritually...
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Categories:
aftermath, faith, feelings, grief, integrity, longing, sorrow, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme