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Long American english Poems

Long American english Poems. Below are the most popular long American english by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long American english poems by poem length and keyword.


Premium Member For the Love of Lexicon
My Mother taught me
how to see through language, 
paper was rare, iron ink wasn't free
so she sold some jewelry for porcelain lettering, 
and we clapped and sang the alphabet into life
our life, our joy, our...

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Categories: american english, dedication, history, passion,
Form: Epic



Premium Member The Golden Chord
"The Golden Chord"

I have stories
caterwauling
to be told,
I will caste them out there
no matter how bold.

They will not drown,
they’ll survive
soaked to the bone,
transfigured transporting
they’re magic
for the one who sits absent
on her Royal Throne.

Some are parked on...

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Categories: american english, absence, faith, home, love, mother daughter, trust,
Form: Free verse
Random Telephone Calls From Shanghai's Red China Etc
Have anyone of  you also received a random telephone call
from Shanghai China, not in English but in the Chinese language?

I did today but I did not understand the importance of that phone 
call that...

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Categories: american english, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Narrative
Matthew O' Harris Ease a Fake Irishman
Matthew O' Harris Ease A "FAKE" Irishman

Since adopting the guise
of Norwegian bachelor farmer,
I may as well fabricate genetic stock
lock, and barrel linkedin to Celtic legend.

Sentimentalism invariably swelled me bosom
regarding how grown former bonny lad,
essentially mutely...

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Categories: american english, adventure, america, anniversary, appreciation, celebration, color, green,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member What Holds More Resplendent Gifts of the Great and Vast Beyond
What Holds More Resplendent Gifts Of The Great And Vast Beyond

Seas of poetry orations, I once took my swims
being strong in spirit, stouter in heart and lithe of limbs
What dread had I of illness or...

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Categories: american english, art, creation, dedication, inspiration, life, poetry, writing,
Form: Rhyme



Oh Black Americans
Oh! Black Americans,  
Africa is your motherland 
And most Africans love you 
Not because you are called African Americans 
And lost your African mother tongues
And cultures. 
Being called Americans while speaking 
African dialects , suit...

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Categories: american english, africa, america, black african american, malayalam, tamil,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member You Have To Be a Hexagon -Edited
A hexagon, a hexagon, you have to be a hexagon.

You say you are a pentagon? 
What use have I for pentagon?
You’re too close to the White House lawn!
So you’re a base to stand upon?
This isn’t...

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Categories: american english, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Words Spelled Correct Versus Phonetic Spelling First the Former
W?rdz sp?ld k?'r?kt 'v?rs?s f?'n?t?k'sp?l??

alternately titled fun with phonics
'?lt?rn?tli 'ta?t?ld f?n w?ð 'f?n?ks
analogous when like first learning how to spell American English words

?'næl?g?s w?n la?k f?rst 'l?rn?? ha? tu sp?l ?'m?r?k?n '??gl?? w?rdz

I thought to...

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Categories: american english, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form: Free verse
You Are Braver Than You Believe
OH Let it all become known far and wide all over the cities, towns and country sides, "You are braver than you believe Stronger than you seem Smarter than you think & Loved more than...

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Categories: american english, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Diamond Light
"Diamond Light"



Downy soft 
Love Light sharply glistens diamond prisms
from rainbow's seven colours, in each colour a meaning
imparts a visitation message from fallen angel off a gosling’s wing

A mother whispers secret stories
A child cries silently and...

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Categories: american english, journey, love, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member For Your Consideration 2
Consider this:"An average American English speaker engaged in a friendly conversation speaks at a rate of approximately 110–150 wpm.  The following are approximations of conversations between my friend and me (Feel free to check...

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Categories: american english, death, friendship,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Utopia
[Note: Nought (English) = Naught (American English)]
                  _____________

How can one have a phobia of this newfound utopia
Where all...

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Categories: american english, humanity, planet,
Form: Rhyme
Acquaintance and Neighbourhood
Sadly , my acquaintance  of IsiZulu and other local  languages was so badly.
hardly to speak to acquaintance neighbors in the erea
 as majority of them were sadly. 

Neighbourhood had an acquaintance woman 
superstar of Hollywood,
African...

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Categories: american english, pain, people, places, poems, sad, sorrow, vanity,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lekker
Lekker!

Oh, my! A lecher is near us, you say?

No, I didn’t use C-H.  Lekker uses a K.

What did you mean? Was it *“Lick her” you said? 
And just who should I lick? Are you...

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Categories: american english, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Lessons In Life
Some of the benefits of life
are to be able to use what we have learnt
stuffed full of knowledge so rife
some of which when we find usage get us burnt

Although most of us will encounter some...

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Categories: american english, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Man Is He
His taste seems avant-garde although he’s naught
but a mere dilettante. He’ll say to you,
“I have elan.” (It’s ennui he’s got!)
He’s every woman’s nightmare deja vu -
the one you give carte blanche over your heart.
He’ll play...

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Categories: american english, relationship,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs