Long Astounding Poems
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Apocalyptic Poems IiThese are prophetic poems and apocalyptic poems ...
Beast 666
by Michael R. Burch
“... what rough beast ... slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?”?W. B. Yeats
Brutality is a cross
wooden, blood-stained,
gas hissing, sibilant,
lungs gilled, deveined,
red flecks on a...
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Categories:
astounding, earth, earth day, environment, future, visionary, weather,
Form:
Rhyme
Stranger Than Fiction*warning* disturbing lines have been detected - you have been warned, readers. Okay, enjoy this somewhat deep and astounding poem from me that took days to write...>:)
I bet you anything that I'm the laziest guy...
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Categories:
astounding, deep, universe,
Form:
Free verse
My dog's as smart as a geek and other doggy poemsMy dog's as smart as a geek.
He can bark in English, Arabic, and Greek.
He’s expert in canine mathematics,
can discuss dog-fight aerodynamics,
and is fluent in bow-wow doublespeak.
And yours?
Would it be okay if later today
I brought Bixby...
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Categories:
astounding, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, dog,
Form:
Light Verse
Our Baby Girl Turns 21OUR BABY GIRL TURNS 21
ON 1ST JULY 1990~ THE ANGELS DID SOMETHING ALMIGHTY
FROM HEAVEN THEY SENT US OUR LIFE-LONG DESIRE-A PRECIOUS DAUGHTER TO LOVE AND ADMIRE.
TRUE TO YOUR NATURE YOU ARRIVED WITHOUT FUSS OR PAIN--THE...
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astounding, daughter, daughter, school, baby, nature, beautiful, age,
Form:
Rhyme
The Legacy of Ain'T BarbieThe Legacy of Ain't Barbie
By Franklin Price
03/23/2022
“Ain't Barbie” was her handle, Barbara Price her married name
She was my wife, for most my life, this is how she played the game
Her roots were from the North...
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Categories:
astounding, blessing, inspiration, jesus, life, love,
Form:
Couplet
Day Seven Then Back To HeavenAnd on the seventh day, God descended from the brilliant abyss called heaven. He wanted to rest, but He had to view what He had created so He could memorize His good works.
...
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Categories:
astounding, creation, god,
Form:
Verse
So It WasSo it was that the night transcended peacefully over my head
Taking me through thick clouds,landing me upon parched land
Spilling tranquil moments into daylight complexity.
So it was that I found myself among a crowd of...
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Categories:
astounding, angel, blessing, christian, dream, faith, future,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Echo Your EmpathyYou’re my star – I set fire to our firey rose
Bouquet of stars – I hand to you –
We’re opposites, like poetry and prose
You came out of the blue, I’m left without a...
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astounding, angst, appreciation, change, deep, freedom, hope, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Someone To Love-Part 1Book in hand, I strode the path
in awesome Autumn splendor.
The warmth of the sun caressing my cheek,
while the cool breeze gently tickled
goose bumps across my warm skin.
All around me the crepe paper litter
piled brilliance...
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Categories:
astounding, loss, love, love hurts,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Lamentations 1How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces, has now become a slave.
Bitterly she weeps...
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Categories:
astounding, abuse, anger, anxiety, assonance, betrayal, bullying, butterfly,
Form:
Free verse
A Land Where East Meets WestWritten 19 November 2023
No. 1259 New Poems Only Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Stand
...
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Categories:
astounding, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Veracity
Melodies, breathless as foggiest daybreak
healing all my heart’s restlessness
releasing the song, pure as the gentlest stream
washing away the distance
between happiness and pain,
correcting the silence so beautiful reigns
cleansing the darkness with the hope
from a glistening...
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Categories:
astounding, appreciation, encouraging, faith, fantasy, inspirational, music, song,
Form:
Free verse
A Well-Known Stranger'Twas a sound I thought alarming, most assuredly disarming;
Up I rose from peaceful slumber to discern what it might be.
While my candle flickered, wavered; whilst my heartbeat halted, quavered,
At my window I was favoured by...
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Categories:
astounding, absence, assonance, feelings, miss you, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
A Little Share of the Comments from my Peers!Hi sharing a few of the comments coming onto my page will post more in later days ---! Love Always from Joyce Faure to your reading space God bless you very well also in...
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Categories:
astounding, appreciation, beautiful, care, career, dedication, faith, friend,
Form:
Bio
Thomas Chatterton Translation: Under the Willow TreeSong from Aella: Under the Willow Tree, or, Minstrel's Song
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17 or younger
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch
MYNSTRELLES SONGE ("MINSTREL'S SONG")
O! sing unto my roundelay,
O! drop the briny tear with me,
Dance no more...
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Categories:
astounding, dance, death, love, romance, romantic, song, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
ShameProverbs 16:18 (KJV) “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
I’ve been ashamed,
Ashamed of my lack of understanding,
My lack of consideration,
My lack of care and concern,
My lack of admiration.
I’ve been ashamed,
Ashamed of...
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Categories:
astounding, character, depression, how i feel, pride,
Form:
Free verse
April To Thrill MeAPRIL TO THRILL ME
My Birth-Month April appears in mirth.
...
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Categories:
astounding, appreciation, april,
Form:
Free verse
Who Is That ManThe mysterious night tiptoed silently and abducted me from my bed
I saw a dispirited district somewhere in town staring blindly at its
hopeless inhabitants whose passion lay motionless in ruins
lamenting the vengeance for its...
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Categories:
astounding, angel, blessing, death, devotion, dream, people, political,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Pepperman and the Ancient World of Wisdom Part IiiI LIFTED MY HANDS ABOVE MY HEAD.
LOOKED INTO THE HEAVENS
AND THANKED MY CREATOR.
AS I WAS LOOKING INTO THE HEAVENS.
I NOTICED SOMETHING,
DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
I REALLY HAD TO THINK ABOUT THIS.
I LAID DOWN ON THE ROAD...
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Categories:
astounding, imagery, perspective, philosophy, spiritual, universe, visionary, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
SpringSpring has come; Spring is here,
‘Tis the season, the time of year,
When all across the northern Earth
There’s life renewed, as well new birth.
No season can compare nor can one bring
The splendor of life, like the...
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Categories:
astounding, beauty, birth, earth, easter, god, life, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Phoneless TemporarilyIn the past, I was phoneless
I showed my dissatisfaction and sadness
Just by my facial expressions and foolish actions
Thank you, oh Lord of Accord, for an iPhone –
Now, it’s fulfilling my satisfactions…
I was on my...
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Categories:
astounding, appreciation, blessing, change, cheer up, deep, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
God On the MountainIt was here,
On the heart of Appalachia
Where the moon and stars shimmer
Across the blue gray ridges,
Where the sunlight reflects the whisper
Echoing through the pines and laurels
Struggling to be heard through the stillness
Darkening the whimsical thoughts
Quieting...
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Categories:
astounding, appreciation, christian, faith, god, inspirational, jesus, love,
Form:
Free verse
No Lossers Are Left and More PoemsNo Lossers Are Left
No losers are left;
Seems like Trump has found them all;
Exist on his staff.
Jim Horn
How is that for a Horn Haiku for you
to read through like all poets would
want to do?
President was not...
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Categories:
astounding, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Haiku
A Land of Poetry It IsIn my dream, appears a mysterious land from far away...
of the vermilion sky at mesmerizing dawn,
Prayers arising from boats on holy river,...
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Categories:
astounding, culture, history,
Form:
Free verse
playlistsI’ve always loved music. As a little girl, I could spend hours going through peoples CD collections, sampling them with my little battery-operated CD player. If you showed me a stack, rack or box of...
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Categories:
astounding, fun, humor, music, school, student,
Form:
Free verse