Home » Poems » Long Poems » August 1

Long August 1 Poems

Long August 1 Poems. Below are the most popular long August 1 by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long August 1 poems by poem length and keyword.

Jean Lapresle: the Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre

 A French ‘Indianist’ Doctor: A Tribute to a Die-hard Humanist
                         ...

Read More

Categories: august 1, celebrity, endurance, french, loss, solitude, tribute,
Form: Elegy

I Never Told Him That I Loved Him

If memory serves me right it was one year before he died .Before he was killed that I last saw him with my eye.
From kindergarten
 (he was in first grade,  nine months older than...

Read More

Categories: august 1, adventure, analogy, anxiety, appreciation, bereavement, i love
Form: Dramatic Verse

'my Sweet Boys' - List

I have been through so much death these last few years. The worst was losing my “sweet boys” in a year and a half. My golden retriever Bo and pug Mugsy all crossed the rainbow...

Read More

Categories: august 1, dog, pets,
Form: List

Sputnik Scare

Sputnik Scare

The beep-beep-beep signal scare,
From the Sputnik artificial satellite
Orbiting the earth; broadcast through air
Continued for twenty-two minutes
Until the batteries ran out.

The Russians are first in space!
And America is on edge:
Perceptions of a missile gap and...

Read More

Categories: august 1, history, space, war,
Form: Verse

Love That Is Never a Secret

God’s love is not a secret after all
His compassion never ceases to reign
granting eternal life midst mercy’s call
while supplying wondrous heavenly gain.
Along the Saviour’s love, surely divine
marked by pardon, always ready indeed
His forgiveness of sovereign...

Read More

Categories: august 1, blessing, christian, god, jesus, spiritual, true love,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

Truth Hurts But Sets You Free

Truth Hurts but Sets You Free

I have no ounce for your feelings,
they misguide you so.
They throw you on a rollercoaster,
they shift your position to and fro.

One moment you are up,
and the next you are down,
you...

Read More

Categories: august 1, life,
Form: Rhyme

Our Honeymoon In Hawaii

We saved up all our money and finally said, “I do”, looking forward to our marital bliss and honeymoon in Hawaii. I wondered what it would be like to walk hand and hand along the...

Read More

Categories: august 1, vacation,
Form: Haibun

'mai' Limerick Logic

Kimmy Mai has my 'heart' in her pocket, (1)
Does not need either ring or a locket,
Love like beer, always loan, (2)
Less fun drinking alone,
And a blast when you're riding a rocket!

Kimmy Mai "owns the market"...

Read More

Categories: august 1, love, philosophy, science,
Form: Limerick

Lord God, You Are My Pride Confounder

August 1 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Jeremiah 48-50

Key Verse – Jeremiah 48:31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come,...

Read More

Categories: august 1, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
Form: Rhyme

Midst Enthralling Sunset Delight

Here am I enthralled by sunset delight
while beholding celestial beauty blend with horizon's majestic sight 
in letting go of this day's triumph as well as challenges' blight
to welcome tomorrow, filled with hopefulness' might.

Sunset colors cheer...

Read More

Categories: august 1, appreciation, devotion, faith, god, inspirational, jesus, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

Let's Talk About It

I can hear grandma’s voice now, 
“she’s such a beautiful little girl…”

What was it about me that gave him attraction?
Only a sick old man could find sexual satisfaction-
Six years old was I when my innocence...

Read More

Categories: august 1, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme

I Hold Three Magic Rocks

~~~

     Silence surrounds me and sounds awaken me,
Incense burning, drifting, and candles softly flickering;
               The flute of...

Read More

Categories: august 1, introspection,
Form: Verse

Breathe It

Every poem is music, that speaks of tragedy, happiness, and fragility of life,
of death, of passion, dreams, mystery, and wonder. Oh, I could go on and on.
When we write a poem it is all about...

Read More

Categories: august 1, writing,
Form: Free verse

The Pain From Within

Our life’s twists are at times too bad.
Bliss is not what we always have.
Tears do shed and make us broken,
Life is like this so we need to keep on moving.
 
My journey if full of...

Read More

Categories: august 1, betrayal, feelings, heartbroken, journey,
Form: Rhyme

Let the Grace of the Lord Be With You

I come to you it with open arms 
I come to you to forgive my sin Oh, please my Lord 
Oh God,  my God I surrender all
Even now your glory beholds me and I...

Read More

Categories: august 1, appreciation, bible, community, encouraging, gospel, inspirational, meaningful,
Form: Free verse

FAITH IN GOD WHO TAKES US TO HIS REST

August 1 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 18-21 
 
Key Verse – Isaiah 18:4 For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place...

Read More

Categories: august 1, bible, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual,
Form: Quatrain

Waiting For the Harvest

Although I'm childless by own hand
That's no crime as I understand
But parenthood I might restrict?
This world's not one that I'd inflict
Upon another soul by choice
So, in this cause, I raise my voice.

I do not judge...

Read More

Categories: august 1, journey, life,
Form: Rhyme

Dear God, I Love You So

My GOD, YOU are my life
my existence revolves around YOU
being my breath’s source
the verity-cause of my heart beat…
Here am I humbly exalting YOU with love’s propelling might:
declaring, “Dear GOD, I love YOU so”.

As my life
YOU...

Read More

Categories: august 1, christian, devotion, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, true
Form: Free verse

Joy Without End

When I came to him that moment
There was a revelation, a realization
Reflections of desire and naked hope
Dreams on fire for the way he had
Of touching, embracing, whispering

Yearning hues of passion flowing
Through veins that bleed mysteries
Melancholy...

Read More

Categories: august 1, inspiration, inspirational love, love, marriage, passion, romance,
Form: Free verse

A Walk In Solitude

It had been twenty-seven years since the sisters had seen each other – twenty-seven Christmases and birthdays. Twenty-seven years where hurt sisters refused to be in the same room together. Their mother’s sadness appeared to...

Read More

Categories: august 1, loneliness, lonely, mother,
Form: Haibun

PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO STAINS OUR VAIN PRIDE

August 1 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 23-27

Key Verse – Isaiah 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all...

Read More

Categories: august 1, bible, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual,
Form: Alliteration

Abegail In the Library

It was the late 18th century and Abegail was twenty-one years old,
     She was about to be married soon to an older man of thirty-four;
Her family was considered middle-class yet they...

Read More

Categories: august 1, books,
Form: Narrative

120 Bullets Found In Couple's Bodies

120 bullets found in couple's bodies, 
When the ex - president of ( Zaïre )  DRCongo 
Marshal Desir Mobutu Seseko heard about the execution his friend leader Nicolae by the Romania soldiers,
 he was...

Read More

Categories: august 1, africa, history, military, political,
Form: Free verse

My God, Thank You That You Want Me To Walk With You

August 1 Scripture Meditations Based on Jeremiah 25-29

Key Verse – Jeremiah 26:4 … Thus saith the LORD; …hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you.

MY GOD, THANK YOU THAT...

Read More