Long Awards Poems
Long Awards Poems. Below are the most popular long Awards by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Awards poems by poem length and keyword.
Pencils In SeptemberI smell like pencils in September.
After they’ve been brought to that…to the machine hanging on the closet wall where our coats, our boots, our bags, and nonsense lived.
You stared me in the eyes, since the...
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Categories:
awards, 3rd grade, america, betrayal, child, child abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Healing a Trumpian GodI remember several prayers
to invoke God's blessings on America,
a reminder of traditional political
mindfulness?
Fundamental lack of awareness
of righteous economic investments
in win/win GoldenRule
positive social-psychological security.
No one "keeps"
or "makes"
this confederation of uniting states great,
unless we democratically...
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Categories:
awards, education, faith, health, hope, integrity, religion, usa,
Form:
Political Verse
The Depths
"The Depths"
From the depths
silence.
Where
are the voices
of other
women?
In that other place,
the monsters violate,
they take and take
bloody all, what they want
the dreams of women
are torched, murdered,
next to them,
the sweet dreams of lives...
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Categories:
awards, children, humanity, women,
Form:
Narrative
Freedom of the PressABOUT THE PRESS
The media, the press was established as an institution to fight for humanity and human right as well. To serve as a mediator between the people underground and the...
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Categories:
awards, freedom, , western,
Form:
Ballad
My Brother--Nelson Mandela, Umtata, South Africa--Tribute PoemNelson Mandela, crossed my spirited mind today, a visionary legend of peace, love, equality, and unity of all people.
As a prevailer of great affliction, he was like a Greek God fighting for the—"Common man!”
I had...
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Categories:
awards, brother, confidence, dedication, discrimination, inspiration, motivation, strength,
Form:
Couplet
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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Categories:
awards, daughter, daughter, school, baby, nature, beautiful, age,
Form:
Rhyme
What's Love Got To Do With ItI started out life as Anna Mae Bullock, ...
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Categories:
awards, child, cry, hurt, music, song, woman, world,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Categories:
awards, anger, fate, lost, nature, social, society, trust,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 10 -- Damian Hakim: Graduation and Teenage AspirationsMerrily Merrily cold January 2018
Damian wakes up late Saturday morning
There was hardly a warning and
She danced her way over to Damian's
Bed. Hey lover, how's life?" 10 am.
He pulled her onto his lap,...
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Categories:
awards, best friend, dance, sensual,
Form:
Prose
Fast and Cheap She SaysWhat ever is fast and cheap you say...
You are so funny -
this is not a fast thing -
to do a video montage of 5 minutes
may take me a lifetime
as I move from inspiration...
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Categories:
awards, art, celebration, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
Tea and Poetry In the Ides of March - Part OneBeneath a misty veil of ‘Euphoria’ by Calvin Klein, she dares to dream of acceptance in a world of wanna-be Literary Giants who are members of an elite writer’s group, as she drives along a...
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Categories:
awards, satire,
Form:
Free verse
The City and the State of Play TodayTHE CITY AND THE STATE OF PLAY TODAY
No one worries about morals today
They follow the rules they create
So to them all is ok
Those on the outside looking in
Are the only ones feeling queasy...
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Categories:
awards, business, community, corruption, international, london, money, political,
Form:
Free verse
A Night With Joe BonamassaBillboard named him the year finest blues musician.
Joe Bonamassa is a blues-rock musician,
He was designed to be a famous musician.
His family owns a guitar store in upstate New York,
After years of practice, Bonamassa will...
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Categories:
awards, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, history, music,
Form:
Bio
SocratesI am walking Athens with Socrates
And see the world through his eyes
Barefooted with white robe
Tied in a knot with linen rope
I follow him like a shadow
Starring at the faces of Athenians
Who lived ago a...
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Categories:
awards, allusion, cute, death, philosophy, truth, , western,
Form:
Bio
Hand-Picked Berries and Sun-Dried Tomatoes 3“The songs are casual and careless in a satisfying way, like the used condom your latest lover left lying on your bedroom floor, a souvenir you’re not yet ready to dispose of.” Candy Cotton, Modern...
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Categories:
awards, mythology,
Form:
Prose
My Lovely DadIt’s with great difficulty I put my pen on this paper.
Struggling as to when and what to begin with.
Learning that life has its way of collapsing
Our paths down to one: unchangeable, inescapable.
A journey...
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Categories:
awards, dad, death, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
The EulogizerHe’s called the Eulogizer
He reluctantly accepts this moniker as our elder
A name for which he feels disdain
Since it conjures memories of unspeakable pain
He's lost a father, mother, sister and son
His nights sleepless realizing...
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Categories:
awards, death, eulogy, funeral, grief, military, , cute,
Form:
Narrative
Eric Clapton InspirationEric Clapton (born March 30, 1945, in Ripley, Surrey, England)
British guitarist who influenced rock.
Later became a famous singer-songwriter.
Clapton was born to a teen mom and a Canadian WWII soldier in England.
His grandparents mostly raised him.
He...
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Categories:
awards, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, history,
Form:
Bio
Dementia In the MakingI don’t mind what others’ think when we’re together…
It’s not like it’s gonna last forever…
God’s Kingdom come
Before I start growing numb
God’s Kingdom come
Before the beat gets me feeling dumb
God’s Kingdom come
Before I start growing numb
God’s...
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Categories:
awards, deep, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Translation of Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly With His Song By T WignesanTranslation of Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly with his Song by T Wignesan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgl-VRdXr7I
Refrain :
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my...
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Categories:
awards, how i feel, passion, romantic, song, words,
Form:
Ballad
Let Your Light Shine ThroughWe are masterpieces for we are uniquely created, masterfully crafted
with our traits or qualities, gifts and talents to shine.
...
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Categories:
awards, light, stars,
Form:
Free verse
Memories In BoxesMemories in boxes
By lady Arabella
As I sit here and go through all the boxes I’ve made
Each one holds a memory which time cannot fade
From old school reports that showed all I...
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Categories:
awards, beautiful, heart, life, me, nostalgia, symbolism, words,
Form:
Rhyme
On Writing Poetry[A few years ago, I wrote this poem “On Writing Poetry” for creative writing students. I hesitated to put it on Poetry Soup, but I did some revisions and decided to share it with you....
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Categories:
awards, poetry, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Prayer For AmericaAmerica...
After 9/11, the country seemed reborn
Ready to shift from the shallow to the profound
What ever happened to the America that could have been?
What ever happened to the America we deserve?
Step into my church
And pray
For a...
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Categories:
awards, america, anger, culture, hero, prayer, society, song,
Form:
Ballad
Gordon Lightfoot InspirationGordon Lightfoot was born on Nov. 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ca.
His first concert at Massey Hall in Toronto, encouraged by his parents,
He won a contest for boys with unmodified voices prior to turning 13.
In the early...
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Categories:
awards, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, history, music,
Form:
Bio