Long Bated Poems
Long Bated Poems. Below are the most popular long Bated by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Bated poems by poem length and keyword.
WonderlandWonderland
by Michael R. Burch
We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test
the beatific anthems of the blessed,
the sentence of the martyr, and the pen’s
sincere religion. Magnified, the lens
shot back absurd reflections of each...
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Categories:
bated, allegory, allusion, analogy, crazy, fantasy, imagination, magic,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Fathers and Grandfathers IPoems about Fathers and Grandfathers I
I translated the first six Native American poems for my father when he chose to enter hospice and end his life by not taking dialysis …
Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation/interpretation...
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Categories:
bated, father, father daughter, father son, fathers day,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems ViiiJuvenilia: Early Poems VIII
These are early poems of mine, written in my teens as a high school and college student.
Moon Lake
by Michael R. Burch
Starlit recorder of summer nights,
what magic spell bewitches you?
They say that...
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Categories:
bated, boy, child, childhood, high school, student, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
Social Privyjustice
What does this vastly misunderstood word mean to you?
Too what ends?
May we seek?
Who(m) may guide us?
Endless deliberation (spiss spiss spiss)
Debated and glorified by us all
Beloved; instilled among (a) core...
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Categories:
bated, absence, abuse, addiction, adventure, allusion, analogy, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
The Twins, Part 1In the dark of night a wind took hold,
With powers charged to shake the sky,
By moody swings of gods up high,
Their breath alone enraged and bold.
In the dark of night history spoke,
Of a world alive...
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Categories:
bated, brother, philosophy, symbolism, visionary, , cute,
Form:
Prose
I Wait With Bated Breath For C Cure T ClarenceI wait with bated breath for... C. Cure T. Clarence
The following crafted
approximately midway
into the administration
of forty fifth president,
whose crass, gutsy, lewd,
repulsive yawping finds
him squarely poised to
nab the nomination as
Republican front runner
come the...
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Categories:
bated, america, anxiety, appreciation, character, confidence, fate, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Whippy-Dip - 2nd Half Text Plus Full Audio W-IllustrationHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece, like several of my story-pieces, had to be posted in 2 parts....
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Categories:
bated, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative
An Introduction: An IntroductionConsidering how many times I set out to pen a small,
Master piece of art, a gem that might underwrite,
The utter liability of being just that stamp,
Or tramp, or whatever other denomination one might reliably take...
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Categories:
bated, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Visitor - POTW- A Collaboration With July MorningPOTW 28 January 2018
Prologue:
A beautiful extra-terrestrial female researcher is sent down to a remote island to observe earth and beam her findings back to her planet. She’s strictly forbidden to make any human contact. She...
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Categories:
bated, adventure, romance, science fiction,
Form:
Narrative
The Poetic WorldAfter the creation of things
They where all created
But in the world of imagination
Many live as creators
Existing in weird
The created creator,
The poet, I've never imagine
As a child
I've ever thought of treasure
Never discover the new world
The...
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Categories:
bated, age, art, best friend, universe,
Form:
Ode
My Auntie WinterMy auntie winter's icy breath wacked my bare face hard, when I step out earlier on
She gave me the cold shoulder and iced me out with a frosty glare for no reason at all
it's...
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Categories:
bated, beautiful, beauty, blessing, environment, growth, nostalgia, weather,
Form:
I do not know?
An Early Morn Stroll Into Heavenly Sent BlissA New Light, Bright Rays That Are Sent To Heal
New light, brighter rays bequeathed to heal
those deep aching fears, terrors of the night,
those wicked world uses to sweet joy kill
in its evil nature uses to...
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Categories:
bated, art, creation, deep, dream, love, romance, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Some Men Die To SurviveSome men die to survive
the Hard endures
the Soft succumbs stews in juices reproduces exults
disappears
the heartless breaks cracks crumbles
drags
the Ephemeral down the ravines of the also-ran rivers
...
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Categories:
bated, death, destiny, god, history, religion, spoken word,
Form:
Free verse
The Universe Is ImmenseHow many people with foreboding palpitations
have I seen slip from middle age and slide into old age?
They slither into their last refuge, the dirt hole,
and ignorantly nestle into the forever unknown life stream
The ones who...
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Categories:
bated, death, life, metaphor, peace, political, truth,
Form:
Prose
Your Words PaleI thought you the Master of Expression
Your verbal dexterity
Word play, a rarity: perfection
...
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Categories:
bated, passion, sensual, sexy,
Form:
Free verse
Falling Into BooksAnd I disappeared back into the books,
Whirling in a seamless stream of context,
By whose scarlet blood I assumed some looks,
Forevermore ready for what was next.
From this moment on I could not assume,
That what I had...
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Categories:
bated, books, identity, inspirational, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Marigold MorningTwinkling stars were receding rapidly, as I had always known they would,
When rouge sun touched the eastern sky, to color a whole neighborhood.
The timid alabaster moon was in hiding, taking with him, his native luster,
As...
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Categories:
bated, appreciation, beautiful, fantasy, flower, morning, sun, yellow,
Form:
Couplet
DanielYou loved her with all your being, but then she left you wounded
Now you look at life without seeing, you feel your world has ended.
Young at twenty five and twenty three, but hope for you...
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Categories:
bated, betrayal, lost love, love, moving on, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
EntrapmentI am dressed in Scarlet , upon my head a crown
parade myself like royalty in an embroidered gown
but my insides are hollow am emptiness within
my bones are dry and...
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Categories:
bated, bible, judgement, nature, philosophy, self, sin, truth,
Form:
Verse
Workshop - DanielYou loved her with all your being, but she left you wounded
Now you look at life without seeing, you feel your world has ended.
You were twenty five, she was twenty three, young and strong yet...
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Categories:
bated, betrayal, life, lost love, love, love hurts,
Form:
Rhyme
The WindowMelted candles atop a resigned dresser
Wilted roses lying atop a white cloud
The flickering of fires and shadows mesh well with your
Batting eyelashes your heavy words and your breathing in rhythm with
the cadences of muted car...
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Categories:
bated, america, city, desire, emotions, heart, lust, political,
Form:
Free verse
Duel of DeathThe coldness of the night had past,
The light was set the die was cast,
A pair of mortals faced each other,
Neither thinking of his mother.
Each with an evil glint in his eye,
Each one determined the other...
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Categories:
bated, anger, betrayal, death, england,
Form:
Free verse
Premature Irrelevance of Donald TrumpPremature irrelevance of Donald Trump?
Heartfelt congratulations
to Raphael Warnock,
now slated to become
first Black senator of Georgia
cuz he defeated Senator
Kelly Loeffler quite a shock
as troopers fuel related headlines
Jon Ossoff also declared victory
over Republican Senator David Perdue
arrows drawn...
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Categories:
bated, 11th grade, 12th grade, conflict, dark, fear,
Form:
Rhyme
Another Pesky MosquitoA Pesky Mosquito….. Again
Here I am, palms and fingers slightly raised and finely poised to pen enthralling verses of prose….
Netbook computer nestled snugly on this messy table top that’s a bag lady’s treasure trove…
Creative juices...
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Categories:
bated, anger, animal, confusion, insect, senses,
Form:
Light Verse
Ku Kops KlanWith fascist fist, white CHAUVINist (whose christian name is Drek)
hailed pearly Knights in Kevlar tights who spurn the ebon fleck,
and joined the Kops enforcing stops which keep black pawns in check.
Floyd feared the Kops (most...
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Categories:
bated, society,
Form:
Rhyme