Long Betimes Poems
Long Betimes Poems. Below are the most popular long Betimes by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Betimes poems by poem length and keyword.
Enjerciendo PrudenciaDedicated to: Myself and the kindred spirits
Rise up today so gracefully and comely. Let not the present by the past be spoiled. You are entitled to what is best in the new day; do not...
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betimes, dedication, depression, inspirational, philosophy, spiritual, uplifting, heart,
Form:
Prose
Ode To African ChildOh! African child, the temple
A redient beauty of nature
Thou are the cradle capital
Of humanity and creatures
The founder of patriarchal
Oh! African child,
The coy the toy of the wife
Beauty of nature and life
The belike of Bowie...
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betimes, africa, baby, birth,
Form:
Rhyme
Cold PorridgePatrick, Pearl and Phillip were fond siblings, in halcyon days of fairy tales;
Long beloved of Mother and Father, like beloved ballads of all nightingales.
Father was a successful tailor, creating finest clothes for women and men;
And...
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betimes, adventure, family, fantasy, food, friend, nature, nursery
Form:
Couplet
Adventures In DoggerelWhen I was a lad and somewhat brash
I often read the poems of Ogden Nash,
whose humourous rhymes on many themes,
was motivation for my own poetic dreams.
Later when I took to reading Edgar Allen Poe,
more of...
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Categories:
betimes, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
The Queen of HeartsThe beloved Queen of Hearts was a merry queen, who'd ever loved to bake;
Like confetti midnight stars, sparkling; or the yellow, noon sun, wide awake.
She baked myriad varieties of cookies, and delicious pies of different...
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betimes, boy, fantasy, food, forgiveness, heart, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Couplet
The Live-in -- Part 3 of 3I lie - what wife mine’d been saying (our solidarity betraying)
Was in fact much more dismaying: “Why have you not come before?
From our lives you’ve been absented – with your coming, I’m contented.”
Would I could...
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Categories:
betimes, fun, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Genghis KhanRide, ride, ride thou figure from the East
In thy curse hath many a mother wept
On thy brow the furrows of distant steppes
Yield unto a steely mask of doom
Destruction follows in thy path and yet
Methinks I...
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Categories:
betimes, adventure, education, history, writing,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
FAITH IN GOD WHO LISTENS TO OUR SUPPLICATIONJune 3 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Job 8-10
Key Verse – Job 8:5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty.
FAITH IN GOD WHO LISTENS...
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betimes, bible, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual,
Form:
Quatrain
Ode To the MuseYou come to me in the still of the night,
I’m awakened by your presence beside,
You come and bring inspiration and light,
These you give to me and make them reside,
They come in an amiable serene flow,
Dark...
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betimes, art, imagery, muse,
Form:
Ode
Obscure WordsAs I woke up from the slumber,
found your visage crawling down the lumber.
I go through my journey to the anomalous world,
And just recall the faded memories with you I earned.
Fragments yet fragmented into pieces,
As...
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Categories:
betimes, 10th grade, absence, desire, for teens, loss,
Form:
Blank verse
My God, Thank You For Doing Me GoodFebruary 22 Scripture Meditations Based on Judges 17-21
Key Verse – Judges 17:13 … The LORD will do me good …
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR DOING ME GOOD
Thank You for doing me good everyday
By Your...
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betimes, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
The Juniper and PineLike a gnarled old elder it stands ancient
twisted scarred limbs like a scene in a horror
hacked and torn against time,
beetle holes and wood pecker assaults
not withstanding, growing and thriving like time
The outlier cousine, a...
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Categories:
betimes, age, life, nature, time,
Form:
Free verse
Our TaleEven now, despite the time
that's gone by since you were mine,
I find at quiet moments in my heart -
that you never left me for
in my heart there is no door
thus, your memory locked inside me...
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Categories:
betimes, heartbreak, heartbroken, longing, loss, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
70 Times 7Unto what shall I liken my struggled walk in life
Unto a breath without air
Gasping and grasping
For that which I can clearly see
And ever try to be
But like unto the shining stars
Of heaven’s glory above
Lies as...
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Categories:
betimes, inspirational
Form:
Rhyme
He Was Aging GracefullyOnlookers remarked that he was aging gracefully
His disposition so sunny, cheerful, upbeat
Making plans for the future with his sweetheart
Taking such pride in his many grandchildren
True, he moved tentatively, pausing more and...
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Categories:
betimes, age, happy, sick,
Form:
Free verse
Pure WaterA life sustained by water pure
Yet marred by memory of the wine
Like fragrant waft of soft allure
Diminished not by hands of time
Forever clear the water streams
Yet never ends the draw to wine
Forever helpless so all...
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Categories:
betimes, allegory, lost love, love, memory, water, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
Dear GrannyDear granny, we shall always remember you each day;
You’ve fostered us, and so much of you each can say –
If but life was a crystal, we’d seen through it this dreadful fate,
And learnt to espouse...
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Categories:
betimes, death, planet,
Form:
Sonnet
A Dove On Distant OaksJealousy is the rage of a man,
Whose passion unyielding as the grave
Burns like flames of blazing fire, whose fan
In his hand winnows success from death's plan.
Love goes awry for his fugitive slave.
The king's enemy the...
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Categories:
betimes, adventure, inspirational, visionary,
Form:
Rhyme
Mocked Messengers
Betimes they’ve been sent
to speak
And when they spoke,
they were mocked
Oft times the holy messengers
did preach
the doctrine of self-examination:
How were you living,
was it idol loving you were giving?
Was it hate you were pig pity wallowing in,
was...
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Categories:
betimes, religious, spiritual, truth, visionary, wisdom,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
If I Am Not This Then WhoBetimes in the noiseless, scary night;
Whenne the Moon and the Stars winkle not as bright'.
Thy child, O My Lord! Recline beneath thy Firmaments
Whenne the greed to surpass beseech Divine for armaments.
Bless me- Almighty! A drop...
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Categories:
betimes, august, character, child, me, mentor, miracle, mystery,
Form:
Sonnet
Heart At SeaWill thou remember me while adventures sought
On timbered ship of mast and sail
Cross seas so danger fraught
Or will exotic lands cause my visage to pale
Receding over time in thy dreams
as though I don deep veils
As...
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betimes, adventure, love, seasea, sea,
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Terza Rima
Noblesse ObligePainstaking plumes of surest gait
To wield diamond steel over fate;
With slow pair of wit-guarded lips,
As otiose words sway great ships.
Invincible flair and exacting knack
To stand out from the frothy pack;
Ochred with all blue-penciled skill,
For...
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Categories:
betimes, allegory, anxiety, blessing, care, confidence, freedom,
Form:
Didactic
Life's WebLife is like a spider's web with its intricacies and cares,
Hardly perceived by daily deeds, dismissed as not much there.
But given wisdom's balm of time, these woven lines reveal,
A pattern delicate like fire, yet strong...
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Categories:
betimes, growth, insect, life, storm, wisdom,
Form:
Lyric
A Letter To VioletA Letter To Violet
A Letter To Violet
A man must examine himself, to see iff he haves faith.
I could almost never wait for faith, betimes eye am blinded by my love.
I have...
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Categories:
betimes, imagination, life, love, thank you, wife, love,
Form:
Free verse
Staircase WitAggrieved and incensed a lot
I thundered some dull abuse
Que sera sera said a passing sot
Act Betimes or else, there’s no use!
Some possess the wit to cut
At anyone who stands in their way
Sometimes a Parthian shot
At...
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Categories:
betimes, anger,
Form:
Rhyme