Long Brisk Poems
Long Brisk Poems. Below are the most popular long Brisk by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Brisk poems by poem length and keyword.
State of the Art Iii
State of the Art (III)
These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work.
Come Down
by...
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Categories:
brisk, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Mothers
Poems about Mothers
Mother's Smile
by Michael R. Burch
There never was a fonder smile
than mother's smile, no softer touch
than mother's touch. So sleep awhile
and know she loves you more than "much."
So more than "much, " much more...
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Categories:
brisk, child, children, love, mother, mother daughter, mother
Form:
Rhyme
Erin
Erin, for a girl who embodies Ireland
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair—
bright carrot—and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children—some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid...
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Categories:
brisk, ireland,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets Lxi-Lxx
Sonnets LXI-LXX
Erin
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair?
bright carrot?and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children?some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid it. For nowhere
is evidence of...
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Categories:
brisk, heart, night, spiritual, wife, words, write, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Poems Iv
Poems about Poems IV
The Toast
by Michael R. Burch
For longings warmed by tepid suns
(brief lusts that animated clay),
for passions wilted at the bud
and skies grown desolate and gray,
for stars that fell from tinseled heights
and mountains bleak...
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Categories:
brisk, allegory, allusion, appreciation, art, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Turning To Turquoise
Verse 1: My destiny...
My dignity...
Is all gone since you left me with nothing to lose
I'm willing to let go of this grudge in my heart...cut loose the noose
That's around my neck
Give me your love...
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Categories:
brisk, deep,
Form:
Lyric
In My Beautiful Balloon
With summer nearly gone, we all wanted to do something special,
And decided it should be daring, rather than the usual and dull.
So, we listed the things we desired to do, but hadn't yet tried,
And we...
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Categories:
brisk, adventure, beauty, fantasy, lost, miracle, nature, prayer,
Form:
Couplet
Quest of the Heart: Chapter One
Of Ghosts and Fiends in Twilight
The sun sank low on the darkening horizon
Grey mist hung adrift over the land thickening
A cold, brisk autumn wind held and embraced me
With my horse’s pace and that of...
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Categories:
brisk, adventure, for her, journey, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Mask of Tourmaline
Twice the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Yet again awoken by winter when the third was three in number.
I sense that a silence doth sneak ‘tween cracks of weathered wood,
Conniving with that which shadows...
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Categories:
brisk, anxiety, horror, imagination, mystery, myth, night, psychological,
Form:
Couplet
The Mask of Alabaster
Once the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Whence the winter woke me when the third was three in number.
I sense that a wince doth lurk and wear which wicked gaze,
Of conniving shadows cast between...
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Categories:
brisk, anxiety, confusion, deep, dream, education, fantasy, fear,
Form:
Couplet
Fabrics Finding Fabrications
A prawn masquerading as a peanut can be quite disturbing. So many times a peel is a garment used to shroud. A tentacle hidden. Here and there. Then to reappear with an often violent burst...
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Categories:
brisk, animal,
Form:
I do not know?
Poems About Poets Vii
Poems about Poets VII
Gallant Knight
by Michael R. Burch
for Alfred Dorn and Anita Dorn
Till you rest with your beautiful Anita,
rouse yourself, Poet; rouse and write.
The world is not ready for your departure,
Gallant Knight.
Teach us to sing...
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Categories:
brisk, christian, dance, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
ReCentering Domestic NonViolence
This brisk, sunny March morning, I return from delivering my son to his adult daycare van.
Upon opening The Norwich Times, I delight to read the new Center for Safe Futures "will be taking...
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Categories:
brisk, culture, depression, health, hope, integrity, peace, power,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
First Love
Oh, where on earth do I begin….Twenty years ago…
There he was. Standing by the door of World Literature Class in 1996.
There I was. Walking past him in the hallways of high school.
Our eyes met...
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Categories:
brisk, beautiful, desire, love, passion, , literature,
Form:
Narrative
Many British thermal units later
Many British thermal units* later
Vice linkedin to carnal flesh this writer,
(a married heterosexual doofus, –
whose alter egos
named and highlighted courtesy
Gallant and Goofus) attones
to heat these lovely bag of bones
amazingly graceful human...
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Categories:
brisk, 12th grade, appreciation, blessing, change, humorous, husband,
Form:
Rhyme
Make Do and Mend
Make Do and Mend,
Years ago we had jobs
We had fun and money in our pocket
Things were much better then
Once you could go out the door
And never ever lock it
But still so many struggled
To buy food...
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Categories:
brisk, community,
Form:
Verse
A harrowing drive on the Schuylkill Expressway
A harrowing drive on the Schuylkill Expressway
(route 76) both heading into
(and a small number of hours later
exiting) center city Philadelphia
to Schwenksville on May 19th, 2024.
Yours truly (a doodling Yankee), and the missus
went to town, NOT...
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Categories:
brisk, adventure, america, angel, anger, anxiety, atheist, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
Original Mask of Alabaster
A wince doth lurk wearing which wicked gaze,
Of conniving cast shadows ‘tween my windowpanes.
Gazing through the window’s diaphanous gelid glass,
I see a flushing fluorescent misty haze of frothy brass.
It floats aloft the frost of...
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Categories:
brisk, addiction, allusion, confusion, dream, evil, horror, night,
Form:
Couplet
Wellington Gate
His walk into town would prove fateful that day,
As his mind wandered idly while finding his way.
His footsteps were brisk like fall chill in the air,
Past Wellington Gate, south of Denby town square.
He paused for...
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Categories:
brisk, death, emotions, funeral, goodbye, grave, grief, hurt,
Form:
Narrative
Ah Tis Nothing Greater Than
Ah... tis nothing greater than...
malfunctioning heater
on that brisk winter day
recorded here as proof positive
regarding following reasonable rhyme.
While scrolling thru
poems crafted yesteryear,
I chanced to jog my memory where
there
occurred power outage necessitated
more than divine...
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Categories:
brisk, 12th grade, angst, dark, environment, faith, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Balls To the Wall
spend your day expressed by grace ordered from a Payton place
cheer each moment from the edge of the setting sun a very well done
climb each pillar of thought and deed to reach forth every bit...
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Categories:
brisk, art, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
Stressors
*last winter break*
I woke up abruptly, my chest gripped and tight. My face felt hot but my arms stung as if frostbitten. I gasped for air that wouldn’t come, as if I had a plastic...
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Categories:
brisk, brother, christmas, dream, growing up, sister, teen,
Form:
Free verse
Severe Surge Regarding Thou Shalt Not Kill Violations
Severe surge regarding thou shalt not kill violations
Fifth commandment breached regularly
epidemic of gun violence in America
bullets fly, scream and tear into flesh
senseless rampant mass killings
rip across fabric of society
buzzfeeding, jump/kickstarting,
paradigm of mortality.
Since January first
two...
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Categories:
brisk, 12th grade, 1st grade, age, america, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
China Tour Thoughts
China Tour Diary Moment #1
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KUNMING THOUGHTS
Sunday morning flight to Kunming city;
East bound to explore vignettes of China;
New vistas to sight, postcard memories;
Feast visual galore on tour agenda.
Yunnan province greets our earthly landing;
Brisk clearance and we...
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Categories:
brisk, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
China Tour Thoughts 3
China Tour Diary Moment #3
SHANGRI-LA, TIBET
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Paradise on earth: Himalayan range;
A phenomenon carved by elements;
Here magic gives birth to ways that seem strange;
A place where lessons of soul mark movement.
Our tour coach winds round the mountain...
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Categories:
brisk, devotion,
Form:
Rhyme