Long Britain Poems
Long Britain Poems. Below are the most popular long Britain by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Britain poems by poem length and keyword.
The Amistad MutinyThe Amistad Mutiny
Slavery, a dirty word no matter how it’s pronounced:
Abducted and herded to the slave fortress of Lomboko1 for trade.
To be tossed in chains below deck on the Portuguese ship Tecora,2
Sailing the Atlantic Middle...
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Categories:
britain, africa, america, history, racism, slavery, world,
Form:
Verse
Enola GayEnola Gay
There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum under the blaring floodlights filmed for posterity,
Maneuvers' the ‘Enola Gay’, chosen...
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Categories:
britain, education, history, usa, war, world, world war
Form:
Verse
Song of Amergin: TranslationThe Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations
The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the surf's thunder
I am the stag of the seven tines
I am...
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Categories:
britain, ireland, myth, mythology, song, storm, visionary, war,
Form:
Free verse
Happy Fourth of July, Or Happy Independence DayHappy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day
On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold and liberty's triumph
Congress voting in...
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Categories:
britain, america, birthday, celebration, firework, food, freedom, fun,
Form:
List
Translation of Eric Mottram's Twentythird Legal By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s Twentythird Legal by T. Wignesan
Le vingt-troisième légal
pendant la guerre le peuple devient obéissent de nouveau
plein du respect (et) de la confiance les enfants naïfs dans la foi
la gouvernance nécessaire ...
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Categories:
britain, america, anti bullying, anxiety, military, war,
Form:
Free verse
Resistance On the Iberian PeninsulaResistance On The Iberian Peninsula
“Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity),”
Scream French revolutionists as they guillotine monarchists heads, 1
Then crown Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France, 2
Who commands the French forces in wars raged across Europe.
The Grande...
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Categories:
britain, education, freedom, history, irony, patriotic, war,
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Verse
ChernobylChernobyl.
A nuclear disaster, in the Russian town Chernobyl,
An odor-less killer, the invisible force.
As the radiation escapes, from the crumbling reactor,
We must cool it down, before it blows.
Evacuate Pripyat, the employee’s town,
The town of 35000; first...
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Categories:
britain, cry, death, sun, world,
Form:
I do not know?
Translation of Eric Mottram's a Faithful Private - 7 -Excerpts From Notes On Poetics By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s A Faithful Private 7 with excerpts from “Notes on Poetics” by T. Wignesan
(Note: With this post, I bring to a close EM’s pamphlet collection: Faithful Private, GENERA editions by Colin Simms,...
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Categories:
britain, england, poetry, political, power,
Form:
Free verse
Robinson CrusoeI killed my friend,
I never wanted,
Do not see me cruel,
I did it for love.
We both ran naked
Under this influential shower.
No one uncoupled his lips
Against this faint madness,
We were indebted,
Either had to earn the prize.
It was...
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Categories:
britain, bereavement, betrayal,
Form:
Imagism
Lost dexterity since fingers tap away at qwerty keyboardLost dexterity since fingers tap away at qwerty keyboard...
since being a student in grade, junior and high school
analogous to geometry proof how lack of use proves
quite aware that finger muscles atrophied
veering off on a tangent...
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Categories:
britain, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, age,
Form:
Rhyme
Ah methinks I could sleep foreverAh... methinks I could sleep forever
Basking in a supine position
with eyes wide shut
while the space heater churns out
fast moving molecules of heat
solitudinarian drowsy thinker fêted
by miniature fantasy
of tropical island paradise
accompanying and populating slumber
courtesy flickering,...
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Categories:
britain, adventure, appreciation, atheist, beautiful, freedom, humorous, motivation,
Form:
Rhyme
The Whips of History - 4Injustice is just an inconvenience until it is proven...
When the sun hit their helmets it startled the very souls of the natives
a signal upon their eyes that spoke like a siren of ill prophecy to...
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Categories:
britain, history, passion, poetry,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
A British Diary Passing MilleniumThe ask of cultures.
Dutch to Portugal, do you think colonisation of fruit and lands and their inhabitants was the fairest exchange of our tactics of the strategy to wrestles of communication. They decided the...
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Categories:
britain, culture, time, travel, true love, trust, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
The Truth Is Here Somewhere:1: Echo PoemAn Echo Poem
Original: This Much I Know – Poem by Lora Colon of PoemHunter
Reprinted here with permission.
Soon the sun will set in this valley
Where I’ve roamed for many a year,
So many questions left unanswered,...
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Categories:
britain, betrayal, loneliness, love, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Letters To the LadyTroop ships loading, crowded docks
Mums and sisters waving off
Go with keepsakes, golden locks
Some men hug while many doff
Eric, soldier single stands
Beryl, lonesome widow cares
Many kissing holding hands
Eric stands and Beryl dares
Bump the soldier, make excuse
Apologizing...
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Categories:
britain, mother son, war, world war ii,
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Xlvii - Tongue-Twisting EpigramsUNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLVII - Tongue Twisters
If you want to « have » your cake and « eat » it at one and the same time, simple enough, just split it into two equal parts like...
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Categories:
britain, england, humor, satire, sensual,
Form:
Epigram
Inevitable Death Defines LifeInevitable death defines afterlife
I mull mortality
thru lens crafted occipital orbs
regarding a better future
experience sing a space oddity –
whar incessant yaks
exuding a big hurt
emanate as cosmic atomic
bipedal hominids replete roof lee wax
during a...
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Categories:
britain, absence, allah, angel, anxiety, atheist, bereavement, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Conclusion To the MatterDemocratic America
And conservative Britain
That’s the way it should be
Democratic America
And conservative Britain
That should be the exact order of things
The new world was born in 1492
To share democracy all over the world
America had...
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Categories:
britain, farewell, journey, judgement, leadership, leaving, patriotic, political,
Form:
Narrative
Where the Four Roads MeetWhere the four roads meet there is lots of concrete
Where the four roads meet there is much deceit
Here I am at the crossroads, wondering which way to go
Here I am at the cross roads...
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Categories:
britain, blessing, break up, endurance, environment, forgiveness, good
Form:
Narrative
The Utmost For the Legacyeach of us gives in from a faithful friend,
Watch through the beaten tower
We give in way to soon...
This Newest piece, "The utmost for his highest."
covers all known bases to fuel the fan in
look deeper in...
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Categories:
britain, appreciation, art,
Form:
Free verse
Remnants of a Saturday NightSunday morning early, five a.m to be
precise, my mind awakes, then gently succours
the body to arise from one’s mundane sleep. I
then transfer to Britain via 1ZB, listening
to the English football commentary, it’s worth
the lack of...
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Categories:
britain, me, morning, people, social,
Form:
Free verse
A Psalm To Solemnize Pure Tin Forefathers MothersA psalm to solemnize pure tin forefathers/mothers...
Who didst unknowingly, unquestionably,
and unwittingly script vitality
and the prologue to Thanksgiving,
(which theme poem initially written)
about three hundred and ninety seven years,
and nine months after February third 1621,
yet...
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Categories:
britain, adventure, africa, age, america, animal, autumn, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Straight Outta LockdownYou are now about to witness my lack of street knowledge
Straight outta lockdown,
lazy brother named THE DUDE
Formed a gang called diggers With Altitudes
Work is called off, I got a paid off
Strains getting quicker, and bodies...
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Categories:
britain, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Land of the blind
In UK towns gangs raped girls for years
Drugged them, passed them around, laughed at their tears
Police blamed the victims, thought they were at fault
Also didn't want trouble, open up pandora's vault.
The kids were terrorized, sometimes...
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Categories:
britain, abuse, betrayal, hate, rights,
Form:
Lyric
My Ancestors EscapePRELUDE
There has always been animosity between Greece and Turkey as far back in history as we wish to go. Greece was occupied by the Turks during the Middle-Ages for almost 500 years. My...
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Categories:
britain, war,
Form:
Free verse