Long Careworn Poems
Long Careworn Poems. Below are the most popular long Careworn by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Careworn poems by poem length and keyword.
Eldritch Hysterical Annihilation Syndrome
I walk o u t...
I am lost in unapproachable light—a spectral broth
I am tasting the screaming silence—the archetypal observer
dissects my essence-fossil Passion
a seismic rupture between life/death/rebirth
gnaws at my marrow This dilemma-kudzu
coils tight, constricting tomorrow's breath
Death...
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Categories:
careworn, halloween, horror, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Perspectives Miscellaneous
Good new,good news He said to me
'I have the power to set you free'
'Come ,along this path we'll walk',
I listened closely as He talked;
Eternal life and 'new life' within
upon Him I place my sin,
peace,wholeness and...
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Categories:
careworn, life, nature, philosophy,
Form:
Fibonacci
Eldest daughter I Praise
Eldest daughter – I Praise
Twenty two years ago
December twenty second,
two thousand eighteen
"star student" born
this papa (and most
likely thee birth mother)
initially...
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Categories:
careworn, anger, december, father daughter, forgiveness, happy birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
Kintsugi - Mended With Gold
Broken, this aged vessel
fractured by fate in matter and mind
careworn and cracked like creeping veins of window frost ...
(but colder in my solitude, I surmise)
Oh,...
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Categories:
careworn, analogy, appreciation, beauty, life, loss, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
one last for the boys
“no!” …
he said, “they’ll ne’er take Piccadilly!”
then downed a pint in one gulp …
tucking five pounds under the edge of
his sodden Churchill coaster,
“bloody awful price!” he grumbled quietly,
turning sharply on his heel to
depart the pub...
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Categories:
careworn, age, analogy, death, loneliness, soldier, suicide, war,
Form:
Free verse
Sunday Afternoons
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Sunday afternoons
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i abandoned my self, and reached out with all my heart
to a God whom i knew could help me survive
and keep me from coming all the way apart
and for awhile i was so truly...
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Categories:
careworn, recovery from...god, me, longing, day, god, life,
Form:
Prose Poetry
kintsugi -
broken, this aged vessel
fractured by fate in matter and mind
careworn and cracked like creeping veins of window frost ...
(but colder in my solitude, I surmise)
oh,...
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Categories:
careworn, appreciation, heartbreak, introspection, life, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
O Judas: It's All About Jesus
O Judas (It's All About Jesus)
There was a man, a fallen man
whose destiny would be perdition.
He was a thief and betrayed his friend.
This we received in our tradition.
A better friend no man could have.
His love...
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Categories:
careworn, bible, christian, death of a friend, god,
Form:
Didactic
cool, cruel curse
moon …
beams that burn -
that turn my surgings to slag
my teeth to serrations,
hungering …
can those silly sentients not see the
verity in my veneration, you?
do they truly think it’s only art,
only … verse?
that my blood...
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Categories:
careworn, analogy, fantasy, horror,
Form:
Free verse
Less Than Zero
With glorious primordial certainty
the sun will rise, the sun will set;
likewise you languish knowing what you're about,
you know what is and isn’t so;
yet, ultimately, you don’t.
Chained to the chromium...
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Categories:
careworn, life, philosophy, sad, social, self, self, sun,
Form:
Verse
Time In the Sun
Day pulses within budding blue eyes.
She lays solo in the rickety bed -
a hand-me-down from a cousin removed.
Dust bunnies swirl and dance overhead
in the early morning sun, beckoning her awake.
A chill in the air sends...
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Categories:
careworn, change, dream, fate, girl, grandfather, grandmother, house,
Form:
Free verse
An Old Fool Who Is Sharpening a Dagger of Vengence
although revenge is said to be sour in the stomach
but sweet to the mouth and that is why it doesn’t matter
what happens afterward,
the old fool sharpens the dagger
to take revenge on those who made...
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Categories:
careworn, anger, desire, evil, image,
Form:
Narrative
Scads of Decades Ago
Scads of decades ago...
Metaphorical mama's yoyo
came undone, unleashing woe
doggone wizard of oz sought in toto
afore final picture show
would play staging pro
sic cuter determining
irrevocable fate oh no!
Approximately this time of year
(circa mid December) as
Christmas holiday doth...
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Categories:
careworn, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
I See Myself in Everything
I endure my arrogance like a leftover twin
absorbed during gestation,
seeing myself in everything, not only the eyes
that watch me rocking back and forth in a corner
in order to...
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Categories:
careworn, analogy, extended metaphor, introspection, truth,
Form:
Free verse
The Allegory of the Cage
The Allegory of the Cage
I have not written much of late;
I toil in my hamster wheel.
While ev'ry sage of ev'ry age
Will gape with wonder at my cage,
And speak in voices small and still
About my stilted,...
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Categories:
careworn, allegory, angst, dark,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Goodbye
Goodbye Mom, my two older brothers cried.
1930 – I was born, our mother died.
1932 - Daddy remarried, careworn
yet in time three more daughters were born.
Goodbye, peace and home, So long,
1941, Japan attacked British Hong...
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Categories:
careworn, 11th grade, god, goodbye, heaven, home,
Form:
Quatrain
Where Rivers Lazily Roam
"The streams are my veins."
--Constance La France
Along the shores of the Ohio, I now call my home
My heart...
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Categories:
careworn, heart, home, places, river, water,
Form:
Rondeau Redouble
Tranquil
Tranquil day, Spring on the flood,
birds busy with their careworn caution
just see how their skills unite to feed
and stay the course of life as plants
via for so successful photosynthesis
as we...
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Categories:
careworn, garden,
Form:
Free verse
Tranquil
Tranquil day, Spring on the flood,
birds busy with their careworn caution
just see how their skills unite to feed
and stay the course of life as plants
via for so successful photosynthesis
as we...
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Categories:
careworn, garden,
Form:
Free verse
Clutching Shooting Stars
I wanted to believe you
when you said there was no such thing as Hell.
I wanted to believe you when you
said that pain was just an illusion
and that I could find eternity in...
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Categories:
careworn, depression, faith, introspection, life, loneliness, memory, mental
Form:
Free verse
The Hill Farmer
He tills within the buzzard's flight
this cruel land he calls his home,
ewe and wether, milk and bucket,
broken spirit, ne'er to roam.
He's stuck for good, the laws of nature
guide him, be...
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Categories:
careworn, nature,
Form:
Verse
The Hill Farmer
He tills within the buzzard's flight
this cruel land he calls his home,
ewe and wether, milk and bucket,
broken spirit, ne'er to roam.
He's stuck for good, the laws of nature
guide him, be...
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Categories:
careworn, dedication, writing,
Form:
Verse
The Hill Farmer
...inspired by 'The Airy Tomb' by R.S. Thomas
He tills within the buzzard's flight
this cruel land he calls his home,
ewe and wether, milk and bucket,
broken spirit, ne'er to roam.
He's stuck for good, the sacraments
will guide him,...
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Categories:
careworn, nature
Form:
Verse
The Hill Farmer
He tills within the buzzard's flight
this cruel land he calls his home,
ewe and wether, milk and bucket,
broken spirit, ne'er to roam.
He's stuck for good, the laws of nature
guide him, be...
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Categories:
careworn, death, writing,
Form:
Verse
The Hill Farmer
He tills within the buzzard's flight
this cruel land he calls his home,
ewe and wether, milk and bucket,
broken spirit, ne'er to roam.
He's stuck for good, the laws of nature
guide him, be...
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Categories:
careworn, nature, tribute,
Form:
Verse