Long Ceylon Poems
Long Ceylon Poems. Below are the most popular long Ceylon by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Ceylon poems by poem length and keyword.
Aussie Cruiser Sydney
OUR TIN POT NAVY so THEY SAID in 1914 Sydney in the first World War 1
In 1914 German cruisers were cut loose
and Emden she was one…………….…(fired 38lb shells)
the Indian ocean she did for hunting...
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Categories:
ceylon, war, war, world, war,
Form:
Rhyme
They Were
They Were
They were boys going over the top to die in their tens of thousands in the mud of the Somme. ...
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Categories:
ceylon, history, military, violence, war, drug,
Form:
Free verse
Banalata Sen - Translation From Bengali Poem
This is a translation of the famous Bengali Poem " Banalata Sen". The author is
the renowned surrealist poet of India - Jibanananda Das (1899 - 1954). This poem is considered as his best and...
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Categories:
ceylon, longing, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Murder of Civilisation
An Englishman lost in afternoon tea,
Memories of a lotus flower love
Rajas and elephants in Delhi
Livingstone the explorer
Religion to convert
Laurence of Arabia
A leader of men
The Boers and the Zulus
Gordon and Khartoum
These are the things that shook...
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Categories:
ceylon, patriotic, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
Random Eleven
Beetle fobs on a trashed out war plane equals the dogma of a hidden few. Vessels whisper in a breeze. And no ant could utilise its soul. As all have a duty. All firm a...
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Categories:
ceylon, blessing, , cute,
Form:
I do not know?
Breath of the Informer, An Allegory
for Thirugnanamoorthy
Remorseful, the noonday sun
Frizzles with the stealthy wind
Under the rubbery mountain green.
A calmness has come to rest
From having tossed in its sleep.
The forest has taken leave
Of the hunted horn and drum.
No more the tapper...
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Categories:
ceylon, allegory, history, war,
Form:
Free verse
To Miss Mckay
The day was glorious, sun splitting the sky,
Sat down in utter bewilderment I asked myself why,
It started round with one miss Mckay around 5 years ago or so,
When i think of you i wonder...
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Categories:
ceylon, angst, lost love, lovelove, me,
Form:
Verse
The Perennial
The Perennial
On an overhang, where the mountain slopes gently towards the lowland and the sea
there is a crooked tree with long roots embracing the mountain
Is the plant an asp or a birch,...
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Categories:
ceylon, best friend, creation, devotion,
Form:
Blank verse
Ballad of Thunder
The beautiful birch stands proud and tall
When wind blows in autumn some of her leaves will fall
Suddenly as the air grows dense the angry skies pull in the soul
The dark cloud in the center of...
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Categories:
ceylon, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Do Not Leave Me !
Do not leave me ! -
I am repeating, as a prayer,
I dissolve, melt away in you,
Do not leave me !
Some ships go to a bottom somewhere,
The storms and the hurricanes of a life are...
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Categories:
ceylon, love, song-me, me,
Form:
Lyric
Platinum Talons
Fair-minded whale playground, compass dismisses
Ceylon sapphire zero horizon echo orchestral chamber
Forge rolling bow voyages of uncharted distance
Cut water instant recovery, oily...
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Categories:
ceylon, adventure, analogy, animal, halloween, happiness, joy, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
A Cup of Tea
Just one cup in the morning; no added flavor
Ceylon tea or Assamese is my preference
Each drip and each sip I so favor and savor
Betwixt too light and too strong. This makes difference
Its red-black-orange mixture I...
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Categories:
ceylon, happiness, life,
Form:
Sonnet
Burst of Sunshine Gleaming Teapot
Grandfathers deep English voice joined hers in prayers
Apple trees shimmering in the sunlight beside the water
Crumpled apricot roses tumbled above the interlaced arch
The mistress of the house wore...
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Categories:
ceylon, devotion, family, places,
Form:
Verse
Do Not Need To Complete Obstruction
Horn Haiku.
To be culpable,
You do not need to complete,
Any obstruction.
Trump is never nice;
With his vice he does entice,
And sins shall suffice.,
Truly a lost cause;
Qualities not redeeming;
Sets...
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Categories:
ceylon, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Haiku
Angel Mom
You gave life to me
I was not an easy child you see
You gave unconditional never the less
I was just so young, I guess
There were many nights you cried
Praying on your knees at your bedside
That God...
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Categories:
ceylon, death, mom,
Form:
Light Verse
Gemstones
Stones in life strong like stones,
As a weapon,
As a tool,
Shelter over the heads of souls,
Even beyond the Era of stones,
Stones in plenty and in varieties,
Gems,stones,Gemstones,
Rare,durable,colored,long life and beauty,
Weighed and valued in dots and drops,
A dream...
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Categories:
ceylon, identity, judgement, life,
Form:
Light Verse
Biobab
Biobab ever sits unable to stand but a tree.A broad trunked,huge like rocks,from silk-cotton family fruiting for paper,cloth and rope suiting.
Bab is gate in Arabic and the tree is an African origin.A gateway between...
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Categories:
ceylon, blessing, business, caregiving, character, grandfather, memory, repetition,
Form:
Blank verse