Long Cf Poems
Long Cf Poems. Below are the most popular long Cf by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Cf poems by poem length and keyword.
Disability, Illness and FundamentalismDisability, Illness and Fundamentalism
My brother died of Cystic Fibrosis,
When I was twelve and he fourteen,
It took away his ambitions,
To study at Oxford - the pipe organ’s steam.
I understand being born with...
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Categories:
cf, atheist, cancer, health, prayer, religion, rights, science,
Form:
Rhyme
Jean Lapresle: the Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre A French ‘Indianist’ Doctor: A Tribute to a Die-hard Humanist
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Categories:
cf, celebrity, endurance, french, loss, solitude, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Tuan Tata: Song of Uda - Parts One and Two TUAN TATA : Song of Uda - I
by T. Wignesan
(Patrick Noone, a British anthropologist, discovered the Ple-Temiar tribe living isolated in the jungle highlands in the State of Perak on the west coast of...
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Categories:
cf, death, murder, tiger, wife,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Bharathidasan's Pulikku Nay Enta Mulai, Translated By T Wignesan
Bharathidasan’s “Pulikku nay enta muulai” (To the Tiger, the Dog knows no safe dwelling!) translated by T. Wignesan
Bharathidasan (1891-1964) was a self-proclaimed disciple of the eminent Brahmin poet: Cuppiramania Bharathiyar (cf. two poems of...
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Categories:
cf, anti bullying, patriotic, political, racism, , literature,
Form:
Sonnet
Unquotable Quotes: Janitor, Gardienne, Portero, Sereno, Hausgast -Xxxi Part OneUnquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, the Sereno and the Hausgast – XXXI Part One
Be they so named or not in these here parts, visions of shrieking furies with Gorgon heads and...
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Categories:
cf, care, city, horror, rights, urban,
Form:
Quatrain
Please don't leave me I love youHe reignited my creative passion when he reentered my life
His can sense to the core how I am feeling and asked me right away to be his wife
Though it's been 45 years we have known...
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Categories:
cf, loss, lost love, love, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Metaphor of Outrage, Translation of Carlos Bousono's Poem: Metafora Del DesafueroMetaphor of outrage, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Metafora del desafuero
( In celebration of...
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Categories:
cf, truth,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
If Ever I Had a Country : Lx and LxiIF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LX - LXI
The Yijing says : " If the common folk commit crimes, the fault for them shall reside with this one person (i.e., the Sovereign) himself… "...
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Categories:
cf, bullying, immigration, leadership, people, political, surreal,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Le Vieil Identique Probleme - Translation of Kevin Gilbert's Same Old Problem By T WignesanLe vieil identique problème – Translation of Kevin Gilbert’s « Same Old Problem » by T. Wignesan
(For Kevin Gilbert – cf. the introduction to Inside Black Australia (1988) – as quite obviously for Oodgeroo, too...
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Categories:
cf, abuse, crazy, death, freedom, hate, mental illness,
Form:
Free verse
Mnemonic Devices: Rhyme and Alliteration In the Thirukkural, Canto 4, K35Mnemonic Devices: Rhyme and Alliteration in the THIRUKKURAL, a random example: Canto 4, K35 by T. Wignesan
alukkaaru avaavekuli innaacchol naangkum
ilukkaa iyanrathu aram (refined, shorn of connective particles)
The way of vileness, self-congratulatory aid, ire and foul-mouthing...
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Categories:
cf, memory, poetry, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
Thiruk-Kural On Not Offending the Great: Canto 90, K895 and K897THIRUK-KURAL on not offending the Great*: Periyaaraip Pilaiyaamai - Canto 90 K895 and K897
[* The "Great" here are indifferently the King or other learned and wise people whom the King ought to respect and fear....
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Categories:
cf, leadership, political, power, tamil, , western,
Form:
Epigram
The Thiruk-Kural On Not Offending the Great: Canto 90, K899 and K900THIRUK-KURAL on not offending the Great*: Periyaaraip Pilaiyaamai - Canto 90, K899 and K900
[* The "Great" here are indifferently the King or other learned and wise people whom the King ought to respect and fear....
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Categories:
cf, political, power, tamil, , western,
Form:
Epigram
Tuan Tata: Song of Uda - IPart Two
shrinking you again within our ruwai
though always fearing, always cringeing at the thought
of the day
when his brothers would come in numbers
bearing fire-spitting engines
over the sodden earth
in search of you
« My people… my PEOPLE…
Will avenge...
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Categories:
cf, fear,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
My Brother JamesWe only talked sanely a few times,
About how he also had a condition like me,
Although my dad, who was a pharmacist, when James was small wouldn’t say,
Obvious as it was that he...
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Categories:
cf, bereavement, birth, brother, childhood, courage, grief, growing
Form:
Elegy
Gordon Aikman Speaks the Truth, Fights For a CureI was crying last night because I understood,
Everything that Gordon Aikman said and postulated,
It was mega, a long-awaited viewing, was food,
As I could relate to the things that he had tested.
The BBC...
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Categories:
cf, body, character, faith, god, health, hero, prayer,
Form:
Quatrain
Children of XenophobiaChildren of Xenophobia
Children eating bullets and firecrackers
Beggars of smile and laughter
Silent corpses sleeping away fertile dreams
Povo* chanting new nude wretched slogans
Overstayed exiles eating beetroot and African potato
Abortions and condoms batteries...
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Categories:
cf, abuse, addiction, africa, allegory, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
Villain CronusNo one knows his name…
He is a villain though his back looks pitiful
because he walks with a limp; nevertheless, to hide his complex—one leg is shorter than the other, he bathes with innocent blood and...
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Categories:
cf, allegory, time, universe,
Form:
Narrative
My Little Soldier BoyGary, you are my little soldier boy,
who died on Veteran's Day. ('83)
My sunny, golden-haired soldier boy,
that I still miss in every way.
You had just turned 13,
getting interested in girls.
When CF took you from me,
my heart,...
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Categories:
cf, child, death, remember, boy,
Form:
Rhyme
Prison Souvenirs, Translation of Paul Verlaine's Poem: Souvenirs De Prison, March 1874Prison Souvenirs, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s poem : Souvenirs de prison, March 1874*
(Verlaine was sentenced to serve a term of two years in prison for having shot his erstwhile lover in the arm/hand, the legendary...
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Categories:
cf, angst,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Villanelle: Nothing So Upturns Creative Cauldrons As Retching Up ArtVillanelle: Nothing so upturns creative cauldrons as retching up art
Nothing so upturns creative cauldrons as retching up art
As the craft not art of constructing poetry for expediency
Does the poet’s art lie in not collocating words...
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Categories:
cf, england, poetry, poets,
Form:
Villanelle
Why Does Minerva's Owl Soar In the Nocturnal SkyRather than the light of the day
why does the owl soar in the darkened night sky?
Does the owl soar in the darkened night sky
avoiding dazzling daylight because it’s painful
to watch the terribly misshapen...
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Categories:
cf, analogy, men, night, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
A Childhood Memory, Translation of Carlos Bousono's Poem: Recuerdo De InfanciaA Childhood Memory, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : Recuerdo de infancia
(Note : Poem inspired by the figure of Bousono’s grand-aunt with whom he had had to live since childhood, after the death of his...
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Categories:
cf, childhood,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Recipe: Poulet Roti - French Style - Ballade Le Chant Royal - Concluding StanzaRECIPE: “Poulet Roti” French Style - La Ballade “Le Chant Royal” -Concluding Stanza
(Note: As you can see, I have taken certain liberties with the fixed form, but have always kept close to the spirit of...
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Categories:
cf, abuse, allegory, child abuse, cinco de mayo,
Form:
Ballade
Question
What's purpose of life - thought provoking question.
Guidance stated by many is confusing.
Advice received doesn't give any direction.
Some say to find happiness or love people
or imbedded in culture, no confusion,
or follow God's will or to...
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Categories:
cf, god,
Form:
Sonnet
Variations On the Malay Pantun: the Old Man and the Short StoryVariations on the Malay Pantun : The Old Man and the Short Story
for Georges VOISSET, the "Master Keeper-Nurturer" of the Malay Pantun
Check out: www.stateless.mysite.com/Pantouns-20-Aout-2017.pdf
(The pantun line varies between 8 and 12 syllables...
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Categories:
cf, age, humor, imagery, poetry, writing,
Form:
Pantoum