Long Cheerless Poems
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Medieval Poems Iii
Medieval Poems
Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland knew the agony of exile.
That indomitable smith was wracked by grief.
He endured countless troubles:
sorrows were his only companions
in his frozen...
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Categories:
cheerless, england, grief, poems, poetry, poets, sorrow, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Night Before Christmas By Edgar Allan Poe
On the night before Christmas, alone in my house,
Sorrow gnawed at my soul, like a ravenous mouse.
Entombed in my blankets, I struggled to sleep,
Ready to snap if I counted more sheep.
I rose at the...
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Categories:
cheerless, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
A World Without Pity Part Ii
I will begin my story with this concise summary,
Of the amazing things that have happened to me;
After I had lost a home, where I'd lived my life long,
So they could build a highway, for the...
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Categories:
cheerless, adventure, earth, fantasy, love, nature, peace, science
Form:
Couplet
Tossed on the Wide Seas
“Life is like a ship tossed on the high sea
To journey amidst sunshine and wild waves.” - By author.
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Categories:
cheerless, boat, inspirational, ocean, sea, self, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
April Show-Ers
I was a zealous meteorologist, which I had been for a long time,
As the roving years work diligently, to create a very fine wine.
So content in my fond vocation, many deemed me tops in my...
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Categories:
cheerless, fantasy, flower, happiness, nature, rain, weather, work,
Form:
Couplet
The Girl Once Known As Sun Ray
Once upon a time there lived a girl that everyone called Sun Ray.
Truly, her smile was like a ray of golden sun,
for this young girl was always happy.
Each day, she ran to greet her forest...
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Categories:
cheerless, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Free verse
The Wife's Lament
"The Wife's Lament" or "The Wife's Complaint" is an Old English/Anglo Saxon poem found in the Exeter Book, which has been dated to 960-990 AD, making it the oldest English poetry anthology. "The Wife's Lament"...
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Categories:
cheerless, husband, lost love, love, love hurts, marriage,
Form:
Free verse
On the Eve of Christmas
The poor boy heard Christmas beckoning at the door
He saw every house bright with many a lamp
And streets illumined with colorful lights and stars
But his tiny hut looked dismal n’ dark like a prison camp
With...
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Categories:
cheerless, birth, child, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
To Be Like Eliot
My faithful quill recumbent
Motionless
Stark against the virgin parchment posed upon my desk
The peeping moon breaks through grimy windows
Mocking me as the mantel clock chimes the cheerless Midnight
Another day laid to waste
The poet’s canvas unblemished
Harmonizing with...
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Categories:
cheerless, mentor, poetry, poets, teacher,
Form:
Epic
Awful Dreams
In a small café, customers stream through the door. I jot down orders that pile up as I wonder what’s happening in the back kitchen. The patrons are looking more and more displeased. I...
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Categories:
cheerless, dream,
Form:
Narrative
Twas the Night When Christmas Went Wrong
Twas the night before Christmas - came like a flash,
Mob of gingerbread reindeer prodding elves for cache.
The Clausman reigning, doling out orders this stint.
Lady of his, keeps his tongue supplied with peppermints.
The vainglorious list of...
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Categories:
cheerless, christmas, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
The Sadness
The blue horizons growing blacker by the momentIt is like fading away into nothingnessno place to go and no one comesThe future is smeared by raindrops from these bluesI would still be crying on the...
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Categories:
cheerless, anxiety, art, betrayal, dark, depression, poetry, writing,
Form:
Free verse
A Melancholic Blaze
The wolves race through the woods...
A melancholic night breathing...
The moon weeping its elegant light...
As I drown in the lake of uncertainty...
A prodigious night...
Procreating melancholy...
A deceiver at command...
Portraying images of the divine...
The nature decaying to...
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Categories:
cheerless, depression, nature, heart, night, lost, winter, bird,
Form:
Lyric
Bleak November
Who of us by late September long to be in bleak November?
A month that in this frigid clime is dark and dreary, out of rhyme.
Leaves all spent and soggy lie beneath a gray and grizzled...
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Categories:
cheerless, imagery, november, perspective, thanksgiving, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
Butterfly
My little child was like a butterfly.
She was fond of butterflies as well.
This was why I called her: butterfly.
She ran to me commanding me to tell her stories.
I obeyed as she had been the...
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Categories:
cheerless, butterfly,
Form:
Other
On Halloween Night
We approach the house, to trick-or-treat, but wonder if we dare
The porch is dark, no light or spark, to help us find the way
We peek inside, ........does the old man hide? We see no...
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Categories:
cheerless, dark, holiday, horror, scary,
Form:
Free verse
Beyond the Bars
“A person who is remorseful over his past actions without any inclination to change just punishes himself. On the other hand, remorse with a desire to change is so constructive and will yield wonderful results”-...
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Categories:
cheerless, angst, betrayal, destiny,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Bringing a Family Together
When their very young dad went to jail,
they surely lived in a realistic Hell...
I would hear the youngest one cry over an article she read.
Who had taken her daddy away was too cruel;
nothing they said...
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Categories:
cheerless, depression, forgiveness, holiday, hope, inspirational, love, music,
Form:
Rhyme
A New Collection To the Eye Forest
Crackling blood lies in these forest grounds
Grass growing by its lively effect…
Growing a grimace to the environment
As the predators hung her on the branches,
carving her left eye on the oak tree
and...
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Categories:
cheerless, adventure, allegory, angst, computer-internet, confusion, death, fantasy,
Form:
Epic
Between Earth and Sky
Between Earth and Sky
...
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Categories:
cheerless, 1st grade, earth, space,
Form:
Rhyme
A
In
quest
for
peace
I
knock
fromdoor
to
door,
with
a
bowl
full
of
bliss--
my
pot
is
not
poor.
I
ask
not
for
alms
but
for
arms
strong
enough
to
hold
the
banner
high...in
a
terrain
so...
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Categories:
cheerless, age, universe,
Form:
Couplet
Chearful
Careless and crazy I have become as a human being with a wicked human nature that is an entity to God Most High..stumbling upon the tragedies and misfortunes of this World of Woe
Helpless, fearful, cheerless,...
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Categories:
cheerless, anger, angst, cheer up, fear, freedom, hope,
Form:
Acrostic
Giving Life To Dashed Dreams
My past was spent in self-greed,
keeping all the joys to myself;
many loving hands reached out and touched me,
not to let me delve into loneliness:
did I hear all that I needed to hear then,
without putting on...
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Categories:
cheerless, forgiveness, friendship, nature, peace, sorrylife, me, giving,
Form:
Free verse
In My Vast Universe
In my vast universe...like this destiny,
one will find so much diversity in facts alone,
and I admire the marvelous planets
that constantly spin around our life-giving sun,
which is so splendidly refulgent
under these unpredictable skies; ...
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Categories:
cheerless, inspirationalme, me, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Fable Five
Fable Five
Fable Five
IN THREE PARTS
Part One: The DOVE
eye picked up the dove now dead creature clasped him to my bosom brest
no sorrow feeling only life within my chest...
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Categories:
cheerless, devotion, faith, sympathy, visionary, wife, smile,
Form:
Prose Poetry