Long Cheers Poems
Long Cheers Poems. Below are the most popular long Cheers by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Cheers poems by poem length and keyword.
My Uncanny Sighs of Distress and the Tears of TribulationI’m in distress
I can’t express
How I feel deep down inside
This feeling is a terrible tide
How do I impress
Everyone here in excess?
I’m just here to simply abide
By God’s Law, I don’t subside
My tears are diamonds in...
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cheers, angst, courage, emotions, encouraging, endurance,
Form:
Rhyme
Peace PrayerThese are peace poems, prayer poems, hymns and lullabies I have written for family, friends and the world over the years ...
Peace Prayer
by Michael R. Burch
for Jim Dunlap
Be calm.
Be still.
Be silent, content.
Be one with the...
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cheers, beauty, blessing, love, nature, peace, prayer, time,
Form:
Free verse
The Moon As a Metaphor For Your MouthThe Moon as a Metaphor for Your Mouth
by Michael R. Burch
When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a...
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cheers, candy, love, metaphor, moon, romantic love, sweet,
Form:
Sonnet
The 996th PoemFulfilled fantasies and legitimate realities…you do know how to please…
Are you listening to my voice of longing and yearning?
No, don’t backstab me with your broken promises…stop being a horrid tease…
Do not worry, Lord, I am...
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Categories:
cheers, beauty, change, corruption, courage, crazy, deep, writing,
Form:
Free verse
GilgameshGILGAMESH . . .
Story has it you used your power to run amuck
Putting fear into the people, and brides in Unuk
So the people of Unuk pray to the sky God Anu
To sort out...
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cheers, adventure, best friend, brother, character, deep, emotions,
Form:
Epic
Missed By a MileHaving been avid antiques collectors for nearly 4 decades, my wife and I met our share of rascals like this sneaky dealer -
Damp and chilly winds were blowing, leaves would paint the ground,
As me...
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Categories:
cheers, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Oncle Albert - Part 1Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats,
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is tied with simple...
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cheers, flying, history,
Form:
Narrative
Rum n Raisin 11 - One Hundred Million Years BCSneaking into the museum to avoid the sudden rain
Raisin said, “I don’t want to get soaked right through again,
It was bad enough when that truck through that puddle dashed
And you and me - but mainly...
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cheers, adventure, cat, fantasy, time,
Form:
Narrative
Old Man Crabb - Both Audio and TextSixty some odd years ago, when I was just a kid, our home was on the very edge of town.
The man that lived next door to us - a Mr. - O. M. Crabb -...
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Categories:
cheers, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative
Reveren' Carlton Whitney - Both Audio and TextReveren’ Carlton Whitney was the pastor of our church, and someone I looked up to as a child.
Six foot six, with piercing eyes, a booming voice, and yet…his disposition, thankfully - was mild.
The very...
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Categories:
cheers, character, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
Translation of Eric Mottram's Courbet: Elegy 8 By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s Courbet: Elegy 8 by T. Wignesan
Blanches oeuvres ouvertes
résident dans les jours
la surface du banc de travail est noire
les géraniums-lierres
les fougères et les adragans
accumulent leurs oeuvres et jours:
La toile noire de Courbet
un...
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Categories:
cheers, america, art, creation, philosophy, poetry, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Prose PoemsProse Poems
Something
by Michael R. Burch
Something inescapable is lost?lost like a pale vapor curling up into shafts of moonlight, vanishing in a gust of wind toward an expanse of stars immeasurable and void. Something uncapturable is...
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cheers, animal, child, childhood, children, magic, rose, science,
Form:
Prose
10 Poems About PoetryBeing a “Poet” Can Be Painful!
I’ve likely told you, more than once, that poetry can be painful, and whined about the need for penning verse
That stems from deep inside my soul...fashions every word...and has become,...
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Categories:
cheers, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Sophisticated Lady - Small Town Girl - Both Audio and Text Versions“Sophisticated lady” gropes the table at her bedside, blindly taking random swipes to kill the morning scream
That shatters little privacies she shares with no one else, and steals, with full impunity, her one recurring...
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Categories:
cheers, sorrow,
Form:
Narrative
On Filling Voids - 2nd HalfHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
...
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Categories:
cheers, family, father daughter,
Form:
Narrative
Silent Cries and AgoraphobiaI remember feeling so empty the abuse had escalated after four hurricanes witnessing a murder horrific traumatic brain injury I was now uprooted leaving my beautiful home in Fort Myers Florida at the behest of...
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Categories:
cheers, anxiety,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
4th Generation Soda Jerk -- Both Audio and TextThis is one excited kid and one PROUD father...
I took my son to the lumberyard last Tuesday afternoon. The day itself, though toasty, was the best in quite some time.
And when we’d finished shopping -...
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Categories:
cheers, father son, relationship, youth,
Form:
Narrative
Reunited -- Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationMany of us have a favorite possession from when we were young, and this
93-year old gentleman is no exception.
...
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Categories:
cheers, childhood, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
MemorabiliaMy wife and I met more than a few of this type of “shifty wheeler-dealer” during our many years dealing in antiques and collectibles.
...
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Categories:
cheers, sports,
Form:
Narrative
Sophisticated Lady, Small Town Girl“Sophisticated lady” gropes the table at her bedside, blindly taking random swipes to kill the morning scream
That shatters little privacies she shares with no one else, and steals, with full impunity, her one recurring...
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Categories:
cheers, loneliness, sorry,
Form:
Rhyme
Why I Don'T Trust Psychics - 2nd ThirdNOTE: This is the 2nd THIRD of a funny 3-part piece. No other way to post it due to file size limitations. It's a really fun poem, and I hope you'll take the time...
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Categories:
cheers, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
The Car Club Meeting Lament - Text - Part 2 of 2Note: This is the 2nd half of one of my MANY long story works, and the 1st half can be accessed, of course, at "poems by Mark Stellinga" on the soup.
My wife and I were...
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Categories:
cheers, car,
Form:
Narrative
Tiny Town Events - 2nd Half -- Text With IllustrationTHIS IS THE SECOND 1/2 of my "Tiny Town Events" piece, posted separately, (one half at a time), due to Poetry Soup's poem maximum-length requirement.
To enjoy the entire story, you'll need to first go to...
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Categories:
cheers, love,
Form:
Narrative
Just -- Trust Me - 1st Half Text Plus Full AudioHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
...
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Categories:
cheers, car, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
A Small Bouquet of My Word Groupingsyou were an infant
i would sing a song i created for you
'there's a baby in my arms
there's a baby in the mirror
but honey
there's not really two
the child in the mirror
is only
an image
of...
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Categories:
cheers, appreciation, celebration, childhood, daughter, encouraging, faith, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse