Long Chorales Poems
Long Chorales Poems. Below are the most popular long Chorales by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Chorales poems by poem length and keyword.
Poems About the Coronavirus I
Poems about the Coronavirus I
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote...
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Categories:
chorales, absence, anxiety, bereavement, caregiving, death, depression, fear,
Form:
Haiku
Epitaph For a Palestinian Child
Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
This poem has also been titled "Epitaph for a Child of...
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Categories:
chorales, absence, bereavement, conflict, death, discrimination, eulogy, funeral,
Form:
Epitaph
Peace Prayer
These 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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Categories:
chorales, beauty, blessing, love, nature, peace, prayer, time,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About the Coronavirus Ii
Poems about the Coronavirus II
This World's Joy
(anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 14th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter awakens all my care
as leafless trees grow bare.
For now my sighs are fraught
whenever it enters...
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Categories:
chorales, fear, loneliness, loss, natural disasters, scary, social,
Form:
Rhyme
Tawfiq Zayyad Translation: Here We Shall Remain
Here We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.
Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus...
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Categories:
chorales, arabic, poems, poverty, prison, race, racism, song,
Form:
Free verse
First They Came For the Muslims
First they came for the Muslims
after Martin Niemoller
First they came for the Muslims
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Muslim.
Then they came for the homosexuals
and I did not speak out
because I was...
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Categories:
chorales, culture, discrimination, faith, god, islamic, truth, usa,
Form:
Free verse
Dream of Infinity
Dream of Infinity
by Michael R. Burch
Have you tasted the bitterness of tears of despair?
Have you watched the sun sink through such pale, balmless air
that your soul sought its shell like a crab on a beach,
then...
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Categories:
chorales, confusion, depression, dream, farewell, leaving, loneliness, longing,
Form:
Couplet
Cleansings
Cleansings
by Michael R. Burch
Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good, and never mind the Urn.
A lentil and a bean might...
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Categories:
chorales, holocaust, prison, race, racism, violence, world war
Form:
Verse
Sweet Rose of Virtue: William Dunbar Translation
Sweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
after William Dunbar
Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest in bounty and in beauty clear
and in every virtue that...
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Categories:
chorales, character, desire, devotion, flower, for her, garden,
Form:
Sonnet
Princess Diana Poems
PRINCESS DIANA POEMS
Fairest Diana: an Epitaph for Princess Diana
by Michael R. Burch
Fairest Diana, princess of dreams,
born to be loved and yet distant and lone,
why did you linger?so solemn, so lovely?
an orchid ablaze in a crevice...
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Categories:
chorales, angel, beautiful, beauty, england, princess, rose, woman,
Form:
Epitaph
Ukraine Poems
These are poems for Ukraine and Ukrainians.
We Are Here
by Michael R. Burch
“We are here.” – Volodymyr Zelensky
We are here. Were are here.
And we won’t disappear.
We are here. We are here. We are here.
We are...
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Categories:
chorales, butterfly, child, children, conflict, mother, urban, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Prayer Poems by Michael R Burch
These are prayer poems by Michael R. Burch, along with a few hymns. There are also poems on the subject of God and religion—Christianity in particular.
I Pray Tonight
by Michael R. Burch
I pray tonight
the starry...
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Categories:
chorales, allah, christian, god, jesus, poems, prayer, religion,
Form:
Rhyme
Song Lyrics I
Song Lyrics I
"We Came Together" was written as song lyrics for New Zealand composer David Hamilton.
Song Lyrics: We Came Together
by Michael R. Burch
We came together – people of two lands
so unalike, at first, we hardly...
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Categories:
chorales, community, discrimination, friend, friendship, music, race, song,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
chorales, love, morning, remember,
Form:
Lyric
Goodnight, Sir Thomas
Dear Sir Thomas:
Angels
never fly
too far away.
Cherubs
are
pious messengers
cloaked in
ribbed-serpentine
streamers;
bathing
themselves
in a bemused
shower
of rainbow-lit
banderoles.
Stifled
in an unseen
internal silence -
a clandestine court
of guardians;
our private angels,
unassumingly,
fold their
winged extremities
and gloriously
chant messianic
chorales...
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Categories:
chorales, dedication, friendship, life, love
Form:
Free verse
Blessings of Music
// This is my tribute to the many blessings that music brings to our
lives. I know many of you share this enthusiasm and gratitude. //
Appreciating an amazing artform: allegro, andante, or adagio -
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms:...
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Categories:
chorales, appreciation, blessing, music,
Form:
Abecedarian
Faith Aureate Soul
Written: January 17, 2024
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Delphic melodies on
elysian breeze
lustral chorales in...
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Categories:
chorales, analogy, appreciation, faith,
Form:
Free verse
The Last Sacrifice
The Last Sacrifice
It plays a piano Grande
Spiraling
Tones twist soft twistings relentless
Chimes fluent rolling scarlet scales
Tinkling sacred chorales
From cherubim fingers
Plucked petaled folden harps
Of the ballerina swans mute vocals
I know to her return
I succumb
To the...
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Categories:
chorales, hope, loveme, me,
Form:
Free verse
Birdsong
Some are clearly Buddhist,
they sing not much, but drone
and chant, they do not flaunt.
Some are brightly painted egos,
their songs bootie-calls from empty nests
where they preen melodically rampant.
Others strain both throats and tongues
bend a tune to...
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Categories:
chorales, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Where Have All the Birds Gone
Some say the summer sun,
drove them to the jagged peaks,
where they pressed their feet in snow,
and froze, defeated, swallowed by silence.
Empty skies above,
Hollow fields below—
Who will recall their vanished songs?
Who will cradle their echoes?
Others recall...
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Categories:
chorales, bird, song,
Form:
Lyric
Christmas Is
CHRISTMAS IS…
A time for family,
Festivities and joy.
Anticipation for
Each girl and boy.
A time to relax,
Catch up on rest.
Eat much that will put
Suit sizes to the test.
Music will sound
In many locales.
Jubilation from choirs
And professional chorales.
Some will celebrate
The...
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Categories:
chorales, dedication, introspection, time,
Form:
Rhyme
My Choir Director
My choir director
is a painter
a music stand her easel
...
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Categories:
chorales, music,
Form:
Free verse
The True Self
Oracle
psalmic
on
elysium
winds
...
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Categories:
chorales, analogy, sea, sky,
Form:
Other
Dynamic Chorus
Ubiquitous sun
consuming through icy shadows
amidst winter chorus
Delphic paean on elysian winds
lustral chorales in
amber chronicles
Slowly sung, it's a lullaby of dreams
with moonlight charms
lulling you to sleep
I need to remember this night
the light we ignite within
shedding our...
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Categories:
chorales, analogy, appreciation, emotions, inspirational, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Shush of Yuletide Past
Hush now three days yet to past.
My grandmother joy was fulfilled with laughter.
The Christmas spirit was upon us once again.
The tree is surrounded with presents and chorales sing door-to-door.
The occurrence of Christmas would be wonderful.
The...
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Categories:
chorales, christmas, december, environment, eve, happiness, joy, nice,
Form:
Imagism