Long Cities Poems
Long Cities Poems. Below are the most popular long Cities by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Cities poems by poem length and keyword.
FlintFlint
Within its brilliance gleaming
Cool black in lacquered polished silver chrome
Cranked up pistons bleached in summer’s heat
Hot steam rising as gears thundering
Beyond the crystal liquid city lights
Highways built across the land
In hearts felt pride American...
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Categories:
cities,
Form:
Abecedarian
Blue Sky, Why
"Blue Sky, Why?"
stories speak to us.
inside our heart
is crying.
Blue Sky, Why?
why do children
holding sunflowers
watch their parents die
why do sweet children,
now war torn,
some the battle's orphans,
daily lose their lives
lying in their sick beds
bombed in...
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Categories:
cities, courage, humanity, leadership, light, peace, truth, war,
Form:
Narrative
Red and Green ChristiansLet's start with a fundamental flaw of fundamentalist Christianity,
a literary flaw within literal non-interpretation of historical creation
and sacred development.
This is true of radical jihadist Muslims as well,
although we both know you think you're more special...
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Categories:
cities, addiction, bible, hate, health, love, peace, philosophy,
Form:
Political Verse
Enheduanna TranslationsEnheduanna is the first writer we know by name. She created the first poetry anthology and hymnal, circa 2250 BC, in ancient Sumer. She was the daughter of King Saragon the Great.
Lament to the...
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Categories:
cities, god, moon, poems, poetess, poetry, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Things That Break IPoems about Things that Break I
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter: a bubble, glass, a mirror, a twig or tree limb, a thunderstorm, cities and towers in times of war, old...
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Categories:
cities, break up, depression, goodbye, leaving, loneliness, lonely,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Things That Break IiiPoems about Things that Break III
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter: a bubble, glass, a mirror, a twig or tree limb, a thunderstorm, cities and towers in times of war, old...
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Categories:
cities, break up, farewell, pain, relationship, society, solitude,
Form:
Rhyme
The Book - the Narrative Style~The Book~
( Narrative / Short Story)
Shhh...Be quiet! please...or you'll wake up everyone...
Did you see what that young man did all this evening at the table while taking some of his notes?
Yes,...
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Categories:
cities, beautiful, books, fantasy, love,
Form:
Free verse
FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CONFIDENTIAL HUMANS SOURCE CRISIS TEAMCRISIS TEAM:HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP
AGENT BROWN: HELLO I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT BETWEEN THREE OR FOUR AM I CANNOT BREATHE PANTING HEARING MY FETUS HEARTBEAT SO LOUDLY
CRISIS TEAM: YOU ARE...
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Categories:
cities, america, analogy, anxiety, art, career, inspirational,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Halloween Poems IiCompleting the Pattern
by Michael R. Burch
Walk with me now, among the transfixed dead
who kept life’s compact and who thus endure
harsh sentence here?among pink-petaled beds
and manicured green lawns. The sky’s azure,
pale blue once like their eyes,...
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Categories:
cities, dark, gothic, halloween, horror, magic, scary, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
Happy Fourth of July, Or Happy Independence DayHappy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day
On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold and liberty's triumph
Congress voting in...
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Categories:
cities, america, birthday, celebration, firework, food, freedom, fun,
Form:
List
Celena, Brave Celena- Part 1From Judges 11.
Pronunciation: Seh-LAY-nah
His brothers cast the young man out, the child of an harlot;
He fled away to distant Tob before they found an outlet
For anger, more than what they'd done, to fully disinherit
And drive...
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Categories:
cities, assonance, bible, christian, dance, goodbye,
Form:
Narrative
Strangers In PeoriaI met a proper woman in a proper pub on a Monday in Peoria. It was noon, time for lunch, and we were sitting stool to stool over very large burgers at a long mahogany...
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Categories:
cities, break up,
Form:
Prose
Canto Xxvii Hell TransalationAlready was straight up the flame and steady
To speak no more, and yet away it went
Being the sweet poet to let it ready,
When another, which followed in ascent,
Made us to turn our eyes to top...
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Categories:
cities, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Truth Is All An Act In Government ExposedOne small little country which houses
one of the highest paid governments
in this modern world joke ran upside down
A big part of our life existing reality
when the backbone is gone snakes appear with...
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Categories:
cities, betrayal, ireland, political, rights, society, truth,
Form:
Political Verse
The GiftFrom the window of my chic city office, lost in thought, I gaze out.
The pedestrians scurry like frenzied ants below, caught up in their bustling state of holiday insanity.
In his haste to cross the street...
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Categories:
cities, allegory, holiday, hope,
Form:
Prose
Laundering Her AccountsNew England's late May sun was long up,
and yet her laundry began to unfold
and clip onto the droopy clothesline,
while yet to warm into 8 AM.
She wore a light spring jacket
and need not think long
about why...
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Categories:
cities, analogy, destiny, health, humanity, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
The Exaltation of InannaThe Exaltation of Inanna: Opening Lines and Excerpts
by Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon I of Akkad and high priestess of Inanna
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Lady of all divine powers!
Lady of the resplendent light!
Righteous Lady...
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Categories:
cities, faith, god, light, religion, religious, sin, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
The BookShhh...Be quiet! please...or you'll wake up everybody...
Did you see what that young man did all this evening at the table while taking some of his notes?
Yes, sure we did, and so what?...
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Categories:
cities, bible, books, conflict, wisdom, writing, prejudice,
Form:
Narrative
Hubert Might Go Upstairs But Not To RomeTea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it.
"I'm going upstairs," Hubert tells Ruth as he hoists himself out...
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Categories:
cities, marriage,
Form:
Prose
Across Country With CrystalskyHello CRYSTALSKY*. ...
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Categories:
cities, america, travel,
Form:
Free verse
No Part of the WorldNO PART OF THE WORLD (Part 1)
Have you read Jesus words at John 17:16?
Referring to his disciples he said
"They are no part of THE WORLD, just as I am no part of THE WORLD"
What could...
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Categories:
cities, bible, christian, god, gospel, hate, humanity, truth,
Form:
Didactic
The OutlanderI am an Outlander
Who lives on a high hill
Overlooking a man-made lake
That once was a rapidly rushing river
Along whose banks the Ozarks Bluff Dwellers and the Osage and then Delaware
Hunted, fished, and created shelter
For their...
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Categories:
cities, change, childhood, community, history, home, journey, remember,
Form:
Ballad
Beg and UtilizeBEG AND UTILIZE
Nzongi Mwero
I strongly air my huge words,
I still call the entire world,
And also I write a message card,
That will heavily guide,
Those who are greedy.
Oh, let me tell you foreign charities,
From various countries,
Along with...
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Categories:
cities, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
Lament To the Spirit of WarLament to the Spirit of War
by Enheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
You hack down everything you see, War God!
Rising on fearsome wings
you rush to destroy the land:
raging like thunderstorms,
howling like hurricanes,
screaming like...
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Categories:
cities, allegory, analogy, conflict, death, soldier, storm, war,
Form:
Free verse
An Epic Love For WomenI know you're not here
but you are in my heart
so
you are always with me
i'll just slip into you
with these words.
I know
there are mountains
dwarf the cities below
peaks that stride above the...
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Categories:
cities, beauty, celebration, dream, heart, love, magic,
Form:
Epic