Long Climes Poems
Long Climes Poems. Below are the most popular long Climes by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Climes poems by poem length and keyword.
And Still I Drive - Part OneStars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly staring back at my
Abject countenance with detached contempt and...
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Categories:
climes, heartbreak, places,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Flight, Flying and Birds IPoems about Flight, Flying, and Birds (I)
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as hummingbird wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Southern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching...
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Categories:
climes, angel, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Children IiiPoems about Children III
Miracle
by Michael R. Burch
for Jeremy
The contrails of galaxies mingle, and the dust of that first day still shines.
Before I conceived you, before your heart beat, you were mine,
and I see
infinity leap in...
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Categories:
climes, adventure, child, childhood, children, dad, father son,
Form:
Rhyme
SnowThe very fact of being alive, often causes one to seek adventure;
And sometimes it is no deterrent, when it carries traces of danger.
I was not a seasoned survivalist, but very much loved the outdoors,
Like varicolored...
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Categories:
climes, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, magic, mountains, snow,
Form:
Couplet
EscapadeI never cared to do the dangerous things, and liked to play it safe,
But the strict bonds of ordinariness, can oftentimes start to chafe.
I always preferred to cover my bets, for I hated the idea...
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Categories:
climes, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, imagery, mountains, nature,
Form:
Couplet
The Forgotten GodThe forgotten god
Whose rage should burn hotter
than mine; melt the noon day sun,
dry up all thy rivers, scorch the earth, that
thy crops may burn to ashes before
thine eyes, and the heat from the
very earth...
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Categories:
climes, africa, anger, change, culture, emotions, grief, spiritual,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Meadow For AutumnA meadow for Autumn
Forest, I lay me down to rest
upon bed of moss.
Eternal sleep immediately overtakes me
lichen kenning myself
as Rip Van Winkle
except being repurposed
as oldest living species.
With an estimated...
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Categories:
climes, animal, appreciation, autumn, creation, dark, environment, heaven,
Form:
Free verse
Mood ColorsMoods Colors
My moods are most confusing
Viewed from the outside
Borne aloft on potent waves
Of Emotion's tides
I struggle against the current
Surrender all control
Drowning in the waters
As the cold enters my soul
My moods must be confusing
And it must...
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Categories:
climes, color, mystery, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Wednesday September 2021 At 320 PmWednesday, September 2021 at 3:20 PM...
eastern standard time Autumn Equinox arrives
That seasonal occasion twill arise
when darkness and light doth bring
equilibrium between night and day
raking leaves will constitute exercise
espied and witnessed by observant earthling
namely me who...
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Categories:
climes, appreciation, autumn, celebration, destiny, environment, fate, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
Lock and KeyTimothy had always been a man of laughing joy and conversation
-Friendship dialogue communication -
But now there was silence but for...
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Categories:
climes, future,
Form:
Free verse
Terror Bugs: Part 1 - A Freezer Mice AdventureIn case you don’t remember them they came from outer space
They were to be the first beginnings of the human race
But when they crashed they came down in a stark and frigid place
Antarctic ice interred...
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Categories:
climes, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
New Year WishesWritten 29 December 2023
...
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Categories:
climes, happiness, humanity, inspirational, men, new year, new
Form:
Quatrain
Lessons from a Lotus FlowerWritten 20 December 2023
No. 1263 Unplaced Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
...
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Categories:
climes, appreciation, courage, flower, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
Land of the Seven Suns' The gods' spake to all who had 'wide' ears...
but all they heard was Apollo's muse....'
How leavened my soul to search,
wooly and wild to the waxxen...
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Categories:
climes, heaven, hope, metaphor, philosophy, spiritual, tribute,
Form:
Classicism
Even the Lazy LizardEven the Lazy Lizard
Even the lazy lizard knows when not to beg,
when not to emerge, from behind the hungry black rock of
another dying hand, hopelessly clutching the mysteries of
another sit-down, in the serene...
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Categories:
climes, life,
Form:
Free verse
Lithaniel and SheThe dark wood is breathing blue,
and sense do I the sweet sound
of larks and their legendary love,
and sweeter scents still do I
drink of...
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Categories:
climes, lost love, nature, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Children's Poem VIChildren's Poems VI
These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families.
Springtime Prayer
by Michael R. Burch
They'll have to grow like crazy,
the springtime baby geese,
if they're to...
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Categories:
climes, baby, child, childhood, children, family, father, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Baudelaire Translation: the BalconyLe Balcon (The Balcony)
Charles Baudelaire
trans. Michael R. Burch
Paramour of memory, ultimate mistress,
source of all pleasure, my only desire;
how can I forget your ecstatic caresses,
the warmth of your breasts by the roaring fire,
paramour of memory, ultimate...
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Categories:
climes, beauty, crush, for her, french, lust, paris,
Form:
Verse
Just For the Sake of Hearing a Feelings NameThis is the stuff some hearts are made of.
Anguish. Elation. Say it once again!
Just for the sake of hearing a feeling's name,
and the long drawn out sigh
of sounds echoing out of breath, out of breath,
out...
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Categories:
climes, change, feelings, meaningful, pain, passion, senses,
Form:
Free verse
Little RedIt was a waxing, gibbous moon and Cassandra felt calm and at ease
as she stepped out that February night with frost upon the trees..
It was only a mile to grandmothers house, she'd walked it many...
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Categories:
climes, allegory, dark, emotions, evil, fantasy, mythology,
Form:
Ode
Of the Dreaded Scourge Currently Afflicting the Municipality and Environ of My Nativity and YouthThis dread disease that has afflicted my home,
This malady, this plague on my house;
This making convertible the former quaintness and provincialism thereof
Into something wholly despicable and disgustingly homogeneous,
Yclept "cosmopolitanism," and "worldliness," and "globalization,"...
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Categories:
climes, adventure, allegory, allusion, anger, anxiety, beautiful, betrayal,
Form:
I do not know?
Epic Sighting -1Long ago there lived a little princess with her parents, The King Of Icy Mountains and The Queen Of Peaks. Life was blissful with a very happy kingdom. Princess Star had her own...
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Categories:
climes, children, death, evil, fantasy, mountains, sunset,
Form:
Haibun
Nasir Kazmi TranslationsWhat Happened to Them?
by Nasir Kazmi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Those who came ashore, what happened to them?
Those who sailed away, what happened to them?
Those who were coming at dawn, when dawn never arrived ...
Those...
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Categories:
climes, grief, love, night, pain, soulmate, urdu, youth,
Form:
Ghazal
The Foolish RulerThe day is coming and it will come,
when in retrospect, men shall mock them.
Those who today ride in honour, trampling as they go.
the upcoming springs will research their shame which they pretend to ignore
evil...
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Categories:
climes, africa, corruption, evil, freedom, history, hurt, introspection,
Form:
Bio
RochelleROCHELLE ANNE
Acrostic
R…ochelle Anne, like everyone else
...
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Categories:
climes, bird, christian, daughter, education, god, joy,
Form:
Acrostic