Long Comet Poems
Long Comet Poems. Below are the most popular long Comet by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Comet poems by poem length and keyword.
WonderlandWonderland
by Michael R. Burch
We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test
the beatific anthems of the blessed,
the sentence of the martyr, and the pen’s
sincere religion. Magnified, the lens
shot back absurd reflections of each...
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Categories:
comet, allegory, allusion, analogy, crazy, fantasy, imagination, magic,
Form:
Sonnet
Roses and LilacsWinter
by Michael R. Burch
The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.
The lilac of devotion
has felt the winter hoar
and shed her dress;
companionless,
she shivers—nude, forlorn.
Published...
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Categories:
comet, desire, longing, love, nature, romance, rose, roses
Form:
Verse
SeeSee
by Michael R. Burch
See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind and left
soft plumage in their wake. See how her eyes
are...
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Categories:
comet, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnets Xxxiii-XliSonnets XXXIII-XLI
The Folly of Wisdom
by Michael R. Burch
She is wise in the way that children are wise,
looking at me with such knowing, grave eyes
I must bend down to her to understand.
But she only smiles, and...
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Categories:
comet, child, childhood, children, death, life, time, world,
Form:
Sonnet
Apocalyptic Poems IiThese are prophetic poems and apocalyptic poems ...
Beast 666
by Michael R. Burch
“... what rough beast ... slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?”?W. B. Yeats
Brutality is a cross
wooden, blood-stained,
gas hissing, sibilant,
lungs gilled, deveined,
red flecks on a...
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Categories:
comet, earth, earth day, environment, future, visionary, weather,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems IvJuvenilia: Early Poems IV
I wrote this around age 17.
Bible Libel
by Michael R. Burch
If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
I read the Bible from cover to cover at age eleven, ten chapters per day, at the suggestion...
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Categories:
comet, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
comet, dark, gothic, halloween, horror, magic, scary, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
Starlight and Moonlight IiStarlight and Moonlight II
These are poems about starlight and moonlight, moons and stars, dreams and visions, illuminations and intimations …
Deliver Us...
by Michael R. Burch
for my mother, Christine Ena Burch
The night is dark and scary—
under...
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Categories:
comet, dream, love, moon, night, sky, star, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Early Poems IiJuvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch
Desdemona
by Michael R. Burch
Though you possessed the moon and stars,
you are bound to fate and wed to chance.
Your lips deny they crave a kiss;
your feet deny they ache to...
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Categories:
comet, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Starlight and MoonlightThese are poems about starlight and moonlight, moons and stars, dreams and visions, illuminations and intimations …
Will There Be Starlight
by Michael R. Burch
Will there be starlight
tonight
while she gathers
damask
and lilac
and sweet-scented heathers?
And will she find...
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Categories:
comet, dark, dream, love, moon, night, star, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
The Crow Ghost of Haunting FootstepsBreak my neck; snap it in two, snap it in half
don't give me that incredulous, frightened look as I ask
don't hesitate in front of me, please just do me this favor
so I gain a halo,...
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Categories:
comet, i love you, i miss you, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Love Poems ILOVE POEMS I by Michael R. Burch
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about passion, desire, lust, sex, a first date and dating, a first crush, a first girlfriend and...
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Categories:
comet, friendship love, inspirational love, lost love, love,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poet of a Thousand WordsA poet of a thousand words
The pen garnished by the flame
Like a sea no desire knows
And love becomes the same
As poet to my love for thee
I confess between the lace
Of time and every sorrow made
I...
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Categories:
comet, love,
Form:
Free verse
Conceits
"Conceits"
Such conceits
as veils between
our windowed worlds
torn torrential incomplete
mayst thou watch and learn
the one I spawned,
strength beats weakness
carried soft and harsh
one direction or the other
strength and weakness
both carried soft and harsh
ego and...
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Categories:
comet, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Free verse
Triggers“Triggers”
So, you are used to me writing poetry but today it’s more like my thoughts for others to read. I need to clear my head of these constant roller coaster emotions. Today was...
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Categories:
comet, depression, suicide,
Form:
Cinquain
Chief Garbage Taster As Fifth Grade Halloween GagChief garbage taster as fifth grade Halloween gag
at Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School
interestingly enough landed me a grubhub grab bag.
I rooted thru poetry anthology of mine,
and came across an unpublished poem
by one obscure poet (me),...
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Categories:
comet, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 5th
Form:
Rhyme
Spouse Cannot Forget Mine Suppressed Flatulence Upon Our First DateSpouse cannot forget mine suppressed flatulence upon our first date
While yours truly sat here
at the desk housing MacBook Pro,
pondering his next idée fixe apropos
for gamut of anonymous readers,
he unexpectedly, noisily and effectually
exploded out rear...
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Categories:
comet, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Rhyme
Redneck SantaT'were the night after Christmas, 'n' the house was all dark.
Not much money for 'lectric in the ol' trailer park.
Ma waitin' tables at the club on the base,
jist me and my sisters alone in the...
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Categories:
comet, christmas, parody,
Form:
Rhyme
The Promised Release From the Very Darkest EvilThe Promised Release From The Very Darkest Evil
( Free verse, narrative, horror)
After she had finished hurting John, she saw bright stars.
No, not the first time but as...
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Categories:
comet, art, creation, dark, death, horror, imagination, lust,
Form:
Free verse
The Unborn Dreams of a Fertilization 1942a Long Journey a Long Lived Nightmare Part 1The unborn dreams of a fertilization – 1942
A long journey – A long lived nightmare
The journey begins without knowledge, just passion.
Life emerges, fights against the prodding at childhood.
The nightmare begins with a...
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Categories:
comet, life,
Form:
Free verse
Pine sap pipeIn the deep spiked pine forests
On a walk you forgot you took
Snow up your knees
Twenty feet away
An enormous old house
Not abandoned, smoke from the chimney
Large windows, dark wood walls
A forest castle here for you
To explore...
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Categories:
comet, 12th grade, flying, house,
Form:
Free verse
A Most Irish Fairy Tale - Merry Christmas To AllIt is not just Santa Claus who we meet in cold December—
There is “Carolina,” and she’s the beauty of a winter picture perfect
With luscious long coal black curly hair far down on her...
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Categories:
comet, beauty, children, christmas, love, snow,
Form:
Narrative
Flight......Flight......
Enter into the mind of madness, as it sets itself free
This is the only way that I see..
Take a trip through the universe,, called the mind..
Set yourself free leave all behind. .
Thoughts are currents of...
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Categories:
comet, body, dream, emotions, endurance, environment, feelings,
Form:
Rhyme
Rileys CometA stunning scene. Edited for our insatiable reading pleasure. High on a tight-rope.
The debutant wearing her 2-piece at one end. The isis general at the other.The plot is for them to tip-toe, slowly...
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Categories:
comet, me, simile,
Form:
I do not know?
Grit and Guts On the Gridiron - 2Pittsburgh, hammertown, Chuck Knoll and his boys
established the best Superbowl Era dynasty
with the "Steel Curtain" defense and the "Blonde Bomber" Bradshaw,
a defense disciplined on shrapnel and elite ego,
"Mean Joe Greene" and Jack Lambert, a compulsive...
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Categories:
comet, america, sports, war,
Form:
Epic