Long Contributed Poems
Long Contributed Poems. Below are the most popular long Contributed by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Contributed poems by poem length and keyword.
Enola Gay
Enola Gay
There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum under the blaring floodlights filmed for posterity,
Maneuvers' the ‘Enola Gay’, chosen...
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contributed, education, history, usa, war, world, world war
Form:
Verse
Cooperative Feministas
Cooperative Feministas
are not quite so much Competitive Manifestos.
In David Holmgren's introduction to Permacultural Therapeutic Design,
he contrasts "Industrial Culture" with "Sustainable Culture"
kind of like comparing masculine LeftBrain culture
with feminist RightBrain enculturation, nurturance, resonance
over the longer-term scenaria,
rather...
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contributed, anti bullying, caregiving, destiny, health, humanity, humor,
Form:
Political Verse
Unquotable Quotes: L 50 - Tongue-Teasing Epigrams
UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: L (50) - Tongue-Teasers
The « early bird catches the worm » only because the worm has not woken up yet.
« I don’t love you ! I hated your father ! » - must...
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contributed, art, humor, irony, women, word play,
Form:
Epigram
The Crow Bar
"The Crow Bar"
she said,
here I bury my dead,
you can hear them sleeping
somnulent forget-me-nots,
snoring blithely unaware,
in neat rows between
the thick,
ink injected lines,
their soiled lives
ploughed and
turned over
replanted
sunnyside down
expunged and
wrung out
eventually,
not totally oblivious,
they...
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Categories:
contributed, love, muse, satire,
Form:
Narrative
Chapter 17-- Molly and Dolly and Polly: Damian
First week of March 2025
Last week of March
Melancholy Molly and her sister
Dolly stopped by for a chat with
Eat some pizza Polly
(nick name due to her Appetite for...
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contributed, character, confidence, growth, house, identity, imagery, romance,
Form:
Prose
My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month
My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month
Which acknowledgement ought to be year round,
similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic
unconditional acceptance and respect
crafted with the following words
mostly written January 23rd, 2023,
cuz I, (a...
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contributed, abuse, africa, age, america, anger, betrayal, black
Form:
Free verse
Niitthaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of the Ascetic, Canto 3 of the Thirukkural By Thiruvalluvar
Niithaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of Ascetics, Canto 26 of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classical Treatise on Ethics, Translation and Commentary by T. Wignesan
[Given the scarcity of information (mostly conflicting even then) on the...
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contributed, education, humanity, life, philosophy, retirement, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
K169 and K170 of Canto Xvii of the Thiruk-Kural With Translations and Commentary
K169 and K170 of CANTO XVII of the THIRUK-KURAL with Translations and Commentary
[If one could put together all that has been said, written and published on the Thiruk-Kural and on its progenitor Thiru-Valluvar, it could...
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contributed, bible, evil, hate, jealousy, people, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
Prosaic poem of mine, who dislikes formalities, hence prose heeds with the following
Prosaic poem of mine, who dislikes formalities, hence prose heeds with the following.
Yahoo!...As an AOL member since the beginning of time...,...
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contributed, absence, adventure, america, angel, anger, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
My Veteran Friend
I have a friend who is a veteran. ...
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contributed, friend, veterans day, war,
Form:
Narrative
I Celebrate You My Friend
The year that is about to make its last appearance
before it dies and is buried to be only given a place
in the history of our existence has brought ?e joy,
l° shall...
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contributed, adventuregod, people, god, love, people, time, perspective,
Form:
ABC
April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
Elysian fields long since embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad shy of
fifty four plus months ago,
nevertheless melancholia
still plucks mine heart strings.
Mine...
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contributed, absence, abuse, adventure, anger, appreciation, bereavement, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Blocks View of His Feet
Blocks View of His Feet
Trump not only is total loss but also complete;
Speaks same words several times and will repeat;
Ignorant sign off;
Retarded slightly above,
And big belly does block view of his both feet.
James Thesarious Hilarious...
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Categories:
contributed, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
Shayna Punim You came a long way baby
Shayna Punim - You came a long way baby!
Though negligible communication
now transpires between us
twenty seven years ago
come February fourth,
two thousand and twenty five,
our lives (affecting yours truly
and that of mother, plus Eden
a caring older sister)
irrevocably...
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contributed, adventure, age, anniversary, beautiful, birthday, gender, hello,
Form:
Free verse
Whatever Happened To Glasnost and Perestroika
Whatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?
Hobbit those characters who lived
within the realm
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squelched cusp of progressivism,
now most likely
experience bitterness at the...
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Categories:
contributed, absence, angel, atheist, beautiful, betrayal, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
Approximately Three Plus Days Elapsed
Approximately three plus days elapsed...
without yours truly experiencing urge to defecate
Neither bloating nor constipation
arose, but one nondescript anguished
logophile anticipated intestinal blockage,
hence prophesying worse case scenario
I (predicated in direction for an adult)
ingested three Dulcolax tablets
and subsequently...
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contributed, adventure, america, anniversary, beautiful, courage, family, july,
Form:
Free verse
The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris
The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris
I led a boring life.
The end.
All joking aside, now the epilogue.
As a bookish fellow born January 13th,1959
he attended school and got promoted
as a...
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contributed, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Free verse
Praise
An old farmer, his wife and little daughter, had dinner in their farm house before going to sleep,
A gang of four thieves, showed up on the farm in a dirty, old truck, to...
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contributed, music, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Deciphering Crossword Puzzles, Cryptograms and Scrabblegrams Once Favorite Pastimes
Deciphering crossword puzzles, cryptograms and scrabblegrams once favorite pastimes
Livingsocial at 324 Level Road
circa post high school graduation
found yours truly voluntarily holed up
for an inordinate amount of time
within familiar four walls of his bedroom.
He preferred solitude versus
interacting...
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contributed, 12th grade, angel, anxiety, books, boy, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Reflections Upon Mine Gender Identity Redux
Reflections upon mine gender identity redux
Although heterosexual
predilections punctuated
physiological pulsations
about five inches below
innie belly button of mine
showcasing undersize
male member, when fully erect
not much to crow
about, contributed
diminished masculinity within
body electric regarding
wordsmith...
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contributed, age, analogy, anxiety, atheist, birth, boy, confidence,
Form:
Free verse
Alexa echo rocks ages of generations!
Alexa echo rocks ages of generations!
The species and genus
known as Homo sapiens
predominated across the webbed wide world
for tens of thousands of years
until many brain children teamed together,
(though nevertheless select individuals
such as Fred Flintstone and Barney...
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contributed, adventure, age, allusion, america, appreciation, atheist, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Expression of an Impressionist
Expression of an Impressionist
"Extra! Extra! Read all about it!"
The alarming trend of renegade
souper spoons ladling out propaganda
cast a chilling, galvanizing, and spooking trend
many spoons transitioning to sporks
and running off with knaves of knives.
Why, where, and...
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contributed, allegory, america, angel, appreciation, atheist, destiny, heartbreak,
Form:
Free verse
Translation: Ech Day Me Cometh Tydinges Thre
Ech day me cometh tydinges thre
"Each Day Three Tidings Come to Me"
(anonymous Middle English poem, circa the 13th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Each day I’m plagued by three doles,
These gargantuan weights on my...
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contributed, angst, anxiety, death, depression, england, fear, sorrow,
Form:
Couplet
Monoku Monday - Jan 2021
"2020 Hindsight Collaboration" Posted 4 Jan 2021
new year's resolutions things that go in one year and out the other
I resolve to avoid all fatty and unhealthy... ...
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Categories:
contributed, new year,
Form:
Monoku
Whatever Happened To Glasnost and Perestroika
Whatever Happened To Glasnost And Perestroika?
Hobbit those characters who lived
within the realm
of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
as far removed as
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
upon squelched cusp of progressivism,
now most likely
experience bitterness at the...
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Categories:
contributed, adventure, appreciation, bullying, confidence, destiny, grave, integrity,
Form:
Free verse