Long Corrective Poems
Long Corrective Poems. Below are the most popular long Corrective by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Corrective poems by poem length and keyword.
Earth's Humane Rights To Healthy Climates
In 1968,
a time of great concern for healthy human civil rights
for and of women as well as LeftBrain culturally dominant men,
Gregory Bateson invited a Symposium
not quite a finished Symphony
proposing Moral and Aesthetic Structure of Human...
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Categories:
corrective, culture, earth, environment, health, nature, political, prejudice,
Form:
Political Verse
In His Divine Love - the Nonet Style
~ In His Divine Love ~
( Nonet )
It tells me that God is good and true
The Bible says this and much more
Tells us of things we need to know
How with Faith need to...
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Categories:
corrective, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Truth Of This Magnitude
The Truth Of This Magnitude”
Obstinate defiance from an indignant child
Consummate reliance on the spirit of the Wild
Intricate compositions of meticulous art
A syndicate of derision that is waiting to depart
The honorary commemoration...
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Categories:
corrective, creation, humanity, life, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Square Root of Beirut
The Square Root of Beiruit
Ten men bending while theyre pretending to be near the ending
A capitalist nightmare glares like rotten fruit
The squate root of Beiruit
No it isn’t fair, so they’ll start to loot
The soldiers are...
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Categories:
corrective, introspection, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Eagerly awaiting until many tomorrows
Eagerly awaiting until many tomorrows...
to become affianced to the grim reaper,
who never promised me a rose garden
nor crystal clear pool of fragrant delight
to accompany last living breath
before succumbing into the Soundgarden
of a black hole...
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Categories:
corrective, adventure, age, atheist, death, endurance, humorous, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Born For What Purpose
If you live in a non-sectarian democratic nation
with so much energy
we can lavishly spend boatloads
and plane loads
and tank loads
and truck loads of oily public cash
on killing our own Green Commons,
and threatening all EarthTribes with punishment...
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Categories:
corrective, community, destiny, environment, green, health, nature, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
Tears In the Crowds
Tears in the Crowds
A tyrant on a corrupt throne
A sheep about to become a genetic clone
A weary traveller far away from home
A heroin addict on methadone
Graveyards of peace and quiet lament
An ungrateful...
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Categories:
corrective, integrity, international,
Form:
Rhyme
Arcola Circa Late 1960s Early 1970s
Arcola circa late 1960's early 1970's...
easy to conjure this idyllic June 8th, 2020
Envision bucolic Currier
and Ives rendered landscape,
or canvas painted
courtesy gifted late Thomas Kinkade
(or substitute favorite creative soul)
how aforementioned illustrious artists drape
mesmerized amateur and/or
art appreciation...
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Categories:
corrective, 11th grade, 12th grade, environment, father, growing
Form:
Free verse
The War That Defies Justification
“The War that Defies Justification”
Redundant billionaires preaching basic information
Incumbent vacant vulnerable stares looking for personal validation
Another easily manipulated youth converted to the latest celebrity cult
While my brothers who deal in only honest...
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Categories:
corrective, conflict, corruption, death, discrimination, innocence, race, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Slammed In the Slammer
Every breath is a fresh step.
Forget your last step take a fresh breath.
I may not walk the line.
But I am designed to shine.
The things I refuse are
the things I should choose.
Never running away.
Feet anchored...
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Categories:
corrective, parodyme, me,
Form:
Free verse
Letters For People Part 5
Dear people,
In relation, Historically,
Historians heroically will fake it.
kids can serve themselves said correlation.
Take what is.
Record reels of Real confessions chalk full of truthful lessons on how to feel.
How to push for...
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Categories:
corrective, care, creation,
Form:
Epic
July 25th, 1996 Tied the Gordian Knot
July 25th, 1996 tied the Gordian knot,...
(I spent noose cents)
begot deux daughters, the major events
both since flew cuckoo's nest,
the eldest angry at papa for offense
sieve behavior fatherly bond
forever sundered permanent rents
unforgiving progeny vents
bile, explosive vitriol...
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Categories:
corrective, 12th grade, anniversary, celebration, humorous, judgement, july,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Flat Tire Did Not Ply Deflating Psi Lance
True add verse situation,
whereat me mission
trans send dint state didst ache
after yours truly nearly
did nearly break
chassis 'pon took drastic
...
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Categories:
corrective, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, funny,
Form:
Free verse
Hooray for Captain Spaulding
Hooray for Captain Spaulding...
though he played only a cameo role
helping me secure corrective eyewear I sport
mucho gratitude to all parties involved
including the missus,
cuz she needed to shuttle me
to and from hither and yon,
wherever I needed...
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Categories:
corrective, 2nd grade, adventure, blessing, family, happiness, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Protective Lyricism For the Ages Part Two
Protective Lyricism for the Ages Part Two
Martin Luther King creating a path to dessimate discrimination
An angel earning his wings from an epiphany of prophetic elation
Listening to Ella Fitzgerald sing while learning a litany of...
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Categories:
corrective, life,
Form:
Rhyme
At Any Given Moment Countless Thought Processes
Soundlessly ricochet to and fro
hither and yon
roundly bobbing within squarely donned
talking heads of psycho killers,
one pyromaniac burning
down the crowded house
sparking magnificent conflagration
towering inferno emulating
caterwauling, kickstarting, ululating
(think) stray cats on a hot tin roof
nsync with...
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Categories:
corrective, 12th grade, assonance, deep, imagery, psychological, solitude,
Form:
Free verse
That's What Friends Are Law
Aristotle, who once said, “A flatterer is a friend,
Who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.”
Magician or not, the appraisal we try to defend,
Veneer covered ready, prepare for the overthrow.
And a splint named psychology...
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Categories:
corrective, mystery, trust, perspective,
Form:
Epic
Argh An Errant Stray Left Parenthesis
Upon (die) re rhea ding previous poem
All In The Name Of "Progress" zen
a glaring, leering,
and twittering left par wren
dared to...
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Categories:
corrective, 11th grade, 12th grade, anger, cry, grave,
Form:
Free verse
The Eraser Came With Sage Advice
The eraser belonged to me; it was saved by my mother and returned along with many other
childhood items when I became middle aged. I was curious as to why she would save a
stubby...
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Categories:
corrective, introspection, on writing and wordsschool, words, me,
Form:
Narrative
Spare the Noose - Let One Live
Spare the noose - let one live!
Just moments and life's gone,
for the lives one hack
and for it never to come back!
Isn't justice flawed with 'glee' to adorn?
The noose has a strong say
and so do the...
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Categories:
corrective, allusion, change, death, forgiveness, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Sky Ted
Every teddy knows that every girl and and every boy
Needs to have a teddy who will be their pride and joy
A teddy bear companion in the life of him or her
Will be a snuggle buddy...
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Categories:
corrective, fantasy, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Narrative
Lord God, You Are My Wisdom Granter
August 16 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Daniel 1-4
Key Verse – Daniel 1:17 … God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and...
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Categories:
corrective, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
The Last Wave
Dear Mom.
It's been just over 25 years since your passing.
I often think of the time when I and my little family
moved within a couple of blocks from you, and we saw
each other nearly every day...
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Categories:
corrective, family, mother,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Out Discipline
‘Out’-discipline!
“Teacher, beaten by student.” “Student stabs another in squabble.”
“Teachers found without Lesson Plan.” “Noise level unbearable.”
Unfortunately, these would only be a few of the sordid headlines;
To duly ‘captivate’ readers, if every school had...
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Categories:
corrective, education,
Form:
Narrative
Hollow Poetry Critiques-Brutal and Wrong
Waking me in the wake of her brilliance
words spoken,written in convoluted high tones
ringing meaning esoteric and quite unknown
the craft was hyped in meteoric terms
shining bright, sending craven tremulous brain numb.
Harking, in glory she strode the...
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Categories:
corrective, lifeme,
Form:
Free verse