Long Counts Poems
Long Counts Poems. Below are the most popular long Counts by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Counts poems by poem length and keyword.
Poems About the Coronavirus IPoems about the Coronavirus I
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #1
by michael r. burch
plagued by the Plague
i plague the goldfish
with my verse
yet another iffy coronavirus haiku #2
by michael r. burch
sunflowers
hang their heads
embarrassed by their coronas
I wrote...
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Categories:
counts, absence, anxiety, bereavement, caregiving, death, depression, fear,
Form:
Haiku
The Storm Is In the CalmThe angles are in the storm
Just before the break of dawn
Sending a message to everyone
Telling them to remain calm
The angels are singing out loud
They want to break the treacherous cloud
and relinquish that awful...
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Categories:
counts, abuse, america, angel, anger, betrayal, community, england,
Form:
Narrative
FreedomThis is all done for Love of Another
The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
John 6:63 NIV
Sadly we fight against...
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Categories:
counts, fate,
Form:
Free verse
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:
counts, dark, gothic, halloween, horror, magic, scary, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
IronbarHe just appeared to me, like wispily curling
Chimney smoke,
One grim and early morning in the very midst of
Decembers briefest days, on the highest slope,
Toiling through my daily round; where, slowly
Driving up...
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Categories:
counts, nature, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Adopting YuaThe dust had all but settled from the sultry morning air when Sergeant Kessler tapped me on the arm to wake me up.
“Gonna be a hot one,” he announced, “a chance o’ rain...and could get...
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Categories:
counts, child, daughter, inspirational, inspirational love, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
Shame On Me -- In Both Audio and TextEvery day, ‘round 8 am, I climb up from the subway and pass a guy - a blind guy - who is there to beg for change.
But one day, as I paused to watch...
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Categories:
counts, heartbreak,
Form:
Narrative
Shaggy Dog Limericks: the All-Time Best -- Vote For Your FavoriteThe Spaniel
A Spaniel that uses its head
Can tell when its owner’s unfed
So instead of a duck
That is down on its luck
Will deliver a pizza instead
The Afghan Hound
The Afghan’s a dog groomer’s...
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Categories:
counts, animal, cat, cute, dog, fun, humor, pets,
Form:
Limerick
Glory To Thermodynamics In GeneralGlory to thermodynamics in general...
and generation of heat in particular
cuz yours truly
spoiled with trappings
of Western Civilization.
How ideal I imagine
to dwell in a self sufficient domicile,
where thrum of the central heater...
automatically activated
upon...
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Categories:
counts, adventure, appreciation, april, community, courage, desire, light,
Form:
Rhyme
The God Complex
“The God Complex”
His face imprinted
hidden under layers of ink
he whispers his words
like a haunting breeze
dust blown off the pages
towards the back of their minds
once-in-a-while
reminding them of stories
they are eventually, all souls
book-marked
tagged...
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Categories:
counts, god, i am, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
King of Kings - the Whitneys Kiss Style~ King Of Kings ~
( Whitney's Kiss )
Seek His Love
You'll find His Grace
The whole World
Proclaim His Glory
Now is time
To Praise the Lord
My heart for...
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Categories:
counts, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Story of HistoryThe Story of History
Beyond those beaten days’ depleted daylight
Beyond the bathos of a pandemic bondage
With the resurrected sashay’s charmed night
Down in the dumps at the pretentious proscenium
A ...
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Categories:
counts, history,
Form:
Free verse
The Warlord Wars No More -2Pay heed to those deeds from whence the heart must confess...
You're far from Rome Proconsul Caesar...
As they say, "All roads lead to Rome" Ariovistus
and all tresspasses are treated as threats of war...
My recent conquest of...
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Categories:
counts, history,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The Last Gallon of Gas On Earth - At AuctionGiven the astronomical amount of gasoline consumed world-wide every single day…could this scenario not be all that far off?
...
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Categories:
counts, cry,
Form:
Narrative
War Is a War CrimeOnce wars were fought with sticks and stones
to flog the flesh and batter bones
and conquer lands, defending thrones -
though gods provoke, not one atones.
The multitude (by hordes beset
with battle-ax or bayonet)
braved blades, dyed red...
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Categories:
counts, war, world,
Form:
Quatrain
Dream State Yields Deep Sleep PersonificationsDream state yields deep sleep personifications
Upon lying supine - eye shutter lids
into the land of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,
where the sandman beckons and bids
dead to the webbed wide world,
yours truly immune to wakefulness
despite being...
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Categories:
counts, 12th grade, 1st grade, adventure, animal, birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
counts, french, humor, humorous, imagination, light, money, parody,
Form:
Shape
My Dear Sweet Lost Child Daughter of My Wasted Youth a ConfessionMy Dear, Sweet, lost Child ?
Daughter of my wasted youth !
A confession
I am truly sorry Gail, for all that I was
- that selfish, inconsiderate, thoughtless man -
I am truly sorry Gail, for all...
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Categories:
counts, daughter, planet,
Form:
Free verse
God Pty LtdAncient sinister fires dwell in the savage creator's eye,
Soon his fire starter will be coming for a second try,
Choosing to believe, that which cannot be seen cannot be rude,
A cloak and dagger God who spies...
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Categories:
counts, 10th grade,
Form:
ABC
God Pty LtdAncient sinister fires dwell in the savage creator's eye,
Soon his fire starter will be coming for a second try,
Choosing to believe, that which cannot be seen cannot be rude,
A cloak and dagger God who spies...
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Categories:
counts, 10th grade,
Form:
ABC
Small Mutinies
"Small Mutinies"
So what if my point of view
is not that which wraps
you in comfortably warm
fluffed-up silky
cashmere blankets
of insecure insincerity
simple scribbles
bleating from the
chirping crickets
and frog croaking
symphonies
muddying waters
cutting pristine lines...
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Categories:
counts, halloween, muse, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Earth Day 2021 Thursday April 22POETIC PREFACE:
An inner conflict dust brew
within this scribe, who offers ye to chew
(like sweet treats metaphorically) thee do
tee incumbent, when Doomsday clock
counts down minutes few
according Al Gore rhythm
unstoppably ticking,
when life gets turned to global goo
tenderized...
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Categories:
counts, appreciation, april, care, earth day, future, gender,
Form:
Rhyme
Weird Lucid DreamI had a dream a scary dream.
That I had a business
Hot and sexy business.
In my dream i owned a Modeling company
For men
In that dream I was not rich but ready...
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Categories:
counts, beauty, dream, fantasy, jobs, light, night, sleep,
Form:
Bio
Tyranny Counts the Ballots“Never forget
everything Hitler did
in Germany was legal.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
drop by drop lady liberty bleeds
red on white and blue
common sense vexatious
verboten spins askew
“We can and we must
write in the...
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Categories:
counts, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Inauguration Not GraduationInauguration Not Graduation
January 20,2021
This is dedicated to President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris
Inauguration is the mark to something great
Let me talk, let's elaborate
This go round
A lot of kings and queens...
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Categories:
counts, america, beautiful, birth,
Form:
Prose