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Long Croesus Poems

Long Croesus Poems. Below are the most popular long Croesus by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Croesus poems by poem length and keyword.


Premium Member The Plague
as the PROPHETS of profits, WE lead and WE’re fair
while WE’re living the life of the poor BILLIONAIRE
– silver yachts, pearly castles, cash (plenty to spare) –
with the world on OUR backs... ah! the burdens...

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Categories: croesus, society,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Dreams of the Battle of Thymbra, Lydian Persian War
Dreams of The Battle of Thymbra, Lydian-Persian War

In the midst of a battle I awoke thrown
walking over the crimson red dead.
Found and drew the shaft from solid stone
standing on soil blood soaked in red!

My heart...

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Categories: croesus, conflict, death, history, imagery, military, sorrow, war,
Form: Narrative
Planting Seeds of Life - Growing Self Awareness
Planting seeds of life - growing self awareness...
(Subtitled: kudos beloved Amelie Beth)

Dilly gents gal lore spellbinding
metaphorically exhuming, ferreting, gleaning...
insightful handy dandy blues clues
unearthing treasure trove motherlode,
(and father lode) eye opening discover re:
visa vis our family...

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Categories: croesus, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, dad,
Form: Free verse
Old El Paso
A SAGA OF OLD EL PASO
AND LADY B GOOD
There was a famous lady of El Paso in the Old West
She hunted and trapped, trading furs with the best

Her pride, her joy, a red velvet cape...

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Categories: croesus, adventure, destiny, fantasy, murder, satire, violence,
Form: Narrative
Falling
FALLING
Heads over heels
Like I am on love prescription pills
I am crazy about this lady
And the thought of that kills
I need your time and affection 
But all I get is rejection
Your beauty fills me with wonder
Like...

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Categories: croesus, loveanger, me,
Form: Lyric



Just For You
Hi !
You are my amigo. I knew you were amorous with me .Your not a spartan but you preach me to be so. I like your preaching as it all worked with me .I would...

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Categories: croesus, friendship,
Form: Epic
The World of the One Percent
The World of the One Percent

By Elton Camp

The super rich is who these folks are
More wealthy than old Croesus by far

They reside in the most fabulous estate
Privacy protected by a guarded gate

A mansion with elevators...

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© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: croesus, funny, world,
Form: Rhyme
2015 and years thereafter
2015 and years thereafter


The year of two thousand and fifteen,
has not been a good year for world peace.
Brotherhood of Man. I despair of our
lack of empathy with children killed by
Well-meaning
Bombs dropped by nations
Those who look...

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© Jan Hansen  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: croesus, absence, adventure, age,
Form: ABC
Two Thousand and Fifteen
2015 
The year of two thousand and fifteen,
has not been a good year for world peace.
and brotherhood of man. I despair of our 
lack of empathy with children killed by 
well- meaning bombs dropped by...

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Categories: croesus, angst, creation, crush,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Suppose For a Moment
Suppose for a moment you were as rich as Croesus
Wise as Solomon, had the strength of Samson
Suppose you were as a Hollywood star handsome
Could you live in the world with the rest of us? 

Suppose...

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Categories: croesus, character, happiness, identity, image, imagination, self,
Form: Quatrain
The Candelabra: For Mummy Precious Richards On Her Birthday
I

Euphonious today is the tone 
And though tomorrow is shrouded , unknown,
I trust it holds a blissful opaline pod
And to this repose a prayer to our Lord and God.

      ...

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Categories: croesus, caregiving, life, love, prayer,
Form: Sapphic stanza

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