Long Crossed Poems
Long Crossed Poems. Below are the most popular long Crossed by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Crossed poems by poem length and keyword.
The Amistad MutinyThe Amistad Mutiny
Slavery, a dirty word no matter how it’s pronounced:
Abducted and herded to the slave fortress of Lomboko1 for trade.
To be tossed in chains below deck on the Portuguese ship Tecora,2
Sailing the Atlantic Middle...
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Categories:
crossed, africa, america, history, racism, slavery, world,
Form:
Verse
Mad Molly ShawThis is the story of mad Molly Shaw
She might be mad now but she wasn’t before
she came home to find her man dead on the floor
She lay down her bible and let out a roar...
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Categories:
crossed, western,
Form:
Rhyme
Honey Bee Flying Around In WinterI have been reluctant to pen this verse
Because I don't understand what it was all about
I have been reluctant to pen this verse
Because I don't want anyone to get hurt
Morning comes and evening...
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Categories:
crossed, angel, blessing, business, community, freedom, mythology, people,
Form:
Narrative
Who Put Luebella Down the Wych Elm
"Who Put Luebella down the Wych Elm?"
There are rumours
about me, some
come seeking me
with their geiger counters
and ouji boards
with their heart
shaped planchettes
unanswered questions
in the woods, crackling
within the sounds of leaves
invisible dead things speaking
underfoot...
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Categories:
crossed, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Early Poems IiiJuvenilia: Early Poems by Michael R. Burch
In the Whispering Night
by Michael R. Burch
In the whispering night, when the stars bend low
till the hills ignite to a shining flame,
when a shower of meteors streaks the sky
while...
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Categories:
crossed, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
Various Heresies 5Various Heresies 5
Tonight, Let's Remember
by Michael R. Burch
July 7,2007 (7-7-7)
Tonight, let's remember the fond ways
our fingers engendered new methods to praise
the gray at my temples, your thinning hair.
Tonight, let's remember, and let us draw near...
Tonight,...
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Categories:
crossed, creation, earth, god, heaven, spiritual, wine, women,
Form:
Verse
Medieval Poems IiiMedieval Poems
Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland knew the agony of exile.
That indomitable smith was wracked by grief.
He endured countless troubles:
sorrows were his only companions
in his frozen...
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Categories:
crossed, england, grief, poems, poetry, poets, sorrow, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
kiss -
your silken skin gleams opaline
bathed in Luna's soft wash of cornflower - like a
porcelain Madonna by Michelangelo
conjured to life by the magic
of moonlight
your eyes open just long enough to
affix mine, and affirm I'm in a...
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Categories:
crossed, kiss, passion, romance, romantic, sensual, sexy, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
At the Footbridge - Limerick CollaborationAt the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his erection
For his love life it was a massive blow
To the hospital fled poor...
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Categories:
crossed, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Chapter 112 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Damian and the Family Go To ChurchEarly morning dawn July
"Mallory" Damian whispered, sliding
Closer to her. "Mallory" he Whispered
Again gently caressing. She wanted
To say stop. It was to late
he moved quite quickly. He spread
Like wild fire. Soon consuming her.
The...
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Categories:
crossed, angst, devotion,
Form:
Alliteration
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 2[Now ShallowMan is quite content
receiving FactoidMan’s consent
to quibble and express dissent
as long as keeping covenant
with fingers crossed and belfry bent
when viewing Facts in sealed cement:]
SM
“The Facts you give me circumvent
those ‘truths’ your chuckles supplement;
although they...
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Categories:
crossed, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
The World Is a Small PlaneI have travelled through the cluttered corridors of my tired mind countless times.
I have reached deep into the dark abyss of my captive soul and in that profoundly disturbing darkness, I went searching to...
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Categories:
crossed, appreciation, faith, inspirational, love, self, strength,
Form:
Narrative
The JourneyOnce upon a weedy lawn
At Cedar Oaks Retirement Home
There sat my mother, weak and old
On an afghan knit to block the cold.
It was summer, but in mom's grey eyes
Was winter, when all around us dies.
I...
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Categories:
crossed, appreciation, child, daughter, devotion, family, forgiveness, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
TaporaLike Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed
the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills)
and a bridge too far on north-west passage.
From out of the Valley of Mizpah
to...
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Categories:
crossed, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
The Badly Drawn GoatThe pencil now resting the image was 'testing' for the creature before him, (his badly-drawn drawin') had come out 'not right' somewhat twisted and tight.
The picture in question, it burst with suggestion, for lines that...
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Categories:
crossed, animal, creation, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
A Kept WomanDream-worker
delves deeply into my dream;
vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine ego quest for affaire d’amour;
her night-loving body
c h a...
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Categories:
crossed, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery, love, lust, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
Slots poker machines unsolved murders IllinoisLake county music company filled with
slots carney folk real carny folk the little
pete's illegal gambling road show throughout
the Midwest gaming like your idol Frank Peter
Balistreiri the mad bomber stops Metropolis...
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Categories:
crossed, allah,
Form:
Nazm
Nowhere Else To GoNowhere Else To Go
Welcome to Israel: Land of Hope.1
(The land of Zion and Jerusalem.)2
Where prophets walked and prophesied,
For their God, our God:
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.3
And the Lord spoke to Abram, and he...
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Categories:
crossed, bible, education, history, jewish,
Form:
Verse
Once Upon a Halloween In the 50'sThe excitement mounted as we rummaged around in the attic looking through old steamer trunks for discarded clothes and props to make Halloween costumes. With an old suit and hat of Granddads, I became a...
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Categories:
crossed, nostalgia,
Form:
Prose
Dante's Divine Comedy First Canto TranslationPremise
The great poem by the italian poet Dante is the DIVINA COMMEDIA
I have tried to translate in english verses of INFERNO (HELL).
It was a very difficult task.
I expect criticism.
When just the midway of my...
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Categories:
crossed, dream, poems,
Form:
Terza Rima
Marat and Charlotte(A somnambulistic drama in four acts)
Actors:
Jean-Paul Marat;
Charles Barbarou;
Charlotte Corday;
1st Philosopher;
2nd Philosopher;
The Commentator’s Voice.
Act 1. A tavern. Two philosopher sit at the table;
Marat sits at the other, some distance away.
1st Philosopher
…or even worse:...
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Categories:
crossed, death, life, love,
Form:
Blank verse
1969 Abraham Lincoln Tomb Springfield IllinoisMy first grade field trip begin Joseph Medill school of journalism Chicago my first grade class sang African American spiritual hymns performing at the Schubert theater the museum of science and industry the museum of...
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Categories:
crossed, allah,
Form:
Kyrielle
Grand Dragon PressSome may say grand dragon others grand wizard either or it began in 60s everything was a bit chaotic the death of John f Kennedy Bobby Kennedy pope John XXlll my birth and Martin Luther...
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Categories:
crossed, allah,
Form:
Quintain (English)
Essay: a Better Kind of Poetry Contest On PoemhunterCHALLENGE TITLE POETRY CONTEST FOR AUGUST ON POEMHUNTER.COM!
'WHY DO TURTLES CROSS THE ROAD? '
OK FOLKS! Please choose your favorite poem from those entered here and remember too to give your reasons for your choice....
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Categories:
crossed, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
The Reason I Write“I thought about the former days, the years of long ago.” *
If you saw something beautiful in a people, a place, a thing;
If you heard about something captivating and fantastic;
If you felt something soothing...
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Categories:
crossed, family,
Form:
Prose Poetry