Long Crossings Poems
Long Crossings Poems. Below are the most popular long Crossings by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Crossings poems by poem length and keyword.
The Alaskan Oil PipelineThe Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Nineteen sixty-eight confirmed the year
Of discovery by ‘Humble Oil’
To North America’s largest oil field,
On the North Slope of the Brooks Range;
A west to east Northern Alaskan mountain chain.
An area forty miles wide...
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Categories:
crossings, education, environment, history, technology, tribute, usa,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Unquotable Quotes Viiil: Sexual Harassment - the Feminist KindUnquotable Quotes VIIIL : SEXUAL HARASSMENT* - the feminist kind
(*”aggressive pressure or intimidation”: Is it really “any different” in most cases in the act, judging by Hollywood standards?)
STOP: ARREST ALL GIRLS
- standing with legs...
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Categories:
crossings, beautiful, crush, cute love, desire, humor, men,
Form:
Free verse
If Ever I Had a Country: Lxxix - Bang Bang Who Shot Me Down Like An Un-Licensed DogIF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY: LXXIX - Bang! Bang! Who Shot Me Down like an Un-licensed Dog !
IF ever I had a country, a country certainly
not subject to the whistle of a...
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Categories:
crossings, america, fantasy, firework, humor, power, war,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Oceans and WindsOceans and Winds
I have an obsequious unnatural inclination
To sustain my external compulsions
And convert them to a pre-text of a sub-text
Of instantaneous conclusions
Bi-Partisan confusions, melted humans and rheuminations
We seem to be caught up in the...
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Categories:
crossings, corruption, courage, creation, humanity, visionary, war, weather,
Form:
Free verse
Smartest Thing Obama Ever SaidPREAMBLE
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What I witnessed on October 7 was indefensible. Just to be clear, Hamas are not militants or freedom fighters as many in the mainstream media would have you believe - they are terrorists. Israel is...
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Categories:
crossings, evil, hate, islamic, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Phi Poetry of Reality In Dream
"I have seen and heard the vibrancy of dreams,
and the way
of the crossings-through the ills
and through the barriered things."
A fleeting spark that perceives,
I, have seen...
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Categories:
crossings, art,
Form:
Rhyme
Intriguing OdourMe cars down at the doctors ‘cause there’s trouble with the coil,
and somewhere I’m losing water so once or twice I’ve had it boil.
It needs another set of spark plugs and me mufflers had the...
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Categories:
crossings, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Upon the Wings of AngelsThe North Beach....
Strolling down the bustling sidewalks, along the embarcadero; tourist and visitors, from
everywhere
A break from the recent rains; as the sun sheds down its warmth, to kiss our brows
Just ahead Pier 39,...
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Categories:
crossings, life, love, timeme, longing, kiss, me,
Form:
I do not know?
Odyssey From Africa 3aCHAPTER 3 The River
While they paused to rest a moment
Han gazed suddenly behind them
To the south a long way distant
Faintly rose a hazy ribbon
From the grassland; Han spoke quietly,
"Loved ones, we are...
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Categories:
crossings, adventure, africa, fantasy, history, humanity, mythology, science,
Form:
Narrative
To the Invisible FriendTo the Invisible Friend
The dredging decades have floated by like drifting clouds in the beckoning western sky.
Hello dead friend of my distant youthful days under these erotic jacaranda blooms.
It is my firm hope that...
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Categories:
crossings, memory, , western,
Form:
Free verse
Atascadero....Walking through the corridores at Atascaderos State Hospital
Here to speak to a certain confined patient....
Within the walls of the criminally insanes, incarcerated
Thinking to myself a moment ago as I checked in my arms
How thin are...
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Categories:
crossings, life, people, sympathy
Form:
I do not know?
Have I Finally DiedThe time has come to end this life of mine,
The time has come to leave everything unimportant permanently behind.
All of my rescues will be cared for and comfortable, as promised to me,
by a true...
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Categories:
crossings, retirement, self,
Form:
Rhyme
Son LightYou are my beacon in the darkness
the bulwark and seawall which protect my shore
the lamp which pierces the stormy waters
that surround me
I navigate the deep with the course you set for me
your spirit moves the...
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Categories:
crossings, bible, devotion, inspiration, jesus, spiritual, symbolism, truth,
Form:
Free verse
An Outrageous Case of Illegal ImmigrationAn Outrageous Case of Illegal Immigration
By Elton Camp
We hear much about invasion from Mexico
But the U.S. northern border is the way to go
Aliens can, and do, cross with greatest ease
For proof, here’s an example of...
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Categories:
crossings, funnypeople, people,
Form:
Rhyme
The Dance of the ButterflyAfter the Occupational Therapist told me I’d never walk again (see my poem “What She Said”); I was in shock, but my being turned to my ballet days to recall when my legs were strong...
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Categories:
crossings, butterfly, christian, dance, faith, immigration, joy, music,
Form:
Free verse
Through midnight of thoughts, where silences danceThrough midnight of thoughts, where silences dance,
Confessing love is like the whisper of a lost comet,
In the web of my fate, only a stray star could rise,
You are that star which turns every moment in...
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Categories:
crossings, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Train - 1958TRAIN – 1958
On a warm summer evening
at North Philadelphia Station
the 6:19 on track three, the "Spirit
of Saint Louis-Limited" from Penn Station
New York, Newark and Trenton bound for
Thirtieth Street, Paoli, Lancaster, Harrisburg
Altoona, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cincinnati
Indianapolis and...
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Categories:
crossings, childhood, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Echoes of Our Lost LoveEchoes of our lost love
Train crossings have a lot more meaning...
to me now!
Two years...and I still can't believe that
you are gone...
Flashbacks of that tragic night in that
long forsaken town...
I still regret driving all night,...
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Categories:
crossings, death, first love, goodbye, heartbroken,
Form:
Lyric
If Ever I Had a Country : Lxii and LxiiiIF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXII - LXIII
LXII
If ever I had a country with streets under graffiti
And if ever I were the Minister of Transport who travels about for free
I'd give a free...
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Categories:
crossings, car, corruption, french, kindergarten, murder, violence,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Seraphim BlessingHe fell to earth like a meteor
wielding his fiery sword
but unlike seraphim
he was not here to cleanse the wicked
Soulless & motherless
he would unleash
his wrath upon the world
A wall of flame spread out...
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Categories:
crossings, angel, appreciation, blessing, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Lonesome SoundLONESOME
SOUND
Old man said he could hear that whistle blow a hundred miles
and they could write a song about that.
Said he could tell how many cars a train freighted
just by how sad...
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Categories:
crossings, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
The Genie On the Loose
The genie is on the loose
...
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Categories:
crossings, cry, dark, horror, journey, sad, war,
Form:
Lyric
Insiduous EvilWoe betide humankind as it marches on technology.
We had the evil machinations of war,
Of death unleashed from mouths of guns,
And man-made thunder from above,
Laying waste to home and life and limb.
I've heard of evil spawned
From...
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Categories:
crossings, angst, dark, death, evil,
Form:
Free verse
The Railway CrossingThe Van-Boy got out to open the gate still in his head last night’s date
He did not notice the green signal light a train was coming though not in sight
This crossing was notorious and set...
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Categories:
crossings, funny, people, satire, work, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Stupid Damn CatStupid damn cat
Attempting sleep on the balcony, a railing at my back,
twisted iron creating stripes on my flesh.
Crisscrossing as I slide atop a Craigslist mattress
collecting in folds of faded striped fabric.
slightly used...
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Categories:
crossings, night, sleep,
Form:
Free verse