Long Cruel Poems
Long Cruel Poems. Below are the most popular long Cruel by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Cruel 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...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, africa, america, history, racism, slavery, world,
Form:
Verse
We Against the WorldI have this faith deep inside that my Father, my beloved Father, can mend my broken dreams
There's a purpose for us being on Earth
It serves us well to be good examples for the future Kingdom
We...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, deep,
Form:
Lyric
Where Is Your MindWhere Is Your Mind?
Where is your mind?
Is it way out there in the clouds of smoking cigarettes and cigars?
Is it way out there in the clouds of smoking marijuana?
Where is your mind?
Is it way out...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, adventure, allegory, analogy, desire, growth, passion, perspective,
Form:
Lyric
An Adverse World Uncurled“I am NOT like my father!!!
You say that again, I’m going to kill you!”
I shrivel up in shame
For, I am not to blame
For the shenanigans you put me through so many times
Sometimes, I wish I...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, addiction, anger, angst,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 29Somehow,
Forward, and headlong
I knew it was day again
There was a shift in the dark mutterings of the Devil,
Who now refused to sleep as I refused to sing,
Almost an anticipation in his voice,
As if he...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, adventure, bible, conflict, endurance, inspirational, love, war,
Form:
Epic
Limericks Ii - Nature and AnimalsLimericks II - Nature Poems and Animal Poems
Dot Spotted
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a leopardess, Dot,
who indignantly answered: "I’ll not!
The gents are impressed
with the way that I’m dressed.
I wouldn’t change even one spot!"
Clyde Lied!
by...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, animal, humor, humorous, light, nature, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Poems About FlowersLady’s Favor
by Michael R. Burch
May
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance
settles,
till a sudden June
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last rose is left
inconsolably bereft,
rudely shorn
of every device but her thorn.
The...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, flower, june, rose, roses are red, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Yellow Winged AngelI.
He was patient very-very
with child's tenderness in eyes
yellow winged angel's unwary,
He was living quiet in skies.
Without disputes, without roughness,
without want to weep and moan,
He was dreaming among heartless
building cloud castles alone.
He was waking up...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, abuse, angel, angst, philosophy, solitude, yellow,
Form:
I do not know?
LimericksLimericks
by Michael R. Burch
Clyde Lied!
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a mockingbird, Clyde,
who bragged of his prowess, but lied.
To his new wife he sighed,
"When again, gentle bride?"
"Nevermore!" bright-eyed Raven replied.
The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch
The platypus,...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, giggle, light, nonsense, parody, silly, smile, word
Form:
Limerick
Various Heresies 7Pagans Protest the Intolerance of Christianity
by Michael R. Burch
“We have a common sky.” — Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
We had a common sky
before the Christians came.
We thought there might be gods
but did not know their names.
The common...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, angel, atheist, bible, christian, faith, god, jesus,
Form:
Rhyme
Where Art Thou Anonymous Benefactor To Offer Me SuccorWhere art thou anonymous benefactor...to offer me succor?
Ah... methinks legal tender
could be a boon to help me bolster
mein kampf with necessary material equipage,
which prospect to acquire essential
commodities sabotaged
at the altar of...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, 8th grade, absence, anger, angst, boy, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Animal PoemsDot Spotted
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a leopardess, Dot,
who indignantly answered: "I’ll not!
The gents are impressed
with the way that I’m dressed.
I wouldn’t change even one spot."
Stage Craft-y
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a dromedary
who...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, animal, cat, dog, friend, friendship, friendship love,
Form:
Limerick
ErinErin, for a girl who embodies Ireland
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair—
bright carrot—and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children—some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, ireland,
Form:
Sonnet
Roses and LilacsWinter
by Michael R. Burch
The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.
The lilac of devotion
has felt the winter hoar
and shed her dress;
companionless,
she shivers—nude, forlorn.
Published...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, desire, longing, love, nature, romance, rose, roses
Form:
Verse
Juvenilia: Early Poems VJuvenilia: Early Poems V
Poetry
by Michael R. Burch
Poetry, I found you
where at last they chained and bound you;
with devices all around you
to torture and confound you,
I found you—shivering, bare.
They had shorn your raven hair
and taken both...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, poems, poets, teen, teenage, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
The True Mother
“The True Mother”
What part of a heart
in another could one trust
when betrayal comes
like a silver bullet, words and deeds
sharp piercing to burrow
bleed out Life’s dreams
rust crumbles to dust
Virulent apathy spreads
Betrayal’s destruction
hand...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, betrayal, imagery, love, mother daughter, psychological, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
The Making of a PoetThe Making of a Poet
by Michael R. Burch
While I don’t consider “Poetry” to be my best poem—I wrote the first version in my teens—it’s a poem that holds special meaning for me; I call it...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, art, love, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Verse
VillanellesVillanelles
The villanelle is a poetic form based on repetition, with a double refrain.
Villanelle: The Divide
by Michael R. Burch
The sea was not salt the first tide...
was man born to sorrow that first day,
with the...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, moon, repetition, romance, romantic, romantic love, sea,
Form:
Villanelle
Otomo No Sakanoue No Iratsume TranslationTo a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh, my child living so far away,
do you pine for me...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, child, childhood, children, daughter, girl, mother, mother
Form:
Tanka
Apocalyptic Poems IiThese are prophetic poems and apocalyptic poems ...
Beast 666
by Michael R. Burch
“... what rough beast ... slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?”?W. B. Yeats
Brutality is a cross
wooden, blood-stained,
gas hissing, sibilant,
lungs gilled, deveined,
red flecks on a...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, earth, earth day, environment, future, visionary, weather,
Form:
Rhyme
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...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
The State of the ArtThe State of the Art (I)
by Michael R. Burch
Has rhyme lost all its reason
and rhythm, renascence?
Are sonnets out of season
and poems but poor pretense?
Are poets lacking fire,
their words too trite and forced?
What happened to desire?
Has...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
Pablo Neruda TranslationsI love you only because I love you
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I love you only because I love you;
I am torn between loving and not loving you,
Between apathy and desire.
My heart vacillates...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, love, romance, romantic, romantic love, spanish, women,
Form:
Sonnet
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - Vi - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich FriedWorld War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - VI - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich Fried
After My Death
by Chaim Nachman Bialik
translation by Michael R. Burch
Say this when you eulogize me:
Here was a man—now, poof, he's...
Read More
Categories:
cruel, holocaust, race, racism, truth, war, world, world
Form:
Free verse