Long Decked Poems
Long Decked Poems. Below are the most popular long Decked by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Decked poems by poem length and keyword.
The Tea Party"Go on forth young graduates,
And show us who you are
You're now our future leaders
We know you will go far"
And so commencement ended
Pictures done and people changed
Now, off to private parties
All orderly pre-arranged
But four young girls...
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Categories:
decked, america, future, graduate, graduation, life, sad, society,
Form:
Epic
There Comes That MomentFortunately, when I was young, what I perceived - 'my kingdom' -
spanned - and I'm not kidding you...seven - city - blocks!
But being neither worried about - nor having fully mastered -
the tricky...
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Categories:
decked, childhood, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
Gossip On the Bus‘Bout 8:15 this morning, on the bus that I was riding, I overheard a woman tell some gal it seemed she knew,
Her pastor - reverend Bishop - and a “tacky looking woman” we’re spotted leaving...
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Categories:
decked, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Friday May 13th 2022Friday May 13th, 2022
An excerpt taken from a lengthy tome,
written courtesy a favorite poet of mine.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia struck within a blink,
I swear yours truly never took a drink,
nevertheless he witnessed
and falsely accused of being a...
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Categories:
decked, atheist, dark, destiny, gothic, history, husband, may,
Form:
Free verse
How I Became a Street BoyCan a lioness tender care
Cease towards the child she bare
Yes she may be forgetful
Yet I shall never forget you
Words of mom on that fateful day
As she lay there in the most pitiable way
She drew me...
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Categories:
decked, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
The Lily Maid of AstolatThe knight of knights, Sir Lancelot,
From far away in Camelot,
Went by a way that he knew not
And thus, by chance, spied Astolat
With sunset's gleam upon her tow'rs:
T'was there he met the maid Elaine,
With hair as...
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Categories:
decked, devotion, farewell, first love, heartbroken, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Ten Years, Somewhere In Their Lost Neighbourhood
“Ten Years, Somewhere in their Lost Neighbourhood”
Of course,
he said, like a god,
there is no course,
one must simply go with the flow
the penumbra stands waivering its existence,
a kind of deactivation, fuzzy borderline hanging,
backing the art...
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Categories:
decked, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Once Upon a TimeThere stood a castle on the summit of a hill
Now fallen to decay, hidden among bushes wild
It perched like an eagle’s nest on the steep hill
It was owned by a Lord, gentle and mild
Blessed with...
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Categories:
decked, celebration, cute love, irony, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
Winter Weary - a Seasonal TaleWinter Weary
A rhyme that sends a winters “chill’.
With snow, not knowing where to start.
But as he’s had some time to “chill”.
A fellow with a changing heart.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~...
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Categories:
decked, poetry, snow,
Form:
Rhyme
Thankful
I remember…
Waking up with an eagerness
That can only be felt, never described
By mere nouns, verbs or adjectives –
This was a feeling more precious than gold,
More electrifying than that string of lights
Placed so perfectly on tender...
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Categories:
decked, appreciation, faith, inspirational, inspirational love, thank you,
Form:
Free verse
Daylight Savings Time Ends November 5th 2023 MeansDaylight Savings Time Ends – November 5th 2023 means...
discombobulated, harried, and lobotomized
state of body, mind, and spirit triage.
Onset of dark shadows signalling edge of night
occurs earlier as the world turns
beckoning, hinting, robbing passage...
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Categories:
decked, autumn, business, confusion, dark, father, light, november,
Form:
Rhyme
TitanicGlobal pride! Greatest story-theme worldwide! Oceanic!
Voyage liner - Atlantic! British cruise ship! Titanic!
Born in the yard of Harland and Wolf! Floated to venture!
Who did ever dream of a deadliest wreck- adventure?
Christened after Titans of the...
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Categories:
decked, adventure, beauty, boat, fear, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Beggars - XxxUnquotable quotes: Beggars - XXX
Who said beggars cannot be choosers?
Who chooses for them the place, the moment or the people they choose to beg from; the hours of the begging day; the alms they refuse;...
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Categories:
decked, august, french, holiday, leadership, power, sun,
Form:
Epigram
War, Is Unholy HellWar, Is Unholy Hell
War is wicked rot and most holy hell
man's evil is its murdering spell
Yet mankind never ever truly learns
love and faith it arrogantly spurns
Poetry by the great Siegfried Sassoon
glows like...
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Categories:
decked, conflict, dark, death, sorrow, war, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
The Freckled Face of a Girl~~~
Dappled grey horses
sweat crusted and weary
hooves drifting dust
lift a day
passing dreary
The harness bells faded
reigned in at the rill
a cool running brook
near the base of our hill
~
My eyes
I'm a lad
scant older than four
brought visions to mind
full...
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Categories:
decked, family, first love, heart, lost love,
Form:
Ballad
Christmas In JulyAuthor’s Note:
'Christmas in July', which is also known as Yulefest or Yuletide in Australia. July is generally the coldest month of winter, so celebrations emulate the atmosphere of the northern hemisphere winter. So that means...
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Categories:
decked, anxiety, christmas, depression, emotions, humorous, mother, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
College 'Ll WaitDad an’ I were tryin’ hard to land a pan o’ Redeye just outside o’ Huntsville
off a dock on Mouzon Lake,
When I got all but hypnotized trackin’ outside ripples emanating outward
from the breaches...
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Categories:
decked, family,
Form:
Narrative
The Bride of ChristTo the bride of Christ I pen this letter.
Aya Jesu
Nwanyi Chineke.
I see you wobbling your feet lazily.
Blissfully content with the comfort of this world.
Forgetting you were sent on an errand.
For this world remains a marketplace....
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Categories:
decked, christian, devotion, gospel, humor, journey, joy, love,
Form:
Ballad
Dwm Senior Dance Days“…Let the sunshine (and let the sun shine on in)
Let the sunshine in (You got to open up your heart)…"
-- From Aquarius, by The 5th Dimension
The times they were a-changing,
an age of great unrest.
A Ball...
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Categories:
decked, 12th grade, age, growing up, high school,
Form:
Rhyme
Thiruk-Kural On Women Who Know No Bounds: Canto 92 Varaivin Makalir K913,K919 and K920The THIRUK-KURAL on Women who know no bounds : Canto 92 – K913, K919 and K920
(Thiru-Valluvar comes down heavily on women of the « oldest profession in the world » in this Canto 92 consigned...
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Categories:
decked, drink, men, money, tamil, women,
Form:
Epigram
Am I the Assassin Or the UndertakerAm I the Assassin
or the Undertaker
For Palani...
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Categories:
decked, death, grief, morning,
Form:
Elegy
Snowing XmasMagnificent! Willow stands in silent prayer,
enthralling,...
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Categories:
decked, christmas, family, love,
Form:
Verse
Christmas, Made of AwesomeEvery year someone is always expressing
that Christmas is imperialist, and oppressing
people not of the Christian faith,
That it’s unfairly taken Soltice’s place,
that the historical Jesus was not born
in the last months per Holiday norms,
say ‘Merry Christmas,’...
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Categories:
decked, celebration, christmas, family, holiday, joy, seasons, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
Writing Game Is On - Part 1WRITING GAME IS ON Part 1
Writing game is on as long as I’m here,
There with tears as I train your mind to be strong,
Right or wrong, with no strain have sight, not to entertain,
The main...
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Categories:
decked, allegory, lost, meaningful, nature, slavery, spiritual,
Form:
Epic
Remembering Elm StreetRemembering Elm Street
Take my hand – follow the plan,
Let’s go for a walk down wide Spruce Street;
Friends to play with and neighbors to greet
But now that we see all that we can
Let’s turn the...
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Categories:
decked, adventure, childhood, fun,
Form:
Verse