Long Deferred Poems
Long Deferred Poems. Below are the most popular long Deferred by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Deferred poems by poem length and keyword.
Oak
"Oak"
The guardians
stood around and
shook their heads
great thoughts
quivering
from the ground, roots up,
as if to walk
confidently
with great armies
yet hesitation
was witnessed
in their waving gestures
perplexed
and touching
green crowns,
there they...
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Categories:
deferred, dark, journey, light, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Revolutionary PlutocracyThose who get,
get more.
Those who want,
want more.
Evolution is not survival of the fittest species,
but thrival of the greatest fit with least endosymbiotic change required
within,
whether we speak of polycultural enrichment
or meta-paradigmatic revolutions in understanding multicultural enrichment.
Evolution...
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Categories:
deferred, health, love, political, science, wisdom, integrity,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Recluse By Dint of CircumstanceRecluse by dint of circumstance
Proud anonymous troglodytes
forerunners of mine
confronted threats less horrific
than forty fifth commander in chief
of United States of America.
He/him (matted hair, ratty, scrawny,
and tetchy ugly villain)
scurried into dark...
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Categories:
deferred, adventure, america, angst, anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form:
Free verse
A Poetic Litany of Poems Celebrating Mlk DayThe Man…The Spirit
His name was Dr. Martin Luther King;
He was a peace-loving human being.
HIM
Preaching peace and love–
A mountain top of a man:-
Martin Luther King.
THE HUMAN DOVE
He came bearing a dream for humanity
Teaching nonviolence, peace,...
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Categories:
deferred, black african american, high school, inspirational, metaphor,
Form:
Alliteration
Treasuring the EducatorA former friend of mine
tricked me into becoming
something I am not
The volunteer President
of our condo association,
a position I clearly cannot afford
midst trifling disassociations.
We were starting our Autumn tradition
of arguing about next year's budget
which typically continues
until...
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Categories:
deferred, education, health, humor, integrity, peace, political, power,
Form:
Political Verse
Practicing Positive PsychologyToday we hear Positive Psychology is hot.
To not agree is to be both negative,
and a snot;
too cognitively dissonant
arrogant
and dino-snore-a-lot.
When your loved one tells you,
for the thousandth time,
"You never listen to me"
you have been invited to...
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Categories:
deferred, appreciation, integrity, longing, love, perspective, psychological, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Primal QuestionsDo I want to only look at new ones,
never been used,
or is that a too restrictive market,
too competitively priced
for virginity of place and relationship on Earth?
And, is such redemptively-intended virginity
an asset or a deficit,
in which...
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Categories:
deferred, career, change, destiny, humor, jobs, relationship, work,
Form:
Narrative
Debacle
* Bringing this gem back in the hope Becca Teagan sees it and returns. We wrote this together, a labor of love. The poem ends with a moral lesson that humanity still hasn't learned, sadly.
...
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Categories:
deferred, confusion, evil, history,
Form:
Rhyme
ProcrastinatingProcrastinating
(Verse 1)
What do you want to do
Are you waiting for someone to tell you
That you could do it
If that's what you waiting for
Then screw it
Look at the clock
It just doesn't tick
It...
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Categories:
deferred, character,
Form:
ABC
King DayKING DAY
(A Retrospective Perspective)
David said to Solomon his son, be
strong and of good courage, and do
it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the
Lord God…will be with thee; he will
...
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Categories:
deferred, allegory, america, celebration, history, inspirational, metaphor, simile,
Form:
Prose Poetry
All Is Well At the PondTwilight, the frolicking hour of the nocturnal animals.
A curtain of gray melancholy slowly shuts out the sun.
There are two gentle remembering streaks across the sky,
Then all is dark. The master artist knew what He...
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Categories:
deferred, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Free verse
Humid ThermosI see us
cowering within
our safety walls
of sterile
nonorganic comfort
I feel us,
almost smell us,
struggling
vacillating between pungent stink
of fear inside
and acrid
acidic anger
about life sucks outside
Emerging toward viral hate
directed against entitled Others
unwelcomed emoting immigrants
encroaching on our safe home space
It...
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Categories:
deferred, culture, earth, health, humanity, integrity, peace, power,
Form:
Political Verse
Greek Mythology:OrionOrion was the son of Neptune (EA). A handsome giant and a mighty hunter. Orion loved Merope, the daughter of Denopion, King of Chios, and sought her in marriage. He cleared the island of wild...
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Categories:
deferred, creation, mythology, planet, universe,
Form:
Narrative
I See What You Did ThereThough all are blessed with eyes to see,
Eyes never lay sight upon the seer;
No retina perceives the seedling
beneath its iris.
Ocular nerves sense Occam-ented pictures
Of identity: portraits framed by
Ourselves, Us, and Others
- Whose eyes perceived whole
But...
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Categories:
deferred, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
Yes, I Pier Irma Donned To Crush Mar a Lago EstateTo Crush Mar a Lago Estate, and lower the Economic debt ceiling...
Now that DACA docked amidst
marshy tidal outskirts of Poker flats
(readied to be sunk) off shore
(beach combing divers – ectoplasmic flotsam
glorying...
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Categories:
deferred, america, anger, anxiety, crush, discrimination, future, horror,
Form:
I do not know?
Homelands====================
Homelands
Arabic poem by: Adel Said*
Translated into English by:
Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk)
=====================
At the end of the line I stand
As should a professional homeless do
Exactly at the end of the line
Before the committee on homelands distribution
Among...
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Categories:
deferred, arabic, deep, depression, international, lost, metaphor, sad,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Sunrise Versus Sunset“Ok, I need to know, which do you prefer, a sunrise or a sunset?”
The question was odd, who was this guy? Hadn't we just met?
I pretended to ponder on it carefully and tried to...
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Categories:
deferred, fantasy, food, funny, imagination, me, me,
Form:
Narrative
The WindowMelted candles atop a resigned dresser
Wilted roses lying atop a white cloud
The flickering of fires and shadows mesh well with your
Batting eyelashes your heavy words and your breathing in rhythm with
the cadences of muted car...
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Categories:
deferred, america, city, desire, emotions, heart, lust, political,
Form:
Free verse
ChristmasThank you for today, live and gleeful,
It's about the baby full of youth,
Born somewhat not the portal,
Although a star signed by truth.
Given to many, not just a few,
Shepherd common attended him,
Valid by the magi with...
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Categories:
deferred, anti bullying, atheist, christmas, jesus, perspective, religion,
Form:
Rhyme
Of An Ebony Hued Mid-Summer Night Dream: Apropos of We Kings, Queens, and the Fiery FurnaceOF AN EBONY HUED MID-SUMMER NIGHT DREAM
(Apropos of We Kings, Queens, and The Fiery Furnace)
Indeed, this is a day the Lord has made:-
Considering last night’s revelation dreaming,
Waking up into this day the Lord has made,
I...
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Categories:
deferred, allegory, analogy, bible, black african american, faith,
Form:
Prose
Costly RightsThere once was a much-desired piece of real estate nearby the estate of a king.
The property was coveted by the king and owned by a subject in his domain.
The king offered the above mentioned landowner...
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Categories:
deferred, community, dedication, evil, patriotic, people, rights,
Form:
Narrative
The RuiningYou were "blood", & you had nowhere else to go.
You were the brother of my love, how could we tell you no?
We welcomed you in our home, you and your "escorting" hoe.
He even got...
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Categories:
deferred, angst, brother, confusionbrother, brother, life,
Form:
Light Verse
Recluse By Dint of Circumstance Second CellArtfully dodging explosive solutions
pretending shackles restrained prisoner
lobbed pseudo Molotov cocktails
kindly, loosely, and mutinously linkedin
liberal short (make believe) chain
leashed faux abysmal isolated confinement
former courtly poet,
who consumed prison fare
equalling bread and thin gruel
poetical,...
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Categories:
deferred, abuse, adventure, allegory, america, blessing, celebration, corruption,
Form:
Free verse
Deeper ThanSlavery is not the end of atrocities
Suffered by minority communities
The every day systematic sway
Of bricks piled against you like
A wall of pain
So many bricks
The millions murdered for simply being
Who they were born to be...
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Categories:
deferred, abuse, africa, america, angst, anti bullying, black
Form:
Free verse
The Bullet"Are you afraid of them?", the reporter asked
It was a blatant question, a bit too crass
One on the bleeding edge of ruthless
Even if it came off seemingly toothless
I contemplated my answer, as one should with...
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Categories:
deferred, black african american, prejudice, violence,
Form:
Rhyme