Long Delve Poems
Long Delve Poems. Below are the most popular long Delve by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Delve poems by poem length and keyword.
Niitthaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of the Ascetic, Canto 3 of the Thirukkural By ThiruvalluvarNiithaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of Ascetics, Canto 26 of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classical Treatise on Ethics, Translation and Commentary by T. Wignesan
[Given the scarcity of information (mostly conflicting even then) on the...
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Categories:
delve, education, humanity, life, philosophy, retirement, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
Face Masks, Face Veils: Same Thinghttps://youtu.be/c1gNm21YzfI
When last I visited India almost a decade ago
I recall riding on my brother's scooter
as he drove me around town,
And I saw fully veiled Muslim women
half their faces veiled, masked in Niqab
driving scooters,...
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Categories:
delve, health, truth, , western,
Form:
Prose
The Mojo TrickThe Mojo Trick
Loch David Crane
June 1979
Sweat-sticky and hot! The P. I. is not
a comfortable place to be;
but sit here and perspire (as though by the fire)
and I'll tell a tale to thee.
I was coming alive...
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Categories:
delve, absence, how i feel, humor, humorous, soldier,
Form:
Ballad
The Battle For BettermentIs it possible, in times like these,
To fight off such adversity and selfishness
And to save other souls that you owe not to?
Gaze into these pain-filled eyes,
Contemplate their crushing calumny
And see why I must...
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Categories:
delve, blessing, dark, evil, forgiveness, heaven, inspirational, war,
Form:
Free verse
A Good OutlookI was once something of a pessimist, and that fact did not concern me,
As violet birds are content, to spend their nights in different trees.
Still I had a happy and quiet existence, or at least...
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Categories:
delve, dream, faith, fantasy, garden, growth, home, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Why Are We HereWritten 16 August 2023:
Placed First in "Why Are We Here Poetry contest",
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
...
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Categories:
delve, god, humanity, inspirational, life, men, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
The Antics of a Yoyo ThiefThe Antics Of A Yoyo Thief
Potential life of as juvenile delinquent
(ala bam mean future streetwise thug)
stopped dead in the tracks – manacles
the above two lines hopefully gives hint
nearly changing changing life of one boy
an undersized...
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Categories:
delve, 5th grade, 6th grade, adventure, angel, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
Je T'Aime 'Neath a Banyan Tree - Erotic Verse
The story behind this poem
The curiosity of many of my readers (many of them women) was excited in my previous poem ‘Passion in Black and White’ POTD 6 March. They wanted to know more about...
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Categories:
delve, i love you, inspirational, sensual,
Form:
Verse
Ultimate Metaphysical BaseWritten: November 04, 2023, For Jaymee Thomas Contest
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Reflecting on this rip-roaring round adventure,
Gazing into the depths of...
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Categories:
delve, analogy, appreciation, creation, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
TitanCanadian Ocean Gate
O beauteous land of mirth and Glee!
O land of falls and seas and lakes!
Which shadows row in horrid nights
Which sorrow in Thee circulate
O start of mystic Nile gate
In which Thy goddess contemplates
Which...
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Categories:
delve, adventure, art, bereavement, fate, father son, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
We, Crazy
In the shadows of my half-waked condition of terra firma- patronus renditioned, I mudder into your soil,
snorkel into your swamp of inlet tributary, a flagellum personae , prosopopoeia explorae eel, "Marinas"
here waters water dreams, to...
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Categories:
delve, art,
Form:
Rhyme
K165 and K166 of Canto Xvii of the Thiruk-Kural With Translations and Commentary165 and K166 of CANTO XVII of the THIRUK-KURAL with Translations and Commentary (continued)
(Commentary: The more I delve into Thiru-Valluvar's work, the more I'm convinced that it's not in each and every couplet that the...
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Categories:
delve, bible, jealousy, loss, tamil, wisdom,
Form:
Couplet
The Hero Code: DecodedEnthralled by each panel, a world in my grasp,
Comic books whisked me beyond time's clasp.
Starlight's soft shimmer, on planets unknown,
Myths spun with heroes, on quests all their own.
With villains I tangled, with champions I soared,
Their...
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Categories:
delve, hero, imagination, literature, youth,
Form:
Narrative
Might As Well BeI know that I’m not dead, but I might as well be, I live in an altered reality where I’m still the me I used to be
Here I sit beside of me talking to myself,...
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Categories:
delve, death, forgiveness,
Form:
Rhyme
Autumn JoyDestined for the hopefulness of dawn,
Dewy eyed, mist like tears forced themselves
From the corners of sorrowful eyes, resting
On the sunrise, briefly elated by the melody –
Music in colors, graceful and blazing,
Never hesitating behind the guitar’s...
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Categories:
delve, autumn, beautiful, november, october, peace, seasons, september,
Form:
Free verse
Bathing RepentanceIn the bathroom…bathing in the bathtub
I’m drowning in gloom…grooming for a rub
I’m repenting for hurting myself and others…understand…
These devils in my mind and hands…got so damn out of hand
Dripping soap and water on my pigmentation...
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Categories:
delve, angst, december, deep, depression, desire, motivation, november,
Form:
Lyric
A Spritely ReminderHer long sleeved robe matched the hue of the plants so perfectly
that it was hard to tell where the rest of the color and her form began.
Her skin was a papery, ghostly white....
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Categories:
delve, encouraging, environment, fantasy, inspirational, magic,
Form:
I do not know?
The Hungry Stones IXLet me not delve deep on what panned out thence,
The gloom of nights deepened still further dense,
And there was time I felt a puny pawn,
My wanderings meandered when till dawn—
A pawn...
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Categories:
delve, allusion, bangla, fantasy, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Ancient Greek Philosophy Continued : Heraclitus and ParmenidesHeraclitus :
The world continues to be in a state of flux ,
Where strife (Nekos) and love (Philia) ,
Are the dividing and uniting forces in control ,
To ensure the balance and unity of the whole...
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Categories:
delve, historyschool, world, change, school, universe, , western,
Form:
Rhyme
The Antics of a Yoyo ThiefNow scores of years
after botched minor theft penchant
courtesy security guard
analogous to inquisitorial trenchant
unforgettable verbal lashing
(suppressing me ululation to vent)
unwittingly arresting snitch behavior
plus potential life of crime.
Not a peep passed thru
pursed lip o'...
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Categories:
delve, 5th grade, adventure, age, child, courage, education,
Form:
Rhyme
A Lesson From Sonnet Xx- the Secret Love of ShakespeareWho was the fair youth that Shakespeare wrote of? This young man whom nature loved far too much to create as a woman, so she endowed him with something “extra” so that he could be...
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Categories:
delve, poetry, , literature,
Form:
Prose
The Flying ScotsmanTHE FLYING SCOTSMAN
In the suburbs of Scotland, a star was shone,
The humblest being the nature’s child,
Dared to dream the strangest dreams,
Sailing the ship through the wildest storms!
The determined will, the hurdles though aplenty,
The childhood seemed...
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Categories:
delve, inspiration, inspirational, visionary, mental health,
Form:
Free verse
Introducing History of Ancient Greek Philosophy In Verse .Friends, I present to you the very edifice of Western Philosophy
in Verse, dating back over two thousand five hundred years of History! Based on my
painstaking research work because of my love for Philosophy!...
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Categories:
delve, history
Form:
Rhyme
Winter's BreathThis is my blank page; this is my manifesto.
As time continues to draw away years from my time here, I sit and I ponder what the meaning of my life is, and what steps I...
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Categories:
delve, beautiful, body, conflict, life, love, power, winter,
Form:
Narrative
a bird and a boy -
one day as a boy, I went down to the sea
clambered o'er rocks way out to the bluff
stopping to search in a tide pool for shells
senses awakened by strong, briny smells
warming, the zephyr was gentle...
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Categories:
delve, beach, bird, childhood, nature, ocean, soulmate,
Form:
Rhyme