Long Drafts Poems
Long Drafts Poems. Below are the most popular long Drafts by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Drafts poems by poem length and keyword.
Burning LogsEach flame
elegantly weaves in waves
flowing up from resources red cinder hot,
similar in warm color
temperature decrees
of beauty as integrity's truth
trust each surrounding flame.
Each flame
unique in point of origin below
as ubiquitously flickering fading destinations above.
Yet...
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Categories:
drafts, caregiving, community, creation, health, integrity, love hurts,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Peace In the Nowhere
"Peace in the Nowhere"
Ghosts remain in this place
they read their words
marked each day on walls
like prayers, it gives them
peace in the nowhere
someplace relevant to go
Ghosts commune in this place
disowned long ago or walked
off the...
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Categories:
drafts, muse, poems, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Prizes For Ultimate Sacrifices - Part OnePrizes for Ultimate Sacrifices
prizes for the abstemious for abstinence chastity ?
the countless...
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Categories:
drafts, howl, inspirational, metaphor, passion, satire, spoken word,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
War and Peace: That Midst Nations and NationalsWar and Peace: That Midst Nations And Nationals
War and Peace, a classical fiction by Leo Tolstoy, first published as Voyna I Mir in 1865–69. This picturesque reflection of early 19th-century Russian culture saw as its...
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Categories:
drafts, allegory, angst, life, marriage, war,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Week 2 - Stages By Herman Hesse - a Second Translation RevisedAs ev’ry flower wilts and ev’ry youngster 11
Must age, so manifests each stage of living, 11
All wisdom blossoms too and ev’ry virtue 11
Enjoys its time, and cannot last forever. 11
At ev’ry call of life, the heart of man should, 11
(Without...
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Categories:
drafts, journey, life, poetry, writing,
Form:
Verse
Where My Soul BelongsWhile a part of my soul longs,
To be carried away,
Far far,
From myself,
To another world,
To a mountain top,
To a lonely place,
To where the air is thin and light,
To where sensations stop,
To where feelings end,
To where noise...
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Categories:
drafts, identity,
Form:
Free verse
Love In the Silence of the SoulAs a young boy
Sitting in a pew
The winter darkness pressing down
Candlelight waves from hidden drafts
Shadows danced on the walls
I heard the words destined to me
“Be still . . . know that I am God”
So I...
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Categories:
drafts, death, love, sorrow,
Form:
Narrative
Magic BeansOur first awareness
falling through time
through blood-rain, pure white snow, green vegetation
down into deep earth
...
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Categories:
drafts, adventure, chocolate, love, peace, time,
Form:
Free verse
Poetic Nugget Discovered Today March 29th, 2021Poetic nugget discovered today March 29th, 2021...
while rifling thru outdated electronic drafts,
whereby yours went back to our memorable past.
Circa 6/30/ 2017 - Lost missing master car key...
plus additional ordinary travails affecting me
such as near bankruptcy,...
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Categories:
drafts, absence, adventure, anxiety, community, crazy, environment, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
My Heart Needs a HomeMy heart needs a home,
I’ve tried fitting it on bookshelves among fantasy novels and romantic stories,
but for some reason,
JRR Tolkein wouldn’t let me in between him and Danielle Steele,
I’ve tried placing it by my stereo;
in...
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Categories:
drafts, addiction, confusion, desire, joy, love, spiritual, world,
Form:
Free verse
Why would the US's government want banks to spy on their customers? Q and A and commentary part oneQ: Why would our US's government want banks to spy
upon their Bible purchasing customers?
A: They want to keep tract of Bible believing Christians.
Q: Should Christians not...
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Categories:
drafts, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
Walking and Writing It DownJust taking notes as I walk for the perhaps of a poem later. Fun to share real time first drafts.
Walking from out of town to into town
Passed a churchyard with no church
Only steps remain where...
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Categories:
drafts, art,
Form:
Free verse
Concord Massachusetts PassingwaysHaunted...
glowing foot falls on the dusted wooden planks cross the bridge
following them
I swing around enormous trees
skirt quickly...trying to catch up
were we holding hands as we walked
...did we hold hands?
I can't recall
but the muster...
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Categories:
drafts, funeral, garden, history, i love you, leaving,
Form:
Free verse
Brokenbutterfly22icy wind blasts
straight through the
cracks and drafts
blowing the world down
eerie, ugly, haunting sound
won't be ignored
then comes the rain
stinging the streets
bullets of hail
whipping glass
a cold evil night
tormenting my mind...
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Categories:
drafts, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Black Cat
"BLACK CAT"
SILENCE
prowls on soft paws
with sharp claws
Cutting up the
Middle Road
Dark shadow moves
SILIENCE
In absentia
Empty Absynthe
Puncture wounds
Cold wind blows
Over tracks
Skids softly
like warm
gants de Suède
on
Poets’ Row
Rat goes
Rat goes
Red scream
scarlet ribbons...
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Categories:
drafts, cat, color, dark, imagery, journey, psychological, woman,
Form:
Free verse
I Asked Myself a Rhetorical QuestionI Asked Myself A Rhetorical Question...
Asper daily expounding fostering
inchoate manifesting mod
er writ writing quality,
solitary scrimmage tackling
...
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Categories:
drafts, 11th grade, 12th grade, creation, faith, meaningful,
Form:
Narrative
Prayer To Earthpowered TimeForgive me
for sleeping while you weep,
for breathing while you wilt,
for beating strong and true
without you,
foregiven free.
Challenge us
to never swim or fly without you
to dream in Win to Win rich blues
for love's lusty heroic trust.
Redeem me
for...
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Categories:
drafts, anger, appreciation, destiny, earth, growth, prayer, time,
Form:
Free verse
Shattered StagesThe wood misunderstood the knife, the ax, the scythe
though for centuries it had sheltered man and should not
have misunderstood man's intent.
Wind chimes sublime mime melodies wordless tones
without rhyme noting not the passing of time.
The endless...
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Categories:
drafts, loss,
Form:
Verse
I Cannot Forget Trayvon Martin Slain TeenI cannot forget Trayvon Martin - slain teen
no matter manifold more young people
unthinkingly killed, who spirits aspire
to ascend higher than a steeple.
revisited and slightly revised today
March 14th, 2021.
One deliberate shameful death,
whose demise linkedin
violent cessation of...
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Categories:
drafts, abuse, anger, bereavement, black african american, cry,
Form:
Rhyme
Radio OdysseyIt’s that time again,
that airy hallmark intro, the vibrant soul ensemble.
Signpost to an hour long journey where passage, paean and piece come out to play.
Odyssey for fantasist and literary scion.
Earnest open invite to...
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Categories:
drafts, appreciation, art, beautiful, birth, creation, deep, devotion,
Form:
Prose Poetry
After the ElectionAfter the election,
at least two things will continue without interruption: death and taxation.
After the election,
two kinds of people, the rich and the poor, will remain without interruption.
After the election,
I will continue to pray, to go...
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Categories:
drafts, education, hyperbole, internet, political, recovery from, rights,
Form:
Prose
Literary GardenersIn the realm of words, where knowledge thrives,
Teachers guide with wisdom, where the ink arrives.
Enhancing writing, a guiding light they bear,
To elevate students, their written tales to share.
They mould the process, each stage they steer,
Prewriting,...
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Categories:
drafts, teacher, thanksgiving,
Form:
Bio
Manhattan SoliloquyManhattan Soliloquy
...dedicated to Hart Crane (1899-1932)
As I dream the sounds of morning sliver,
cut my senses; slow, persistent slices
pierce my eyes to ragged wakefulness.
The muffled cries of merchant hustle and
the honking of the traffic, the...
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Categories:
drafts, dedicationstars,
Form:
Imagism
Manhattan Soliloquy...dedicated to Hart Crane (1899-1932)
As I dream the sounds of morning sliver,
cut my senses; slow, persistent slices
pierce my eyes to ragged wakefulness.
The muffled cries of merchant hustle and
the honking of the traffic, the noises...
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Categories:
drafts, dedication, writing,
Form:
Verse
Manhattan Soliloquy...dedicated to Hart Crane (1899-1932)
As I dream the sounds of morning sliver,
cut my senses; slow, persistent slices
pierce my eyes to ragged wakefulness.
The muffled cries of merchant hustle and
the honking of the traffic, the noises...
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Categories:
drafts, tribute,
Form:
Verse