Long El Poems
Long El Poems. Below are the most popular long El by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long El poems by poem length and keyword.
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...
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Categories:
el, 8th grade, absence, anger, angst, boy, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
Rejection Slips 3Rejection Slips 3
Rejection Slip
by Michael R. Burch
Whenever my writing gets rejected,
I always wonder how the rejecter got elected.
Are we exchanging at the same Bourse?
(Excepting present company, of course!)
When editors reject my poems, did I slip...
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Categories:
el, death, desire, family, heart, life, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
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...
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Categories:
el, love, romance, romantic, romantic love, spanish, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Juvenilia: Early Poems IvJuvenilia: Early Poems IV
I wrote this around age 17.
Bible Libel
by Michael R. Burch
If God
is good
half the Bible
is libel.
I read the Bible from cover to cover at age eleven, ten chapters per day, at the suggestion...
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Categories:
el, poems, poetry, poets, teen, write, writing, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
The World Is a Small PlaneI have travelled through the cluttered corridors of my tired mind countless times.
I have reached deep into the dark abyss of my captive soul and in that profoundly disturbing darkness, I went searching to...
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Categories:
appreciation, faith, inspirational, love, self, strength,
Form:
Narrative
Guns and Roses It was 1986 I was setting in after giving
birth to my first son after wearing wires
pregnant for the FBI buying large amounts
of weapons ammunition boxes the dealer
loaded hand grenades silencers scopes gun...
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Categories:
el, chicago, integrity, poems, power,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
A Kept WomanDream-worker
delves deeply into my dream;
vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine ego quest for affaire d’amour;
her night-loving body
c h a...
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Categories:
el, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery, love, lust, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
A Sweet Poem In My HeartI discovered a poem longing in my heart, it is for you,
And it is about you, my sweetheart. This poem resembles you.
I wrote it this morning, before the arrival of the auroral shadow.
Her words...
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Categories:
el, beauty, fantasy, i love you, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which Door Might a Confucian TakeBack Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*
In homage - dedicated to the Chair Professor of Comparative Literature
.................at the prestigious...
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Categories:
el, books, eulogy, french, poems, son, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
SPECIAL AGENT ALAN KING FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOISYOU ARRIVED ON CUE I SUPPOSE RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS DAY ARSONS MURDERS PROCLAIMING MY LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ARSON MURDER 8 ELDERLY PERSONS PARISHES PROCLAIMED MY EX HUSBAND...
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Categories:
el, chicago, city, i love you,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
MarlinoTwo, perhaps three miles out to sea, beyond the reef to Zapatillas,
Bocas’ dual sand-edged footprint jewels with jungle centre trees,
Francesco’s outboard boat heads out to Caribbean’s deeper blue.
Where sun burns softer gringo skin, but...
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Categories:
el, fish, fishing, sea,
Form:
Narrative
Magdalen Christmas Eve Mass 1984Busy time very frustrating watching my
husband and ciro gargano go over the
blue prints over and over again during
the 1984 elections for lake county Daniel
Furlan Bobby Thompson Ernest Fisher Ciro
was looking...
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Categories:
el, america, christmas, city, evil, faith, fire,
Form:
Free verse
Mad About Towns
When we set out on a road trip
We didn’t stick to the old script
And were gladly amazed
And rarely unfazed
Hitting strange towns though some were skipped
We started from Thatsnot, OK
Which was more or less ok
But then...
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Categories:
humorous, travel, word play,
Form:
Limerick
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:
el, adventure, america, angst, anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form:
Free verse
Unrequited Unrequired 4Good evening to all out there this is wabc radios late night slot call in show with your host Tom Morrow, the theme is on pesonality traits and how we percive them
not myself personally.' I...
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Categories:
el, abuse, appreciation,
Form:
Narrative
Matty Mattel Doll Circa Mcmlxv(alternately titled: idolizing childhood's end
today April 25th, 2021
generates elusive warm treasured memories).
Akin to significance my eldest sister
felt toward her “Willies” –
(totally tubular fuzzy bendable contrivances
analogous to an outsize pipe cleaner)
until she became a tweener
my Matty...
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Categories:
el, 1st grade, age, best friend, childhood, dedication,
Form:
Rhyme
Ah Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious SleepAh...Satisfactorily Succumbing Into Salubrious Sleep
Aye sandman, I surrender to yar supreme governance
surreal spectacular soiree gifts subconscious sphere
soothing (analogous to natural palliative), ah...REM
member nought, asper exquisite entertaining cerebral
kaleidoscope replete with nonpareil visual trappings
aesthetically tantalizing unforgettable..., but...
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Categories:
12th grade, adventure, appreciation, celebration, dance, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
VictoryWhen I was a boy I wanted to be Martin Luther King,
For his life sings of the strength of unconditional love,
Which can only come from above,
But when I became a man, I gave myself to...
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Categories:
el,
Form:
Bio
Translation of David Broza's Ay Amor Que Seria De Mi, Lyrics By E N GlassTranslation of David Broza's " ! Ay Amor ! Que seria de mi ! " by T. Wignesan
( I'm not certain if this' s the original title of the lyrics composed by Eitan Nahmias GLASS....
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Categories:
el, anxiety, break up, heartbreak, sad love, song,
Form:
Elegiac Lyric
RED SEARED SEA
At the mouth I lay splayed
blood trickling, slowly dripping into soft mud or red Akashic ink
mud of my anus, ink of...
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Categories:
el, allegory, body, color, courage, deep, emotions, imagery,
Form:
Ballad
Cruisin' the DragSipping cherry limeade, driving in the car parade,
we're cruising in the Lone Star state.
Didn't want a bucket seat; the thing it couldn't beat,
was sitting up close to your date.
One hand on the wheel...
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Categories:
el, car, funny, growing up, high school, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Ah Tis Nothing Greater ThanAh... tis nothing greater than...
malfunctioning heater
on that brisk winter day
recorded here as proof positive
regarding following reasonable rhyme.
While scrolling thru
poems crafted yesteryear,
I chanced to jog my memory where
there
occurred power outage necessitated
more than divine...
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Categories:
el, 12th grade, angst, dark, environment, faith, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Sending Magnificent Flowers For Valentine's DayFor the Valentine’s season
Send forth a tastefully written card
To any wonderfully wise person
Is a good endeavor. That’s not bad.
However, sending exquisite flowers
Is the best, sweetest archetypal way
To say, I love you many times over
Over, and...
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Categories:
el, best friend, chocolate, flower, inspiration, love, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
Someone To Love-Part 1Book in hand, I strode the path
in awesome Autumn splendor.
The warmth of the sun caressing my cheek,
while the cool breeze gently tickled
goose bumps across my warm skin.
All around me the crepe paper litter
piled brilliance...
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Categories:
el, loss, love, love hurts,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Elsabob Comes To the ForestThe forest had enjoyed a magical transformation.
Dusk had ushered in the firefly brigade.
They lit up the pond area like tiny LED lights.
I could see they were excitedly motioning to the faeries.
Although I do not speak...
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Categories:
el, animal, fairy, fantasy, friend, friendship, nature, tree,
Form:
Narrative