Long Encased Poems
Long Encased Poems. Below are the most popular long Encased by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Encased poems by poem length and keyword.
Who Put Luebella Down the Wych Elm
"Who Put Luebella down the Wych Elm?"
There are rumours
about me, some
come seeking me
with their geiger counters
and ouji boards
with their heart
shaped planchettes
unanswered questions
in the woods, crackling
within the sounds of leaves
invisible dead things speaking
underfoot...
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Categories:
encased, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Ice Cream Gran 5 - Turbo, We Have a ProblemIt’s heading for our planet at ten thousand miles an hour
To stop it all the experts say we haven’t got the power
All the nukes in all the world won’t constitute a plan
So someone said, ‘All...
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Categories:
encased, grandmother, hero, space,
Form:
Rhyme
Turkish Poetry Translations IiTurkish Poetry Translations II
Çanakkale Sehitlerine
"For the Çanakkale Martyrs"
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Was there ever anything like the Bosphorus war??
The earth’s mightiest armies pressing Marmara,
Forcing entry between her mountain passes
To a...
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Categories:
encased, autumn, god, love, sea, time, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Bleeding Before Rome -2Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees,
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage,
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenched brutality
with the bodies of...
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Categories:
encased, culture, heart, war, world war ii,
Form:
Epic
The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For WarThe Philistine troops gathered up for war,
Between Azekah and Socoh amassed.
Israel encamped near in Elah vale
And drew a line against the number vast.
There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand,
To face the other tribe across...
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Categories:
encased, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
TozzathPellucid pachyderms wade across
the purpling River Manjees
and Tozzath watches from the bank,
the seat of his maroon pantaloons soaked with mud,
his nostrils flaring with the fragrance of ombadalias,
whose lacey petals flutter
like the wings of long-dead...
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Categories:
encased, death, fantasy, girl, magic, word play,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
encased, imagination, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Chinese Translations IChinese Poets: English Translations
These are modern English translations of poems by some of the greatest Chinese poets of all time, including Du Fu, Huang O, Li Bai, Li Ching-jau, Li Qingzhao, Po Chu-I, Tzu Yeh,...
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Categories:
encased, children, heaven, moon, sorrow, spring, water, wine,
Form:
Free verse
Son, You Need A Haircut: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline"A dressed day has disrobed into the depth of a drawer's nightstand."
(Oh, how positively awesome that what can be sorted out in such an explanatory pattern that a difference would maketh a day.)
The muskiness...
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Categories:
encased, anger, angst, anxiety, conflict, confusion, jealousy,
Form:
Prose
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:
encased, atheist, dark, destiny, gothic, history, husband, may,
Form:
Free verse
Fall of BerlinFall Of Berlin
There on the wall hangs a mixture of paint on linen,
Leaving the impression of a city besieged, encased in ice;
Purposely frozen in horror to remind the living,
Of blood oozing from the rubble into...
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Categories:
encased, history, war, world war ii,
Form:
Verse
Mehmet Akif Ersoy TranslationsMehmet Akif Ersoy: Modern English Translations of Turkish Poems
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy (1873-1936) was a Turkish poet, author, writer, academic, member of parliament, and the composer of the Turkish National Anthem.
Snapshot
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation...
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Categories:
encased, dark, death, earth, grave, life, war, world,
Form:
Ghazal
Spouse Cannot Forget Mine Suppressed Flatulence Upon Our First DateSpouse cannot forget mine suppressed flatulence upon our first date
While yours truly sat here
at the desk housing MacBook Pro,
pondering his next idée fixe apropos
for gamut of anonymous readers,
he unexpectedly, noisily and effectually
exploded out rear...
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Categories:
encased, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form:
Rhyme
My Poetry, a Catharsisstared at the two passionate lines for the longest time,
what I wrote ..I created ... as if in a trance, as if in a surreal dream ..
...
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Categories:
encased, inspiration, introspection, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: the How of Democratic Kill - Ixl Part TwoUnquotable quotes: The How of Democratic Kill - IXL, Part Two
No, tell me not my vote now does not count
(Shakespearean Sonnet)
No, tell me not my vote...
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Categories:
encased, freedom, humanity, international, leadership, power, society,
Form:
Sonnet
I Am Me, Set Me FreeI am given to you by Creator Himself
My Limbs long to grow straight and tall
Bathed in sunlight from above, paying homage
Fulfilling my God given task
From the dawn of creation, in the Holy Books I’m told
A...
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Categories:
encased, cancer, creation, environment, health, inspirational, nature, planet,
Form:
Ode
The In-Between
"The In-Between"
I ripped the pages of
that tired old story
from the heart, a body of work
buried the misdiagnosed slanders
then wiped their mouths
with the back of my spoon
the feed they found,
passed the disingenuous time;
some found...
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Categories:
encased, imagery, life, muse, poets, psychological, symbolism, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Today I Will Wander To the Brotheltoday i will wander to the brothel
those divine friends of Jesus
where i will intercourse
with the ladies in my growing Spanish
write some lines to ponder
while they wash clothes and bathe
i the balneologist with the brandy
we watch...
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Categories:
encased, anger, death of a friend, forgiveness, friend,
Form:
Free verse
New Time Same Problem Still PrejudiceNEW TIME SAME PROBLEM STILL PREJUDICE
I am colored by my skin type is...
Dark brown I am black
If the color of my skin offends you, then
Just close your, eyes close your eyes;
Be surprised everything in the...
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Categories:
encased, anger, angst, anxiety, assonance, discrimination,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Lady That Wore The Mask!The sky is blue gray the hue white with stars looking at the view from the heavens view the earth cam view the encased truth view a wicked plan from the moon to earth...
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Categories:
encased, appreciation, beautiful, conflict, remember, soulmate, stars, sweet
Form:
Dramatic Verse
100 Percent Natural Psyllium Husk Delivered Solid Ecstasy100% Natural psyllium husk delivered solid ecstasy
As of late - I could not but barely move
mine whole body felt
analogous to sluggish mollusk
frequent constipation found yours truly
doubled over in gastrointestinal agony
as if elephant or red (livid...
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Categories:
encased, best friend, caregiving, freedom, happiness, humorous, hurt,
Form:
Free verse
Who Am I
recognition of our true constitution reveals
we are not merely limited mind-body combine
our soul being encased in five sheaths or coverings
of which the first and grossest is the material organism
the second our pranic energy field, which...
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Categories:
encased, muse, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Hidden BeautyHidden beauty resides not in the grace like charms
Of coy smiles
Painted across a gentle Madonnas face.
Nor is she vested within the chastened vows
Of saintly knights; encased Great-Helm:
Thus maketh the pale maidens meek pulse
To so...
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Categories:
encased, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
Low Self-Esteem But God Made MeSuch as a woman would say with low self-esteem ...
Some say I'm not beautiful nor am I pretty
But that's okay I can relay
I Was Made created holy God Made Me for God
Made...
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Categories:
encased, analogy, beauty, black african american, bullying, character,
Form:
Free verse
I've met Scarecrows with more Spine than you!I'm not addicted, so this will be easy
It's a hard truth to hear so I just tune it out
and I’m arguing with walls
but I end up letting them fall on me
“But it...
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Categories:
encased, addiction, conflict, desire, growth, repetition,
Form:
Free verse