Long Example Poems
Long Example Poems. Below are the most popular long Example by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Example poems by poem length and keyword.
Matthew delivers his latest bullet tinMatthew delivers his latest bullet – tin...
from the Harris-Walz front
where liberal minded socially progressive
electorate doth agonizingly grunt
targeted in crosshairs scoped out
eager and ready to be mortally wounded
courtesy notorious big headed
(and bigoted) infamous...
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Categories:
example, absence, america, angel, august, courage, future, political,
Form:
Free verse
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:
example, 8th grade, absence, anger, angst, boy, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
Various Heresies 3Various Heresies 3
Breakings
by Michael R. Burch
I did it out of pity.
I did it out of love.
I did it not to break the heart of a tender, wounded dove.
But gods without compassion
ordained: Frail things must break!
Now...
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Categories:
example, america, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, usa,
Form:
Verse
Fate decreed sexting or texting while married abominableFate decreed sexting/texting while married abominable
Therefore karma caught up to me big time
and delivered yours truly sent to purgatory
(figurative speaking) by casting a spell,
whereby the government issued Safelink
Tracfone got permanently disabled
and all the data
(including contact...
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Categories:
example, adventure, animal, anxiety, appreciation, black love, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
Energy's Dying WishSo, if I understand correctly,
you want to respond to inevitable energy descent
by upgrading incentives for cooperative communication,
positive information expansion,
research and regenerative design,
implementation,
and ecopolitical evaluation strategies?
Yes,
because we achieved current WinWin cooperative communication
and organic networking capacities
by virtue...
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Categories:
example, culture, deep, games, green, health, language, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Pablo Neruda Translation: Every Day You PlayEvery Day You Play
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Every day you play with Infinity’s rays.
Exquisite visitor, you arrive with the flowers and the water.
You are vastly more than this immaculate head I clasp...
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Categories:
example, aubade, beauty, dog, for her, fruit, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
Green Democratic EmpathyI don't think it's just me.
I find myself challenged to change LeftBrain cognitive beliefs,
languaged abstractions of personal feelings,
perhaps because it is not possible to change Right Brain's
Elder feelings of co-passionate trust
where dipolar co-arising positive pleasure
is...
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Categories:
example, education, health, history, integrity, political, racism,
Form:
Political Verse
Trump's Intake InterviewHello,
you've reached the EcoTherapist Cooperative.
How can we help you
without bringing harm to Others?
That's a question I've never thought about.
I'm calling for the National Republican Party.
We would like to hire an EcoTherapist
for a consultation
during the 2020...
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Categories:
example, america, caregiving, earth day, health, humor, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
Rilke Translations IiCome, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1926, in the...
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Categories:
example, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Veronica Franco TranslationsVeronica Franco translations
Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was a Venetian courtesan who wrote literary-quality poetry and prose.
Capitolo 19: A Courtesan's Love Lyric (I)
by Veronica Franco
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
"I resolved to make a virtue of...
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Categories:
example, desire, french, joy, love, lust, poetess, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Today and Tomorrow - the Butterfly Style~Today And Tomorrow ~
( The Butterfly Style )
~O~
Love God with all heart
He is best friend
Always there
The Lord
Greatest
In all
Just ...
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Categories:
example, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
example, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
After School Jam SessionHow was school today?
Fine.
Did you learn anything important?
Maybe. I'm not sure yet.
Really? What are you considering?
We talked about Howard Odum's natural trinity
of altruism.
Maybe I skipped that day
way back in premillennial times
before Permaculture Design had taken...
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Categories:
example, culture, earth, education, environment, health, humor, science,
Form:
Political Verse
I Do Believe - the Key To My Heart Style~ I Do Believe ~
( Key To My Heart )
~O~
I
Know soul
Never
Dies that's
Cause choose
Believe********There's a
God and Jesus died for my...
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Categories:
example, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Seek the Lord - the Star of David Style~ Seek The Lord ~
( Star Of David )
God
For sure
Knows sees all
Wants best for you
He sure loves us all
Lord wants us to have Love...
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Categories:
example, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: the PantherThe Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is not our world. It has no stars.
No light. Ten thousand...
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Categories:
example, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
Merov's Ghost and Other Shots Across My BowMerov’s Ghost (1) and Other Shots Across My Bow!
In mid-November of Fourteen, I published my first web verse here, (2)
the earliest spanned sixty years, composed for Senior English class
one night in Nineteen Sixty-One. Assigned just...
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Categories:
example, blessing, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Many silly poems potpourriIn most of my verse, my simple aim
is just sorta to enter tame.
Then, once inside ~
go completely hog wild ~
showing no reserve,
showing absolutely no shame.
For example:
"What do you think of my pup?",
I asked a cop...
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Categories:
example, giggle, poetry, silly, writing,
Form:
Light Verse
The Escape"Sentenced to hang in the town of Lincoln,
Billy made his bold escape.
Both of his guards died from thinking,
that a shackled young boy couldn't break away."
I've often wondered what thoughts were going through his head
as he...
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Categories:
example, history,
Form:
Rhyme
LegendLook up in the sky ! It’s a bird ! It’s a plane.
It’s Superman !
More powerful than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. This fearless...
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Categories:
example, courage,
Form:
Narrative
Additional Advice To Those Would Be King From the Thiruk-Kural With CommentaryAdditional free advice to those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with Commentary
[*like presidents, prime ministers, dictators of declining (falling or fallen) nations or even empires]
K442: urranOy niikki uraa amai munkaakkum
...
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Categories:
example, bullying, immigration, prison, religion, sympathy, tamil, violence,
Form:
Epigram
A Poem For My History TeacherI wanted to write
The best slavery poem ever written—
Perhaps win a Pulitzer or Faulkner.
I had every intention of conforming
To the standards
Of modern verse and composition,
Lyrics fluidly written,
Perfect...
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Categories:
example, assonance, forgiveness, history, holocaust, humanity, memorial, slavery,
Form:
Rhyme
Dr Time's Dipolar RantWhat's up?
Thanks for this interview,
old man.
You are either blind or confused,
but probably both.
Well, thanks,
and I appreciate you as well.
Now, I understand you want to talk about human consciousness.
We comprehend your language as limiting human consciousness.
Now...
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Categories:
example, anger, culture, fear, language, love, nature, time,
Form:
Narrative
God Knows All - the Pentaphor Style~ God Knows All ~
( Pentaphor )
~O~
God loves you a lot
He always knows best
God is never wrong
In...
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Categories:
example, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Of Winks and Wings - Part 2"Oh, indeed she was, young man ... I mean Greg. It IS Greg, if I recall correctly?"
"Yes. Or you can call me True Friend if you like." I turned to...
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Categories:
example, autumn, life, lost love, nature, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse