Long Expound Poems
Long Expound Poems. Below are the most popular long Expound by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Expound poems by poem length and keyword.
Wrestling with impasse to contentmentWrestling with impasse to contentment
Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog
just me and mine dark shadow
slinking along the edge of night doth blog
passivity, the path of least resistance ohm my dog,
shocking voltage surges an emphatic...
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Categories:
expound, abuse, adventure, age, anger, betrayal, black african
Form:
Rhyme
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:
expound, atheist, dark, destiny, gothic, history, husband, may,
Form:
Free verse
Am I Turning into a Lizard Serial Killer
Hmmm, where do I start? With deep sighs, I am sighing right now.
I just finished burying 2 lizards, and my heart is heavy...
Let me back up a bit...bear with me if I might turn out...
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Categories:
expound, angst, animal, how i feel, sad, sorry,
Form:
Narrative
The Pig and the Horse
The Creatures had gathered at the usual place
to hear what the candidates would say.
It was time to embrace who would make their best case
and so be declared...
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Categories:
expound, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable quotes: Philosophers - XXIIUnquotable quotes: Philosophers – XXII
Take Socrates: the insignia of a true philosopher is the bald pate and the luxuriant beard – the very reason why women make for such pathetic philosophers.
The bald pate facilitates the...
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Categories:
expound, humanity, humor, inspirational, philosophy, racism, religion,
Form:
Epigram
A Long Limerick Planned for PoemsA Long Limerick Planned for Poems
This is my 6,466th poem. Shooting for 6.666
for some strange reason and time and season
and only teasing.
It sure seems much easier to put
all of my poems into one poem.
Put God...
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Categories:
expound, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
Lifeboat Adrift at SeaPart 2
The passengers were a well-heeled lot who
Had no experience to the rigors at sea.
And their disillusionment grew... on seeing the crew
Entirely encrusted with earwigs and fleas.
But...
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Categories:
expound, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Is Jesus GodIs Jesus God?
Some would say that this is an unusual question, as the Father is the Father, and the Son is the Son.
However, after the 3rd century the Trinity doctrine appeared claiming that the...
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Categories:
expound, bible, christian, father son, god, jesus, religious,
Form:
Didactic
Exfoliation I AmEXFOLIATION, I AM
In my advanced age am I but
The castoff--remnants
Of a vitality that once was and has been...
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Categories:
expound, allusion, bereavement, family, happiness, how i feel,
Form:
Light Verse
Romantic Ramblings about the Ultimate ManYou’re the finest man I have ever seen
You are handsome and strong
Virile
Full bodied
Beautiful to the eyes
Alluring to the hands
Your lips
Send messages
“Come and taste
And never thirst again”
Your eyes
Changing hues
Like the sea
The sky
In between
Iris pools where I...
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Categories:
expound, desire, dream, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Existential Conundrumdetangling figurative philosophical,
(i.e. ineffable) thread tightly bound
most likely requires a greater capacity
(than mine) to expound,
considerably superior than
this feeble intellectual attempt,
nonetheless...
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Categories:
expound, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
false teachers of lovea person a guru who claims to love all and creation equally is simply lying to himself and or fooling you. The flesh is limited and believe it or not the special attention that each...
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Categories:
expound, introspection, perspective, universe,
Form:
Light Verse
The Alchemist's TalePrologue
Of the alchemist’s physique I expound upon thee
A white feathered cap wore he jauntily, cocked to a side.
His sight like a moles’, aided by technology.
Shoulders broad with features fair
Emerald eyes he had with a...
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Categories:
expound, imaginationme, night, me, night,
Form:
Light Verse
Special Needs ParentA note to all the new parents of special needs babies?
Hello New Mom,
Congratulations, you are now part of a world where there is exquisite beauty.
Along with that beauty will come a hardship few can expound...
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Categories:
expound, parents,
Form:
Ballade
The Playground BenchLittle Lilly wanted to go, to the playground, to have some fun the other day.
And all the other Trolls wanted to tag along, for it looked like fun, they said.
So we went at dusk, for...
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Categories:
expound, adventure, fantasy, funny, humorous, imagination, uplifting,
Form:
Light Verse
Ephemeral online momentEphemeral online moment...
Yours truly plagiarizes himself with zeal
courtesy mental cogs and rusty wheel,
thus no literary crime committed to steel
I broadcast material shown thru rickety
black and white Roman Times newsreel
forthwith shoddy wordplay exempts me
against copyright infringement...
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Categories:
expound, absence, earth, imagery, inspiration, journey, life, time,
Form:
Rhyme
CHARISMAAnd those that were wise spoke among themselves
They took note of the darkness
spoke of things past and things yet future
they collected the news
the times and the seasons of men
they watched carefully for the time
to fulfill...
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Categories:
expound, bible, devotion, love, nature, passion, visionary, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
What Discursive Poetic Theme Shall I Write AboutHmm...What Discursive Poetic Theme Shall I Write About...
Today (a rather brisk, chilly,
and otherwise sat
tiss factory twirly delightful
December 18th, 2018) matte
her of fact quite
refreshing noontime, while this fat
tend plot of Earthen surveyed terrain
situated over scat
herd modest...
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Categories:
expound, abuse, allusion, america, analogy, destiny, history, imagination,
Form:
Bio
BEYOND A FAIRY TALETo live verily joyous forever
There in heaven with God
In His house of many mansions
Along streets of gold…
Is my Scripture-pictured story
Highlighting the Lord’s love and grace
Surpassing any glamorous fairy tale.
For today’s exploration of varied...
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Categories:
expound, bible, child, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
An Ode To My Great Mother
I trace my existence back to
Iye mwen N’ogie (My great Mother).
You see when I was but a foetus
In a womb of the homo sapien whom I will
Later call my mother.
I lay brooding, developing and
Metamorphosing in...
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Categories:
expound, africa, allusion, friend, friendship, hope, mother, symbolism,
Form:
Ode
Blindsided to craft eye catching title(alternately christened great insight
to those who Braille)
Ah.... so glad thee did ask
summoning poetic title
tis most daunting task
if lucky forthcoming praise
will yours truly to bask
and bathe with short lived,
while I quaff vintage
amber liquids out the
golden silver...
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Categories:
expound, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Free verse
An Unsolved Ambiguous Mystery She seared the defendant on the witness stand with a derogatory look.
"What do you mean, you’re not guilty ? Let’s see what it says in the book!
..Murder: the unlawful...
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Categories:
expound, confusionwords,
Form:
Rhyme
Emotional Onset Surges Like Tsunami 1st waveUnbeknownst tummy why, (around
about 2200 hours October 5th, 2018),
a slew of forgotten incidents quasi
lee linkedin, and questionably
nsync, though lightly browned
with...
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Categories:
expound, 10th grade, caregiving, daughter, devotion, father, games,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Ode to Sharon OldsDear Sharon, I see no end
To the rant of an educated mind
Once the pen is moving. I've seen A students
Butcher my writing. I remember the Fall
Of 2009, the poetry workshop at Stony Brook University,
The...
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Categories:
expound, dedication, school, thank youme, love, me, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
The Unattended Field“Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that altitude.”
...
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Categories:
expound, metaphor, mountains,
Form:
Other