Long Famed Poems
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Moby Dick: Retribution, Be It Man Or BeastMoby Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne....
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Categories:
famed, angst, character, conflict, muse,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Know ThyselfKnow Thyself
(one of the two Delphic commands of Apollo)
For years before the narrow windows of my senses
...
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Categories:
famed, god, me, world, voice, creation, fear, me,
Form:
Elegy
Know YourselfFor years before the narrow windows of my senses
...
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Categories:
famed, god, introspection, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Where Gladiators FoughtPart I
Where gladiators fought for life,
we meet to fight for love
The constellations in the Roman night sky,
celestial spectators, bathe the Colosseum
in the white blood of light
The night is throbbing with the heat of our battle,
our...
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Categories:
famed, passion, places,
Form:
Epic
Is Joss Whedon 'I Am' - Christ ReincarnateIs Joss Whedon ‘I AM?’ (1) Christ Reincarnate?
I Think That That’s Doubtful!
More than Trump ‘IS’ (1) (by...
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Categories:
famed, america, graduation, high school, humor, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Once Pawn a TimeOnce pawn a time...
About four plus weeks after
frazzling fiasco from friggin fraudsters
white knight still mourns swindled money
Lynne Costello Senior Civil Investigator
(assistant to Philadelphia attorney general)
unable to recoup forfeited funds.
While holed up in castle keep,
(albeit fetchodit...
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Categories:
famed, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
God HuntLove murmurs in my ear that to be hunted
is infinitely more enviable than to be the hunter.
...
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Categories:
famed, integrity, nature, passion, psychological, religion, science, society,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Self Help Addict Needles Unsuspecting ReaderSelf help addict needles unsuspecting reader
Expounded late today April 27th, 2023
since being written
countless years ago
maybe a baker's dozen
as thee doodling cock doth crow
scouting about for carrion
scavenging for dead animals
and rooting about...
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Categories:
famed, 12th grade, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety, april,
Form:
Rhyme
A World Without Pity Part IiI will begin my story with this concise summary,
Of the amazing things that have happened to me;
After I had lost a home, where I'd lived my life long,
So they could build a highway, for the...
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Categories:
famed, adventure, earth, fantasy, love, nature, peace, science
Form:
Couplet
Ghosts of the Sun Dance-Part 1Ghosts of the Sun Dance
1. The Path
A quest dating back through our history
Surpassing the flesh, a spiritual path
Human endurance, road to mystery
Dark trail winding through the gardens of wrath
It echoes through me, this deep ambition
Half...
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Categories:
famed, spiritual, sports, endurance, drug,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Therapeutic BalanceDregs and tumors of decay
co-arise therapies
for humoring healthy
wealthy life.
Those who stand on tiptoe do not stand firm;
Those who stand with equal weight,
bipedal-planted, do stand resiliently firm.
Those who strain their leftbrain stride
do not walk...
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Categories:
famed, death, destiny, integrity, nature, philosophy, power, science,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Unquotable Quotes: Xlvii - Tongue-Twisting EpigramsUNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLVII - Tongue Twisters
If you want to « have » your cake and « eat » it at one and the same time, simple enough, just split it into two equal parts like...
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Categories:
famed, england, humor, satire, sensual,
Form:
Epigram
The Monroe MoonIn glamor-light of sunset
a new crowd of cumulus clouds arrive
and revive a sepia sky-scene—
unworldly woolgatherers gather
spinning fantasy fluff into quixotic yarns
of debutantes dancing with honeymoon hunger;
their dewy eyes blurred by the sawdust of stardust
pseudo-princess-pleasure-seekers
—drama daring...
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Categories:
famed, age, beauty, lust, moon, romantic love, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
Vexation At Self Regarding Avoidable AltercationVexation at self - regarding avoidable altercation...
Today May 12th, 2021
at Royersford (Pennsylvania) LIDL,
when spouse stepped into checkout line
(minus her horse drawn grocery cart -
pushed courtesy yours truly).
While passively standing stock still
I (think Stonewall Jackson)
let scenario...
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Categories:
famed, absence, adventure, anger, angst, betrayal, conflict, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
The Greatest GenerationTHE GREATEST GENERATION
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Many Have Called Them the Greatest Generation
They Had Struggled and Survived, an Ugly Depression
It Was an Era of Hard Times and Simple Diversions
Like Bank Night, Singalongs and Picnic Excursions
Band Concerts...
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Categories:
famed, america, courage, freedom, patriotic, together, war,
Form:
Free verse
Drawing My Own ConclusionsI'd been caught up in the middle, of one of those awful days,
When nothing seems to go right, with glitches and delays.
I was having a rough day at work, and the boss was now irate;
And...
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Categories:
famed, adventure, fantasy, humor, imagery, life, magic, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Contenting Tree of LifeFutility of Contention
absorbs into Utility of Contentment.
To preserve wholeness, mutually accommodate;
yielding preserves whole.
To become straight, you must begin bent;
bent potentiates straight.
To become filled, its best to begin...
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Categories:
famed, beauty, creation, culture, health, integrity, nature, philosophy,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
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:
famed, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
Nigeria At 53There came a time in the history of Nigeria when she dreamed for independence,
There came a moment in the history of Nigeria when she groaned to gain freedom from the British;
There came a season in...
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Categories:
famed, freedom,
Form:
Alliteration
The Gilt Hours In-BetweenI was a busy archaeologist, who enjoyed interesting and fulfilling work,
And I was very intrigued, with the ancient sites where mystery lurked.
My painstaking work caused me to travel, ofttimes to far distant lands,
As golden...
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Categories:
famed, fantasy, imagery, mystery, nature, places, sunshine, time,
Form:
Couplet
Artemisia, Part 5 of 12Judge Daniele Saggio
This year of our salvation, sixteen twelve.
Now. Gentileschi? Don Orazio?
This suit is yours. You’d press it? Drop it? Shelve
it? Very good. And you are Tazzio?
Beg pardon, Tassi....
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Categories:
famed,
Form:
Terza Rima
Old GoldI had for long been impoverished, as is often the case with writers,
Though I worked most diligently, at times even pulling all-nighters.
Rosy dreams kept me going, although times were frequently rough,
As black night fuels its...
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Categories:
famed, fantasy, happiness, imagery, money, nature, old, writing,
Form:
Couplet
GarlandGARLAND
By Kate H. Stark
It happened while practicing my violin.
I practiced at home on a seat near the door.
I suddenly felt a huge urge to explore.
The bluebirds were soaring up high in the...
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Categories:
famed, dream, imagination, literature, music, nostalgia, rainbow, song,
Form:
Rhyme
Strange Goings OnI lived on a rolling green farm, and I had a love of astronomy;
And peered at skies of sleepless nighttime, so vast and starry.
It had for long been my hobby, and I had a powerful...
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Categories:
famed, animal, fantasy, farm, humorous, moon, nature, space,
Form:
Couplet
Famed National Leader Speaks-So Does the Poetess
The Leader Speaks:
I just make believe I am a genius, like the great, gifted, Elon Musk.
And I fooled my...
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Categories:
famed, change, character, humor, leadership, perspective, poets,
Form:
Rhyme