Long Grapple Poems
Long Grapple Poems. Below are the most popular long Grapple by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Grapple poems by poem length and keyword.
Doggerel IDoggerel I or Nonsense Verse
A$$tronomical
by Michael R. Burch
Einstein, the frizzy-haired,
proved E equals MC squared.
Thus, all mass decreases
as activity ceases?
Not my mass, my a$$ declared!
Bible Libel
by Michael R. Burch
If God
is good,
half the Bible
is libel.
I came up...
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Categories:
grapple, dog, hilarious, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, nursery
Form:
Limerick
LimericksLimericks
by Michael R. Burch
Clyde Lied!
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a mockingbird, Clyde,
who bragged of his prowess, but lied.
To his new wife he sighed,
"When again, gentle bride?"
"Nevermore!" bright-eyed Raven replied.
The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch
The platypus,...
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Categories:
grapple, giggle, light, nonsense, parody, silly, smile, word
Form:
Limerick
Ecotherapeutic JusticeWhen passion plants a multicultural seed,
then justice flourishes a polypathic trusting flower.
Permaculture and polyculture,
grow holistic cause-effect karmic significance
for our physical, and mental, political and spiritual health.
Permacultural, as I intend it this morning,
refers to...
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Categories:
grapple, blessing, culture, earth, nature, philosophy, political, religion,
Form:
Narrative
Split Schizoid Mission
split schizoid mission
Lifting the mind
like a sword
counting poets
losing self in
unsettled love
and mysteries
plucked off the shelf
all the Berlin walls
come tumbling down
words like dice
shaken and thrown
the electric
black dogs barking
call...
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Categories:
grapple, muse,
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:
grapple, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
Never Say NeverThere are moments when troubles enter our life’s
And we can do nothing to avoid them
But the one's we can
They look convoluted unless we demystify
But we think they are byzantine
As we think the mysteries in them...
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Categories:
grapple, encouraging,
Form:
Blank verse
Broken DiscipleBroken Disciple
My pilgrims journey started out strong
9 years and a decade later my story and song
Have turned into a heartless cycle
May I share about a broken disciple?
Took up my yoke and followed thee
‘Twas an...
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Categories:
grapple, anxiety, baptism, bereavement, character, courage, heaven, hurt,
Form:
Rhyme
The Sacred TotumHear the screeching of the Nighthawk, as its talons grapple
At the tail ends of the moon's rising, dragging it ever upwards, unto
The center of the blackened shroud, of the universe.
This celestial light casts illusion's rays...
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Categories:
grapple, culture, fantasy, halloween, imagery, mystery, mythology, native
Form:
Free verse
Running Away From Hibernating RenWhy is it
as I watch The International CEO Actor
unilaterally Ordering disinvestment
in both domestic and Earth's cooperative-organic health,
I feel cold harsh January snowblow storms?
Dismaying cold
calling me toward hibernating silo of unencumbered sleep,
possibly to dream of sequestering...
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Categories:
grapple, culture, earth, future, health, history, humanity, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Limericks V - PoliticsLimericks V - Politics
Baked Alaskan
by Michael R. Burch
There is a strange yokel so flirty
she makes whores seem icons of purity.
With all her winkin’ and blinkin’
Palin seems to be thinkin’—
"Ah culd save th’ free world ’cause...
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Categories:
grapple, america, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, political, usa,
Form:
Limerick
A Little Piece of Me“Hi my name is bottle I contain a lovely wine,
I come to you honestly I taste quite divine.”
“My friend stay a while and I’ll take care of you,
Relax have a glass, maybe one or two.
Have...
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Categories:
grapple, addiction, depression, drink, feelings, health,
Form:
I do not know?
I AmBlood, , urine, in order; perfume and sweat, pleasure combined
Visually impaired by smog and darkness
I can sense bodies; I can smell life and excess
The taste is overpowering and I gav
I'm quiet as a mouse, fearful,...
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Categories:
grapple, 2nd grade, life,
Form:
Free verse
FatherI must confess that I once dreamt
Of a knight of noble honor
He existed in the first specs of my memory
Which grows weaker as my mind grows ever-expanding chasms.
He was there that day, in the field
When...
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Categories:
grapple, family, father, love, mental illness, perspective, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
Living On SomedayIf raindrops rise in leu of fall
would you seek the meaning overall?
Would spectacles endow with a clarity of fog
would you follow tangled lines of a rearward call?
Inevitable advance to stepping backwards
and dreams which mock to...
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Categories:
grapple, confusion, desire, dream, hope, love, prayer, rain,
Form:
Rhyme
My Very Bad H3n2-Flu DreamsAchy with flu, but to tired to drift into a deep sleep, my body stalks the corridors of twilight, moving between being awake and floating on dreams. Time is a stranger to physics and...
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Categories:
grapple, dream, sick,
Form:
Free verse
Resonance of the PsycheIn the labyrinth of the human psyche, where thoughts roam free,
A boundless expanse of consciousness, vast as the endless sea.
Here, emotions swirl like tempests, fierce and wild,
As we navigate the depths of the mind, like...
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Categories:
grapple, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse
Dermas DelugeOh gosh, another tragedy.
The news of Libya
Shatters the world.
Storm Daniel brings down
The first dam wall.
Water hurtles
Towards the second dam wall,
Breaching it from the
Pressure, it breaks and falls,
Flooding the river which broke
Its banks...
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Categories:
grapple, water,
Form:
Free verse
Acquiescence Toward MortalityManagement here at
Highland Manor Apartments sent out word
that tomorrow, January twenty third,
two thousand and twenty one,
we (all residents) will receive the first (of two)
inoculations to stave off getting COVID-19,
hence mine poetic title might seem absurd.
Aforementioned...
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Categories:
grapple, absence, adventure, faith, funeral, goodbye, january, peace,
Form:
Rhyme
Penelope AlecknavagePenelope Alecknavage nee perskin whose death aye assay
to comprehend, this son of the late Harriet Harris -
November thirteenth 2016 marked her eighty first birthday
if she still lived these last eleven years...
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Categories:
grapple, absence, beautiful, bereavement, death, eulogy, grief, loss,
Form:
Ode
Lord God, You Are My Born-Again Status' FulfillerOctober 4 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on John 3-4
Key Verse – John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot...
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Categories:
grapple, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
Who Can Won the War?>Understanding, Up and down has a different level
>We need knowledge and experience to find a medal.
>
>Life is the combination of a different level
>Color, caste, race, religion, is a target feeble
>Is it natural discrimination or a...
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Categories:
grapple, devotion, faith, friendship, inspirational, nature, nature, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
Another Year's Demise
My thoughts reflecting upon a year that is about to pass into history. Each month bringing its own joy, sorrow, and contemplations. I have written It in the form of a couplet, adopting a 12...
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Categories:
grapple, christmas, farewell, poetry, remember, seasons, work,
Form:
Couplet
Emotionally DisturbedIn the depths of my mind, a tempest brews,
A relentless battle, emotions confused.
Caught in the whirlwind of inner strife,
I grapple with demons that threaten my life.
Each day is a struggle, a war within,
As I fight...
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Categories:
grapple, anxiety, depression, emotions, psychological,
Form:
Rhyme
The Path of Justice - a Poetic JourneyWritten: September 09, 2023
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In the area of dominion, where elitism wields
Altruism flickers as a beam of light in the field.
Some may consider this a sort of implausibility.
Yet, verity and equity will steer our ability.
Such as...
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Categories:
grapple, analogy, appreciation, change, fear, forgiveness, judgement,
Form:
Rhyme
Dwelling Vespers
Written: April 3rd 2024
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How I venerate you, O Lord
In your...
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Categories:
grapple, analogy, devotion,
Form:
Free verse