Long Harper Poems
Long Harper Poems. Below are the most popular long Harper by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Harper poems by poem length and keyword.
Follow the Bouncing BallShe dresses the land down
in a virginal bridal gown
a masterfully cut and sewn chenille
shines brightly with a fine crystal appeal
Her assistants work quite diligently
to add special touches and then flee
they decorated the mountain peaks
using all their...
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Categories:
harper, cheer up, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
To Count Quantum SheepFoggily out of cryostasis, I come ...
A slow, painful waking to a vessel that's shaking
from the stress of its increasing mass,
And at once I'm made sure...
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Categories:
harper, adventure, fantasy, science, science fiction,
Form:
Rhyme
A Piece of the PieThis was only our second date...
A Black Tie Affair...
...Set against an incredible view,
vineyards, waterfalls,
a plentitude of flower beds,
all just outside a charming postcard Town.
This indeed was a serious event,
anyone who was anyone...
and my date...were here.
A...
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Categories:
harper, humor,
Form:
Narrative
The Hunger ProjectDedicated to Valerie Haper, actress and John Denver, singer!
Who were just wo, of hundreds who launched the Hunger Project,
In 1976!
Original title was a Salute to Valerie Haper. But it was not
adequate. It was more...
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Categories:
harper, dedication, inspiration, love, motivation, poets, remember,
Form:
Free verse
Dear Budding Poet:Dear Budding Poet:
Modern poetry is a sandbox for all who would build, smash, trash, shake up, and take up the art. Poetry is not writ, nor wrote, or written, but is hummed through the nose,...
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Categories:
harper, poems, poetry, poets, words, work, write, writing,
Form:
Prose
You KnowYes, my dear, you know,
You are my source of joy, rejuvenation, hope
I need your emotion spread onto my life,
I need your heart to sing among the darkness surrounding
Do not let our words run dry
Together, in...
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Categories:
harper, emotions, friendship, happiness, joy, love, peace, writing,
Form:
Ode
Rock Me Around the ClockTick, Toc, Tick, Toc
...
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Categories:
harper, night, sleep, sound,
Form:
Free verse
The Autumn Creek HotelIt is a small investment; this property out in the scrub.
A building that is shabby in it’s ‘hey day’ was a pub.
Blackberries scramble over it, with the sheds in disrepair;
yes the Autumn Creek Hotel needs...
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Categories:
harper, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Ghosts of South Dakota IntroIn 1957 I took my teaching certificate back to the land of my mother.
She was raised on a cattle ranch in the north central area of Nebraska. The
famous Sand Hills. ...
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Categories:
harper, inspirational, life, love, children,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Sold Into Slavery - No More Masks ContestThe children whose skin was brown
Had no choice in how they lived
Taken at a young age to serve a man
Who took all they had as though was a gift
Both young lads as well as girls
Were...
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Categories:
harper, slavery,
Form:
Verse
a bird and a boy -
one day as a boy, I went down to the sea
clambered o'er rocks way out to the bluff
stopping to search in a tide pool for shells
senses awakened by strong, briny smells
warming, the zephyr was gentle...
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Categories:
harper, beach, bird, childhood, nature, ocean, soulmate,
Form:
Rhyme
The Spite Syllabub
"The Spite Syllabub"
The daughter
is not
The mother
Sylvia’s bees were
left milk, bread and butter
Plath by name
but not
the daughter’s path
in evolving nature
not the mother
nor the father
Love for art’s sake
Art not for Love’s sake
Amy G....
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Categories:
harper, art, freedom, love, mother daughter, poets, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
Translation of Bury Me In a Free Land By Frances E W Harper 1825 - 1911Translation of " Bury Me in a Free Land " by Frances E. W. Harper
(Homage to Frances Ellen Watkins HARPER, the First Black Lady of America, 1825 - 1911, Orphan, Poet, Novelist, Civil Rights Activist,...
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Categories:
harper, america, black african american, dedication, grave, political,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Jimmy Page Was Here On July 4thAs the sun sets
A hot wind like this
Does not belong in downtown Lansing
But here it is
Speed-boating down the Grand River grinning and wearing Ray-Bans
My wife and I
We hold down our pouncing bouncing patio table
At the...
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Categories:
harper, happiness, music, nostalgia, peace, places, river, summer,
Form:
Free verse
A Good Father, Part IHarper Lukowski paced down the sidewalk,
the day was done, he was on his way home.
His fried Jaquan, twenty years his junior,
chattered with him as the two did go.
They both worked at a nearby factory
manufacturing high...
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Categories:
harper, growth, motivation, parents, prayer, pride, truth, work,
Form:
Narrative
The Man With a Paddle and HeartI guess I was left alone after sixth grade, wandering my way.
You believed in me, offered up openings and let me say
what I would and delve into the sun and world and stay
and even you...
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Categories:
harper, devotionme, world, heart, star, heart, me, star,
Form:
I do not know?
I Got To Say Adios(I am inspired to write this poem by three Hollywood Movies (1)* The movie: Art of crying
(2)** The Cruel Intentions II (3)*** Julienne Moore starer (I don't remember the
name of the movie)
...
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Categories:
harper, introspection, sad,
Form:
Concrete
Ode To a Great American PresidentDestiny determined that I do not forget that first Tuesday ...
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Categories:
harper, america, leadership,
Form:
Ode
Beyond Tomorrow and the FutureBeyond tomorrow and the future, we behold God’s love that greatly prevails*
With His compassionate omnipotence everyone hails
Subduing destructive hatred which sorely ails
For caring jubilation’s cheers against apathy-bitterness’ wails.
Beyond tomorrow and the future, God’s peace...
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Categories:
harper, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual,
Form:
Ode
Still BornI never seen your smile
I never heard your cry,
You where here only for a moment,
and only God knows why.
A piece of me you took with you
on that tragic day,
In pieces I...
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Categories:
harper, birth, death, i miss you, sorrow,
Form:
Rhyme
I Sense Tomorrow Is the Future- -" Hello world to those whom will read this and listen
I sense Tomorrow is the Future...
Best that is to come
Alas, I sense within my sight… devastation among the right
I sense tomorrow an Antichrist shall come,...
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Categories:
harper, analogy, appreciation, encouraging, inspirational,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
An Excavation
Children as young as three years old,
Killed for not doing as they’re told,
Forced to forget their culture bold,
What a tragedy to unfold!
Two hundred fifteen, that ain’t less,
...
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Categories:
harper, abuse, children, death, school,
Form:
Rhyme
At Western Washington State FairAfter traffic backup and teen crack ups,
my friends and I park and toward today’s lark,
through gate, stamp and bracelet I race
greeting other friends with new to make.
Amid fried onion reek and the compete
smell of fresh...
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Categories:
harper, autumn, desire, drink, for teens, fun, horror,
Form:
Free verse
Real LoveWhen I’ve made it through life on this earth
And I’ve been called to my eternal home
There isn’t a doubt I will have a wonder
Awaiting me in the form of heaven divine
When I see the splendor...
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Categories:
harper, blessing, christian, god, heaven, inspirational, jesus, love,
Form:
Free verse
I Love YouWhen I sign "I Love You" with my name what does that mean? ...
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Categories:
harper, hate, love, words, write, writing,
Form:
Free verse