Long Insular Poems
Long Insular Poems. Below are the most popular long Insular by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Insular poems by poem length and keyword.
Flying Home
This unhappy man, that was me, was always sad and lonely like a dry log in green forest. I woke up one morning, more dejected than the morning before, threw away the flower-embossed curtains off...
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Categories:
insular, animal, inspirational, life,
Form:
Haibun
Born For What PurposeIf you live in a non-sectarian democratic nation
with so much energy
we can lavishly spend boatloads
and plane loads
and tank loads
and truck loads of oily public cash
on killing our own Green Commons,
and threatening all EarthTribes with punishment...
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Categories:
insular, community, destiny, environment, green, health, nature, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
Warmer ReflectionsDuring December
I have trouble remembering we are potentially orgasmic organisms
designed for healing wounds,
resiliently restoring our egos
acclimating with everyday eco-habitats
to regenerate this lifeline climax;
Virally reverse-hierarchical
deep ecstatic experiences,
revolutionary,
BigBang self-other co-empathic perpetuation,
transubstantiating,
creolizing,
co-acclimate primal relating
interdependent ZeroZones
of ambiguously...
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Categories:
insular, green, health, love, nature, new year, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Work Hat Or Flirt Hat - Satire- - - An observation of true events - - -
- - (insatiable person's search) - -
Aiming to embellish my identity
Rural persona branches further
Tight city existence not meant for...
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Categories:
insular, adventure, change, funny, humor, humorous, satire, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
Fossilized ObsessionLiving happy and content
is to celebrate the lilt of life
a treasure gifted by God.
We join the celebration happily
with gifts wrapped nicely
in flashy wrappers designed to capture
the eyes and to enrobe crafted pieces
of our unclad hearts...
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Categories:
insular, god, life, memory, old,
Form:
Free verse
Accreted SeclusionThis unhappy man in the midst of overflowing opulence living
like a discolored precious stone in a box of rare jewels was always
sad and lonely like a dry wood in a lush green forest,...
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Categories:
insular, loneliness, metaphor,
Form:
Haibun
A Call To SolidarityThere is us and them, but we must learn
Who is us and who is them ... whose blood is on the floor?
Whose illusions like shambled mansions burn?
No lack of compassion here makes the suffering of...
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Categories:
insular, on work and working, urban, business, march,
Form:
Verse
Island of FantasyIsland of fantasy
No swim wear on Bikini Island after all those testing years
waiting for the hidden radiance to…stop this is reality
I need to escape from where into what or do I when
one flash and blip...
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Categories:
insular, fantasy, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Organic Rhythm BoxTo access the house there was a slight slope from the sidewalk, the door was in the gap under the stairs that led to the upper floor, behind that building was the vegetable garden with...
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Categories:
insular, brother, cancer, christmas, funeral,
Form:
Prose
FlawedThere are times you think the ink
is finally dry
that human hearts are made of stone
and always die
that the lessons we have learned
have no...
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Categories:
insular, analogy, character, conflict, heart, judgement, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
The Great American Make-BelieveSuburban resident pretense, a bleak uniformity.
I grew up among the repetitious homes,
isolated alienated, I wandered the conformity,
the endless square yards, the dull feckless syndrome.
Repugnant yet intriguing, a redundant singularity,
fabrications of fortified, fraudulent self-deception,
blocks...
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Categories:
insular, america, anxiety, community, fantasy, prejudice, racism, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
Pushy ParentingYou create them
You give birth to them
You nurture them
You raise them
All the while seeking to rearrange them
For you insist on always owning them
Kids are forever
Children are our saviour
Dynasties become prolonged
It is never best to have...
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Categories:
insular, abuse, betrayal, children, dedication, depression, identity, power,
Form:
Free verse
Magical Spells
I dived into the cauldron of magical potion,
drank to the full the elixir that in an instant
turned me into an entranced wizard.
And I saw …
In the desolate seashore of secluded island,
people built desire castles...
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Categories:
insular, fantasy, imagery, magic,
Form:
Free verse
The Moon-In-The-Man Waxes Lyrical With Nary a WordKenny is suddenly,
Luminously, animated;
with a grin that could crack a safe!
He whistles to get your attention,
then beckons you over
to the parted curtains.
He has something
to share with you.
This is not the usual,
insular,
self-absorbed Kenny.
MoonMan...
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Categories:
insular, introspection, people, relationship, moon,
Form:
Free verse
TransformationIn the secluded seashore of isolation islands,
people build desire castles with dream sands,
protect the fragile precincts with fervent care
from the beleaguering waves breaking on them.
The strife surge washes away the forlorn abodes,
grief...
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Categories:
insular, analogy, change, metaphor, people,
Form:
Free verse
An Interior Mechanism
In the opaque night of agony across the extant landscape
I take the ordained journey forsaken,
the track out of travail through the illusive time I lose
in the tortuous dismal tangle of torment.
Introspection unshackles me out...
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Categories:
insular, angst, life, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Automobile Blues Fuels Exhausting LamentAutomobile blues fuels exhausting lament...
Indicator light signaling door(s) ajar
least significant issue concerning
2009 Hyundai Sonata car
applauded craftsmanship darn exemplar,
thus said vehicle deserves favorable avatar,
nonetheless vehicular maintenance
exceeds king's ransom by far
takes lion's share comprising regular
costs of living...
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Categories:
insular, 12th grade, analogy, destiny, faith, fate, horror,
Form:
Free verse
Magical SpellIn the desolate seashore of secluded islands,
people build desire castles with dream sands,
protect the fragile niches with fervent care
from the breaking waves rolling on them.
The surge washes away the forlorn abodes,
sorrow is hidden...
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Categories:
insular, analogy, inspirational, people, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Enigmatic Black Soul Hole HomeFalling ever further into your black hole
Colouring your soul
Like the center of a pint of pitch
tarmack Guinness
What on earth happened to the old you
That each and everyone used to love
As this isn't the you...
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Categories:
insular, home,
Form:
Free verse
Metamorphosis Of Life To A Mountain
In the secluded seashore of an isolated island,
I build the castle of desire with sands of dream,
protect the fragile precincts with fervent care
from the beleaguering waves breaking on them.
The surge of strife...
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Categories:
insular, analogy, change, life,
Form:
Free verse
Nameless
"In the vortex of turbulent times emotions sink,
don’t ripple as humanity makes a museum of wooden people."
- Quote by Poet
In the far away island on the desolate seashore,
you build your desire castle with...
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Categories:
insular, analogy, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
InterruptionDeath has come
Falling softly like snowflakes
On flowerbeds
The winds blows the dead sheet of leaves
Every time I see greatness rising from the earth
Like a new pea growing
The locust comes like a flash of lightning
Will nothing endure...
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Categories:
insular, on writing and words
Form:
Free verse
Not Macabre EnjoyJust untangle and snip the threads and you will be fine. In the luminous labyrinth of society, a kaleidoscope of perspectives unfolds, where idiosyncratic souls shatter certainties, embracing the abyssal void. We, the insular inhabitants,...
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Categories:
insular, dark,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
insular, analogy, loneliness,
Form:
Shape
Dali Metamorphosis of NarcissusCollaboration with David Kavanagh
Regret fuses form which echoes perception
Handcuff to water as sought submerged reflection
Anti duplicitous from own point of view
Rejection offends but that says more about you
Transformation on edge, background statuesque
Self absorbed in...
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Categories:
insular, art,
Form:
Ekphrasis