Long Islanders Poems
Long Islanders Poems. Below are the most popular long Islanders by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Islanders poems by poem length and keyword.
Guns and Roses It was 1986 I was setting in after giving
birth to my first son after wearing wires
pregnant for the FBI buying large amounts
of weapons ammunition boxes the dealer
loaded hand grenades silencers scopes gun...
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Categories:
islanders, chicago, integrity, poems, power,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
THE CAR BOMB THAT ENDED MY LIFE FBI ARSON AND CAR BOMB DIVISION FIRE! UPDATED 1998 IN 2021 BY COVERUPS PAYOFFS
GARGANO FAKED HIS OWN DEATH MEMORIAL DAY 1999
THE CAR BOMB THAT ENDED MY LIFE AT LEAST AS I'VE KNOWN IT ON THIS DAY THE SKY WAS SO BLUE...
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Categories:
islanders, america, feelings, health, identity, passion,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION CRISIS TEAM OF CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCESCRISIS TEAM : HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP
AGENT BROWN: I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT IN TOTAL FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AFTER WEARING WIRES PREGNANT BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FEARING FOR MINE AND MY CHILDREN...
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Categories:
islanders, america, analogy, anxiety, forgiveness, hero,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Pipe Lines of Kaimu: The Hawaiian Church in KalapanaI stood at the top of our dirt driveway looking back at our two-story house. It's kind of a long house where, from our second-floor windows, you can see cars driving on the lane road...
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Categories:
islanders, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, christian, family, happiness, religion,
Form:
Narrative
Softly Off-Colored Poem - 2Poet's Pre-Notes: A poem from my 8th week in a Stanford continuing education class offered on the internet, a study of free verse and structure. The poem writing technique is to write as unconsciously as...
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Categories:
islanders, life,
Form:
Free verse
Toni the lady with red dreadlocksThe lady with red dreadlocks Toni Townsend
Johnson henry she was one rasta Andrews female
drug dealer from the devils triangle in Tampa outside
USF where I received mental health treatment for
my severe anxiety...
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Categories:
islanders, celebration, chicago, city, corruption, forgiveness,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Reattaching LibertiesDr. Sue Johnson,
developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy,
rooted in an Attachment Theory
that organic creatures live healthier
more robust
compassionate
and prosperous lives
when their original womb relationship
and earliest parent/child interdependence
is more warmly attached
and less coldly detached,
and certainly not absent,
stolen for...
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Categories:
islanders, anger, anti bullying, destiny, health, humanity, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
The Limerick, Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Plant Siren WailedThe Limerick, Pennsylvania Nuclear power plant siren wailed
yesterday at 1400 hours December the fourth
and probably broadcast further
east, west, south and north.
That shrill ear-piercing
emitted sound quite painful
despite measurable diminution
regarding my audiological ability,
which loss of hearing
linkedin to...
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Categories:
islanders, 11th grade, 12th grade, anxiety, community, dark,
Form:
Free verse
Playing Games with an AncientI returned home after forty years to my home island of Hawaii. Its preferred nickname is the Big Island, lovingly a.k.a., the Orchid Isle, and yes, a.k.a., the Volcanic Island. Rightly named as the sole...
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Categories:
islanders, analogy, anxiety, change, courage, emotions, loss, natural
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Calcivore, Part II.
Zack stared out on the Indian Ocean
through which the adventure cruise made its way,
they were near the famed Andaman Islands,
and would probably reach them the next day.
He’d paid extra cash to come out this way,
to...
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Categories:
islanders, adventure, animal, dark, death, horror, military, scary,
Form:
Narrative
GgantijaGgantija (Maltese "Giantess")
The Neolithic era (c. 3600–2500 BC)
On the Mediterranean island of Gozo
Older than the pyramids of Egypt.
Malta’s Gigantea one of UNESCO World Heritage Site,
The Megalithic Temples of Malta
Erected the two...
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Categories:
islanders, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Tale of The Night MarchersIt was a time of change for the islanders
a time of letting go
a time of ending things
a time of confusion
a time of saying no
a time when love died
It was a time of change for the...
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Categories:
islanders, abuse, allusion, america, analogy, death, religion, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Cupid Sets Hearts On FireEvery February fourteenth,
(reference Gregorian Calendar see
High Middle Ages his Saints' Day)
which combs thee
day after morrow aye decree
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
mine near one and same
mean mein near best buddy
donning Harris tweed plus sundry
other manifold couture to express...
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Categories:
islanders, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Personification
Aloha IndiaALOHA to my friends in INDIA, I hope this message is received with the understanding that recent interactions have vastly expounded because many have participated with my sponsored contest and as such, there is a...
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Categories:
islanders, beautiful, people, perspective,
Form:
Narrative
Holly Day Cheer Oy VeyHolly Day Cheer, Oy Vey
Lemme breathe smoke free air, okay
devoid of exhaust from swarm
(bajillion) enroute without delay
Santas Clauses gas guzzling
hybridized motorized sleigh,
coordinating global deliveries,
via GPS devices with weather proof inlay,
nor without the...
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Categories:
islanders, celebration, christmas, games, hair, hilarious, holiday, magic,
Form:
Political Verse
Mister JonesIf you're sitting comfortably and have locked your mobile 'phones,
I'll tell you all a story about Indiana Jones
I met him on a wooden bench whilst strolling through a park
He was mumbling incoherently about some missing...
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Categories:
islanders, adventure, celebrity, fantasy, international, mental illness, sea,
Form:
Rhyme
Swahili PraiseEnglish verse>
gimme sum mutual praise
gimme sum mutual praise
gimme sum mutual praise
All them there people's of the world;
Coastal dwellers praising; All day long, all the day long;
Rejoicing, and repenting of their wrongs.
Everybody on the islands;
Everywhere on...
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Categories:
islanders, appreciation, community, endurance, engagement,
Form:
Lyric
A Defining MomentIt was so nice to be part of this big celebration
held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Staten Island;
roughly, I think, more than three hundred people
were in attendance to celebrate and congratulate
those deserving honorees of...
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Categories:
islanders, friendship, people, love, people,
Form:
Narrative
Petals For a PlacentaAfter the waves recede,
(and the wind lends its howl
to the mourners)
people still have to be laid
into the final sleep,
as the newly homeless
take shelter in the hills-under trees.
Some retreat to the mountains
to retrieve their...
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Categories:
islanders, people,
Form:
Free verse
Mermaid MelodyI was submerged in
an ocean
of rants,
hiding the sparkles
of my
poetic
planktons.
My meaningless
phrases
that...
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Categories:
islanders, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
The Great Blasket IslandsVisits long ago
to the Blaskets Islands,
to untouched areas
on the Dingle peninsula
came to mind
on this sleet winter’s eve.
The peninsula,
nestled in heather mountains.
The coastline,
tongues of lonely white sand.
waved rocks,
drenched in blue mussels
tide pools,
alive...
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Categories:
islanders, childhood, family, history, life, loss, music, nature,
Form:
Free verse
The Lost Flight of HopeA spaceship called Hope... made from future's grand mist,
is perched upon a launch pad of manic chemicals, and loss.
With stun gun emotion, mother earth regurgitates.
5-4-3-2-1
Her metal finger meets the button...
she releases her...
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Categories:
islanders, allegory, space,
Form:
Free verse
Tangata Manu (The Birdmen)Somewhere between Easter Island and
Santiago skims an ocean skiff loaded with
slumped islanders bound within the teetering
cargo hold. In the distance can be seen the
eyes of seven monolithic faces defending
islanders from the fury of volcanoes.
One...
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Categories:
islanders, history, peopleeaster,
Form:
Free verse
West Coast Snow DayAnother snowy day in paradise.
We're just not used to this stuff.
The guy trying to dig his car out by hand,
well, he doesn't look so tough.
There's a shovel by the door for all to use
but genius-boy...
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Categories:
islanders, snow,
Form:
Rhyme
Small Towns RevisitedSmall Towns Revisited
by Edmund Siejka
We Long Islanders
Live near a large City
Of
Tall buildings
High end stores
Apartments with gated windows
A place where people live like strangers.
Here, where we live
The land slopes downward
Towards Merrick Road
Inviting us for...
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Categories:
islanders, family,
Form:
Narrative