Long Kinsfolk Poems
Long Kinsfolk Poems. Below are the most popular long Kinsfolk by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Kinsfolk poems by poem length and keyword.
Black Iraqi Woman
Black Iraqi Woman
Written by Faleeha Hassan
Translated from the Arabic by William Hutchins
Shortly before my father died, he whispered to me longingly: “Daughter, treasure this, because it authenticates your heritage to our kinsfolk!” When I accepted...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, me,
Form:
I do not know?
Poems Omega Minus - Parts Three To Five
III
Kept out
kept out he was: muzzled and shut out
from mothering social approval
and the usual conning courtesies
Kept shut
Involuting in the hippo-lipped paranoïa
from the darling eyes of his...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, inspirational, time, time,
Form:
Free verse
Odyssey From Africa 10b
CHAPTER 10b, Hiatus, continued
Till a pebble thrown by Matto
Struck the creature on its forehead
And it hissed in indignation
Slinking off into the darkness
When the morning sun resurfaced
In a spectral ocean sunrise...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, adventure, africa, history, mythology, nature, voyage,
Form:
Narrative
The Talk To the Legend - Part 2
And now, dear reader, I should beg your pardon
For changing the rhythm - it will not be so ardent.
You will notice calm tones of my speaking dealings,
And Bruce, I believe, will get no painful feelings;
Conversely,...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, thank you, thanks,
Form:
Verse
Mary In Holy Quaran Chapter19 Part1
Surah Maryam
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Kaf. Ha. Ya. A'in. Sad. (1) A mention of the mercy of thy Lord unto His servant Zachariah. (2) When he cried unto his Lord a...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, religion, religious, day, son, me, people, wife,
Form:
Verse
Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part II, translation of the ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
Widsith the Far-Traveler, Part II
ancient Anglo-Saxon poem
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Hrothulf and Hrothgar, uncle and nephew,
for a long time kept a careful peace together
after they had driven away the Vikings' kinsmen,
vanquished Ingeld's spear-hordes,
and hewed...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, music, peace, poetry, poets, song, travel, world,
Form:
Free verse
Ancient Greek Epigrams I
Ancient Greek and Roman Epigrams I
Wall, we're astonished that you haven't collapsed,
since you're holding up verses so prolapsed!
Ancient Roman graffiti, translation by Michael R. Burch
You begrudge men your virginity?
Why? To what purpose?
You will find no...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, bereavement, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, pain,
Form:
Epigram
The Manchester Ship Canal - Part Two
Stilled again across the canals broadening
Girth;
Mesh cages of rock-filled Gabions
Reinforcing patches of exposed and arid earth,
Reflecting the glints that gleefully
Twist and dance in the hot glare of the sun...
Provoking images and stirring indefinable...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, history, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Memories of Grandparents-2
A twelve year old boy, village-bred and very shy
Having but token familiarity with buses, routes and places
Escorts his mom’s mom, very sick and about to die
To the town forty kms and...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, family, night,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Traduce Tis Trademark Trump's Traitorous
transmitted trashy talks
(partially presented pablum pertaining
particularly - president penis (PAC -
phallic action cum mitt tee)
portfolio playboy...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, 12th grade, anger, change, dark, depression, divorce,
Form:
Free verse
Hierarchical Paradigm of the Amish Community
Hierarchical paradigm of the Amish community
After reading the novel titled
Broken English by Paul L Gaus...
accentuating, exhibiting, incorporating...
the Amish, whose long history of farming
with horses and mules, dates back
to when horse-drawn plows
first used to break up...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, adventure, america, animal, beautiful, character, confidence, endurance,
Form:
Rhyme
Hymns of Salvation 1
Hymns of salvation
That my own body
is my greatest enemy
was unknown to me.
Deluded,
O Lord, I was reveling in its pleasures.
The ones that
do not listen to Your tales,
never speak...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, birth, me, philosophy, religion,
Form:
Suzette Prime
I Sigh
Morning! Sunrise! Fresh happiness arrives!
With dawn and songs of birds existence thrives!
Music and hymns from holy shrines do gong!
Each plant, tree, flower, and fruit adds its song!
Birds, Bees, and flies compete to soar the sky!
Abound...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, body, feelings, life, psychological,
Form:
Rhyme
Imprisoned - Jun-Jun Villanueva
IMPRISONED (collaboration)
by~ Jun-jun Villanueva
Urbane cavalcade - flaunt in gaiety
Warbling hymns in ego - cyclicity
Jigging gracile moves in vivacity
Relishing in zest in this gravity
Kinsfolk in flamboyant fete - oh its fate?
Smiles,...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, life, grave, me,
Form:
Couplet
Imprisoned
IMPRISONED (collaboration)
by~ Jun-jun Villanueva
Urbane cavalcade - flaunt in gaiety
Warbling hymns in ego - cyclicity
Jigging gracile moves in vivacity
Relishing in zest in this gravity
Kinsfolk in flamboyant fete - oh its fate?
Smiles,...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, death, family, love, grave, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Jack Frost
JACK FROST.
J ourneyer of jazzy winter in...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, beauty, image, joy, weather,
Form:
Acrostic
A Cup Runneth Over
When I hear the chirping of bizarre birds in the morning,
And see the sun gently rising; golden rays adorning;
And feel the graciousness of the almighty upon me,
Who, by his abundant mercy, gave me a day...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, blessing, happiness, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Lost and Found
She entered the corridor of brightened light,
to a choir of voices so sweet
her feeling was one of it felt so right,
but who was she here to meet?
Further her footsteps ventured,
into a world unfamiliar and vague
till...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, deathlife,
Form:
Rhyme
Post Summer Solstice 2018
(stock up on photons while they last)!
Reduction asper daylight hours to worship
will immediately arise after
2018 North American orbital trip,
viz zits summer solstice (human primal
solar deification)...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Free verse
ALPHA BETA
ALPHA BETA
As I understand it
Back in the distant past
Communication was at first, verbal
Distinct, if limited
Every tribe began with its own
Finding it a challenge across boundaries
Getting an understanding, the first step
However difficult it may have been
In...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, imagery, poetry, society,
Form:
Abecedarian
Minster Lovell
The Minster's quiet grace speaks of a time
when life was simple, kinsfolk came to pray
for hope within this haven so sublime ...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, spiritual,
Form:
Verse
Minster Lovell
The Minster's quiet grace speaks of a time
when life was simple, kinsfolk came to pray
for hope within this haven so sublime ...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, nostalgia,
Form:
Verse
Wild Birds
I’m a very early riser - the first settler’s
alarm clock you might say-
If you haven’t heard my native name
Wiradjuri guuguubarr- That’s OK
you would know me as a Kookaburra.
You’ll often hear me...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, bird, nature,
Form:
Personification
Minster Lovell
The Minster's quiet grace speaks from a time
when life was simple, kinsfolk came to pray
for hope within this haven so sublime ...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, introspection
Form:
Rhyme
Minster Lovell
The Minster's quiet grace speaks from a time
when life was simple, kinsfolk came to pray
for hope within this haven so sublime ...
Read More
Categories:
kinsfolk, inspirational,
Form:
Verse