Long Ladders Poems
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The Plural Sky and the Temptation of Its Mirrored Eyes
I melt into the plural sky
its rippling tableaus of tomorrow
underneath open light waves
see-saws the labyrinth
like Delphi tendrils crossing channels
all the changing faces played
automatic, embedded in misty consort
with Hyde-Lees and Yeats
love-crushed oracles
ghostwriting...
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Categories:
ladders, i am, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Ground Level Entry
"Ground Level Entry"
“She fits the bill”,
they say it
insouciantly
visions of being
carried in the beak
of a bilious pelican
where it builds
its rudimentary nest,
it uses sticks and debris
no stones, yet,
from irreverence
thrown at it
no higher...
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Categories:
ladders, muse,
Form:
Narrative
After drenching biblical rainfallAfter drenching biblical rainfall...
verdant green acres covered the planet of the apes
like a petticoat junction
donning barrel of skinny dipping monkeys.
Once drought stricken vast landscape
far as the eye could see
suddenly flush with promise
of budding new shoots
and...
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Categories:
ladders, adventure, africa, august, earth, environment, history, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
1856
During a bad storm one night I turned on my television
Grey and black flickering lines appeared, obscuring my vision
I went outside and saw the aerial had bent over but it would have to wait
Tomorrow I'd...
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Categories:
ladders, dark, dream, surreal,
Form:
Narrative
Oferta Del Diablo - Part OneThe Beast smirked, horns quivering ...
"You know you want to", he said, nodding toward the hills
There, above a dark, gaping wound of earth, Página Sagrada shone.
A sheer, white marble face of mountain, it shamed all...
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Categories:
ladders, adventure, analogy, fantasy, metaphor, satire, science fiction,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Eighth Grade EnglishBack in Eighth Graded Class
of StraightWhiteMale English privilege
I learned all healthy narratives
must have at least one
of three tension intentions
Unlike sacred mythic prayer and fable
multicultures invoking poetry
flowing soulfully
provoking gospel primal anthems
Of StraightWhite Man...
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Categories:
ladders, culture, earth day, grandmother, health, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
Glory To the Ukrainian Freedom FightersGlory to the Ukranian Freedom Fighters
Democracy and freedom are under attack
Beaurocracy and greed man,
Don’t let this war criminal come back
Putin is lootin’ the streets of Ukraine
His crimes against humanity are bordering on insane
His unprovoked aggression...
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Categories:
ladders, war,
Form:
Rhyme
GradesIn numerology twelve has special meanings - they’re twelve days of Christmas, twelve months in a year, and Taylor Swift’s had twelve number-one albums. All we care about at Yale, are the twelve days until...
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Categories:
ladders, best friend, education, holiday, humor, school, seasons,
Form:
Free verse
Incredible IndiaWe are the Indians noted for our humanness and calm nature
With no harshness in our Principles and ideals.
We are open minded, emotional and good natured
Our emotions speaks louder than words
We are Rich in culture, traditions,...
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Categories:
ladders, patriotic, integrity, universe,
Form:
Epic
In the Shadow of SunlightWhen wounds keep seeping,
dawn continues to unfold~
blurred projections
engrossed in dishonesty.
And I wonder if the tulip moon
could see the ash...
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Categories:
ladders, angst, anxiety, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
CreedValues
Our lives.
Dense with the ever-flowing routine of life.
It is less often that we find ourselves pondering of that which we truly believe in.
Well this is what I believe.
I believe faith is what keeps us...
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Categories:
ladders, anxiety, creation, culture, growing up, happiness,
Form:
Narrative
Nineteen FortytwoNINETEEN FORTY TWO
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
As a young man in Jersey I wanted to be a cop
One sunday morning that dream came to a stop
Our nation had been a victim of a vicious attack
By an aggressive...
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Categories:
ladders, america, december, military, patriotic, soldier, war, world
Form:
Rhyme
Just Within Reachjust within reach?
things!
lots of things!
stuff one could collect,
especially graphic novels
with a writer that made you wish
you had a photographic memory
so you would never forget even one
consonant or one vowel he wrote.
with an artist who...
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Categories:
ladders, introspection,
Form:
I do not know?
Ladder2heavenThe ladder is cold steel and past its days, dulled to a natural grey
Yet its rungs still stand strong, stretched over the battered frame
See over time, a ravished age, the world has grasped the ladders...
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Categories:
ladders, confusion, god, myth, voyage,
Form:
I do not know?
The Great EscapeThe Great Escape
Perched on a rooftop terrace in glorious sunshine he watches ahead
Floats on his sky looks inwards and ponders the magic path unravel
...
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Categories:
ladders, faith, fate, freedom, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
Awesome Unscientific MethodSacred Ladder of Secular Inference
Data Field:
Earth imprints DNA-sacred newborns
with an inside flowing rainbow
both limbically spaced
and temporally awed.
Data Selected:
BiLateral exterior and interior data imprints
categorized by LeftBrain
Ego-identity causes Eco-habitat co-arising print effects
While RightBrain confluently and sometimes dissonantly...
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Categories:
ladders, caregiving, green, health, humor, integrity, math, science,
Form:
Political Verse
A Total Monster, Part IEd was born forty-two years back,
and even since the age of ten
he’d looked with enrapt eyes upon
the heroics of firemen.
He wanted to join their number,
to rescue folks when in danger,
he’d go to their open houses,
to...
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Categories:
ladders, crazy, culture, evil, hero, political, sad, society,
Form:
Narrative
Vanquishing Vampire Vixens, Part IiII.
Allan seemed mad,”How can you even ask?!”
Sol said,”All right, let’s then get to the task.
Find any townspeople still somewhat hale,
then go get me ladders, some boards, and some nails.
“And do it quickly, there’s work to...
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Categories:
ladders, adventure, evil, fantasy, hero, history, horror, night,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Night's FinalityNight’s Finality
by Brian Cooper
While with a therapist one day I did ask for guidance up Above
I asked for advice, my mission, or some relief
I asked for Him to show me a sign, an answer, or...
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Categories:
ladders, bible, christian, confusion, dream, faith, fate, jesus,
Form:
Rhyme
Monster MowersI am quite content with my little mowing machine; it does the job for me.
But not my crazy neighbors whom I used to call my friends, briefly…
Now they’ve become competitive, crazed out, monsters looking for...
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Categories:
ladders, adventure, fantasy, funny, humorous, imagination, life, people,
Form:
Free verse
WitchesI was walking down at Green-bank park
Rather frightened as it was dark
There I fell into this ditch
And came across the most gruesome witch
At first she scared me half to death
As she sat there to my...
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Categories:
ladders, children, nature, philosophy, happy, me, evil, happy,
Form:
Narrative
Snakes and LaddersPlease try and read with the rhythm, flow and spacing I created by use of the lower casing in place of full-stops and commas/breaths. Allow the words to dance...
Snakes and Ladders
I'm not perfect
Never can Be
in...
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Categories:
ladders, earth, emotions, growth, identity, light, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Rhyme
Window Neighbours1. We are upstairs, rolling on a derailleur
much fun is timely prepared by fate’s chauffeur
rooms facing each other is the plasticine
the models of our contact is the icing
from her own end, she chooses my Tuxedo
and...
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Categories:
ladders, adventure, boy, girl, muse, mystery, sexy, social,
Form:
Lyric
AntiheroAntihero
An old stone built tower stands above all on the skyline;
The curves of its body twisting spiral’s in the air.
The moon shines around its peak, which reaches up so very high.
It is surrounded by a...
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Categories:
ladders, dark, death, evil, fantasy, magic, war,
Form:
I do not know?
Categories:
ladders, childhood,
Form:
Concrete