Long Lances Poems
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Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine
("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered
after assassinating Julius Caesar.
Alternatively...
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Categories:
lances, 10th grade, adventure, allah, anger, appreciation, birth,
Form:
Free verse
Be Embarrased By Arms
Be Embarrased by Arms
The right of a person to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon when in a
well-regulated militia necessary for the security of a free state. In other words, if
you...
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Categories:
lances, encouraging,
Form:
Blank verse
When Three Cousins Played
Three cousins played a “game’ of war
A map of Europe spread across the floor
No adults there to keep the score
As each of them wanted more and more
Three of four empires lay upon that map
As they...
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Categories:
lances, war,
Form:
Verse
Thiru-Valluvar On Praising Ladies of Their Qualities: Canto 112 - Nalam Punainthu Uraiththal
Thiru-Valluvar on Praising the Good Qualiities of Ladies: Canto 112 - Nalam Pinainththu Uraiththal
[The poet devotes the third part of his treatise, the Thiruk-Kural to INBATHTHUPPAAL, the amorous relationship between the sexes, i.e., cantos...
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Categories:
lances, beauty, culture, relationship, tamil, true love, women,
Form:
Epigram
Booth Made Famous On April 15th Mdccclxv
Booth made famous on April 15th, MDCCCLXV...
Sic semper tyrannis ad mortem
("Thus always I bring death to tyrants").
Ever since early forerunners
of twenty first century
mankind (sprinted
across trackless expanse extant
upon planet Earth),
modern Homo Sapiens...
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Categories:
lances, animal, confusion, family, fear, hate, history, men,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To the End of War
Sharpened pens were brutal swords; a war was forged
Blow after blow was struck, with blood rage engorged
Not one single word between them had been spoken
No flag of truce waved, or friendship offered as token
Nothing was...
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Categories:
lances, friendship, war,
Form:
Epic
I paid no heed to the call of the sirenS
I paid no heed to the call of the siren(s)
where amble lances
hurled with the might
of off fish hull seductress dances
setting figurative stage to take a bite
from canoodling beastie boy best eaten alive
or just...
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Categories:
lances, abuse, adventure, allegory, allusion, character, horror, journey,
Form:
Free verse
Klacatoo - Translation of Kevin Gilbert's Klacatoo By T Wignesan
Klacatoo – Translation of Kevin Gilbert ‘s « Klacatoo » by T. Wignesan
On nous avait coincé sur la rive de Lachlan
un endroit qui s’appelle Klacatoo
là où nous rassemblions au coucher du soleil
quand nous entendions le...
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Categories:
lances, death, discrimination, grandmother, grief, memory, racism,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Palace Guardiennes
The Palace Guardiennes were the sultan’s delight,
resplendent in their tight uniforms
of scarlet and magenta silks,
embroidered with golden flowers,
with sterling silver scimitars in
ruby studded scabbards
hanging off lovely hips,
and boots and belts of finest faun-skin
and helmets topped...
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Categories:
lances, adventure, arabic, courage, irony, soldier, women,
Form:
Free verse
Dracula and the Dinner Guest
DRACULA AND THE DINNER GUEST
Here lie all parts of my retelling of Dracula, originally written by Bram Stoker. I have never read the book but was drawn into the synopsis that included my favorite dinner,...
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Categories:
lances, conflict, dark, death, drink, food,
Form:
Senryu
Conquered, Part I
She’d not heard the horses approach her village in the plains,
had known nothing or war of death until their arrows rained,
fiery streak against the night, set flame to thatch and straw,
scrambling from her father’s hut,...
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Categories:
lances, change, confusion, depression, desire, love, romantic love,
Form:
Epic
The Knight In the Panther's Skin
THE KNIGHT IN THE PANTHER’S SKIN
Shota Rustaveli (c. 1160-1250), often called simply Rustaveli, was a Georgian poet who is generally considered to be the preeminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age. “The Knight in the...
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Categories:
lances, hero, love, star, stars, sweet love, tiger,
Form:
Epic
Idyllic reverie during break of day
Idyllic reverie during break of day
May today bring unbridled bliss
delivered courtesy sunshine kissed
giving Midas a run for his money.
When the last trace of night
evaporates analogous to milky hue,
whereat a dreamy state
pervades thy...
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Categories:
lances, angel, appreciation, april, beautiful, blessing, celebration, day,
Form:
Free verse
Ragnarok: the Storm
With the end of days upon them
Nears the time of final battle
In the halls of high Valhalla
Asgard senses its death rattle
In the forest crows the rooster
In the sky the sun does darken
In the cave...
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Categories:
lances, weather,
Form:
Epyllion
The Best of the Night To You, Too, Bala - Part Two
Part Two
Do you remember your run-up to the crease
your Lindwall-delivery dragging the clasping flannel round hobbled boots
your anger
...
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Categories:
lances, friendship, night, night,
Form:
Free verse
Siege At Baker Ranch, Part Iii
III.
It was near midnight when they came again,
four warriors armed all with flaming brands,
Myron bolted up from a fitful sleep,
and poured out bullets as the horses ran.
He managed to shoot one off of his horse,
but...
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Categories:
lances, america, conflict, courage, hero, history, native american,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Billycan Creek
When I get tired of the concrete and tar
there’s a place I can go, and not travel far,
that hasn’t been touched by progress at all;
nature stands still beneath gums growing tall.
And in amongst shadows with...
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Categories:
lances, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
If Ever I Had To Have a Country Victim of Pedophily:Lxxxiv
If ever I had to have a country victim of pedophily : LXXXVI
[Note: 216,000 cases of pedophily, perpetrated by the clergy, have been recorded by the Catholic Church in France since 1950.]
If ever I had to...
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Categories:
lances, america, child abuse,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Alabaster Sky
I. The coming storm…
Looking into the distance along a windswept beach. Feeling the vast vault of alabaster sky. High! Feeling the cooling winds, as the waves crash and the clouds boil.
The dark horizon...
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Categories:
lances, allegory, allusion, analogy, anger, art, beach, birth,
Form:
Free verse
Sweet Nothings And Lies
The devil dances in your eyes
Whispering sweet nothings and lies
It's only a shame your gaze
Can no longer see past the malaise
That corrupts your brain
And fills you with pain
Lips tight and language curt
The words cut deep...
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Categories:
lances, conflict, dark, depression, encouraging, growth, how i
Form:
Free verse
Dance of the Knights
Mystery shrouds the star lit night
As lovers exposed to evening delights
In masks we dance, we all go around
Who is who, do we really know?
Who is Romeo and who is to die?
Ladies in waiting, do their...
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Categories:
lances, muse, music, romantic,
Form:
Light Verse
' Warriors ... the Battle Cry Song ... '
There Are Sounds of Ancient Thunders
There Are Sounds of Ancient Drummers
Calling … Brave Warriors
Gladiators and Warriors
And They’re Marching...
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Categories:
lances, death, faith, family, father, history, hope, husband,
Form:
Ballad
Henry Viii's Last Joust
Henry VIII's Last Joust
When darkness descends and all is bleak,
When the strong run and leave behind the weak.
Where, throughout the land, people cry for relief.
Who shall arise? What devil will compete?
Clothe me in armour and...
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Categories:
lances, england, history, humor, sports,
Form:
Sonnet
Woman of the Wasteland III of III
From ruined halls of a corrupt little apartment
I flee with my children, trailing after me
No more the hard hand of hate
On my back or deciding my fate
No more crack n ruined...
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Categories:
lances, abuse, allegory, allusion, analogy, anger, angst, art,
Form:
Free verse
On Maydays Day
I turn to my girl highlighting Mayday is near
A day of spectacle that the whole village views
There's Jesters of folly and Knights without fear
Witnessing lances and jokes, always going askew
To view such we can venture...
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Categories:
lances, beauty, class, fear, history, love, people, places,
Form:
Sonnet