Long Ledgers Poems
Long Ledgers Poems. Below are the most popular long Ledgers by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Ledgers poems by poem length and keyword.
Laundering Her AccountsNew England's late May sun was long up,
and yet her laundry began to unfold
and clip onto the droopy clothesline,
while yet to warm into 8 AM.
She wore a light spring jacket
and need not think long
about why...
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Categories:
ledgers, analogy, destiny, health, humanity, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
G L Trestrail and Co Ltd
A rising sun burns like a solar flare
from St....
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Categories:
ledgers, nostalgia,
Form:
Couplet
Jacob's Ladder
News is out; Armageddon is upon us, and it is time for all of us to go
The world's armies have all gathered and they are putting on a show
Heaven is calling and everyone...
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Categories:
ledgers, humorous, write,
Form:
Epic
Fearing FatherThere in the corner of the living room
on a loveseat meant for two
now only resides one
there he sits, by a warm fireplace
its occupant a man
a man have I known only as a...
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Categories:
ledgers, allegory, allusion, analogy, angst, art, conflict, death,
Form:
Free verse
Freethinker
In the still of the night,
spectro-gramming the hot utter of air,
filtered by laser strainer-
it has become a scale for judgment scaled by tier
a black hole of sin...
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Categories:
ledgers, art,
Form:
Rhyme
As Time Seeps By Part OneOnce upon a Midnight dreary
Sank my heart weak and weary
Patience for Life growing thin
The Shadow of Death slips in
Cloaked in black robe, with hands of bone
A skull face, eyes of glass stone
He paced across the...
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Categories:
ledgers, death, life, lost love, time,
Form:
Rhyme
War HorseWar Horse by Steven Cooke
Taken from Cloven fields,
Where skylark and Grouse Linger.
Into the bowels of a troopship,
No scent of Morning Dew, No Bird song
Only sweat and urine,
And the distant sounds of war.
No light,...
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Categories:
ledgers, wardeath, war, death, morning, war, , memorial,
Form:
I do not know?
A Journey To ZenithWritten: June 25, 2023
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We evolved toward the Zenith Ringers.
While no daylight is expected, I am thrilled.
With Banana Cakes, Cheez Whiz, and Zingers.
At Family Dollar's end, our hearts are tilled.
Maybe with Viagra or Valium to help...
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Categories:
ledgers, analogy, anger, bereavement, depression, poverty,
Form:
Rhyme
Oh Dystopia a Tree 4 a CarparkThe long hard journey through
past to progress
These day's has far few many stops to make along it's tried and tested daily route to commute
As cutting costs has so many
uneconomic station laid bare
in it's path
Deemed unsustainable...
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Categories:
ledgers, slam,
Form:
Free verse
Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 3, Part 1The curtain rises. Steve Merkin, the unscrupulous accountant, and John Travailleur, Esq. just another John, are seated at a bar in a seedy looking inn. Mitchell Hollywood, the adulterous innkeeper, is behind the bar. He...
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Categories:
ledgers, allegory, society,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Flamboyant SwashesFlamboyant swashes; flaming crimson,
could be my face, as the flyswatter-hand
could impress such lettering upon my cheek.
so I
severed the crescent-angel of my imagination,
dashed my dreamy cursive, expunged the end;
held my breath as I curtailed the honey-alphabet.
Nun...
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Categories:
ledgers, 4th grade, angst, school,
Form:
Free verse
Fur TraderPantoum about Ernie Petersen,
Trader At Rose Prairie
Fur Trader
The buyer and trapper jawed trade
“What’s fur fetching at the Winnipeg auction?”
At Rose Prairie the deals was made
At the wood burning stove with caution
“What’s fur fetching at the...
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Categories:
ledgers, adventure, history, memory,
Form:
Pantoum
January Through December10/17/16
Year round January through December
The weather
Taking turns for the worse or better
More or lesser
Among ancient and modern architecture
Made of similar and different textures
Near or far away from plants that do or don't have nectar
As well...
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Categories:
ledgers, poetry, rap, word play, words, work, write,
Form:
Rhyme
My Cynical Career - Insider CherryI spilled my seventh cup of coffee
While shuffling through the papers on my desk.
It was a ham and cheese performance,
A little bit of business-like burlesque.
I sort through tax returns and spreadsheets,
Deciding what...
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Categories:
ledgers, business, career,
Form:
Lyric
The Polling PlaceThe November skies darken early
Citizens walk in
To vote
Nationwide elections
High school gym
Opened just for them
Voices echo in the large hall
Clerks check names and addresses
Pointing to names in musty ledgers
As lines get longer.
The ones I...
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Categories:
ledgers, life
Form:
Narrative
The Gristmill WheelDeep in the overgrown hollow of the woods
the gristmill wheel still turns where memories once stood,
splashing water lightly on each rung some worn and gone
as it circles the breeze...
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Categories:
ledgers, perspective, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Honest LiesBegins with an appreciation of ledgers,
Clear, true and definite in appearance,
While a long journey through the never evers,
Finding fallacy in every reverence.
As much As I can I try to never,
Subdue that darkness within, such pain...
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Categories:
ledgers, self,
Form:
I do not know?
We Want An OrchestraThe organization makes a package
With questions and answers forms
And videos to be used at
Engament parties.
My cousin Madder told me
He and one of the actors
In involved with one movie
Said some sciences looked
Like thong commercials
While others were...
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Categories:
ledgers, celebration, creation, film, love, music,
Form:
Ballade
Your Signature Part 2 of 2" YOUR Signature ... "
( Genesis 1: 1 / Rev. 4: 11 )
(Part 2 of 2)
YOUR Signature ...
Signs On All Existence's Account Ledgers
... Is A Literary, Moniker-Masterpiece
A Singularly, Most Stentorious-Stenography
As...
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Categories:
ledgers, allegory, creation, god, inspiration, love, metaphor, spiritual,
Form:
Prose Poetry
On My 86th BirthdayMy 86th Birthday
Another Birthday…another year
They seem to be coming
Much faster I fear!
The Sands of time are flowing
Spring and Summer have run their course
Fall has shed her brilliant leaves
Winter’s fury has no remorse
The years fly by...
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Categories:
ledgers, age, birthday, metaphor, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Stillstill
still fighting after all these years more researched investigated and studied more clearer and serious the situation grew and now understood The Charter and rights are for those that have learned and...
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Categories:
ledgers, conflict, corruption, discrimination, heartbroken, history, innocence, judgement,
Form:
Verse
Black '47Gilgamesh O’Malley left his home in Fermanagh
With dreams of steaming plates of Irish stew.
He ate his last potato last time Sheamus paid the rent.
Since then, there’s not been very much to chew.
The lords of the...
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Categories:
ledgers, allegory, endurance, ireland,
Form:
Lyric
Plain As DaylightI can hear them plain as daylight
brain waves crashing on the shore
along millennia of tired sand
waiting for the hand of God to scour them
collecting bones throughout the land
dry as unforgiving constitutions
once the shake of a...
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Categories:
ledgers, inspirational
Form:
Epic
The Weary FarmerThough dawn has yet to break upon
Dim fields on distant moonlit rise
Already stirs the restless herd
Soon welcoming dawn’s crimson skies.
Through windows lit by twinkling lamps
The farmer’s tasks have just begun
Another day to work, not...
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Categories:
ledgers, encouraging, family,
Form:
Rhyme
Hot In a Careless WayI’m hot in a careless way,
Like a barn fire, or a stolen Mercedes.
I’m the B-side of a 45
That never got much air play
Except at the request of lonely girls
Sitting home on prom night
With thin...
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Categories:
ledgers, fantasy,
Form:
Blank verse