Long Light up Poems
Long Light up Poems. Below are the most popular long Light up by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Light up poems by poem length and keyword.
Once Upon a Halloween In the 50's
The excitement mounted as we rummaged around in the attic looking through old steamer trunks for discarded clothes and props to make Halloween costumes. With an old suit and hat of Granddads, I became a...
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Categories:
light up, nostalgia,
Form:
Prose
A Walk On the Beach
I went again today ... to that place, the allurement overwhelming ... the one
we called "ours" so tritely, "mine" before you, "mine" again now, (tho' others
have doubtless staked claimed - ages before and since). I...
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Categories:
light up, heartbreak, lost love, ocean, passion, solitude, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Such Tenderness, For the Mothers of Gaza
Such Tenderness
by Michael R. Burch
for the mothers of Gaza
There was, in your touch, such tenderness—as
only the dove on her mildest day has,
when she shelters downed fledglings beneath a warm wing
and coos to them softly, unable...
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Categories:
light up, angel, arabic, baby, caregiving,
Form:
Sonnet
Session 2: Tech Support Notes From the Server Backup and Dead Chicken Case
The Almost Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent Tech God Oisin
Session 2: Tech support notes from the server backup and dead chicken case
“Hello this is Oisin. How may I help you this morning?” Oisin says in his polite...
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Categories:
light up, humor, satire, technology,
Form:
Prose
The Library of Trust and Hope
The Library of Trust and Hope
The Bank of Trust and Hope
(Cant decide on title, so feel free to pick or suggest one)
She was all but four years of age
Birthdays were such magical moments
The cake was...
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Categories:
light up, analogy, garden, growth, happiness, philosophy, trust,
Form:
Light Verse
Chapter 7-- Damian Hakim: Damian and Cj
September 2017
Warm sunny Saturday early
Afternoon
Damian was indulged in stock
Market purchasing. He was 16
He believed he needed to spread
His wings. Damian made big
Purchase that would net boastful
Future funds. He bought 2 shares
Of...
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Categories:
light up, beach, family,
Form:
Prose
First Love
Oh, where on earth do I begin….Twenty years ago…
There he was. Standing by the door of World Literature Class in 1996.
There I was. Walking past him in the hallways of high school.
Our eyes met...
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Categories:
light up, beautiful, desire, love, passion, , literature,
Form:
Narrative
Fixated Freefall
Falling away,
Away from your embrace
Day by day,
Washing away my face
In the mirror before me...
I ran the race with determination and fury...
I took the correction that God had in mind for me all along...but yet, I...
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Categories:
light up, corruption, courage, , Lullaby,
Form:
Free verse
Mahmoud Darwish English Translations
Mahmoud Darwish English Translations of Arabic Poems
Palestine
by Mahmoud Darwish
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
This land gives us
all that makes life worthwhile:
April's blushing advances,
the aroma of bread warming at dawn,
a woman haranguing men,
the poetry of Aeschylus,
love's...
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Categories:
light up, allah, arabic, judgement, race, racism, rights, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Words the Ship Melanie Dear Melanie Troubled Times Losstouch
Words
The ship
Words come to me like spring.
They set free, they shed the shroud,
open with all their glory, beauty and sing.
They stand tall, they ring out loud,
from a life that blossoms with...
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Categories:
light up, daughter,
Form:
Rhyme
See
See
Did You See him when he walked into the large dimly lit room and sit at a table, Alone, on fringe of the dancing and laughter. Did you See his eyes light...
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Categories:
light up, loneliness,
Form:
I do not know?
JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM
JACKS AND THE BOOM BOOM ROOM HISTORY AND SPOKEN WORD
Before the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco’s Fillmore District came to be, it was Jack’s. A poppin’ groove organ funk soul jazz club...
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Categories:
light up, history,
Form:
Spoken Word
The Doghouse
when I met you, I was dying. for the very first time in my life, but certainly not the last- you made sure of that
when I met you I was dying. I hadn’t eaten in...
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Categories:
light up, for her, love hurts, miss you, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
My Bi-Polar Disorder Part 1
I need to relax for a change
One last time, I'm giving it all of my might to fight the good fight
It's eccentric how time flies; I guess it's about time to rearrange...
I don't have a...
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Categories:
light up, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
Don't Go
Don’t Go.
On that first day, when I heard what could only be described as thunder from the heavens. I ran to the window and saw you for the first time, you were...
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Categories:
light up, absence,
Form:
I do not know?
When In Love's Immense Depths, You Are Truly Cherished
When In Love's Immense Depths, You Are Truly Cherished
Mystical web spun memories of our sweet nights,
love began under stars and brightest of moonlights.
Hold onto that image, its joyous dreaming dreams;
fiery echoes, night trysts and...
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Categories:
light up, art, beautiful, longing, love, passion, romantic, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
Punished
~ Punished~
One evening with her dad she met this man at...
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Categories:
light up, horror, innocence, sad, teenage,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Fathers Day, 21
According to The National Fatherhood Initiative, there is a father absence crisis in America. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 18.3 million children, 1 in 4, live without a biological, step, or adoptive father in...
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Categories:
light up, america, christian, community, faith, family,
Form:
Verse
All Alone
I heard that you were dying, and I wanted to reach out, but it had been years since we had spoken and this in my mind planted doubts
I should have just gone against my better...
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Categories:
light up, death of a friend,
Form:
Rhyme
Song Titles A Differant Take
Who wrote the book of love
Why do fools fall in love
You Can't Hurry Love
You can if you're making it
Does Blondie's Sunday
I Don't Know What Love Is
Ask someone who knows
Love Me Like A Hurrcane
And bow...
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Categories:
light up, song,
Form:
Free verse
Conversations With a Daughter: Creeps
"Conversations with a Daughter: Creeps"
Time creeps
my beautiful, clever, daughter
Weirdos are us
incorporated
There's that beautiful laugh,
that beautiful smile
Who wants to
belong here
they keep you on
the outer edge
that’s cool,
take all the time...
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Categories:
light up, freedom, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Free verse
Childhood Inequality In School
Some children come into the school building dancing, singing, hopping, bursting with uninhibited glee.
They exchange giddy, happy stories about their day at the mall, dropping name brand names,
Showing off their glittery light-up shoes, and light...
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Categories:
light up, child, child abuse, children, family, school, teacher,
Form:
Narrative
I Will Survive
~I Will Survive~
She was born premature, thats what her mum told her
growing up, she noticed that she was slow in reading,
concentrating, and was bullied by many students,
too much pain during growing up, made her commit...
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Categories:
light up, poetry, mum,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Final Wishes of a Poet
Final Wishes of a Poet
Arabic poem By: Rukn-al-Din Yunus
Translated into English By:
Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk)
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(Part 1 of 3)
Lend me a handful of earth
So that I may make you a statue
You have not seen...
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Categories:
light up, death, deep, emotions, family, poets, wife,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Old Chris Kringle Halloween Jingle
OLD CHRIS CRINGLE HALLOWEEN JINGLE
Did you know that Santa always had a secret desire,
To explore and experience the holiday known as Halloween!
This jolly spirit whom brought the world of mankind such joy,
And wonder on the...
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Categories:
light up, adventure, christmas, halloween, holiday, humorous, imagery, imagination,
Form:
Free verse