Long Likened Poems
Long Likened Poems. Below are the most popular long Likened by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Likened poems by poem length and keyword.
Precious Priceless ProgenyPrecious priceless progeny
Hands down the most dramatic change ever needed to make the most profound impact awoke from helping beget the first offspring. An internal paradigm shift reshuffled priorities...
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Categories:
likened, absence, adventure, angst, anniversary, beautiful, celebration, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
January 13th 2024 Happy Lxv-th birthday Matthew Scott HarrisJanuary 13th 2024 - Happy Lxv-th birthday Matthew Scott Harris
date of conception:? ~ Late March – mid April 1958.
date of parturition: January xiii, mcmlix.
date of expiration:? January i, eminem,
where earth, wind, and fire...
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Categories:
likened, age, appreciation, birthday, celebration, dad, humorous, january,
Form:
Free verse
Happy Lxiv Birthday Matthew Scott HarrisHappy Lxiv birthday Matthew Scott Harris
date of conception:? ~ Late March – mid April 1958.
date of parturition: January xiii, mcmlix.
date of expiration:? January i, eminem.
A gangly, measly, and scraggly bundle
of lovely bones even as...
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Categories:
likened, appreciation, birthday, boy, celebrity, creation, happy birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near RealityHalf a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality
Countdown to homelessness –
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register
pyrrhic victory won.
10…9…8…3..2..1…
Found me linkedin at the end of...
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Categories:
likened, age, america, anger, angst, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Stricken With Anguished NauseaStricken with anguished nausea
Written three years ago tomorrow,
yet superimposed (likened to
emotional palimpsest) upon
mental state of yore
recent post traumatic stress
triggered courtesy war
torn legally tendered greenbacks,
where enemy bonded, heisted, and netted
mine...
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Categories:
likened, abuse, age, analogy, angst, anniversary, anxiety, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024
(alternately titled GENESIS RESPLENDENT)
No matter the calendrical/official onset of vernal equinox takes places Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 and transpires until Thursday, Jun 20, 2024, an intimation sensed...
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Categories:
likened, 12th grade, animal, appreciation, beauty, daffodils, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetic PsychoanalystPlant the seeds you wish to reap.
I have planted my seed in the soil of my people.
I have no home, no earthly land,
I have no food sometimes, sometimes,
I must find the white spot in my...
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Categories:
likened, america, analogy, confusion, hate, jealousy,
Form:
Political Verse
Ten Interpretations of John 1-1"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
Take your pick! Or better still, self realise your own insight.
Interpretation of the agnostic:
Original thought is energy created...
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Categories:
likened, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Gloriously Luxuriating In Eternal SleepGloriously luxuriating in eternal sleep
Forlorn; bereft of golden
(slippered) opportunities I weep;
Three score and four years
replete with mailer daemons,
hence mindset adrip
with self denouncing expletive filled bleep
unwritten expressed recriminations
wielded upon figurative head of wimpy blip;
decades elapsed at...
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Categories:
likened, age, angel, anger, angst, anxiety, autumn, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Strong suspicion a 2024 presidential winStrong suspicion a 2024 presidential win...
for the trumpeting don
spells loss for democracy
after inauguration day
witnesses his swearing-in
nepotism will run rampant
lawlessness the name of the game
of thrones breaking apart ramparts
of inalienable rightful
freedoms rent sunder, whereby nothin
can stop...
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Categories:
likened, america, angst, anxiety, business, conflict, culture, grave,
Form:
Rhyme
Heinrich Heine RevisitedI can clearly sense your utter despair of Der Matratzengruft*
As you valiantly carried on your poetic works to the very end.
This did not change your literary accomplishments well-known,
And your courage through the misery and morphine*...
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Categories:
likened, history, international, philosophy, poems, poets, political,
Form:
Narrative
One Most Dramatic Change In My Life(A recent virtual chat with thine youngest daughter
awakened poignant memories adjusting to
fatherhood for first time).
December 22nd 1996 Bundle of Edenic Joy
Twenty one plus years ago
faux...
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Categories:
likened, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, baby,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Jammin - Spreading Positive Vibrations - Bob Marley TributeSun is shining as I sing my redemption song.
Hey lady, no woman no cry, lets spread one love.
Jammin', spreading positive vibrations so strong,
like three little birds easy skanking with a dove.
Hey lady, no woman no...
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Categories:
likened, inspiration, inspirational,
Form:
Pantoum
Translation of Autumn Leaves-Les Feuilles Mortes De Jacques Prevert By T WignesanAutumn Leaves/Les feuilles mortes de Jacques PREVERT (1900-77)
Translated by T. Wignesan
(Note: As far as I can make out, this poem is at the heart of all versions of « The Autumn Leaves "...
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Categories:
likened, autumn, heartbreak, i miss you, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
Aye Passively Plead Death To Please Release Me From Agonizing Clutches(alternately titled: Typical daily mindset today –
July 17th, 2020)
The following words
mostly unredacted, nevertheless finessed
for curbed poetic/prosaic appeal
lock, stock and barrel
codify, and edify (hoopfully not mortify)
any reader unbeknownst and/or familiar
with unsteady state of yours truly,
(an...
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Categories:
likened, absence, cheer up, death, fate, grief, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Loving My Refurbished Fifteen Inch Mid 2015 Macbook ProLoving my refurbished fifteen inch mid 2015 Macbook Pro
A lightning fast machine
purchased three days ago
now comfortably nestling with
said technological wonder,
where outside a cold wind howls
measuring windchill factor of five below
allowing, enabling and providing me
an opportunity...
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Categories:
likened, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Sane Sexagenarian Scribe Seeks Asylum In CanadaSane sexagenarian scribe seeks asylum in Canada...
should Trump swindle electorate by hook or crook,
(1003 days, 9 hours, and
32 minutes until 2024 election),
yours truly steels, girds, braces... himself,
and plots serious outlook
pondering exiting United States
(stage door left)
while...
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Categories:
likened, angst, anxiety, betrayal, conflict, freedom, loss, november,
Form:
Rhyme
The Pied Piper From New York City - Part TwoThe Pied Piper from New York City – Part Two
This is quite despicable and very inappropriate for someone holding the
“Highest Office in Our Land.” The Pied Piper hides his treachery by
Wrapping himself in the...
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Categories:
likened, allusion, america, betrayal, corruption, judgement, new york,
Form:
Political Verse
Virtual FriendsVIRTUAL FRIENDS
be proud… and suffer
hate… and you will burn in hell
repent and save the world
True friends in life, not family, who are of course the best. No, friends on the other side of the fence,...
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Categories:
likened, friendship, nature,
Form:
Haibun
Brief Mane n Tail shampoo tall tell taleBrief Mane n' Tail shampoo tall (tell) tale
Living social amidst
crime infested urban jungle
bumping uglies cheek to jowl
analogous fate being housed in jail
escape room of great outdoors
spurred subject matter in question
to journey...
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Categories:
likened, adventure, anger, animal, beach, beautiful, cinco de
Form:
Rhyme
Crap MissionCRAP MISSION :
Well, all the signs I saw,
Were stroke for us all.
Expressing ourselves in accord,
It's simple for me coming forth.
Their fallacies knocking my door;
Screaming my name based on plots.
And I'm giving them no response,
Though I've...
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Categories:
likened, inspirational,
Form:
Lyric
Virtual Friendsbe proud… and suffer
hate… and you will burn in hell
repent and save the world
True friends in life, not family, who are of course the best. No, friends on the other side of the fence, the...
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Categories:
likened, friend, friendship, metaphor,
Form:
Haibun
Great Is Thy Faithfulness Lord Unto Me CollectionsO Great is Thy Faithfulness O LORD GOD my heavenly Father,
There is none other in the heavens likened unto to Thee, all I
Have ever needed Thy Holy hands have truly provided for
Great is Thy Faithfulness!...
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Categories:
likened, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Lyric
The Light of the World Is Jesus Collections"Come to the light it is shining for thee
Softly the light is shining for me
Once I was lost but now I can
see, the light of the world is Jesus."***
Come to the light all of ye...
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Categories:
likened, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Nope Not Even a Brief HistoryNope Not Even A Brief History...
About Month Named December
The Latin root (albeit - lo'
(mein lee) first two syllables
i. e. decem) - no
joking - translate to mean ten,
where millenniums ago
this delineation quite apropos,
cuz (wade back in...
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Categories:
likened, creation, fate, january, meaningful, moving on, new
Form:
Free verse