Long Murmurs Poems
Long Murmurs Poems. Below are the most popular long Murmurs by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Murmurs poems by poem length and keyword.
The Hardships of Honesty - Neither Will II often surprise many people in many ways
With the words I say…with the actions I make…
It’s extraordinary how many seek high praise
With the words they say…with the actions they fake…
Neither will I…
Assume the worst in...
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Categories:
murmurs, angst, conflict, emotions, endurance, faith, hope, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Rilke Translations IiCome, You
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
This was Rilke’s last poem, written ten days before his death. He died open-eyed in the arms of his doctor on December 29, 1926, in the...
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Categories:
murmurs, tribute,
Form:
Verse
Archaic Torso of Apollo: Rilke TranslationArchaic Torso of Apollo
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a lamp lit from within,...
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Categories:
murmurs, art, body, god, life, light, poetry, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Rainer Maria Rilke Translation: the PantherThe Panther
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
His weary vision's so overwhelmed by iron bars,
his exhausted eyes see only blank Oblivion.
His world is not our world. It has no stars.
No light. Ten thousand...
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Categories:
murmurs, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New ShiftI.
Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New Shift
( Mille viri sententia agere nescit donec suscipit calamum scribere.)
For a brief spell, I hung my hammock in the shade
of the ancient tall oak tree, that God's...
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Categories:
murmurs, appreciation, art, blessing, care, dedication, poetry, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
By How Many Badbyes Can You Measure the Length of Your Day by how many badbyes can you measure the length of your day
first comes...
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Categories:
murmurs, age, loneliness, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 76The night sky was dark but for the beam of light that glared through the trees before them as they walked into the woods. Joulupukki and Lumi were careful not to get to close...
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Categories:
murmurs, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's LibraryToddlers' Exploration:
Cardboard drum, a thunderous beast,
Playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide, dreams just out of reach,
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles and Squeaks,
Moo! Quack! Giggles tumble and bump.
Flaps flapping, bright colors...
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Categories:
murmurs, adventure, books, childhood, imagination, literature, mystery, teen,
Form:
Narrative
Rainer Maria Rilke: First Elegy TranslationThis is my translation of the first of Rilke’s Duino Elegies. Rilke began the first Duino Elegy in 1912, as a guest of Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis, at Duino Castle, near Trieste on...
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Categories:
murmurs, angel, beauty, desire, metaphor, universe, visionary, voice,
Form:
Free verse
The 0cay ExterminatorI suppose there are no new problems in the world to be exterminated,
well, I mean, of course there are as many new problems
as there are creatures having a new day today,
but I mean I suppose...
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murmurs, earth, hate, health, humor, love, political, science,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Psychotic TripPSYCHOTIC JOURNEY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Feeling really beat, I went to bed early last night
Suddenly awakened feeling something’s not right
There was total darkness, I was not in my room
Lying on a cold flooring, with a feeling...
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Categories:
murmurs, allegory, allusion, dark, dream, evil, horror, night,
Form:
Rhyme
God HuntLove murmurs in my ear that to be hunted
is infinitely more enviable than to be the hunter.
...
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Categories:
murmurs, integrity, nature, passion, psychological, religion, science, society,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Rough Roads To RoamThe flames of the furnace (well-travelled by wind
slowly glazing the rags of gray women chagrined
at the sight of a hair fleeing tresses now thinned)
sometimes billow like waves flooding naves through the night,
when the lightning...
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Categories:
murmurs, culture, earth, humanity, planet, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 127 -- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: the Women's Day With the Hakim ClanJuly 2049 the 13th Dolly and Molly
Celebrated their 45th birthday wih
Damian and Holly.
Today was a pleasant day initially
Then it rained and rained. Now,
Damian spoke with his brother Sidney
To decide the plan for...
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Categories:
murmurs, silence,
Form:
Alliteration
Till I'M GoneWhen I'm gone...
You're gonna miss me over my dead body
When I'm gone...
Till I'm gone...bye-bye, love...I guess I was your nobody and love everybody, but me...
When I finally belong
You're gonna depart from me
When I...
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Categories:
murmurs, deep,
Form:
Lyric
Theatre of the Absurd - FusionGodot has arrived
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Alive and well thanks!
...said the haiku poster
Crudely pasted to the fence
Who was too busy selling stolen goods
To notice he was a notice
Announcing a brand new play
A fusion of two classics
Waiting for...
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Categories:
murmurs, funny, humor, humorous, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Free verse
Misery's HoldI will not waste away in the streets of such unbearable nightmares where I silently weep
I will survive the rainstorm of lament and listen to the mesmerizing murmurs of the deep
I am alive in the...
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Categories:
murmurs, angst, deep, depression, desire, encouraging, muse, passion,
Form:
Rhyme
Easter PrayerTetelestai—“It is finished”—may be the most significant word ever uttered across the stratosphere. The single most important statement in all of human history. Spoken by the innocent and dying only begotten Son of God. Tetelestai...
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Categories:
murmurs, appreciation, christian, forgiveness, friend, heaven, inspirational love,
Form:
Free verse
The Watcher
Into the woods we ventured, where darkness began to encircle us,
Their ancient murmurs mingling with the forest’s ominous chorus.
A chilling breeze, as if the very breath of the woods sighed,
Veiled in tempestuous clouds, the stars...
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Categories:
murmurs, dark, death, evil, fear, gothic, nature, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
Nervana - Imagine You and I(Warning: it has a sexual theme...)
Imagine you and I
Together, we will fly
But, first and foremost,
Let's spread butter to the toast
Suicide nervana plays me like the piano player to the piano
It's a ride...
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Categories:
murmurs, deep, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Pixie Pixela's Purgatory RebellionA young girl’s voice, lost in the data, cries out,
"Why are we here?"
Pixie Pixela, her words soft and low, murmurs,
"This world is yours, dear, a garden for stories to grow."
But her digital eyes hold a...
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Categories:
murmurs, child, freedom, internet, satire, vanity,
Form:
Free verse
Sinister ShadowsYin speaks,
murmurs really
Slurpy GoldenShadow
whispering warmly
wetly
hypnotically
fascinatingly
in my left ear.
Notice:
In 2011-12
Bill Plotkin wrote
"Sinister Shadow, projected:
Donald, president of the United States,
refers to the Soviet Union
as 'the Evil Empire'...
and actually believes this is true."
True of all 2019 federations,
integrities,
synergy,
healthy wealth,
cooperative...
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Categories:
murmurs, anti bullying, health, humor, integrity, mental illness,
Form:
Political Verse
Why Are We HereWritten 16 August 2023:
Placed First in "Why Are We Here Poetry contest",
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
...
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Categories:
murmurs, god, humanity, inspirational, life, men, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
The Inception: Yesterday's TomorrowYou stir up trouble
My fears begins to double
I’m sick of lending my ears to your lies
Oh boy, how tiiiiime surely flies
It’s time to shine on…
I’m not the one to look upon
I’m the scar
He’s the star
I’m...
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Categories:
murmurs, angst, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse
The Most Pregnant Event That OccurredThe most pregnant event that occurred...
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
recorded July sixth nineteen sixty
upon birth of she who doggedly
pursued me to the ends of the earth
and what not take no as an answer.
Unbeknownst to yours truly
a...
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Categories:
murmurs, adventure, angst, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation, birth, celebration,
Form:
Free verse