Long Norwegians Poems
Long Norwegians Poems. Below are the most popular long Norwegians by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Norwegians poems by poem length and keyword.
Patsy Foley Was Roly-Poly In 1947It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant "Patsy Foley's roly-poly from eating too much ravioli."
At first, no one could remember who started the...
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Categories:
norwegians, memory,
Form:
Prose
SerenadeWhat have you done with my beau, I want take it to the show. What have you done with my beau, it time for you to go. What have you done with my beau; I...
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Categories:
norwegians, appreciation, art, beauty, city, courage, destiny, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
The Merciless BreezeI can still hear the rumbling and drilling sound of the machine rubbing against the trees, and the dust absorbing the penitent wisdom of the futile murder scene. The loop bends solemnly underneath the fence...
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Categories:
norwegians, character, community, endurance, mystery, night,
Form:
Narrative
The New Colossus-2The New Colossus-2
Not like that loser green chick with the lamp,
Our New Colossus has his own gold door,
Behind it he tweets out his grand revamp:
Abjuring that which made it great before,
He seeks to make his...
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Categories:
norwegians, parody, political,
Form:
Political Verse
Stalag Luft Iii ( Stammlager Luft )Let me take you back
To 1942
In Sagan ( Zagan ) Poland
In World War II
Their was built a camp
For prisoners of war
Primarily Air Force
Heroes galore
The site was selected
To escape them tunnelling
Deterring their efforts
In freedom...
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Categories:
norwegians, death, dedication, history, inspirational, life, loss, people,
Form:
Rhyme
the alex JonsessThe Alex Joneses among us
As we are coming up to Christmas, which is a feast
for the advertisers, and it is impossible turning
or switching on the radio or TV without getting an earful of...
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Categories:
norwegians, absence, adventure, anti bullying, blessing, devotion,
Form:
Blank verse
The Battle of Northfield's BegunSomebody special just rode into Northfield,
Somebody famous and bold,
Long linen dusters concealing their pistols,
They’ve come to steal all our gold.
James boys and Youngers, they’re up from Missouri,
Riding so slow into town,
Mighty warm welcome in South...
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Categories:
norwegians, history
Form:
Ballad
Alone In the Ruins of a ChapelNote: Norwegians are proud of many things, but above all, they are endlessly proud of Sissel Kyrkjebø, the Voice of Norway! International singer.
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I live in a deserted chapel,
Buffeted and corroded by harsh winds,
And...
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Categories:
norwegians, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
HaibunHAIBUN
You are electron microscopic size, but you possess infinitesimal power. Just a single strand of encapsulated RNA, yet you and your brothers SARS and MERS can sicken and kill more complex life.
Covid-19, virion unseen
Bring humans...
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Categories:
norwegians, environment,
Form:
Haibun
Ways To Say I Love YouWhen it comes to being romantic
The French have it cut and dried
When they whisper je t'aime
You feel so good inside
The italians are no slouch
When its their turn to say
Cara mia, ti voglio bene
It turns my...
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Categories:
norwegians, love, words, love, i love you,
Form:
Light Verse
Chess LobsterThe lobster smiled at Carlsen on the other side of the table,
never played one before, appropriate his name was Klawvostic,
they say that Carlsen waits for mistakes, there were none,
Carlsen smirked, if I kill him, first...
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Categories:
norwegians, fish, funny, imagination, red,
Form:
Prose
Beware the KrakenLegends abound from society to society
But Norwegians have one that evokes great anxiety
A mythical sea monster of immense proportions
May be fifty-feet long, or its size has some distortions
With enormous tentacles it’s said to have grabbed...
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Categories:
norwegians, animal, mystery, sea,
Form:
Couplet
A Sea BirdA The Sea Bird
During the occupation of Norway when many fled to
Sweden or England the new generation has forgotten that
in their hatred of refugees.
I remembered a seabird called Alke which was snared
It...
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Categories:
norwegians, april, autumn, basketball, best friend, birth, boat,
Form:
Sonnet
Norwegians I Have MetI married a Norwegian boy
Way back in Nineteen-Forty-One.
That makes my children Norse by half,
My two daughters and only son.
My husband, third generation
American at time of birth,
Never got to see ancestral land
"Ere he was taken...
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Categories:
norwegians, peace,
Form:
Quatrain
Silent Viking ShipViking ship glided into the port at two in the morning
The sailors had slept through it, snoring was heard by fish
Aurora Borealis was flashing lavender blue and green lights
A show no human saw that evening,...
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Categories:
norwegians, life, travel,
Form:
Free verse
Jabberwocky ReduxJabberwocky Redux
After reading too much Aquinas
Would an aphid reside in an onager’s ear
if the onager’s...
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Categories:
norwegians, confusion
Form:
Free verse
Let Any Agnostic Provide a ReplyLet Any Agnostic Provide a Reply
After reading too much Aquinas
Would an aphid reside in an onager’s ear
if the onager’s master spoke Twi?
Or a Gascony scop with a leper elope
if a civet leapt out of a...
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Categories:
norwegians, faith
Form:
Free verse
ScotsmenSCOTSMEN
Though it be strange enough to the rest
For music to soothe the savage breast
Those who choose bagpipes would be Scottish
Strange breed those guys north of the border
Only they would design a...
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Categories:
norwegians, funny,
Form:
Verse