Long Objected Poems
Long Objected Poems. Below are the most popular long Objected by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Objected poems by poem length and keyword.
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:
objected, 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:
objected, 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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objected, allegory, analogy, animal, cat, extended metaphor, freedom,
Form:
Sonnet
Birthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothedBirthday of beloved buxom babe I betrothed
Pardon my hyperbole if in fact such embellishment can be sifted out amidst the pretentious poetry and/or prose NOT aired to appear superior, but more so as passion for...
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objected, anniversary, appreciation, birth, birthday, endurance, fear, wife,
Form:
Free verse
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:
objected, angel, beauty, desire, metaphor, universe, visionary, voice,
Form:
Free verse
Self Help Addict Needles Unsuspecting ReaderSelf help addict needles unsuspecting reader
Expounded late today April 27th, 2023
since being written
countless years ago
maybe a baker's dozen
as thee doodling cock doth crow
scouting about for carrion
scavenging for dead animals
and rooting about...
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Categories:
objected, 12th grade, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety, april,
Form:
Rhyme
Enthused By Tough Grafther life had been a rollercoaster of moody upheaval
manic fervor from sheer in-exhaustible passion
...
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Categories:
objected, analogy, courage, depression,
Form:
Free verse
A Day For a LifetimeDriving my car across the country, numerous years ago, going to a new place,
Changing who I’d know
A loud bang broke the boredom and...
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Categories:
objected, adventure, anxiety, food, memory, romance, travel, true
Form:
Ballad
Lifeboat the Days of DespairPart 6
The Doctor relented, "We have come to the end
Of a most dire and precarious trip.
We started as strangers, but I consider you friends."
And from his water......
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Categories:
objected, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
It's Never Too LateI thought to myself. What an
Odd feeling? Looking out at the
Crowd and thinking... they're
Here to see me. I could certainly
Pack a house. As a prairie boy
From Saskatoon... it doesn't get
Any better....
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Categories:
objected, love,
Form:
Narrative
T'Was the Night Before Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas, all children were in bed
Elves were loading the sleigh, for Santa's big night ahead
A heavy fall of fresh snow had now covered the ground
The whole world was hushed, there wasn't...
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objected, christmas, humor,
Form:
Narrative
A Woman of Her Times, Part IShe was born as Holly Clarkson
in the year 1993,
and for most of her early days
she lived life uneventfully.
She grew up outside of London,
went to uni and married well,
had her first kid at twenty-six,
you would not...
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Categories:
objected, adventure, age, children, history, mystery, science fiction,
Form:
Epic
What Is Your AnswerHis head lifted, and looking for his brothers,
He found his mum, sanely able again to relate to him,
Cold, death-like figure, icy face, warm outline of a kin,
Grieving, her brave face emanated hope...
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Categories:
objected, bible, faith, god, gospel, hero, history, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
Come On, What Do You BelieveC’mon, What Do You Believe?
I am not a Christian atheist and never was,
Although I did adopt it sometimes to get by,
‘Cos my parents objected to my articulation,
Smooth, fluent, of the bible’s...
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Categories:
objected, abuse, caregiving, child abuse, people, perspective, philosophy,
Form:
Verse
Donald Trump is our 45 and our 47 United States President Q and A part oneQ: Why did President Donald Trump win both the Electoral and the Popular Vote?
A: He followed in the footsteps of President Ronald Reagan when he ran against
his Democratic...
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Categories:
objected, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Political Verse
To My Love Part 3 TbcNot that I pity myself
While holding a gun on my temple with this gentle discipline,
My identity is clear but my behaviour is doubtful
To the extent of brutish masculinity – defined as stubbornness.
Oh Majesty! of all...
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Categories:
objected, life,
Form:
Free verse
Why Is America Embracing Marxism Part TwoWhy is America embracing Marxism? It because they have given God His eviction papers! We will not allow God to rule over us! Lest we be held accountable for our actions and be judged...
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Categories:
objected, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
I Can Never Comply With Fastidious HygieneI can never comply with fastidious hygiene
Try as thee most persuasive person might,
he/him, she/her,
they, them... can never wean
yours truly always objected
being told when to bathe/shower
particularly when puberty
found yours truly a tween
and my mother (deceased eighteen
plus...
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Categories:
objected, 12th grade, 8th grade, age, anger, brother,
Form:
Rhyme
Mother of All Political Poetry, Yucatec Maya and Dr Anil Sook DeoStaking Claims: For Yucatec Maya & Native Peoples
The stones of the desert cry with me
They are brothers and sisters, but no bloody kin
New hearts see just cold rocks … no warmth or charity …
Might you...
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Categories:
objected, abuse, education,
Form:
Rhyme
But She Had Such a Sweet Winning SmileLouis the Fifteenth, king of France,
Adored Madame du Barry.
His royal ardor was not bound
To the person he did marry.
His paramour was hard to please.
The king brooded day and night
On what act of loving kindness
Might appease...
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Categories:
objected, history,
Form:
Narrative
People of the Dawn(An Abenaki Legend)
Prologue...
After the reptile people had been devoured by fire, ice and flood, Kloskurbeh the ever creating Spirit, sighed, and thought about the worlds he had made across the multiverse, how his breathe had...
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Categories:
objected, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Return From EgyptReturn from Egypt
Matthew 2:19-23
After the Christ’s left for Egypt, where they avoided King Herod,
For five whole years, because in the fifth year Herod simply died,
Mary and Joseph arose, took the boy and his joinery wear,...
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Categories:
objected, angel, atheist, christmas, community, history, jesus, religion,
Form:
Quatrain
Secret of LoveSECRET OF LOVE
Secret of my love sank in despondence.
...
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Categories:
objected, lost, lost love, love,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Unrequited LoveAn ambitious druid set out to recover an omnipotent ancient fluid
She was a kind witch with a wee twitch about to discover a glitch
Laboured with great force to go back to the Source and in...
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Categories:
objected, care,
Form:
Rhyme
Song of Saint Patrick - Part 5 - DeedsVI
Deeds
Patrick traveled lightly,
He carried but his needed load
And made himself as useful
As he could along the road.
He aided all who asked him,
Offering a hand where'er he went
And they, pagan or not, knew in...
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Categories:
objected, god, history, ireland,
Form:
I do not know?