Long Outset Poems
Long Outset Poems. Below are the most popular long Outset by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Outset poems by poem length and keyword.
Mario William Vitale Latest Writings
The language and images of Mario Vitale's poetry are so closely bound to the natural cycles of seasons, of generations, of the body's functioning, that is surprising to realize how many of his poems deal...
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Categories:
outset, art,
Form:
Free verse
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Four
Rosalia - The Evil Witch of the Harz, Part Four
Rosalia’s Date with Destiny and the Power of Light and Goodness
It is said that the Almighty Lord God works in very mysterious ways . . ....
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Categories:
outset, allegory, evil, halloween, horror, magic, mythology, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Recluse By Dint of Circumstance
Recluse by dint of circumstance
Proud anonymous troglodytes
forerunners of mine
confronted threats less horrific
than forty fifth commander in chief
of United States of America.
He/him (matted hair, ratty, scrawny,
and tetchy ugly villain)
scurried into dark...
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Categories:
outset, adventure, america, angst, anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form:
Free verse
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part One
Rosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz
Prologue
This is a rather grim epic poetic tale of Rosalia, a 16th century German witch who terrorized villages, destroyed the lives and corrupted the souls of many...
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Categories:
outset, allegory, evil, halloween, horror, magic, mythology, scary,
Form:
Narrative
The Formidable Gambit
"The Formidable Gambit"
Silence
calculated and distinct
conspiring with rules
plays within the
confined squares
of a strict and
ruthless mind
preying on all moves
untraceable
unpredictable
irretrievable
in the opening move
the long-legged fly
is caught in the web
silvery and slippery
life remains...
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Categories:
outset, courage, dark, faith, love, mother daughter, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Now I Am a Poet
Letter to a novice poet:
(What modern poetry is for me)
Welcome to the family of budding poets, who pen passion and
meaning or anything life holds for them. Enjoy. Buds will sprout
and blossom over time. No buts...
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Categories:
outset, adventure, courage, inspirational,
Form:
Prose
Devotion Poem, Like Snow Leopards
Devotion Poem, Like Snow Leopards
(Written for Jim Eslinger)
Out on one of the Great Plains of Yahweh, It seems
You may have gone on a hunt, or a long searching.
But no matter the reason, in the time...
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Categories:
outset, christian, husband, imagery, love, wife,
Form:
Free verse
Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang
Plagued with lifelong lower gastrointestinal Sturm und Drang
Ever since a young lad
irritable bowel syndrome
in my humble pinion wracked
lower abdominal area
gurgled and ballooned gastrointestinal tract
(similar to following Colonoscopy preparation
slated for January 24th, 2024
at Phoenixville Hospital)
posterior...
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Categories:
outset, 9th grade, angst, anxiety, birth, crush, drink,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
outset, christian, easter, faith, god, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Prayer To Lord Ganesha
Written September 2023
...
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Categories:
outset, god, prayer, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
outset, analogy, inspirational, political,
Form:
Rhyme
The Listening Heart
I had spent recent years in mourning, since I had lost someone very dear;
As when pallid moon is hidden by clouds, and bright stars will not appear.
My job as a professor consumed me, and I...
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Categories:
outset, christian, death, faith, god, heaven, inspirational, peace,
Form:
Couplet
A Life of Leaves
My friend and I were talking about the weather and how it relates to his business. He said, "This time of year, my life is all about leaves". I said, "That would make a...
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Categories:
outset, america, autumn, business, friendship,
Form:
Narrative
Gregor the Slowest
Gregor the slowest
Felt nothing but fear
To prove he was worthy
He must kill a deer
A great giant bat
Was chasing him far
He ran and he ran
Towards that tiny North star
The deer weighed a lot
Tied to his small...
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Categories:
outset, class, courage, fear, funny, horror, humorous, silly,
Form:
Epic
Recluse By Dint of Circumstance Second Cell
Artfully dodging explosive solutions
pretending shackles restrained prisoner
lobbed pseudo Molotov cocktails
kindly, loosely, and mutinously linkedin
liberal short (make believe) chain
leashed faux abysmal isolated confinement
former courtly poet,
who consumed prison fare
equalling bread and thin gruel
poetical,...
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Categories:
outset, abuse, adventure, allegory, america, blessing, celebration, corruption,
Form:
Free verse
Chemistry Session Backfired
Shall I relay a sidesplitting hoot from my “care-free” on campus fun phase?
It entails a laboratory session involving three mystic world colossal oafs.
One had an unerring penchant for Laurel and Hardy mishaps, the other...
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Categories:
outset, art, character, color, confusion, fun, funny, giggle,
Form:
Prose Poetry
God Alone Plan and Mysterious Ways
Why do such travesties happen and
continue to occur
To living human being people such as us
As loss , loneliness , misery and pain
For what exact purpose and who's gain
If God was and is truly meant...
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Categories:
outset, faith, loss, love,
Form:
Free verse
Unforgivable Freedom
Our severe pain is unforgivable at eternal night.
I twist over, my brain hustling with mystic insight.
Cries made me exuberantly sad, letting my sting.
I felt bound that could never be fit of stirring.
Your gloomy yell penetrates...
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Categories:
outset, analogy, bereavement, best friend, character, confidence, devotion,
Form:
Rhyme
Eskimo Snowman Fighting White Fire
I know very little about life a fact of
which i am freely willing to admit
And I take it not as an offense when
I am proven wrong although I am
headstrong
But stubborn ain't a fault...
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Categories:
outset, miracle,
Form:
Free verse
Tin Can Sailors
The mighty 3rd to the north did steam,
Chasing a ghost not to be seen
Guard the landing your task assigned,
Quiet the day is to be benign
At dawn the Imperial fleet does appear,
Surprise complete, ranging fire splashes...
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Categories:
outset, courage, inspirational, remember, tribute, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Experience: Part I
around 2:30 in the AM one morning in the middle of
the midwest
upon leaving his office after studying for exams up until the
last moment
he decided to take an alternate route when walking back to his apartment---
a...
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Categories:
outset, life,
Form:
Free verse
Loss of the Love Object
It is gone forever now, a swirling mote of dust,
above the hills and fields, memorial fleck of dying love,
vanishing from tear swept sight, away from the world,
oh how...
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Categories:
outset, death, life, loss, lost love, love, philosophy,
Form:
Blank verse
Arike and the Changing Time
The times are fast changing
The certainty of season is
evading
The sure signs of weather has
for long disappeared
Along with our cultures and
moral values has smeared
Oh Arike! may my eyes not see
the evil the...
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Categories:
outset, youth
Form:
Rhyme Royal
A Letter To My Mother
From dusk to dawn
Sunrise to sundown
This I will never forget
Your kisses that always left me in a comfort
And a bliss that no grief could ever secrete
A mile-wide-smile and sweet
That never deserted your...
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Categories:
outset, cry, death, loss, lost love, memory, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
New year new you
As we sit in anticipation watching the clock countdown
Our minds racing filled with thoughts of renaissance
The talk turns slowly to the making of vows
And we think about sleep and the years reset
After everything...
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Categories:
outset, celebration,
Form:
Sestina