Long Pairs Poems
Long Pairs Poems. Below are the most popular long Pairs by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Pairs poems by poem length and keyword.
The Hotel CaretakerHow unparticular the day had particularly been,
On March the third of two-thousand and eighteen,
For the caretaker at an historic Adirondack Inn,
Had lacked company, and therefore, dopamine.
‘Twas Sunday when all the guests had fled,
From either...
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Categories:
pairs, death, grief, introspection, march, mystery, remember,
Form:
Rhyme
SeeSee
by Michael R. Burch
See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind and left
soft plumage in their wake. See how her eyes
are...
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Categories:
pairs, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Random Excerpts From Ice In My Eyes, Smoke In Yours - a Novel"Hey, you philosophysing Hindu. Give me a break, Buddy. I was just pulling your leg. [...] I want the rest of the story. Really, I mean it.” Theson said nothing. [...] “I can see you’re...
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Categories:
pairs, fantasy, growing up, lost, nature, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Laundering Her AccountsNew England's late May sun was long up,
and yet her laundry began to unfold
and clip onto the droopy clothesline,
while yet to warm into 8 AM.
She wore a light spring jacket
and need not think long
about why...
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Categories:
pairs, analogy, destiny, health, humanity, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
One Thing That Love IsEverything here is true
Just as stated
because it's already happened
or - it has yet to occur -
but it's very soon to occur
and I have such strong feeling
that the future will be as I see it
as...
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Categories:
pairs, dog, love, memory, sad,
Form:
Free verse
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:
pairs, absence, adventure, angst, anniversary, beautiful, celebration, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
To the Manor Born - 3rd Third - W-IllustrationHere's the deal, friends...
This is, as indicated, the THIRD 1/3 of this very lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 3 parts!
...
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Categories:
pairs, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Great Ironic Co-ArisingPositive nutritionists co-arise!
Now, while toxins mutually self-immunize,
then co-subside,
then decompose,
to implicate potential revolutions.
Health,
cooperating abundance of Self with
as by of Other!
Now, while decay slinks into silos of
"That Life's Not My Matter",
no dual-dark reductive paternalism for me,
not enough...
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Categories:
pairs, culture, integrity, money, passion, philosophy, political,
Form:
Free verse
The Maid of OrleansReflecting in her garden sits a winsome little maid;
She holds a purple flower like the circlet that she made
And wrapped about her braids to grace her forehead like a crown;
Her thick and shining braids that...
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Categories:
pairs, christian, conflict, courage, england, history,
Form:
Couplet
The Mask of TourmalineTwice the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Yet again awoken by winter when the third was three in number.
I sense that a silence doth sneak ‘tween cracks of weathered wood,
Conniving with that which shadows...
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Categories:
pairs, anxiety, horror, imagination, mystery, myth, night, psychological,
Form:
Couplet
DreamsDreams……
In your Dreams, what is it that you see when you close your eyes at night?
In your Dreams, are you alone? Is there a special feeling of something or someone that you can feel but...
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Categories:
pairs, fantasy,
Form:
I do not know?
Snail Trails and Rat TailsMy transportive
awesome Muse
speaks of a hiking trail
for an aging snail.
My communicative
wondrous music
is dancing choreography
for an ageless bee
coming.
I ask if I might speak
with the Editor in Chief
of my town's daily GoodNews Bulletin...
No.
I do not have...
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Categories:
pairs, community, health, humanity, nature, peace, school, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Unquotable Quotes: Poets - XxxviUnquotable quotes: Poets, Poetasters and Platos – XXXVI
For James McAuley – in remembrance of a memorable week in Cardiff 1965
The greatest poet ever is NOT Homer, Lao Tse, Ovid,...
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Categories:
pairs, creation, poetry, poets, word play, words, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Which Paradise Is Not the Elusive ChimereWhich paradise is not the elusive chimère?
…how long does it take to live one life…learn the lessons of a lifetime…find the time to live…find the time to sort things out…know what you did...
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Categories:
pairs, heaven, innocence, myth, paradise, symbolism, truth, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Redneck SantaT'were the night after Christmas, 'n' the house was all dark.
Not much money for 'lectric in the ol' trailer park.
Ma waitin' tables at the club on the base,
jist me and my sisters alone in the...
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Categories:
pairs, christmas, parody,
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes Writers - XxxviiiUnquotable quotes: Writers – XXXVIII
for Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoieski
who let not even hope sustain them and who used their...
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Categories:
pairs, creation, england, imagination, inspiration, judgement, writing,
Form:
Epigram
Aphradere: the Flight Weavers' Handsome ClawzLay your head down to rest on the desk of sooth stones and mild rock formations and I will caress your eyelids to veil your eyes towards sweet slumber, just pause
It will be just like...
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Categories:
pairs, angst, anxiety, deep, emotions, encouraging, hope, strength,
Form:
Free verse
By the Numbers
Everybody love to say they’re number one,
but it takes two
to make beautiful music,
so we’re told
Pitch perfect
That one favorite song two lovers have,
it never gets old
After ninety nine repeats,
it sounds one zero zero multiple...
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Categories:
pairs, love, metaphor, romantic, word play,
Form:
Romanticism
Embellishing - 1st HalfHere's the scoop, friends...
This is, as indicated, the 1st HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd half had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way...
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Categories:
pairs, car, humor,
Form:
Narrative
My Winter's WishesIn the May-time of my life
time bloomed each day a prickly boll –
but I, like the softest cotton within such a sharp seed
swaddled in the purity of security
for what seemed like eternity...
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Categories:
pairs, age, god, hope, introspection, life, lost, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
pairs, absence, abuse, addiction, anger, child abuse, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
My Dear On the RidgeThere was a dear who had a ridge that she perched from
It was where she felt welcome
Below there was a road
Where cars must go.
They would be driving in singles and pairs
Going...
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Categories:
pairs, animal, autumn, car, death, desire, farm, gothic,
Form:
Rhyme
The Last Thoughts of a Fallen ChampionTHE LAST THOUGHTS OF A FALLEN CHAMPION
This one time I know I was caught below the belt
No doubt I got it wrong and I'm far from my best
My last chilling and coin now I've...
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Categories:
pairs, death, desire, fate, history, memory, remember,
Form:
ABC
The Grizzly Old Cowboy's Night At the SaloonThe Grizzly Old Cowboy's Night At The Saloon
That wash-bin washed away tons of trail-dirt
Many a pint of blood too said the old man
He was lean and mean in his cowboy shirt
Weather-beaten face and western sun's...
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Categories:
pairs, art, death, history, imagery, judgement, life,
Form:
Narrative
Be Great FullTraveling shoes on got on my traveling shoes traveling shoes yall got on my traveling shoes I can travel now got on my traveling shoes can travel yall got on my traveling shoes traveling shoes...
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Categories:
pairs, appreciation, body, faith, how i feel, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative