Long Peels Poems
Long Peels Poems. Below are the most popular long Peels by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Peels poems by poem length and keyword.
Poems About Poems IPoems about Poems (I)
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~underwater~~~
watching the shoreline blur
sees through his breath’s weightless bubbles...
Both worlds grow obscure.
Muse/Goddess
by Michael R. Burch
“What will you conceive in...
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Categories:
peels, creation, god, muse, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Butterflies and BeesPoems about Butterflies and Bees
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as butterfly wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Album
by Michael R. Burch
I caress them—trapped in brittle cellophane—
and I see how young they were,...
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Categories:
peels, animal, butterfly, flying, insect, sky, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
The Making of a PoetThe Making of a Poet
by Michael R. Burch
While I don’t consider “Poetry” to be my best poem—I wrote the first version in my teens—it’s a poem that holds special meaning for me; I call it...
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Categories:
peels, art, love, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Verse
State of the Art IiState of the Art (II)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
What the Poet Sees
by Michael R. Burch
What the poet sees,
he sees as a swimmer
~~~~underwater~~~~
watching the shoreline...
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Categories:
peels, muse, poems, poetess, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
ObservanceObservance
by Michael R. Burch
Here the hills are old and rolling
carefully in their old age;
on the horizon youthful mountains
bathe themselves in windblown fountains...
By dying leaves and falling raindrops,
I have traced time's starts and stops,
and I have...
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Categories:
peels, loneliness, lonely, longing, loss, lost, seasons, time,
Form:
Sonnet
The Bone Idol[First posted in 3 parts. Intended novel: time never allowed]
Prologue
This, Sir, is the prologue from before our tale begins
About the day our father did succumb to mortal sins
And left behind a man who would...
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Categories:
peels, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
My Pentagram Poppet Pt 1You're so far away from me and I suck trying to go slow when I know
I wanna snatch you up, bail you out, and take us to our new home
It's hard when I'm alone in...
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Categories:
peels, girlfriend, magic, women,
Form:
Rhyme
LayersAs you peel back one layer you will a bit more of me
Each layer defines parts that the naked eye may not see
The outer layer is tough resistant and seems weather proof
Just one more layer...
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Categories:
peels, caregiving, life, christmas, son, me, heart, christmas,
Form:
Quatrain
Chaos Theory
"Chaos Theory"
The Message is sent on a breeze
Fire eats the wounds of a Mother
Her skin blisters
cracks and peels
Her children inhale a different pollen
Drones bark messengers like Bowie's Diamond Dogs
Tables now turn
machines are giving orders...
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Categories:
peels, future, humanity, world,
Form:
Free verse
Threat From DoomThe drunk gods of vengeance mischievously donate their magic
filthy rags of wickedness, dropping down to curse humanity
darkness rules, day is banned for light to stay poisoned.
The ground peels from the earth to dissipate into the...
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Categories:
peels, earth, earth day, horror,
Form:
Free verse
Growing Up Too Soongrowing up too soon
you said: is there anything more excruciating than lagging behind
being passed by
a hasbeen
still knocking on portals
twitching toes twirling thumbs
in fidgety drawn-curtained waiting rooms
and...
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Categories:
peels, age, growing up, lonely, longing, psychological, women,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Orange PeelsI used to eat orange peels in your Chevy car…
Let me be…my luck is long gone…
You hurt my heart…and torn it to shreds…
S H R E D S . . . .
You left me...
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Categories:
peels, words,
Form:
Free verse
Psalm ContestPsalm of the Heretics Saved
Oh, God!
You’ve taken my hands;
the blood spills onto the heathen soil of my birth!
The jaguar cannot help me.
The mighty pyramid rising past the trees
is a pride you’ve turned to shame.
You sent...
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Categories:
peels, abuse, angel, anger, baptism, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
With Breakfast On Their Whiskerssnuggled up to the gentle fire
under the moon and stars
he rests his head
and nestles into
a long lingering
swig of whiskey
that drifts his mind
on the night breeze
like the billowy puff
slowly eclipsing
the moon
a sparkling stream...
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Categories:
peels, aubade, dog, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Scarecrow‘so glad ya made it out alright,’ she says.
‘i’m feelin’ a whole lot better knowin’ that the crops’re bein’ taken care-uh.”
you nod, smile politely
and step out of your car straight into drying mud.
‘i just don’t...
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Categories:
peels, autumn, horror, imagery, sun,
Form:
Free verse
Making SoupAlways cold in the morning, this kitchen is warmed now
With a roaring fire and my wife working beside me making just desserts
We stand here two hours this afternoon doing one of our projects
Cooking soup and...
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Categories:
peels, allegory, childhood, loss, social, me, lost, music,
Form:
Free verse
Poetry Its Taunting MeCan I lend my brains for a day, year and minute only?
My heart only left to see if poetry will exist
Yet poetry is taunting me, trying to reconcile with my past
My step father’s abusive days,
Days...
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Categories:
peels, emotions,
Form:
Elegy
The Man In My DreamLast night I had the most amazing dream. I found true love with a man who had no name. He was casually dressed in jeans and a T and smelled incredible.
We were at a...
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Categories:
peels, lost love, me, husband, dream, time, dream,
Form:
Narrative
Echoes of His Master's VoicePray,
If you should tell
All that you have bottled up
Who will you tell?
Who will believe you?
Stories of swollen head, slit lips
Blood, brimstone and bonfires
Laboriously ignited to silence
Rats, rabbits, dogs, roaches and mosquitoes
Stories of brazen...
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Categories:
peels, anti bullying, black african american, future, life,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Fragrance Of Forgiveness
As the apologetic sun
melts in hibiscus vase
of pastel-peach
horizons and peels off
those pristine pigments
of egoistic elegance,
sailing upon
aquamarine foam
of vanilla waves ~
where dignity
unveils a clemency
within catharsis,
I dare to surrender
towards the
pink-teal blends...
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Categories:
peels, angst, anxiety, deep, forgiveness, meaningful, metaphor, sunset,
Form:
Free verse
AddictionDear ......,
Its over, it's finished, I mean it - we're through!
I thought it was me but now know it was you.
I'm done with your lies, your greed, my fixation
insatiable urge that precedes degradation.
It's cost me...
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Categories:
peels, addiction, beautiful, drink, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
Odyssey of OdditiesLoving life hid beneath rim of cool ceramic bowl
Tree frog claimed proud place, toilet's homely hole
Enamoured by his simple palace making stance
I bend to peer at his green grip toe stick, entranced
My ordinary admonished by...
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Categories:
peels, adventure, appreciation, change, journey, spiritual,
Form:
Couplet
She Goes BackShe Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey
Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop
Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works the big house
Harriet runs barefoot in the woods
side by side...
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Categories:
peels, courage, freedom, loss, spiritual, women,
Form:
Alliteration
The Invisible Man 16I wrote the Invisible man poems many years ago. These poems, and I have not submitted them all, was for a little girl who died in a road accident. They are a tribute to her...
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Categories:
peels, depression, old, dream, longing, dream, old, poems,
Form:
Prose Poetry
She Goes BackShe Goes Back
By Lillian J. Jeffrey
Whispers flow like a river
she will be sold
sold or rented like a cash crop
Born on a Maryland plantation
her mother works the big house
Harriet runs barefoot in the woods
side by side...
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Categories:
peels, anger, devotion, hope, passion, women,
Form:
Alliteration