Long Pieter Poems
Long Pieter Poems. Below are the most popular long Pieter by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Pieter poems by poem length and keyword.
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
pieter, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
A Magical Journey*“Named after Pieter Both, who was the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Pieter Both is one of the most beautiful mountain peaks in Mauritius.” Mauritiusnow.com>blog>things-to-do>pieter-both
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Categories:
pieter, appreciation, journey, magic, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Icarus, ResurrectedFinally to Burn: Icarus, Resurrected
by Michael R. Burch
Athena takes me
sometimes by the hand
and we go levitating
through strange Dreamlands
where Apollo sleeps
in his dark forgetting
and Passion seems
like a wise bloodletting
and all I remember
upon awaking
is: to Love sometimes
is...
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Categories:
pieter, desire, dream, fantasy, flying, god, joy, magic,
Form:
Verse
Not The First TimeNot the First Time
By Cathrin Stuart
Late at night, you came home drunk
Not the first time
I heard you and Mommy talking
Not the first time
You came and pulled me out of bed by the hair
Not the...
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Categories:
pieter, anxiety, child abuse, family, fear, heartbreak, home,
Form:
Rhyme
Hunters In the SnowHunters In The Snow
Slowly, the hunters break stride through the snow,
Hunched over in failure their heads hung low.
Below the hill where villagers at play,
Will soon be sad with no food on the way.
The meagre kill...
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Categories:
pieter, art, culture, winter,
Form:
Quatrain
In Land of CockaigneI once thought I could never be like them,
the privileged and rich whose every whim
is catered to by underlings like me--
but then last year I won the lottery!
The family I’d worked for soon went broke.
I...
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Categories:
pieter, work,
Form:
Rhyme
Two Chained MonkeysInspired by Two Chained Monkeys painted in oil on oak board by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1562.
Viewing the painting will make sense of the poem
Delirious are we both
From concentrating on the now
The when of...
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Categories:
pieter, art,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Where's Icarus NowThis poem is based upon 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Pieter Bruegel
Also inspired by Musée des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden~
No farmer or merchant felt the sound
That Icarus made when he had...
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Categories:
pieter, art, dark, death, depression, image, myth, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
Wedding KermesseWedding Kermesse
Common folk with few wants
(Toilers reaping earth’s bounty)
Enjoy life’s pleasantries
To escape harsh realities
Of day-to-day existence
Expressed in a ‘Kermesse’ dance,
To the tune of simple instruments.
With joy in their hearts,
And freedom unfettered,
They fling each other
Around in...
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Categories:
pieter, celebration, culture, dance, wedding,
Form:
Ekphrasis