Long Poised Poems
Long Poised Poems. Below are the most popular long Poised by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Poised poems by poem length and keyword.
A Vain Word
A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands grey pearls
under moss-stubbled oaks, full of whispers, complaining
to the darkening...
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Categories:
poised, autumn, beauty, extended metaphor, grief, heartbreak, moon,
Form:
Sonnet
Self Destructive Wickedness Arrested, Convicted, and Gaoled
Self destructive wickedness arrested, convicted, and gaoled...
with kidnapping little boy
ordered to suffer
life sentence without parole.
The deadly scourge of
one obsessive/compulsive disorder
nearly left me starving to death.
Anorexia nervosa absent bulimia
nadir of onset
diagnoses...
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Categories:
poised, 2nd grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Judging V Mediating
Judging v Mediating,
like Teaching v Mentoring,
like Win/Lose Retributive Motives v Win/Win Restorative Motivators
like dogmatic Preaching v compassionately Communicating,
As felt
and appreciated by my LeftBrain dominant
RightWing hand
nurturing StraightWhite patriarchal
overpoweringly privileged
systemically elitist judgment
Branching, colonizing,
extending up and...
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Categories:
poised, community, culture, earth, environment, health, integrity, passion,
Form:
Political Verse
A Most Courageous American President For the Ages
A Most Courageous American President for the Ages
I thought it would be most appropriate for me to take a moment to
share some of my reflections on the life and distinguished public
service of the late 41st...
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Categories:
poised, america, celebration, character, inspiration, patriotic, political, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
Tranmutation
Written 12 December 2023
Transmutation Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
...
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Categories:
poised, humanity, life, men, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Winter, 1948
WINTER, 1948 [40 Saxton Street]
for W.W
The winter nights that pass now
are so unlike the winter nights
that passed before, that I often
struggle back in those suspended moments
when sleep grapples for a hold,
to once again hear the...
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Categories:
poised, age, childhood, family, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
The Mask of Tourmaline
Twice 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:
poised, anxiety, horror, imagination, mystery, myth, night, psychological,
Form:
Couplet
The Mask of Alabaster
Once the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Whence the winter woke me when the third was three in number.
I sense that a wince doth lurk and wear which wicked gaze,
Of conniving shadows cast between...
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Categories:
poised, anxiety, confusion, deep, dream, education, fantasy, fear,
Form:
Couplet
He Said, I Said
How the housefly gets attracted to organic decay
and an infant child traces the voice of its mother
are nothing compared to the intense attraction
Michelle and I possess on the guy owning not a strand of hair...
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Categories:
poised, art, boyfriend, character, emotions, girlfriend, hello,
Form:
Epic
Doing absolute zero endeavors
Doing absolute zero endeavors
Earlier today March 28th, 2025
(thee hour now fifteen minutes
after eight o'clock at night, cuz
yours truly & wife paced back
and forth from one room to the
other wearing out rugged groovy
Tuesday (three day) experienced...
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Categories:
poised, absence, adventure, angel, angst, humorous, joy, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
I Wait With Bated Breath For C Cure T Clarence
I wait with bated breath for... C. Cure T. Clarence
The following crafted
approximately midway
into the administration
of forty fifth president,
whose crass, gutsy, lewd,
repulsive yawping finds
him squarely poised to
nab the nomination as
Republican front runner
come the...
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Categories:
poised, america, anxiety, appreciation, character, confidence, fate, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
MAGDALENE: JEWEL OF JESUS
MAGDALENE : JEWEL OF JESUS
She was the Chosen
a beckoned one
to ignite His speeches
smooth it with her own
illustrious strength
‘Courage against Odds’
marked her inner Jewel
soft it lay cradled
rhapsodic rubicon...
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Categories:
poised, character, courage, death, emotions, extended metaphor, humanity,
Form:
Epic
The remnants of August 2024 Hurricane Debbie
The remnants of August 2024 Hurricane Debbie
Like a humane huntress, she
(the anthropomorphized storm)
brought a spate of cool Autumn like
temperatures and gentle soothing rain
here within my neck of the woods
for the last couple of days.
No matter...
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Categories:
poised, adventure, appreciation, august, cool, environment, fate, howl,
Form:
Free verse
Hiroshima eighty years since August 6th, 1945
Hiroshima – eighty years since August 6th, 1945
About fourteen and a half years
before my birth,
yours truly not even a twinkle
in the eyes of his then
young father and mother
the former born April...
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Categories:
poised, age, angst, anniversary, august, conflict, grave, history,
Form:
Free verse
Desperate Message To Kim Jong Un
Pardon any absent adulation, bequeathed capitulation, devoted dedication, indiscretion, blabbering peroration, improper salutation or any unintended vexation if this unknown earthling sent a nearly identical message. He over-looked a small number of errors and hoped...
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Categories:
poised, abuse, dark, emotions, evil, hate, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Peach Drenched And Tanterlizing Irasistable
My receptive wide adoring eyes rested within the ambient light and bathed in The Shadoe and shade of the scene
Where before me a paragon of sublime refined beauty
So sensually seductively and arousingly delightful...
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Categories:
poised, appreciation, desire, dream, fantasy, romantic love, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
Original Mask of Alabaster
A wince doth lurk wearing which wicked gaze,
Of conniving cast shadows ‘tween my windowpanes.
Gazing through the window’s diaphanous gelid glass,
I see a flushing fluorescent misty haze of frothy brass.
It floats aloft the frost of...
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Categories:
poised, addiction, allusion, confusion, dream, evil, horror, night,
Form:
Couplet
Victory
When I was a boy I wanted to be Martin Luther King,
For his life sings of the strength of unconditional love,
Which can only come from above,
But when I became a man, I gave myself to...
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Categories:
poised,
Form:
Bio
Omnipresent lurch toward authoritarianism
The views and opinions herewith extemporized to spur discourse with me, or to be mindful when exercising the right to vote in the country of your existence, which expressed intimation predicated upon read reliable publications...
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Categories:
poised, abortion, abuse, america, anger, bereavement, emotions, history,
Form:
Free verse
Fork Git About Spooner Hiz Ham
Fork git about spooner hiz ham
And join (singing the words
in the next paragraph) whether alone
in a traffic jam
basting, cooking, then eating a lamb
prepared by thee missus
a superb culinary madam.
“A Ram Sam Sam” Lyrics
A ram...
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Categories:
poised, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears
Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears...
of diverse and sundry sizes engaged
in woebegone wild rumpus
as a last hoorah
for diversity, equity and inclusion,
whose somber bowed heads
(hide their snickers
just a kiss away)
their backsides mimicked
tufted heavenly...
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Categories:
poised, absence, adventure, america, angel, anger, divorce, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
Winter Thoughts of Ann Rutledge
These are poems about Ann Rutledge and her romantic relationship with Abraham Lincoln.
Winter Thoughts of Ann Rutledge
by Michael R. Burch
Winter was not easy,
nor would the spring return.
I knew you by your absence,
as men are...
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Categories:
poised, history, lost love, love, presidents day, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
For Josh Q On His Bar Mitzvah
1.
Our blessing, our son, our family clown
The cracker of jokes, the soother of strife
Takes it all in, teaches us to slow down
Although he bungee jumped straight into life
Yes, when he’s ready, he can move so...
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Categories:
poised, father son, jewish,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The direct path
In the void soul takes a consciousness leap
but to get there we must leave mind behind,
whence in staid stillness thus, we go in deep,
becoming over time, divine aligned.
Love the litmus test for thought, word and...
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Categories:
poised, spiritual,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Fighting Nyquil
'm extinct
I'm irrelevant
Rare off day today
Go to to store and see if I can pilfer a couple xmas presents
Raise me this way
My moms ddnt
But my deviation has allowed me
Woke up this morning...
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Categories:
poised, crazy, day, deep, depression, emotions, drug,
Form:
Free verse