Long Postman Poems
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Çanakkale Sehitlerine
"For the Çanakkale Martyrs"
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Was there ever anything like the Bosphorus war??
The earth’s mightiest armies pressing Marmara,
Forcing entry between her mountain passes
To a...
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Categories:
postman, autumn, god, love, sea, time, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Where Do We Come In
Where do we come in
in medias res not knowing nor caring when
doesn’t everybody pine being number one we leave behind our lives in pages pictures or else make for images of what...
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Categories:
postman, caregiving, character, humanity, leadership, people, rights, sports,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Essay: a Better Kind of Poetry Contest On Poemhunter
CHALLENGE TITLE POETRY CONTEST FOR AUGUST ON POEMHUNTER.COM!
'WHY DO TURTLES CROSS THE ROAD? '
OK FOLKS! Please choose your favorite poem from those entered here and remember too to give your reasons for your choice....
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Categories:
postman, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Best Christmas Ever
It was going to be the best Christmas of the most spectacular, magnificent Christmases in the world.
Certainly, the best one we had ever seen, for Grandma Winslet was coming from England which is big.
She used...
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Categories:
postman, christmas, family, grandmother,
Form:
Narrative
Grandma Winslet and Her Guest
It was going to be the best Christmas of the most spectacular, magnificent Christmases in the world.Certainly, the best one we had ever seen, for Grandma Winslet was coming from England which is big.
She used...
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Categories:
postman, grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandparents, grandson,
Form:
Narrative
Velvet Glove Compartment
Age defiant was this spruce and spirited citizen slinking blithely past the burgundy red doors of her enigmatic country dwelling.
As her olive skin neatly curved fingers
slid over an intermittently scratched carbon black handrail she...
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Categories:
postman, adventure, age, birth, celebration, deep, devotion, feelings,
Form:
Prose
Hum
HUM
I waited and waited--out-- on my front steps.
...
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Categories:
postman,
Form:
Lyric
Men, Do Not Give Up Your Dreams For These Girls, Keep Sleeping
Men, do not give up your dreams for these girls, keep sleeping.
My cousin had read this phrase to me in August, when my wife left me for a harvard graduate that moved in our...
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Categories:
postman, desire, feelings, future, good morning, humor,
Form:
Free verse
The Dilettante Diaries: Goin' Gangsta On the Road To the Lotus Eaters At Loon Junction
“Pictures could not be accessories to the story – evidence – they had to contain the story within the frame; the best picture contained a whole war within one frame”. Tatjana Soli, The Lotus Eaters
“There...
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Categories:
postman, cool, courage, fun, humorous, lust, romance, sexy,
Form:
Free verse
Painter duo
Two painters
Two generations
Two minds
But one goal – to observe and to paint
Vincent’s Arles
20th February 1888
He left as snow fell in Paris
Seeking warmth, bright light and colour
Provence beckoned, Arles awaited
Cold welcome soon turned warm
Vincent keen to...
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Categories:
postman, art, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
Hidden Letters
Shall I stay in this place and wither away and watch my youthful days fade away, shall I bear the agony of the sun and feel the cold wind moving in my bones when the...
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Categories:
postman, america, change, dance, earth, education, heartbreak, hope,
Form:
Narrative
Today, I Mourn slain Beatle John Lennon
Today, I Mourn slain Beatle John Lennon
assassinated at 10:50 PM,
on December 8, 1980
forty four years later to date
outside The Dakota Apartment,
(also known as the Dakota Apartments),
located at 1 West 72nd Street
in New York City, U.S.
After...
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Categories:
postman, anger, anniversary, appreciation, death, farewell, grief, in
Form:
Free verse
When Nursery Rhymes Attack - Volume 2
Bird Brains
Mr Fox wore padded socks to creep up on some chickens
The chickens had CCTV and weren't such easy pickings
He snuck up to the coop and took a peek in through the hatch
The cockerel slammed...
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Categories:
postman, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Rhyme
My Love Song
“Because I Love You (The Postman Song) by: Steve B.
I got your letter from the postman just the other day,
so I decided to write you this song,
and just to let you know exactly the way...
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Categories:
postman, love,
Form:
Lyric
Love of Dreams
In cafe, on the table ready for dine
With glasses filled already with wine
I sat on chair and Hilda opposite mine
From window beside her, moon shed some shine
The day stood long to finish pending work in...
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Categories:
postman, lost love, love, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
Gran's Last Wish
Our Gran, that’s on my mother’s side, was British born and raised,
until the age of ten it seems, then Gran was quite amazed
to find her mum and...
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Categories:
postman, funny, old, home, home, me, old, cousin,
Form:
Rhyme
American Soldier Rise
A FOREIGNER ASKED THIS QUESTION OF ME
“WHERE CAN I IN U.S. FIND SOLDIER TO SEE?”
HIS ENGLISH WAS BROKEN, BUT CLEARLY RECEIVED
YET, HOW COULD I BEST EXPLAIN WHAT I BELIEVED
THE ANSWER I GAVE TO THIS QUESTIONABLE...
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Categories:
postman, thank you, usa, veterans day,
Form:
Prose
Trying to REM ember the waking stage of an emotionally tormenting dream
The following account predicated on partial fact and a healthy dose of prevarication with an attendant overactive imagination.
Trying to REM ember the waking stage of an emotionally tormenting dream
One week later
still dog-tired after jarring telephone...
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Categories:
postman, anger, angst, anxiety, confusion, dream, grave, how
Form:
Rhyme
The Nature's Child
THE NATURE’S CHILD!
Defying fate, freedom denied,
Confined within the four-walled cage,
Safeguarded from the Autumn wind and sun,
Shining bright beyond my reach!
The scriptures decide the societal pace,
The learned men clench the reins,
At the altar of the parochial...
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Categories:
postman, child, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Betryayed
i'd just been declared surplus to requirements by my boss
with bloodshot eyes i plodded home completely at a loss
oblivious of my ex-secretary's commiserations
mum's late stage cancer portended impending tribulation
what bruised my heart was my boss'...
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Categories:
postman, depression, cancer, mum,
Form:
Rhyme
Patradoot Or the Messenger 29 /Many
Patradoot or The Messenger29 /Many
English version by Ravindra K Kapoor
Originally written in Hindi by my
Late father Dr. Amar Nath Kapoor
These young boys and girls, were brought up, ...
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Categories:
postman, epicfather, city, father, freedom, hindi, love, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Can I Kartel You
You think you're Godzilla
but you're just a Gorilla,
that's what happens when you've got gonorrhea,
my skin colours vanilla
my skills are killa and real
you're run of the mill, a fail
can't you tell you didn't do well,
that...
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Categories:
postman, hip hop, rap, slam, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Viva La Morning Sun
Viva la morning sun
Midnight, dark night, no light, can’t go.
So dark, so quiet, so I guess the neighbours are not home.
Waiting for sleep to arrive, but it never does on time.
Still waiting to permanently close...
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Categories:
postman, dark, dream, imagery, morning, sleep, song, sound,
Form:
Bio
My Red Bike and Me
I learned on a relic...quite bent out of shape,
rusty and dented..... and not even quaint!..,
An rattle-trap, hand-me-down, that had seen better days
A ten year...
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Categories:
postman, childhood, fantasy, happinesstime, me, time,
Form:
Rhyme
What Party Are You
What Party Are You?
Huh?
Does it matter?
Who I voted for?
I am alive,
so it was legal.
I have not been dead,
for thirty years.
Surely that is enough.
If I tell you this or that,...
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Categories:
postman, allah, america, atheist, metaphor, patriotic, political, racism,
Form:
Narrative