Long Prisoner Poems
Long Prisoner Poems. Below are the most popular long Prisoner by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Prisoner poems by poem length and keyword.
Hitchhiker From Another World 4“Come on, let's get introduced to my play mate in a palm.
Linda, these are Joshua’s true other selfs.”
Lelia emitting a peculiar chuckle.
A comic situation arose where I changed my voice for each of my...
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Categories:
prisoner, art, beautiful, beauty, celebration, character, emotions, environment,
Form:
Prose
An Uppercut I RememberDad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
prisoner, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
The First Valentine Poem, Circa 1415The First Valentine Poem
Charles d’Orleans (1394-1465) has been credited with writing the first Valentine poem for his wife in 1415. Charles wrote the first Valentine poem in the first year of his captivity while being...
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Categories:
prisoner, heart, love, passion, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Rhyme
Charles D'Orleans: a Medieval MarvelCharles d'Orleans: a Medieval Marvel
Spring
by Charles d’Orleans (c. 1394-1465)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Young lovers,
greeting the spring
fling themselves downhill,
making cobblestones ring
with their wild leaps and arcs,
like ecstatic sparks
struck from coal.
What is their brazen goal?
They grab...
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Categories:
prisoner, art, autumn, french, prison, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Roundel
Rumi Translation: the FieldThe Field
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lazes in such lush grass
the world is too...
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Categories:
prisoner, earth, green, islamic, rights, soulmate, sound, words,
Form:
Epigram
Rumi Translation: BirdsongBirdsong
by Rumi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Birdsong relieves
my deepest griefs:
now I'm just as ecstatic as they,
but with nothing to say!
Please universe,
rehearse
your poetry
through me!
I choose to love you in silence
by Rumi
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I...
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Categories:
prisoner, bird, music, poetry, poets, song, universe, writing,
Form:
Verse
Oft In My Thought: Charles D'Orleans TranslationOft in My Thought
by Charles D'Orleans
translation by Michael R. Burch
So often in my busy mind I sought,
Around the advent of the fledgling year,
For something pretty that I really ought
To give my lady dear;
But that sweet...
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Categories:
prisoner, blessing, christian, faith, god, heartbreak, heaven, lost
Form:
Roundel
FreedomThis is all done for Love of Another
The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
John 6:63 NIV
Sadly we fight against...
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Categories:
prisoner, fate,
Form:
Free verse
A Walk On the BeachI went again today ... to that place, the allurement overwhelming ... the one
we called "ours" so tritely, "mine" before you, "mine" again now, (tho' others
have doubtless staked claimed - ages before and since). I...
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Categories:
prisoner, heartbreak, lost love, ocean, passion, solitude, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
Home Sweet Hell"That also has a steep drop off the far side of Home Sweet Hell" said my soulless guide as he pointed in the direction of the nearby screams.
I could see what resembled silhouettes or...
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Categories:
prisoner, anxiety, death, future, life, scary,
Form:
Free verse
Deor's LamentDeor's Lament
(Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem circa the 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland endured the agony of exile:
an indomitable smith wracked by grief.
He suffered countless sorrows;
indeed, such sorrows were his bosom companions
in that frozen...
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Categories:
prisoner, destiny, england, fate, old, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Verse
Attempts At Lifelong Friendships and Holy MatrimonyIntroduction: once again I incorporate
my trademark penchant
to fabricate fictitiously
portions of the following poetic endeavor
can you care to
discern fact from fiction?
Attempts at lifelong friendships and holy matrimony...
Shot thru with figuratively cankerous nub,
cuz yours...
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Categories:
prisoner, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, age, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
The Rhine Salmon Complaint Translation of Etiemble S Complainte D Un Saumon Du Rhin By T WignesanThe Rhine Salmon Complaint, Translation of Etiemble’s Complainte d’un salmon du Rhin
For Yvon Belaval
(A lilting musical poem of varying line length in quatrains with a refrain and much internal
rhyming; end-rhyme scheme: alternate rhymes in...
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Categories:
prisoner, nature,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Spirits of CullodenThe Spirits of Culloden.
This is like a pilgrimage, a try tae come every year,
Gather at the cairn, meet old friends, wipe away a tear.
Standin on that moor, that once with blood was sodden,
Paying respects...
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Categories:
prisoner, anniversary, death, dedication, memorial day, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
Recluse By Dint of CircumstanceRecluse by dint of circumstance
Proud anonymous troglodytes
forerunners of mine
confronted threats less horrific
than forty fifth commander in chief
of United States of America.
He/him (matted hair, ratty, scrawny,
and tetchy ugly villain)
scurried into dark...
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Categories:
prisoner, adventure, america, angst, anti bullying, betrayal, character,
Form:
Free verse
The Big AgendaWe have all gotten used to wearing our masks just like we do our bras and panties, now we need get used to wearing a muzzle in case we rub the "Woke" and "Snowflakes" up...
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Categories:
prisoner, anxiety, corruption, discrimination, freedom, psychological,
Form:
Narrative
A Heart Made Hatchet -2Hannah, I haven't seen or heard you cry
not in the gray of winter day
or in the cold silence of our prisoner nights,
the others can hardly keep up with you on the marches
your face is changeless...
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Categories:
prisoner, america,
Form:
Epic
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 11In a sudden nodding shift,
I was lifted into the air by the hard wings of the Devil
His putrid stench waking me from what seemed all dream
And upon a balcony of singed vine and blackened soot,
He...
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Categories:
prisoner, age, analogy, crazy, growth, life, light, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Think Twice***Part 1 of the series, Not Focused (written entirely by J.W. Earnings)***
Resurrect my hushed, pleading voice from the dead
Give me Your water and nourish me with serenity
Renew my rejoicing spirits, wholesome like bread
Wandering...
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Categories:
prisoner, angst, betrayal, confidence, conflict, courage, emotions, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
Knowledge Is a Genie Once Let Out of the Bottle It Cant Be Put Back1
Profound insight climbing the mountain
The higher you go the more beautiful view
Opens up wide spread in front of you
You see the world under your feet
Overwhelmingly liberating experience
Shocking overpowering, and scary
You play walking on...
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Categories:
prisoner, allusion, deep, humanity, philosophy, symbolism, visionary, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Prisoner of the Matrix LoadedPrisoner of the Matrix loaded
Prisoner of the matrix loaded
Cattle within the herd
cages within the slaughter
Profiteers prey upon the wounded
Branded comodified beings consumed
In consumption
Led to the plunder of themselves
Within the plotted grids of bondaged earth
Still between...
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Categories:
prisoner, america, analogy, philosophy,
Form:
ABC
Maintain Diligence***Part 2 -last part- of the series, Not Focused (written entirely by J.W. Earnings)***
Hear me out in the dark woods of my bewildered mind and save me from evil deeds
I am intrigued by Your spiritually...
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Categories:
prisoner, faith, feelings, grief, integrity, longing, sorrow, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
The Wound That Never HealsScience can’t save you, neither can religion,
at least Popper and Niebuhr, philosophers and poets,
are entertainers, which is why actors and athletes
are paid so much. Thanks for the summaries.
I was teaching Shakespeare’s 92nd ridiculous sonnet
to my...
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Categories:
prisoner, christian, husband, mother, music, night, prayer, snow,
Form:
Verse
Old ManSilently he sat in darkness, flinching at the sight of light.
Which created a glow reflecting on his balding head.
His cold glare did not help my nerves,
so I simply stood there observing his silence.
His philosopher...
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Categories:
prisoner, angst, dark, life,
Form:
Prose
My Bi-Polar Disorder Part 1I need to relax for a change
One last time, I'm giving it all of my might to fight the good fight
It's eccentric how time flies; I guess it's about time to rearrange...
I don't have a...
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Categories:
prisoner, deep,
Form:
Rhyme