Long Prowling Poems
Long Prowling Poems. Below are the most popular long Prowling by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Prowling poems by poem length and keyword.
Sunday Evening SpreeI see people moving, but going nowhere
I see people moving with their hands thrown in the air
I see people moving but they have nothing to share
Bags and pans, old kettle, and old man
The scavenger, the...
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Categories:
prowling, betrayal, community, cute love, education, encouraging, faith,
Form:
Narrative
Impossible Mission To Captcha Infinitesimal MomentImpossible mission to captcha infinitesimal moment
alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck
seconds elapse imperceptibly
leaving me dumbstruck,
how quickly fleeting tempus fugit;
ofttimes imagined as time thief.
Hence following vignette: quiet as a mouse lurks the time thief...
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Categories:
prowling, 12th grade, analogy, butterfly, death, farewell, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Pablo Neruda TranslationsI love you only because I love you
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I love you only because I love you;
I am torn between loving and not loving you,
Between apathy and desire.
My heart vacillates...
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Categories:
prowling, love, romance, romantic, romantic love, spanish, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnet Lxxxi-LxxxixSonnet LXXXI-LXXXIX
Day, and Night
by Michael R. Burch
The moon exposes pockmarked scars of craters;
her visage, veiled by willows, palely looms.
And we who rise each day to grind a living,
dream each scented night of such perfumes
as drew...
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Categories:
prowling, dream, earth, flower, moon, music, night, stars,
Form:
Sonnet
Christmas In the Cathedral of the Forest Deep
"Christmas in the Cathedral of the Forest Deep"
The silent heart is found
embedded in the
Cathedral of
The Forest Deep
The lost jewel
shines in the dark
see the reflection of emerald eyes
endless hazel woods scried
On Christmas Eve
when...
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Categories:
prowling, christmas, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Epic
At the DoorA fierce battle ensues for the soul
...
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Categories:
prowling, bible, love, simple,
Form:
Rhyme
Around MeI woke up this morning form a puss nap to face the miserable day screaming in my back, I turned around to see who it was but I did not see anyone and suddenly my...
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Categories:
prowling, beauty, character, cheer up, chocolate, community, confidence,
Form:
Narrative
Severe Surge Regarding Thou Shalt Not Kill ViolationsSevere surge regarding thou shalt not kill violations
Fifth commandment breached regularly
epidemic of gun violence in America
bullets fly, scream and tear into flesh
senseless rampant mass killings
rip across fabric of society
buzzfeeding, jump/kickstarting,
paradigm of mortality.
Since January first
two...
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Categories:
prowling, 12th grade, 1st grade, age, america, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
Then and NowTo this day, the breath labours on still
Marrow birthing blood same as ever
to keep this battered carriage oiled
The soul wills the flesh to hobble on
and prays the spirit keeps aflame
The game...
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Categories:
prowling, africa, betrayal, culture, endurance, england, journey,
Form:
I do not know?
Paper Tigers
"Paper Tigers"
eyes mark slow time
spotting leopard rhyme
never changing its spots
black balled
white pops
the want-to-be bees
sting the dripping honey spot
slapping cards down
kitty pots are shuffled
bluffing intelligentsia
between the gaps
flatulent poets floss their teeth
waxing lyrical strings
tied to the weary...
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Categories:
prowling, dark, muse, poets,
Form:
Free verse
The Village On the Water ViBut we of the Three Tribes live undiscovered
In the reverberating stillness of the
Three Gorges...
And are therefore unknown to the warring mongol;
His impassioned lusts -- his...
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Categories:
prowling, celebration, community, environment,
Form:
Free verse
Joe Joe Joe Its All About JoeWho am I? I am me, and me is having a little me time
No way! Five days plus a weekend. 7 days, that’s mine.
It’s not fair. It’s a sin. It’s crazy. No, really honey,...
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Categories:
prowling, feelings, for her, friendship love, funny, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Salute the TruthThe wicked is calling the wicked
wicked
Oh what a wicked
The wicked is calling the wicked
Wicked
Who is really wicked?
The wicked is calling the wicked
Wicked
Can’t you see that something is wicked?
Wicked man,
Wicked woman,
Wicked boy,
...
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Categories:
prowling, community, desire, farewell, judgement, leadership, leaving, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Hidden BeautyHidden beauty resides not in the grace like charms
Of coy smiles
Painted across a gentle Madonnas face.
Nor is she vested within the chastened vows
Of saintly knights; encased Great-Helm:
Thus maketh the pale maidens meek pulse
To so...
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Categories:
prowling, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
The DreamThere was something in that dream
...
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Categories:
prowling, anxiety, heartbroken, hope, jobs, poverty, prayer, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Majestic and Angelic IrisThe majestic and Angelic Iris
The majestic and Angelic Iris.
Layered in thick scales, pure as snow,
Claws curved into sharp, black knives
Piercing the ground before her.
Prowling the land
Searching for her own,
Growling a fierce roar into
Every living soul...
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Categories:
prowling, destiny,
Form:
Personification
The Majestic and Angelic IrisThe majestic and Angelic Iris.
Layered in thick scales, pure as snow,
Claws curved into sharp, black knives
Piercing the ground before her.
Prowling the land
Searching for her own,
Growling a fierce roar into
Every living soul that bow before her.
The...
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Categories:
prowling, beauty, deep, friendship, heart,
Form:
Free verse
The Battle of Britain IIIA dogged stance had made the beast retire
as disappointment filled the devil’s veins.
Though Brit resolve repulsed his hellish fire
this demon’s air of pompousness remains.
His raging storm had faltered in the face
of fierce resistance,...
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Categories:
prowling, world war ii,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The Village On the Water VShowering white light illuminates
Bright-Moon Bay;
In the overlooking Moon-Inviting Pavilion,
Li Bai had raised his twinkling, rich amber
Coloured wineglass
To invite the same reticent Moon. ...
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Categories:
prowling, appreciation, beauty, places,
Form:
Free verse
My Small Brown Dog--My Small Brown Dog I see so quite brown ever so furry rather shiny domestic dog;
rather brown domestic dog decidedly kind;
Positively shiny clear, good, hairy
All sharp keen whiskers, tranquil beard;
Polite hands Bow-Wow what??
...
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Categories:
prowling, analogy, animal, dog,
Form:
Concrete
I Heard Something On the WirelessI heard something on the wireless
As i went about my day,
Some new strain of virus
In some province far away.
I didn’t pay much attention
As it seemed a distant threat.
Well that was my contention
So I didn’t break...
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Categories:
prowling, change, endurance, humanity, loneliness, missing you, recovery
Form:
Rhyme
Heaven Will GlowOh how my spirit is groaning
And the tension round about me is mounting
It is the feelings that you get when you
Passion is running high and
you want to leap and touch the sky
I want to...
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Categories:
prowling, community, confidence, confusion, courage, endurance, goodbye, love,
Form:
Narrative
A Queue For the Loo At Nine Minutes Past Two Ok ThenA queue for the loo? is it nine minutes past two?
A windmill dashing to the sea. Ice cold waters in a monticule drip. Laced with the prevalent winds and sands. But sands are not sanding...
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Categories:
prowling, allah, angel, aubade, baptism, blessing,
Form:
I do not know?
50 Words For Poe: Phantasmagoria
“50 Words for Poe: Phantasmagoria”
“Darling, there’s someone here
who would like to meet you...”
This was how it all began -
‘twas the night of the Ghost Ball
the room was pumping
and the Lothario put on a good...
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Categories:
prowling, dark, muse, mystery, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Manic Lid Prowling Hunting Tree Climbing Kat-be ...
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Categories:
prowling, analogy, animal, anxiety, cat,
Form:
Acrostic