Long Quarter Poems
Long Quarter Poems. Below are the most popular long Quarter by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Quarter poems by poem length and keyword.
Cymbric ValeI believed that I was rural … that I lived in country style,
where the city was close handy … that big distance was a mile.
Trains and buses ferried daily; a freeway ran close by …
comforts...
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Categories:
quarter, holiday,
Form:
Rhyme
In the Middle of the NightI woke up in the middle of the night with tears running from my eyes. I woke up in the middle of the night because my spirit cries
It is not the tear that falls when...
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Categories:
quarter, celebration, community, confidence, courage, england, environment, feelings,
Form:
Narrative
Free Verse IiNucleotidings
by Michael R. Burch
“We will walk taller!” said Gupta,
sorta abrupta,
hand-in-hand with his mom,
eyeing the A-bomb.
“Who needs a mahatma
in the aftermath of NAFTA?
Now, that was a disaster,”
cried glib Punjab.
“After Y2k,
time will spin out of control anyway,”
flamed...
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Categories:
quarter, angel, child, childhood, children, family, time, world,
Form:
Free verse
Fortunes Re ToldFORTUNES READ the sign displayed
TRINKETS, CHARMS AND SPELLS
The store had not been here yesterday
shades of candles, books and bell
Drapes were hung from side to side
The windows all were dark
Where was this place a day ago?
Just...
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Categories:
quarter, surreal,
Form:
Epic
Oncle Albert - Part 1Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats,
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is tied with simple...
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Categories:
quarter, flying, history,
Form:
Narrative
My Spirit AnimalThe soul of the earth is wrapped up inside
And the spirit of God is walking beside me
The universe rests upon my shoulder
And I can feel its power moving all over
embracing the soul of man
And causing...
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Categories:
quarter, 8th grade, blessing, character, encouraging, environment, faith,
Form:
Narrative
The Tower RebuiltI shall resolve to leave this
Place now...
And steadfastly search out,
Nestling between ridge and bluff
Amidst the folds of a foreign
Land,
Several acres of unkempt ground
Fallow and rough;
Upon which stands...
Crumbled stone walls
With an exposed slate roof in
Some...
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Categories:
quarter, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
The Dancing: the Last DanceWas it a cruel twist of fate?
Sneering, laughing chance?
Perhaps something I ate?
A bad bout of happenstance?
It wrenched and tore at my gut,
A sickening, sober, foreboding sign.
Wretched chance it was not,
This time was by insidious design.
The...
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Categories:
quarter, allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety, dance, dark, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
Why I Don'T Trust Psychics - 1st ThirdHere's the scoop, friends...
This is, as indicated, the 1st THIRD of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd and 3rd parts had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No...
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Categories:
quarter, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 76The night sky was dark but for the beam of light that glared through the trees before them as they walked into the woods. Joulupukki and Lumi were careful not to get to close...
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Categories:
quarter, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
'continental Drift' - the Metaphor'Continental Drift' - The Metaphor
In the seventies (1), few people dreamed ‘it’ was true,
guessed by scientists first when rough coastlines compared (2)
matched like parts of a puzzle (a jigsaw), found place
that joined ‘drop-offs’ waves hid...
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Categories:
quarter, faith, science,
Form:
Rhyme
My AlphabetA a big A little a
What words start with the letter A
...
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Categories:
quarter, children, kindergarten, preschool,
Form:
Abecedarian
Beary Tales Episodes 7-14, Poet's Notes7. Playing With Fire
My mom IS quite clear on the dangers of fire,
But if boy'S hooked on flame, then it'S hard to obey,
There'S a longing for “MATCH GUN” (6) that most boys acquire,
Small'S the chance...
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Categories:
quarter, adventure, appreciation, best friend, blessing, innocence, love,
Form:
Quatrain
Once Upon a Christmas 1954 - Part One - a Short Story From My MemoirEach year as Christmas rolls around, as I buckle under the pressure and stress of shopping for gifts for people that already have everything, I find myself remembering that Christmas of 1954.
Dad had joined...
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Categories:
quarter, christmas, nostalgia,
Form:
Narrative
Week 1 - Brian's Poet of Note - 'Jack Gilbert'A Brief For The Defense
Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies
are not starving someplace, they are starving
somewhere else. With flies in their nostrils.
But we enjoy our lives because that's what God wants....
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Categories:
quarter, joy, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
Shame On Me -- In Both Audio and TextEvery day, ‘round 8 am, I climb up from the subway and pass a guy - a blind guy - who is there to beg for change.
But one day, as I paused to watch...
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Categories:
quarter, heartbreak,
Form:
Narrative
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:
quarter, anniversary, death, dedication, memorial day, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
Come post presidential election 2024Come post presidential election 2024...
heil to the Wharton chief firebrand -
more worrisome than an ovarian cyst
every race, religion, nationality,
gender, creed, et cetera with impunity dissed
brigand able, eager, ready and willing
to punch contenders throwing...
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Categories:
quarter, 11th grade, 12th grade, america, angst, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Better Climate QuestionsIt has been said
There is no bad question
asked with cooperative integrity.
While those asked with competing disintegrity,
mendaciously,
are not really questions at all.
That said,
conceded as asked and answered,
Some questions remain
more ecologically and economically,
politically and personally,
publicly and intimately,
naturally...
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Categories:
quarter, earth, games, gender, health, integrity, nature, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Farmer Fred Talks Politics Vol IiLet me explain the numbers I see
The first chart illustrates the five states that flipped
Notice how close the totals are
So, when folks dismiss the evidence of fraud
As being inconsequential I think this demonstrates they’re mental...
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Categories:
quarter, political,
Form:
Narrative
Meet On the Upper FloorWhat would the rich do without the poor?
If there was no poor to clean the floor
What would the rich do without the poor?
If there was no one to guard the door
What would the rich do...
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Categories:
quarter, beauty, change, emotions, friendship love, independence day,
Form:
Narrative
We,The BeggarsWe have come to you
Like the sun to the cloud does
Anything you can afford
Please,do,spare us.
We've been under this bridge
even the ants gossips us
Because we share the same meal.
We have come to you
President soldier,Pastor Navy
Money,nuts,fruit-
we'll appreciate!
We...
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Categories:
quarter, allegory,
Form:
Light Verse
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part ThreeRosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Three
Vespers’ Prayer Preparation for Black Mass
In preparation for the ritual Black Mass at midnight, Rosalia recites the following prayer incantation which must be rendered latest...
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Categories:
quarter, allegory, evil, halloween, horror, magic, mythology, scary,
Form:
Narrative
The Cowboy Way - 1st ThirdThis is, as indicated, the 1st THIRD of this lengthy poem. The 2nd and final thirds had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way I could manage to make...
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Categories:
quarter, crush, first love,
Form:
Narrative
The Wicked Witch of Soup Creek Bites the DustGalloping hooves broke morn's peace in Soup Creek's Main Street
When Jimmy Smith rode in from Bar 20 his face white as a sheet
He stopped at Sheriff Koplins office and banged heavily on the door
"What's...
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Categories:
quarter, america, death, humor, woman,
Form:
Rhyme