Long Recognised Poems
Long Recognised Poems. Below are the most popular long Recognised by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Recognised poems by poem length and keyword.
The Messenger
"The Messenger"
Love is rich with
venom and honey.
there was a female ...
snake,
it watched
with green-eyed
avarice, covetting
a dove’s nest
the dove,
was white as snow,
not young, getting on,
tiny flecks of grey
the dove
alone,...
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Categories:
recognised, dark, journey, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Snapshots From a Child's West LondonI remember my cherished Wolf Cub pack,
How I loved those Wednesday evenings,
The games, the pomp and seriousness of the camps,
The different coloured scarves, sweaters and hair
During the mass meetings,
The solemnity...
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Categories:
recognised, child, childhood, children, england, friendship, london, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Beloved Face, Translation of Bharathiyar's Poem Asai Mugam By T WignesanTranslation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
...
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Categories:
recognised, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
SplatSplat
Explosions do not always signify combustion but often combustion arrives after many years of layering the layers and tightly packing. Thus meaning that a fried piece of fat could slip and burst out of the...
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Categories:
recognised, africa, animal,
Form:
I do not know?
Jailbreak At Milton CreekThere was a rumour that outlaw Kyle was to be sprung from jail
But Sheriff Koplin got wind of it and he'd make sure they'd fail
That day Queeny Holly and her gang rode into town,...
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Categories:
recognised, america, humor, violence,
Form:
Narrative
Translation of Oothukkadu Venkata Subba Iyer's Poem Thaye Yashoda By T WignesanTranslation of Oothukkadu Venkata Subba Iyer (circa 1700-1765)’s « THAYE YASHODA » by T. Wignesan
This devotional song and poem in Tamil (the principal Dravidian language which has spawned over twenty languages in the southern Indian...
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Categories:
recognised, god, mother, religious, universe, , western,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Biography Mark Hurlin SheltonMark Hurlin Shelton is a Poet from Cape Town South Africa, born in October 1967. He was raised by his grandparents in Three Anchor Bay, near Sea Point, where he attended his first schools: Ellerton...
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Categories:
recognised,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Conditions of LivingThe Conditions of Living
Stark organisations of my observations
Respond to beauty with pure elation
Instead of chronic devastation
Process the abject consternation
From contrived over-saturation
And acute mass manipulation
That should be in legal confiscation
Truth found...
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Categories:
recognised, 12th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Platitudes of ExactitudePlatitudes of Exactitude
Platitudes of exactitude redefining my whole attitude
Don’t want to seem rude but I can’t help but conclude
That the truth will protrude
From a form that just wants to be misconstrued
Everything...
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Categories:
recognised, international, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Chuck JenningsThe bombing of Pearl Harbour was the turning point for me
That day I enlisted in the army, despite protests from my family
I tried to reassure them by saying that everything would be fine
And after six...
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Categories:
recognised, america, death, soldier, world war ii,
Form:
Narrative
Brideshead RevisitedI lay awake in that dark hour and was reflecting on my life
From all the travelling I had done to the breakup with my wife
I was an architectural painter and was very successful too
And after...
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Categories:
recognised, england, memory, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
Centurio Romanus SumCenturio Romanus sum,
et nolite flere non commovebitur.
I am a Roman Centurion.I do not weep or tremble.
But I have wept some bitter tears before this end of week.
Yes, I have wept some bitter tears hot rolling...
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Categories:
recognised, bible, christian, death, easter,
Form:
Rhyme
DisorientationDISORIENTATION
Me always disoriented both...
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Categories:
recognised, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
Les Protecteurs - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's the Protectors By T WignesanLes Protecteurs – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “The Protectors” by T. Wignesan
(Note: Oodgeroo never claimed to write poetry à la manière des poètes occidentaux; she said - without mincing words – her lines were sheer...
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Categories:
recognised, bullying, character, conflict, culture, discrimination, humanity, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
Simple Synchronization XWeary weapons wearing writhing works wonderfully wreathed wigs...... Oh wow how magnificent the yellow radiance of a piece of straw. Leaning bending learning. Admire nit a wisdom curl if a pitch of ball. Throw away...
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Categories:
recognised, baseball, bird,
Form:
I do not know?
Nothingness
“Nothingness”
Words
lines drawn
unending
dusk
to
dawn
characters recognised
transcribed
in the mind
where voices unheard
plant meaning
wild ivy grows
and snakelike
moves
outside the lines
electric
we become strange
symphonies sublime;
engraved in time
most rocks crumble
dissolve,
life has no need
for unnecessary
rhyme
beginning of...
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Categories:
recognised, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's the Nerves of Proust and Sitting Bull By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram's The Nerves of Proust and Sitting Bull by T. Wignesan
Excerpts from an article, “From space to caves in the heart recreating the collective world in Eric Mottram’s poetry” by Clive Bush,...
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Categories:
recognised, america, french, memory, poetry, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Queen“Several Queens in mythology, history, nature , games are recognised as special since ancient Era and has become famous gaining popularity.” - Poet.
QUEEN
So many...
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Categories:
recognised, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form:
List
Like a Thief In the Night -Thinking of September 11thAnother morning I got up and my thoughts returned here. Just wanted to put something of
the memory that lingers still today from scenes we saw of September 11th. Scenes we would
like to but will...
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Categories:
recognised, caregiving, confusion, death, dedication, depression, faith, history,
Form:
Free verse
A History of War Allies and EnemiesBritain used to war with France and then the USA,
Allied with the Russian keeping Napoleon at bay
2 wars fought in 1812 Europe and North America
all in all no one did better, all...
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Categories:
recognised, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Stars Of Clarity
I still reminisce when it was raining incessantly at 3:55 a.m. in the nascent ticks of time on a wistful wednesday. My skin felt the spark of crying hail and maybe, the snow-storms melted too...
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Categories:
recognised, blessing, dream, emotions, meaningful, mother, stars, sweet
Form:
Haibun
Secret Service Among the Homelesssecrets of a homeless shelter
group of people
fallen victom to the game of making one's life unfair
granted i am good at giving them their power back
allowing them to replace negativity with happiness they can actually feel
why...
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Categories:
recognised, history, uplifting, visionarypeople, giving, life, me, people,
Form:
Free verse
No Christ In ChristmasChristmas Day in our house
Started serene
Everything orderly
Perfect and pristine
Guests were all greeted
As if best friends
Little did they realise
This would come to an end
The spread upon the table
A glorious feast indeed
All looked scrumptious
On which an army...
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Categories:
recognised, 10th grade,
Form:
Rhyme
The Cat WomanThey never solved the murder.
Though the crazy woman at number nine said it was the husband.
This was ruled out in the early stages of the investigation.
At some point, they did talk to the woman at...
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Categories:
recognised, cat, death, murder,
Form:
Free verse
The Simple Truth“be at ease, oh hermit, in thought free awareness
you are, as you are complete, one with that oneness”
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Let us be clear
We are here
In this mind body
Endowed
With senses five
Having polarities
Out of which
The inner is...
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Categories:
recognised, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse