Long Recount Poems
Long Recount Poems. Below are the most popular long Recount by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Recount poems by poem length and keyword.
Medieval Poems Iii
Medieval Poems
Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland knew the agony of exile.
That indomitable smith was wracked by grief.
He endured countless troubles:
sorrows were his only companions
in his frozen...
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Categories:
recount, england, grief, poems, poetry, poets, sorrow, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Long In the Tooth Male Doth Recount Reflect Reimagine
Long in the tooth male doth recount, reflect, reimagine...
his woebegone damn dental daze today May 5th, 2021
No particular rhyme nor reason
garden variety indentured flunky (me)
revisits his salmagundi salad days,
when oral blight smote
left...
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Categories:
recount, 2nd grade, absence, age, body, cinco de
Form:
Rhyme
Translation of Dante's Hell Canto Xv
Now we along one of hard rims are brought;
And a thin spray on the brook is fixed,
So shield to rims and water is begot.
As Flemings, Cadsand and Bruges bewixt,
Fearing the high waves pouncing...
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Categories:
recount, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome
I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome...
Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor
nothing short of an imminent civil war
dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021
oddly enough even reducing
ordinary decibels to a mute whisper
madding crowd trumpeting...
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Categories:
recount, abuse, america, anger, animal, corruption, emotions, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Se La Mia Tempesta
Non ci sono labbre piu' dolci
che hanno un sapore divino,
che sciolgono il cuore piu' freddo
e piu' triste che ho cercato di conquistare
con frasi ingannevoli che non avevamo effetto;
oh, avrei voluto tanto amarla e adorarla
piu' di...
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Categories:
recount, absence, anxiety, conflict, fear, loneliness, pain, storm,
Form:
Lyric
Letters For People Part 6
Dear people,
A true Voice speaks pure truth in two tones.
Real Ears can only hear one.
Get one half of two true whole truths,
...
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Categories:
recount, america, angel, anxiety, confidence, fire, heart, humor,
Form:
Epic
Sneezing fit tests nasal septum
Sneezing fit – tests nasal septum
The word Gesundheit was first used in English in 1914. It became popular in the United States due to the many German immigrants who moved there. Many Americans may not be...
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Categories:
recount, 12th grade, body, endurance, health, humorous, husband,
Form:
Free verse
Recurrent Sneezing Fit Courtesy Freshly Mowed Grass
Recurrent sneezing fit courtesy freshly mowed grass
circa June 20th, 2022
prompted me to stutter
self addressed rapid fire gesundheit
nsync with, spluttering
“I don't have any allergies!”
An infinitesimal slight speck tickled
nostril follicle – activated via an itty...
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Categories:
recount, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Family Matters
Man: woman do not with me begin this morning,
Don’t want to go through the day with mourning.
Look I’ve got enough woes on my desk and shoulder
So I don’t need words that sting like adder.
Your mates,...
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Categories:
recount, family,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Red Light, Green Light Crow
Start
With the common thread that ties this altogether but I
Stop
In my tracks when I have no idea what that means so I
Start
With the basics, wrack my brain for the information to feed my...
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Categories:
recount, political,
Form:
Free verse
Stretching outer limits of incredulity beyond realm of logic
Stretching outer limits of incredulity beyond realm of logic
In an attempt to recount how life came about on planet Earth,
thence subsequently spanning across the webbed wide world
birthed cockamamie idea within mind of then young Matthew
Scott...
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Categories:
recount, absence, adventure, america, angel, animal, childhood, cool,
Form:
Free verse
Draconian measures promise to hobble future SEPTA transit riders
Draconian measures promise to hobble future SEPTA transit riders
one of whom would be
this married sexagenarian,
who recently acquired
his Senior Fare Card
courtesy Trump's big beautiful bill
dog days of summer
will experience big beautiful chill
videre licet courtesy
slated budget cuts
intimating...
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Categories:
recount, 10th grade, 11th grade, absence, anger, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957
Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957
Amidst the Homo sapien species
one anonymous baby birthed:
I recount one little known piece of news
which one young married couple did enthuse,
profusely doting on their first progeny.
Amelie Beth Harris
as imagined...
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Categories:
recount, adventure, age, anniversary, appreciation, birthday, city, creation,
Form:
Free verse
Letters To My Love
LETTERS TO MY LOVE
I
My love; it has been a long time since I wrote you a letter
Flowing from the rivers of my heart
A poem of your unfailing love which has halted my soul
And has captured...
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Categories:
recount, autumn,
Form:
Didactic
The Wife's Lament
"The Wife's Lament" or "The Wife's Complaint" is an Old English/Anglo Saxon poem found in the Exeter Book, which has been dated to 960-990 AD, making it the oldest English poetry anthology. "The Wife's Lament"...
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Categories:
recount, husband, lost love, love, love hurts, marriage,
Form:
Free verse
A Burst of Blarney
yes, this daft punk pink animal from farm ville will newt axe
any thank u mooch positive word does not rick choir whet backs
now i hold out virtual fig leaf tub buffer
end...
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Categories:
recount, 11th grade, 12th grade, desire, funny love,
Form:
Light Verse
The Heroes of Buzzard's Bend, Part I
Now I know you’ve heard the story
of how I all was way back when,
when cowboys rode with Indians
near our small town of Buzzard’s Bend.
Not long after the Civil War,
when it was a hot mining claim,
the...
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Categories:
recount, corruption, god, hero, history, religious, symbolism, western,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
My People
We sit around the patio table in the bright sunlight,
Friends since our teens.
Since our last meeting, I have lost my father,
Rick and Sue have become grandparents,
And Joe has suffered the ultimate loss
Through the death of...
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Categories:
recount, friendship,
Form:
Free verse
The Smith Boys
At Sixty-One I write these stories not for fun or prosperity....
Or profit.....
You have to understand the times.....It was the Fifties....
The Smith boys..all three of us...
Greg, my brother Reggie and Me...
We had it all....and didn't know...
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Categories:
recount, familymom, dad, brother, adventure, brother, dad, mom,
Form:
Narrative
Jesus Sends His Angels True Story
You won't see this true story in the Main Media. Not long ago an incident took place in Nashville Tennessee. There was a school shooting that took the lives of six innocent people, of which...
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Categories:
recount, angel, jesus, love,
Form:
Free verse
Have You Because I Have
Some people tend to forget that we’re not in the same boat.
Some people tend to forget that we’re not wearing the same coat.
You wave to me, and I wave to you...
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Categories:
recount, inspirational, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Too Late For Amends
For T. Ganesan (1931-1985)
It is as though an unjust hand punished you
As if the Adlerian guiltless position in the constellation wasn't enough
toppling you from a pedestal
You were groomed for position
...
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Categories:
recount, family, father, father,
Form:
Free verse
The Rainbow Bridge
Family pets play such an important role in the human experience.
For love, friendship, security and companionship.
But since they live such short lives, do you believe they live just beyond The Rainbow Bridge?
Title:...
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Categories:
recount, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Monica Pt 1
I thank you you Monica, for you have released my soul from that pit. From hell, from shoal of abandonment. And taking me to
the highland of you is love. I thank you. Or the...
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Categories:
recount, forgiveness, love,
Form:
I do not know?
The Lady of the Lake Part Ii
Through raven’s eye, viewed I my fate, blood scribed upon the ground,
whilst shadows of the darkwood’s dead, stood solemnly around.
Accusing faces staring down, from purgatory’s stay,
those wraith dead eyes, that froze the soul, will haunt...
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Categories:
recount, fantasyme, me,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue