Long Rests Poems
Long Rests Poems. Below are the most popular long Rests by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Rests poems by poem length and keyword.
ErinErin, for a girl who embodies Ireland
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair—
bright carrot—and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children—some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid...
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Categories:
rests, ireland,
Form:
Sonnet
Matsuo Basho Haiku Translations IiDusk-gliding swallow,
please spare my small friends
flitting among the flowers!
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
A bee emerging
from deep within the peony's hairy recesses
flies off, sated
—Matsuo Basho translation by Michael R. Burch
That dying cricket,...
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Categories:
rests, autumn, death, life, seasons, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Haiku
Why LifeWhy does dawn dress robust morning,
while dusk undresses sight?
Each dawn incarnates another Earth Day
a lifetime of Easter mornings
redeeming nocturnal sight's revolution,
another therapeutic day of gift-it-forward light,
some longer,
some shorter
before naked covered night.
Why life?
To uncover...
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Categories:
rests, adventure, earth, earth day, farm, love, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Mirza Ghalib TranslationsNear Sainthood
by Mirza Ghalib
translation by Kanu V. Prajapati and Michael R. Burch
On the subject of mystic philosophy, Ghalib,
your words might have seemed deeply profound
and we might have pronounced you a saint...
if only we hadn't found
you...
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Categories:
rests, soulmate, spiritual, tamil, truth, urdu, women, words,
Form:
Verse
Athenian Epitaphs IiAthenian Epitaphs II
These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ...
Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night:
his owner's faithful Maltese...
but will...
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Categories:
rests, animal, best friend, death of a friend,
Form:
Epitaph
A Snow Queen TalePart 1: FORE SIBERIAN FATE
silk wings wet -
angel on the lake.
starlight glitter
separates from
the golden wheat.
her docile hair,
prophecy of ice.
winter pink,
pinched cheeks.
ice skate scrapes -
flecks of flakes.
the snow queen
before her relentless
reign, a pretty thing.
her smile warms
the...
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Categories:
rests, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Portraits of Racial Politics“It is the custom of scholars when addressing behavior and culture to speak variously of anthropological explanations, psychological explanations, biological explanations, and other explanations appropriate to the perspectives of individual disciplines. I have argued that...
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Categories:
rests, culture, earth, health, love, political, race, trust,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Old Pharaoh - 2 of 2For Pharaoh still exalts himself and thinks he’s in control,
But if he won’t release my folk, he’ll pay a heavy toll.
Tomorrow I will bring down hail like Egypt’s never seen,
On plants and trees and man...
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Categories:
rests, bible,
Form:
Ballad
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:
rests, 8th grade, blessing, character, encouraging, environment, faith,
Form:
Narrative
Translation With Commentary of a Wild West Classic: Summer Wine By T WignesanTranslation with commentary of an archetypal Wild West Classic : " Summer Wine "
(I'd wage my bottom diamond dime future generations will re-discover and treasure this true American classic like only a few others of...
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Categories:
rests, america, angel, betrayal, england, myth, romance, song,
Form:
Ballad
Dante's Hell Translation Canto XNow is going on through a secret way
Between the martyrdoms and the ground wall,
My master, and I behind him to stay.
“Oh highest virtue, who me gently haul
In wicked rounds”, I started, “If you please,
Speak to...
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Categories:
rests, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Girl With Eyes As Black As CrowsOn that night the moon seemed hidden from her starry brothers
The kind of night not suited for the fighters nor the lovers
I ventured out only to put out the low burning lamp
When there I saw...
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Categories:
rests, dark, death, fantasy, murder, mythology, night, scary,
Form:
Narrative
I Just Thank You - the Cinquain Style~ I Just Thank You ~
( Cinquain )
~O~
By You
All things are made
Brand-new my sweet Father
In Heaven. You bring each day, Love
Light, Hope.
As I...
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Categories:
rests, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Yoga In Poem a Novel Approach Step 6Yoga in Poem A Novel Approach Step 6
Brahmari Pranayama or Humming Bee Breath
IMP. NOTE: Temporarily I am stopping new episodes
of Yoga in Poem due to personal reasons and will try
to restart Yoga in...
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Categories:
rests, health, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
Trust In Jesus - the Linked Style ~ Trust In Jesus ~
( Linked )
Trust in Jesus
T
Jesus loves you
R
You, me, and all
U
All in this World
S
World...
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Categories:
rests, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Eros and CupidPOEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID
These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cherub...
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Categories:
rests, cute love, desire, god, heart, love, lust,
Form:
Epigram
The Pain of LoveThe Pain of Love
by Michael R. Burch
for T. M.
The pain of love is this:
the parting after the kiss;
the train steaming from the station
whistling abnegation;
each interstate’s bleak white bar
that vanishes under...
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Categories:
rests, age, bereavement, death, farewell, funeral, pain,
Form:
Verse
My Odyssey
Here, I am...
Retired,
Happy,
Sitting on the relaxing throne of my age,
Reminiscing what I went through in life.
A mere spectator I have now become,
Observing in silence the works of men,
Having no worries
Of carrier advancement,
Of acceptance,
Of recognition...
My only...
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Categories:
rests,
Form:
Bio
HighbornCAST:
Prince Zag The Freid: Son of King Othor The Freid, younger brother of Prince Zig The Freid
Duke Mor: Close friend of King Othor and an arbiter between father the king and of his son the...
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Categories:
rests, allegory, character, destiny, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Armless AmbidextrianI. The Love of Minds
The volume on the desk,
The one not claimed by dust or burned
By light, will follow her to bed tonight.
Its pages will be turned and smothered,
Each in turn, so as not to...
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Categories:
rests, conflict, death, depression, desire, fear, life,
Form:
Free verse
A Friendly GoodbyePoem 1: A Boy And His Painted Piano
he used lively greens
tender blues,
touches of plain mauve
and rainbow trout splatters
to paint music
on the gas fumes
that inhabited the clean air
that once use to live there.
he made...
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Categories:
rests, beauty,
Form:
Free verse
MonofilamaniaIt is so hard to let go of love,
lovingly.
It sharks,
unpeels more gut more quickly
than reel or reeler ever lost
in all those years of lazy inches
in and out:
casting,
winding in and playing out,
hardly fishing, rarely catching
anything
from...
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Categories:
rests, allegory, passion, woman, memory, sea, fish, lust,
Form:
Free verse
The JourneyPart 1: Catalyst
I recently read a blog that purported to report news
Of extraordinary import to us all,
That the Catholic Pope, with a new encyclical letter,
Announced to the world his conviction that there is no Hell
And...
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Categories:
rests, faith, religion,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter SolsticeGroundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice
Rather than be a day late
and dollar short, I opted
to post poem acknowledging
the second of February,
where eponymous groundhog
gets his (most often male)
foretelling...
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Categories:
rests, adventure, america, animal, celebration, confidence, february, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Gold Is Your SoulGold is your soul
The drive there will be boring.
The arrival so momentous!
The disappointing greeters;
The sights not quite as expected.
The smell at times will be rancid.
The art of it all will be lost.
They will say “Welcome...
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Categories:
rests, art, journey, music, paris, romance, solitude,
Form:
Bio