Long Robert Poems
Long Robert Poems. Below are the most popular long Robert by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Robert poems by poem length and keyword.
Pencils In SeptemberI smell like pencils in September.
After they’ve been brought to that…to the machine hanging on the closet wall where our coats, our boots, our bags, and nonsense lived.
You stared me in the eyes, since the...
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Categories:
robert, 3rd grade, america, betrayal, child, child abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Starting With BeginningsLeft:
Let's start at the beginning
of your ecotherapeutic day.
I'm talking today with Fr. Time,
Earth's only fully self-ordained ecotherapist,
and recently published author of
"Journals of MotherEarth."
We have no corporate sponsorships to report,
although we are for sale
especially if you're...
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Categories:
robert, gender, health, humanity, humor, integrity, perspective,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Fahr An' IceFahr an' Ice
by Michael R. Burch
From what I know of death, I'll side with those
who'd like to have a say in how it goes:
just make mine cool, cool rocks (twice drowned in likker),
and real fahr...
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Categories:
robert, death, drink, fun, humor, humorous, light,
Form:
Light Verse
Nemesis, Confrontation and the Rejoined Battle, Now CompletedNemesis, Confrontation And The Rejoined Battle,
Now Completed
(Nemesis) - Part One
O'lord of blight dare thee to now abide
Leaving thy abode to earthen realm ride
As punisher with dark universal might
As grief bearer, humanity to smite!
Dar'est thee enter,...
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Categories:
robert, art, creation, faith, humanity, light, meaningful, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
GilgameshGILGAMESH . . .
Story has it you used your power to run amuck
Putting fear into the people, and brides in Unuk
So the people of Unuk pray to the sky God Anu
To sort out...
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Categories:
robert, adventure, best friend, brother, character, deep, emotions,
Form:
Epic
Some PoemsA Stolen Memory
A Mirthful Chorus
By Sy Roth
We surrounded him
Asked to let go.
She stared at the misshapen face,
Unshaven sandpapery skin
Eyelids a tabula rasa
Fluttery sere skin
And we could see the humor blossoming in his...
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Categories:
robert, dream, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
My Most Popular Poems On the Internet IMy most popular poems on the Internet (I)
A number of my poems and translations have gone viral, according to Google, and some have been copied onto hundreds to thousands of web pages. That’s a lot...
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Categories:
robert, internet, poems, poetry, poets, social, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Song of Amergin: TranslationThe Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations
The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the surf's thunder
I am the stag of the seven tines
I am...
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Categories:
robert, ireland, myth, mythology, song, storm, visionary, war,
Form:
Free verse
Jean Lapresle: the Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre A French ‘Indianist’ Doctor: A Tribute to a Die-hard Humanist
...
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Categories:
robert, celebrity, endurance, french, loss, solitude, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
A Poem For My History TeacherI wanted to write
The best slavery poem ever written—
Perhaps win a Pulitzer or Faulkner.
I had every intention of conforming
To the standards
Of modern verse and composition,
Lyrics fluidly written,
Perfect...
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Categories:
robert, assonance, forgiveness, history, holocaust, humanity, memorial, slavery,
Form:
Rhyme
Halloween Poems IiCompleting the Pattern
by Michael R. Burch
Walk with me now, among the transfixed dead
who kept life’s compact and who thus endure
harsh sentence here?among pink-petaled beds
and manicured green lawns. The sky’s azure,
pale blue once like their eyes,...
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Categories:
robert, dark, gothic, halloween, horror, magic, scary, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
SPECIAL AGENT GONE BADSPECIAL AGENT ALAN KING FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CHICAGO FIELD OFFICE I ALWAYS KNEW SOMETHING WAS OFF WITH ALAN I MEAN AFTER ALL HE WAS ACTUALLY WORKING FOR WANNABE MOBSTERS CIRO GARGANO WHO TRULY BELIEVED...
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Categories:
robert, america, anxiety, military, thank you, write,
Form:
Free verse
Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New ShiftI.
Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New Shift
( Mille viri sententia agere nescit donec suscipit calamum scribere.)
For a brief spell, I hung my hammock in the shade
of the ancient tall oak tree, that God's...
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Categories:
robert, appreciation, art, blessing, care, dedication, poetry, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Happy Fourth of July, Or Happy Independence DayHappy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day
On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold and liberty's triumph
Congress voting in...
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Categories:
robert, america, birthday, celebration, firework, food, freedom, fun,
Form:
List
Week 3 - Brian's Poet of Note - 'Richard Wilbur Part 1'Imitation! Creative Compliment, Lacking in Originality, or Plagiarism?
This week takes me back to college days. I was taking a graduate course (as a Physics major) in 'Modern Poets' at the University of...
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Categories:
robert, love, poetry, poets, , Lullaby,
Form:
Free verse
I Want a DoggyOh how I want a doggy,
a bundle of love and fur. ...
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Categories:
robert, dog, friend, love,
Form:
Narrative
Poems About Poets IPoems about Poets I
The Wonder Boys
by Michael R. Burch
for Leslie Mellichamp
The stars were always there, too-bright cliches:
scintillant truths the jaded world outgrew
as baffled poets winged keyed kites—amazed,
in dream of shocks that suddenly came true ...
but...
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Categories:
robert, inspiration, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
Watch That Gas Gauge - 1st HalfThis is, as indicated, the 1st HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd half had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way I could manage to make it...
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Categories:
robert, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Almighty God - the Lune Style~ Almighty God ~
( The Lune )
Almighty God the Lord
Created All
He made you and me
~0~
Gods Blessings Countless
Measureless
His...
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Categories:
robert, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
The First Thanksgiving, September 3, 1578The First Thanksgiving (Sept. 3, 1578)
The shortest distance to Cathay 1
(Land of riches: silks, teas and spices)
Lay to the north to the South Sea. 2
Didn’t Barlow tell the King, 3
Was reserved for England.
The routes ‘round...
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Categories:
robert, education, history, holiday, thanksgiving, thanksgiving day, voyage,
Form:
Verse
Selected Lyrics From the Imaginary Invalid After graduating from UF, in the early '80s I wrote the book, lyrics and score for a musical adaptation of Moliere's farce Le Malade Imaginaire ("The Imaginary Invalid") and have decided to post five...
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Categories:
robert, funny, humorous, parody, satire,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
DelightAt once she paid a visit. In her colorful dress, so revealing and appealingly suited to her slendern torso. I to gaze the door way, mine heart pounded viciously, a death knock. I was...
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Categories:
robert, appreciation,
Form:
Prose Poetry
New Year Poems INew Year Poetry
Auld Lange Syne
by Robert Burns
translation by Michael R. Burch
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And days for which we pine?
For times we shared, my darling,
Days passed,...
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Categories:
robert, birth, celebration, change, firework, january, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
From Seed a Promise, Treasures To Flourish On EarthBlog, On Poetic Contrast, Between Dark And Light
(My two poems composed -one of dark, one of Light.)
(from my new blog)
(1.)
The Horrid Night, The Terrible Nightmare
In a dance of serpents the long fangs drip
poison...
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Categories:
robert, art, creation, dark, deep, light, meaningful, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
On Coincidences - Both Audio and Text - True StoryThis is a totally true episode from our 40 years spent collecting antiques -
You never know for sure what lays ahead in life, my friend…
And here’s a tale I love to tell, and...
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Categories:
robert, friendship,
Form:
Narrative