Long Roster Poems
Long Roster Poems. Below are the most popular long Roster by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Roster poems by poem length and keyword.
State of the Art IiiState of the Art (III)
These are my "ars poetica" poems: the ones about the art and craft of writing poetry in a modern world that doesn't always recognize the artists or their work.
Come Down
by...
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Categories:
roster, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Poems IvPoems about Poems IV
The Toast
by Michael R. Burch
For longings warmed by tepid suns
(brief lusts that animated clay),
for passions wilted at the bud
and skies grown desolate and gray,
for stars that fell from tinseled heights
and mountains bleak...
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Categories:
roster, allegory, allusion, appreciation, art, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Medieval PoemsMedieval Poems
How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer lasts
with the mild pheasants' song ...
but now I feel the northern...
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Categories:
roster, allegory, bible, christian, england, london, nostalgia, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Rondels, Roundels and RondeauxRondels, Roundels and Rondeaux
These are poetic forms similar to villanelles, with refrains (repeated lines) and sometimes double refrains.
Rondel: Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation Michael R. Burch
Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot...
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Categories:
roster, art, beauty, heart, repetition, romance, romantic, romantic
Form:
Roundel
Home Sweet Hell"That also has a steep drop off the far side of Home Sweet Hell" said my soulless guide as he pointed in the direction of the nearby screams.
I could see what resembled silhouettes or...
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Categories:
roster, anxiety, death, future, life, scary,
Form:
Free verse
My AlphabetA a big A little a
What words start with the letter A
...
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Categories:
roster, children, kindergarten, preschool,
Form:
Abecedarian
June 12th 2017 Transition Revisited and Revised Today 4 2 2021June 12th 2017 TRANSITION revisited and revised today 4/2/2021
While scrolling over outdated docs
(i.e. namely OpenOffice documents)
derrière seated upon hard backed chair,
yours truly came upon following poem
to share with anonymous readers,
whereby slight modifications
got made to...
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Categories:
roster, adventure, angel, anxiety, blessing, conflict, husband, july,
Form:
Rhyme
No TitleI have slept but I have not slept
I have not slept but I have slept
For the first time in two years
I slept without a word of care
No codes, no crossroads
No railroads, no shiploads
No lizards no...
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Categories:
roster, america, betrayal, character, emotions, environment, food, gender,
Form:
Narrative
The Sooner RecruitFifty years, boy and man, I’ve been a Sooners fan;
And watched thousands of recruits try to make my Sooners Team.
Often, I’ve enviously wondered what it must be like
To be a touted Sooners recruit, living out...
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Categories:
roster, celebrity, character, childhood, courage, dedication, desire, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
I Am the Vicar's DaughterNoise ,Noise, Noise
Bickering and ''whoremongering''
Dirty money for campaigning
repudiation and gallivanting
mudslinging and maligning
Brainwashing and false promises
How did you get on this bloodstained road
Who advice you to follow Uncle Pan's path
A path that is...
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Categories:
roster, betrayal, bible, blessing, community, endurance, faith, spiritual,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Market PlaceI have been trying to pen this verse for the past two weeks but
Someone was standing in my way and my mind went astray
Can’t you see that it is a brand new day?
Winter has subsided...
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Categories:
roster, change, character, courage, environment, metaphor, money, truth,
Form:
Narrative
Its Always the MoneyITS ALWAYS THE MONEY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
It’s always the money I’m saddened to say
Put your hand in someone’s pocket its time to pay
When it’s not the money, it’s a crusade
Or revenge for a crime that was...
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Categories:
roster, allegory, corruption, evil, humanity, introspection, money,
Form:
Rhyme
Opening Day With a Little DelayOpening Day with a Little Delay
Take me out to the ball game
Of balls and strikes - bloopers and perfect games;
Basket catches, ERA’S, country hardball;
Foul balls, the pick off, intentional walk, the...
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Categories:
roster, baseball, celebration, sports,
Form:
Free verse
AbuseI'm the topic of discussion, a lot of me is functioned
Off of the asumption that I've probably been punching
Things to harm by beating it, the gossip is percussion
But the anger pulls me in and I've...
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Categories:
roster, abuse, emotions,
Form:
I do not know?
The Most Pregnant Event That OccurredThe most pregnant event that occurred...
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
recorded July sixth nineteen sixty
upon birth of she who doggedly
pursued me to the ends of the earth
and what not take no as an answer.
Unbeknownst to yours truly
a...
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Categories:
roster, adventure, angst, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation, birth, celebration,
Form:
Free verse
Big Political PoemTimes and Protests
Times and protests are troubling
All of our problems started doubling
In minds Trumps seeds are planted
With him as President are disenchanter
White House water has stopped bubbling.
For hours at poles we waited
Can this election be invalidated
Due...
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Categories:
roster, political, , memorial,
Form:
Limerick
Voting Without AggravationVoting without aggravation...
Otherwise known as
absentee ballot/ mail-in ballot
if ye read no further... please exercise
opportunity to cast ballot
obviously freedom to choose,
but take serious stock of human bondage
(desperately calling out
for their Maugham me)
regarding: economy, integrity, monetary, xyz...
Anyway,...
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Categories:
roster, 12th grade, betrayal, freedom, humanity, miracle, motivation,
Form:
Political Verse
CoachPick me, pick me, you beg and plead
You think that you just what he need
Today, you in the game, yea!
Today you get to play and that totally made your day
But you don't love the game,...
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Categories:
roster, boyfriend, desire, emotions, football, love, love hurts,
Form:
Narrative
This Is AfricaThis is Africa.
Where people are being judge by their past,
And our hearts are painted with black.
Youths are cuddled up in early relationship,
And their lives are like the speed of an airship.
Parents are not respected anymore,
And...
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Categories:
roster, literature, , western,
Form:
Free verse
Dry Facts Can Perform Juicy ActsDry Facts Can Perform Juicy Acts
In the EFL community
all around the world
it’s an undeniable
and unpleasant reality that
no matter how well-motivated
you and your students are
no matter how real and acute
the need for learning
a language...
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Categories:
roster, education, language, , cute,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Blue MirrorI was looking at God's blue veil ...
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Categories:
roster, allegory, faith, god, blue, blue, god, sky,
Form:
Rhyme
Love HurtsNorthside of Chi-Town is full of emotion.
In the ‘45 Series Cubs and Tigers are battling.
Sianis buys two tickets to show his devotion.
Is booted ‘cause his billy goat won’t stop bahbling.
He curses the Cubbies and causes...
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Categories:
roster, america, angst, baseball, celebration, chicago, emotions, heartbreak,
Form:
Rhyme
Though a DemocratUnblinking reflexive opinions lean
indubitably, favorably and certifiably
with minimal pandering soliciting
uber voodoo yawping woos
socially quintessentially obviously markedly
...
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Categories:
roster, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, america,
Form:
Free verse
An Obscenity TrialAn Obscenity Trial
by Michael R. Burch
The defendant was a poet held in many iron restraints
against whom several critics cited numerous complaints.
They accused him of trying to reach the "common crowd,"
and they said his poems...
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Categories:
roster, poems, poetry, poets, society, voice, words, writing,
Form:
Verse
Geoffrey Chaucer TranslationsThree Roundels by Geoffrey Chaucer
I. Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
translation by Michael R. Burch
Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart keen.
Unless your words heal me hastily,
my...
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Categories:
roster, romance,
Form:
Roundel