Long Salvo Poems
Long Salvo Poems. Below are the most popular long Salvo by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Salvo poems by poem length and keyword.
Fall of BerlinFall Of Berlin
There on the wall hangs a mixture of paint on linen,
Leaving the impression of a city besieged, encased in ice;
Purposely frozen in horror to remind the living,
Of blood oozing from the rubble into...
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Categories:
salvo, history, war, world war ii,
Form:
Verse
South Africa 2019A country of dreams has burst its rainbow at all ragged seams
In a state of affairs illusion of fusion and widespread delusion
The constitution hallucinates as night settles scores of deceit
Bereavement takes its toll in anger...
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Categories:
salvo, farewell,
Form:
Free verse
Declaration of a SaintCommunities are built on pioneer toil and generational links,
with building, road and railway, applied to how a council thinks.
There’s sporting ties and country hall, to form the social hub,
and of course a meeting place -...
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Categories:
salvo, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Declaration of a SaintCommunities are built on pioneer toil and generational links,
with building, road and railway, applied to how a council thinks.
There’s sporting ties and country hall, to form the social hub,
and of course a meeting place -...
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Categories:
salvo, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
O' BaobabO' Baobab! O' Baobab! O' Baobab
Ace of the furnace, finest of the dynasty
You strut your breast high
And ply strain against the yearn,
Against the fire, the desire for sigh
Haughty, you stand, before the...
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Categories:
salvo, africa, mystery, myth, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Eminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpationEminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...
Maternal grandfather of mine
long since passed among the living;
He left his Motherland
before onset of Holodomor,
a policy of the Soviet Union
aimed at the destruction
of the Ukrainian nation,
the 1932–1933 genocide...
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Categories:
salvo, abuse, age, anger, bereavement, bullying, corruption, grandfather,
Form:
Free verse
I Ask Myself a Rhetorical Question RegardingI ask myself a rhetorical question regarding...
the durability, longevity, and tenacity of Homo sapiens,
after screaming headlines report one after another atrocity.
How did the human species manage to survive
with many means
of self destruction at their disposal?
Atomic...
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Categories:
salvo, africa, america, anger, april, black african american,
Form:
Free verse
A Meadow For AutumnA meadow for Autumn
Forest, I lay me down to rest
upon bed of moss.
Eternal sleep immediately overtakes me
lichen kenning myself
as Rip Van Winkle
except being repurposed
as oldest living species.
With an estimated...
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Categories:
salvo, animal, appreciation, autumn, creation, dark, environment, heaven,
Form:
Free verse
Eminent Domain, Manifest Destiny, UsurpationEminent domain, manifest destiny, usurpation...
Russian soldiers in general
and Vladimir Putin in particular
perpetrate outright injustice
against Ukrainian population.
Impossible mission to comprehend
the mindset of belligerent, egotistical,
indignant, NeoNazi, tsarist
self anointed totalitarian zealot.
Gross violation of human rights
blatantly carried out
courtesy diabolical...
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Categories:
salvo, abuse, anger, conflict, death, discrimination, evil, hate,
Form:
Free verse
There Is No Greater Love Than ThisTHERE IS NO GREATER LOVE THAN THIS
"For God did not send His Son
into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through Him might be saved...-John 3:17 "
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"Crucify Him! Crucify Him! CRUCIFY...
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Categories:
salvo, character, christian, cry, death, god, love, son,
Form:
Narrative
Wednesday September 2021 At 320 PmWednesday, September 2021 at 3:20 PM...
eastern standard time Autumn Equinox arrives
That seasonal occasion twill arise
when darkness and light doth bring
equilibrium between night and day
raking leaves will constitute exercise
espied and witnessed by observant earthling
namely me who...
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Categories:
salvo, appreciation, autumn, celebration, destiny, environment, fate, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
Electorate Witnesses Wounded BeastElectorate witnesses wounded beast...
flailing, lurching, and writhing in throes of agony
Trumpets blare acknowledging
crack hunters lucky strike,
i.e. bullseye salvo shot at
innocuous yet brutish
and nasty looking Homo sapien
courtesy elite militia incapacitates,
(yet doth not kill) mortal enemy.
Tis a...
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Categories:
salvo, absence, autumn, class, evil, fate, humanity, november,
Form:
Political Verse
Freedom From CondemnationShe struggled frantically as she was yanked from the bed
Hauled into the street straight to the temple, no match for her rabble size
With bare foot struggling to find their footings
Hammered fear, cold deafeningly in her...
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Categories:
salvo, angel, character, faith, fate, happy, heart, hope,
Form:
Narrative
A Meadow For Autumnwhen eve doth fall upon summers’ end,
a hint of splendor bequeathed arose
upon firmament as changed scenery
(this third equinox act since new year) bellows
basses loaded and blasted in...
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Categories:
salvo, age, allegory, autumn, change, environment, nature, september,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Das Furer Trumpeting Totalitarian TriumphCall me a pacifist activist deploring insanity of war,
never a Fitbit moon-unit soldier of military industrial
complex, this articulate baby boomer verily stupefied,
openmouthed, dumbfounded at inane ill logic to send
best and brightest, or even those boasting...
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Categories:
salvo, 11th grade, 12th grade, america, fear, how
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Unwanted PriestOnly on his palm were cowries
And thread-cloaked bullhorn found.
Only on his neck we found
The coral beads of truth and courage.
Only on his hands lies the
Pearl of selflessness and
Emblem of Pedantry.
Only...
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Categories:
salvo, devotion, faith, history, life, people, love, power,
Form:
I do not know?
The Mad DanceThe klaxon sounds and off we do scurry
Up to the gun house we head in a hurry
Through narrow p-ways and up noisy stairs
We pass each other with far away glares
What threat to meet, all do...
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Categories:
salvo, history, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Tin Can SailorsThe mighty 3rd to the north did steam,
Chasing a ghost not to be seen
Guard the landing your task assigned,
Quiet the day is to be benign
At dawn the Imperial fleet does appear,
Surprise complete, ranging fire splashes...
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Categories:
salvo, courage, inspirational, remember, tribute, war,
Form:
Rhyme
The Great BattleshipTHE GREAT BATTLESHIP
Once sailed as the lumbering hulks of the high seas
Fierce winds accompanied most of its expedition
Woozy and exhausted crews grappled the oars and crosstrees
With smoothbore and muzzle-loading guns geared up for a mission
The...
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Categories:
salvo, adventure, history, men, peace, sea,
Form:
Rhyme
25th October 1854 Part 2Left And Right
Either side the cannons roar
Took of blood and wanted more
Salvo after salvo into the valley
Point blank range to deter the rally
Water poured over steaming muzzles
Russian gunner at this sight puzzles
Tis madness against this...
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Categories:
salvo, epiclight, prayer, light,
Form:
Epic
Love and the Law(a story in trochaic tetrameter)
Even a Prince must bend his knee
to the lass who has won his heart.
“Please be my bride, stay by my side
forever - tell me we shall wed.”
“My love and affections are...
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Categories:
salvo, boyfriend, father, love, poems, teen, write,
Form:
Free verse
Moscow Shop Girl's AngerMOSCOW SHOP GIRL’S ANGER
Never knew quite what wind blew up her skirt
Maybe the way I dressed or my shoe’s unbrushed dirt
Like a woman scorned, her fury knew no bounds
Like when the fox has successfully...
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Categories:
salvo, angst, funny,
Form:
Couplet
A Promise To Thuja (For Femi)My little versification remains
I versify to satisfy
Beautify and dignify
Our union
My Amazon
Flourishes in honesty and dignity
Glows in beauty and sanctity
Flawlessly flaunting your scintillating
Curvature with all courtesy and curtsy
My Arkhaggelos
With an angelic benign voice
Warbling sonorously to...
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Categories:
salvo, devotion, friendship, love, world,
Form:
I do not know?
And AnonIt is the distinct pressure I welcome
fighting eagerly, within these walls of time,
to salvage what I may from loss.
I dig for it; like a restless adolescent I dig for calming.
And pleasure, yes, bring it forth...
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Categories:
salvo, forgiveness, inspirational, loss,
Form:
I do not know?
Zoe"Drop your pants Zoe"
"No, am scared"
"You will love it, trust me"
"Aa aa aa am scared"
"Look into my eyes, Zoe"
"Okay, be gentle"
It's the deafening sound of silence
Tickling the ghost of her past
She hears a sea...
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Categories:
salvo, blue, child abuse, dark, memory, psychological, sad,
Form:
Free verse