Long Saves Poems
Long Saves Poems. Below are the most popular long Saves by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Saves poems by poem length and keyword.
Come Down, For Harold BloomCome Down
by Michael R. Burch
for Harold Bloom
Come down, O, come down
from your high mountain tower.
How coldly the wind blows,
how late this chill hour ...
and I cannot wait
for a meteor shower
to show you the time
must be...
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Categories:
saves, books, culture, discrimination, education, extended metaphor, literature,
Form:
Sonnet
Various Heresies 2Various Heresies 2
You
by Michael R. Burch
For thirty years You have not spoken to me;
I heard the dull hollow echo of silence
as though strange communion between us.
For thirty years You would not open to me;
You remained...
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Categories:
saves, atheist, bible, christian, god, jesus, religion, religious,
Form:
Verse
What Good Are Our TearsWhat Good Are Our Tears?
by Michael R. Burch
What good are our tears?
They will not spare the dying their anguish.
What good is our concern
to a child sick of living, waiting to perish?
What good, the warm benevolence...
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Categories:
saves, child, child abuse, children, death, poverty, sick,
Form:
Free verse
EnoughEnough!
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that I don’t want to die;
I shall be glad to go.
Enough of diabetes pie,
and eating sickly crow!
Enough of win and place and show.
Enough of endless woe!
Enough of suffering and vice!
I’ve...
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Categories:
saves, body, cancer, death, health, irony, mental illness,
Form:
Light Verse
Turkish Poetry Translations IiTurkish Poetry Translations II
Çanakkale Sehitlerine
"For the Çanakkale Martyrs"
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Was there ever anything like the Bosphorus war??
The earth’s mightiest armies pressing Marmara,
Forcing entry between her mountain passes
To a...
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Categories:
saves, autumn, god, love, sea, time, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
The Bone Idol[First posted in 3 parts. Intended novel: time never allowed]
Prologue
This, Sir, is the prologue from before our tale begins
About the day our father did succumb to mortal sins
And left behind a man who would...
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Categories:
saves, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Adieu - Part 1Do you remember?
We lay in the moonlight, exhausted and content,
Moments from perfection, skin glistening with moisture,
Salty and sweet from love - love so amazing
That it stunned us every time ...
Always better than before, and always...
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Categories:
saves, heartbreak, love, passion, romantic, sad love, true
Form:
Free verse
The Book - the Narrative Style~The Book~
( Narrative / Short Story)
Shhh...Be quiet! please...or you'll wake up everyone...
Did you see what that young man did all this evening at the table while taking some of his notes?
Yes,...
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Categories:
saves, beautiful, books, fantasy, love,
Form:
Free verse
Remember WhenRemember when you were very young, ...
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Categories:
saves, fun, games, life, love, remember, today, youth,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For WarThe Philistine troops gathered up for war,
Between Azekah and Socoh amassed.
Israel encamped near in Elah vale
And drew a line against the number vast.
There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand,
To face the other tribe across...
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Categories:
saves, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
I Want a DoggyOh how I want a doggy,
a bundle of love and fur. ...
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Categories:
saves, dog, friend, love,
Form:
Narrative
The BookShhh...Be quiet! please...or you'll wake up everybody...
Did you see what that young man did all this evening at the table while taking some of his notes?
Yes, sure we did, and so what?...
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Categories:
saves, bible, books, conflict, wisdom, writing, prejudice,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
saves, car, kid, red, snow, vacation, weather, winter,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Moby Dick: Retribution, Be It Man Or BeastMoby Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, published in London in October 1851 as The Whale and a month later in New York City as Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. It is dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne....
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Categories:
saves, angst, character, conflict, muse,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Why I Don't Celebrate Christmas - Fiction
Grandma died when I was 18 years old, on Christmas day. I never really got to know her well, since the family had pretty much kept their distance from her due to her 'weird religion.'...
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Categories:
saves, christian, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
The Dilettante Diaries: the Divine Feminine - a Tale of Seduction
“But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
–“He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,” by W.B. Yeats
“I love you...
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Categories:
saves, friendship, fun, happiness, journey, love, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
MarlinoTwo, perhaps three miles out to sea, beyond the reef to Zapatillas,
Bocas’ dual sand-edged footprint jewels with jungle centre trees,
Francesco’s outboard boat heads out to Caribbean’s deeper blue.
Where sun burns softer gringo skin, but...
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Categories:
saves, fish, fishing, sea,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
saves, crazy, dream, humor, sister, tree,
Form:
Free verse
What's Love Got To Do With ItI started out life as Anna Mae Bullock, ...
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Categories:
saves, child, cry, hurt, music, song, woman, world,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Party In the Snow2020 has been a year of blue, ...
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Categories:
saves, blue, christmas, cry, fun, new years day,
Form:
Rhyme
Keep In Mind - the Choka Style~Keep In Mind ~
( Choka )
God really loves man
He has for you a great plan
You're special in every way
He loves you each day
Remember He died for you
Jesus did and that's so true
~0~
God created all men
Created...
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Categories:
saves, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Christ's Message Distilled For DummiesChrist's Message Distilled for Dummies
(You Might Not Like It)
Christ’s message distilled is we all are born sinning,
deserving of Hell (1) (but for Grace the Cross pays for),
your pride in “your good acts” the proof of...
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Categories:
saves, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
Limericks Iv - Donald TrumpLimericks IV - Donald Trump
The Hair Flap
by Michael R. Burch aka "The Loyal Opposition"
The hair flap was truly a scare:
Trump’s bald as a billiard back there!
The whole nation laughed
At the state of his graft;
Now the...
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Categories:
saves, america, humor, humorous, leadership, light, nonsense, political,
Form:
Limerick
Fixated FreefallFalling away,
Away from your embrace
Day by day,
Washing away my face
In the mirror before me...
I ran the race with determination and fury...
I took the correction that God had in mind for me all along...but yet, I...
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Categories:
saves, corruption, courage, , Lullaby,
Form:
Free verse
Mehmet Akif Ersoy TranslationsMehmet Akif Ersoy: Modern English Translations of Turkish Poems
Mehmet Âkif Ersoy (1873-1936) was a Turkish poet, author, writer, academic, member of parliament, and the composer of the Turkish National Anthem.
Snapshot
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation...
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Categories:
saves, dark, death, earth, grave, life, war, world,
Form:
Ghazal