Long Scored Poems
Long Scored Poems. Below are the most popular long Scored by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Scored poems by poem length and keyword.
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The Shape of Mourning
by Michael R. Burch
The shape of mourning
is an oiled creel
shining with unuse,
the bolt of cold steel
on a locker
shielding memory,
the monthly penance
of flowers,
the annual wake,
the face in the...
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Categories:
scored, beauty, death, desire, life, longing, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Megan's Quest Part 1of7Moon sprites dotted the sky like lilies at dawn
in a ballet meant to cause nocturnal delight.
While Fairies and Pixie Dust covered the lawn
in a dance that would...
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Categories:
scored, adventure, courage, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Old Pharaoh - 1 of 2Old Pharaoh had enslaved the Jews; he would not let them go.
So God devised a mighty scheme; his go-to guy was Mo.
His brother Aaron was the voice, for Moses talked real slow,
So he would wave...
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Categories:
scored, bible,
Form:
Ballad
Ol' Babe - Both Audio and Text Versions - W-IllustrationHey…did I ever tell you ‘bout the greatest baseball game,
Or should I say…the one that gave “Ol' Babe” his famous name?
Like several other great ones, there were many hits that day,
And if it hadn't...
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Categories:
scored, baseball,
Form:
Verse
April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papaApril 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa
The following words crafted soon after the soul of me daddy set adrift into the empyrean realm joining the rank and file of...
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Categories:
scored, absence, age, anniversary, april, bereavement, death, father,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
scored, appreciation,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Terror Bugs: Part 3 - A Freezer Mice Adventure[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 2 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
__________
London’s streets resembled an al fresco mausoleum
They tracked a trail of body parts which led to a museum
A thousand Terror Bugs were massed, in...
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Categories:
scored, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Chapter 75 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Let the Game BeginDJ and the Damian squad rushed
The house. "Dad we're gonna
Play CRUEL BALL!" Amadeus
Gave notice. Damian said, "Oh
Yeah." He put his hands on both
His sons shoulders and said.
"Fellows first of all it's...
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Categories:
scored, confidence,
Form:
Alliteration
Legend of the Red October RunDedicated to the 2000 National College Football Champions, the Oklahoma Sooners
--------------------------------------------------------------
Over fifty years, boy and man, I’ve been a Sooners fan
Watched and reveled in their glories, every one;
But there’s no more glorious “Sooner Magic”...
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Categories:
scored, adventure, autumn, desire, football, games, heart, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Apt Name Limericks Collaboration -Nb Some Poems Will Be BawdyCOME ON SOUPER'S LETS HAVE SOME FUN AND MAKE FOLK SMILE DURING SUCH DIFFICULT TIMES FOR US ALL. THERE ARE LOTS MORE APT NAMES - PLEASE SOUP MAIL POEMS AND I WILL ADD THEM...
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Categories:
scored, giggle, jobs,
Form:
Limerick
I Knew Anne Silently - My Ravenous Poe**Trigger Warning**
"I Knew Anne Silently - My Ravenous Poe"
I knew Anne.
you’d think
with a name like hers
she’d be able to find her way
out of unchartered waters.
it didn’t come as a suprise,
then, on...
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Categories:
scored, dark, love, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Chapter 106 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Dj Damali : Cruel Ball-- Warriors Vs Black China Men11 am everybody was preped
And in the yard pass the two
Houses waiting and planning for the
Cruel Ball Opposition.
There was Amadeus
DJ Damali Rico Nyaf Justin Jordan
Tanaka Aka Tank Constantino Aka
Tino Ricky and...
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Categories:
scored, best friend, confidence, dance, emotions,
Form:
Alliteration
Robinson CrusoeI killed my friend,
I never wanted,
Do not see me cruel,
I did it for love.
We both ran naked
Under this influential shower.
No one uncoupled his lips
Against this faint madness,
We were indebted,
Either had to earn the prize.
It was...
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Categories:
scored, bereavement, betrayal,
Form:
Imagism
April 9th, 2023 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed PapaApril 9th, 2023 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
Borne aloft into the netherland
the body bearing thee soul
of Boyce Brandon Harris
birth name given to my late father
buoyed aloft united with spirit
of mine late...
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Categories:
scored, age, anger, anniversary, appreciation, april, bereavement, birthday,
Form:
Free verse
Dante's Hell, Fourth Canto Translation First Part,Fourth canto (first part)
The deep slumber was broken in my head
By a strong thunder, so that I woke up
As person forced to arouse from bed;
My rested eye I moved around then deep,
Erect uprisen, and also...
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Categories:
scored, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Troll At Speckle BridgeThere was a time throughout this land
when all was well and kind.
Where Wood Sprites, Fairies and Pixie dust
were not that hard to find.
But times have...
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Categories:
scored, adventure, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Mine Courtship and Marriage With Deadly ObsessionMine courtship and marriage with deadly obsession...
As September daze will soon arrive
recollections from a
psychologically checkered past
loom large recalling
tragic storied days of mein kampf.
Circa early nineteen seventies:
As a mere slip of a...
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Categories:
scored, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse
can’t denyyyI beg for your forgiveness once more
I said too much again…need I say more?
It’s been a crappy, snappy day for me and today will be my day
An attitude of gratitude instead of dismay would be...
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Categories:
scored, emotions, fear, feelings,
Form:
Lyric
Joe Versus the RaccoonJOE VERSUS THE RACCOON
By Kate H. Stark
Each night ‘twas the same old proverbial shout.
“Hey Joe, will you please take the garbage bags out?”
Joe sighed, rolled his eyes as he walked toward the door....
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Categories:
scored, animal, dedication, funny, giggle, humor, humorous, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
April 9th 2021 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed PapaApril 9th, 2021 birthday poem for dearly departed papa
Elysian fields embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad more'n six months ago,
nevertheless melancholy
still plucks mine heart strings.
Mine psyche still situated awry
placid countenance...
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Categories:
scored, absence, angel, april, bereavement, birthday, dad, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Postmillennial VirusWhat remains
when gratitude for learning
totally evaporates?
I don't know...
Totalitarian senility, maybe?
I guess I don't understand
the source of your question, dear.
Do you feel less grateful for learning
than in more formative years?
No, I don't
but I sense younger...
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Categories:
scored, art, earth, education, environment, health, money, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Free Falling
"Free Falling"
You have to believe in Magic
to believe in the poetry of You
If you don’t believe in Magic
you are nothing but a black line
bleeding to the right creative,
without left margin
for logical analysis,
you’re fixed...
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Categories:
scored, christmas, family, journey, life, loss, love, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
Baseball Trash Can Cats Vs Downtown StrayHere we are fans this fine summer day,
to watch Trash Can Cats, versus Downtown Stray.
The field is grand in this deep wooded glen,
pitchers are warming up in the bull pen.
Pitching for the Cats is Crazy...
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Categories:
scored, baseball, fun, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Easter as interpreted by oneEaster as interpreted by one...
rebated, rebelled, rebirthed, rebooted,
and rebuked courtesy
one ill shod Unitarian atheist,
who means NOT to affect
any sacrilegious fallout
nor offend devoutly religious
man, woman, or child,
when the most important
Christian holiday notated,...
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Categories:
scored, adventure, bible, celebration, christian, easter, family, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Imperfect Storm Ends In a RainbowIn 1958 Elmer's was the only high school in his county that had been integrated. Basketball was the big sport. People in the little town filled the gym every Tuesday and Friday. They roared when...
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Categories:
scored, race,
Form:
Prose