Long Selected Poems
Long Selected Poems. Below are the most popular long Selected by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Selected poems by poem length and keyword.
Enola GayEnola Gay
There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum under the blaring floodlights filmed for posterity,
Maneuvers' the ‘Enola Gay’, chosen...
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Categories:
selected, education, history, usa, war, world, world war
Form:
Verse
A Snow Queen TalePart 1: FORE SIBERIAN FATE
silk wings wet -
angel on the lake.
starlight glitter
separates from
the golden wheat.
her docile hair,
prophecy of ice.
winter pink,
pinched cheeks.
ice skate scrapes -
flecks of flakes.
the snow queen
before her relentless
reign, a pretty thing.
her smile warms
the...
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Categories:
selected, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 1[Well, ShallowMan’s ne’er at a loss
for voicing shallow thoughts that gloss.
With trenchant wit he reaps the dross
when seeking sense in applesauce.
But to his aid flies FactoidMan
who always has a Fact at hand;
with him, who needs...
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Categories:
selected, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
The Breakfast Program and MeIt was 1968 we'd gathered again in the school auditorium my tiny hands sweating only five years old while my name was called in all of this cold
civil rights riots plagued my little...
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Categories:
selected, america, beautiful, black african american, chicago, memory,
Form:
Free verse
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Paint Me As An EventThe Picture of Dorian Gray: Paint Me As An Event
The Picture of Dorian Gray, a decent fanciful novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, published in 1890. The novel, the only one written by Wilde, had...
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Categories:
selected, angst, character, muse,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
THE PEPPERMAN IN THE GALLERY OF PUBLIC OPINION
I opened a door in the Universe
and found myself in the gallery
of public opinion.
A serious debate was taking place
over Freedoms
and God given rights.
On one side several thousand people
proclaiming Slaves have No...
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Categories:
selected, america, atheist, crazy, freedom, future, identity, political,
Form:
Free verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's Twentythird Legal By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s Twentythird Legal by T. Wignesan
Le vingt-troisième légal
pendant la guerre le peuple devient obéissent de nouveau
plein du respect (et) de la confiance les enfants naïfs dans la foi
la gouvernance nécessaire ...
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Categories:
selected, america, anti bullying, anxiety, military, war,
Form:
Free 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:
selected, funny, humorous, parody, satire,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Gossip On the Bus‘Bout 8:15 this morning, on the bus that I was riding, I overheard a woman tell some gal it seemed she knew,
Her pastor - reverend Bishop - and a “tacky looking woman” we’re spotted leaving...
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Categories:
selected, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
An Anxiously Anticipated EventDear John,
All day
yesterday
I loaded up with a cascading river
of mixed anxiety and anticipation
about what to safely and kindly,
transparently and vulnerably
compassionately, so non-violently, share,
what to communicate;
Which narrative tributaries to choose
within this vast spacetime stream
of choices
directions
felt depressions...
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Categories:
selected, age, dance, health, humanity, humor, romance, sexy,
Form:
Political Verse
Mom's Old Photos - 2nd Half Text Plus Full AudioHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
...
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Categories:
selected, memory, mom,
Form:
Narrative
EvolutionEvolution Not God
It is the case that there is no God,
He does not exist, he is not the one,
He is not there, he’s not everyone’s invisible puppet,
It is not personal, he is not the Son.
Evolution...
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Categories:
selected, animal, beautiful, change, cool, destiny, nature, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
My CompilationMany of my favorite poems
How About This for Veterans Day
A monthly Monday morning military meeting
Would be great for them as way of greeting
Talking about things happening another day
Of past successes and prices they had to...
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Categories:
selected, analogy,
Form:
I do not know?
If Time Is MoneyDoes your money derive from health-regenerative investments?
Well, what could that mean?
Do you make your money, honey,
with both light and dark co-arising memory
of midway love and peace intent,
avoiding anger-fear monoculturally competitive
dominant-power relationships,
and struggles against others,
against...
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Categories:
selected, health, humanity, money, nature, political, time,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Many of My Favorite PoemsHow About This for Veterans Day
A monthly Monday morning military meeting
Would be great for them as way of greeting
Talking about things happening another day
Of past successes and prices they had to pay.
Enlisted Term of Service...
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Categories:
selected, allegory, analogy,
Form:
I do not know?
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:
selected, dark, love, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Psychotic TripPSYCHOTIC JOURNEY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Feeling really beat, I went to bed early last night
Suddenly awakened feeling something’s not right
There was total darkness, I was not in my room
Lying on a cold flooring, with a feeling...
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Categories:
selected, allegory, allusion, dark, dream, evil, horror, night,
Form:
Rhyme
The Pepperman and the Ancient World of Wisdom Part IvAFTER MANY THOUSANDS
OF STEPS
I BECAME VERY COMFORTABLE
WITH MY SURROUNDINGS.
I STARTED TO THINK
OF ALL THE EVENTS
LEADING UP TO THIS POINT.
I OPENED THAT DOOR
IN THE UNIVERSE.
I CHOSE TO OPEN THAT DOOR
I WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT WAS...
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Categories:
selected, perspective, philosophy, universe, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
GrowingTwo girls far apart leading different but crazy similar lives
Lots of progress and work - arousing with small talk of becoming wives
But are those emotions genuinely what you wanna explore?
The journeys we will have,...
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Categories:
selected, girlfriend, women,
Form:
Rhyme
Niitthaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of the Ascetic, Canto 3 of the Thirukkural By ThiruvalluvarNiithaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of Ascetics, Canto 26 of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classical Treatise on Ethics, Translation and Commentary by T. Wignesan
[Given the scarcity of information (mostly conflicting even then) on the...
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Categories:
selected, education, humanity, life, philosophy, retirement, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
Session 3: Tech Support Notes From the Missing File and Mushroom Soup CaseThe Almost Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent Tech God Oisin
Session 3: Tech support notes from the messed up file and mushroom soup case
“Hello this is Oisin. How may I help you?” Oisin says in his polite business...
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Categories:
selected, humor, satire, technology,
Form:
Prose
Haunted By WonderI have become haunted by therapeutic wonder,
within wonder,
surrounded by Wonder,
made of Wonder
these past few days
and traumatically troubling nights.
I have also become terrorized by vindication,
vindictive Win/Lose threatening relationships
learned from retributive justice philosophers
who are also parents
and teachers,
so...
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Categories:
selected, earth, education, health, integrity, love, peace, philosophy,
Form:
Political Verse
The Found Phone - a Short StoryI was running some errands and stopped into the little waterfront restaurant for a late lunch. It was kind of that in-between lunch and dinner time hour, so the place was completely empty.
I ordered...
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Categories:
selected, mystery, me, time, voice, me, time, voice,
Form:
Narrative
Moon of My DreamsWe all have our hopes, and I certainly did have mine,
I was longing for the love, of someone I thought divine.
Whenever he walked by, it seemed for me time stood still,
And I grew as speechless,...
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Categories:
selected, beautiful, dream, fantasy, imagery, magic, moon, nature,
Form:
Couplet
Three Ways of Swiping the World CupTHREE WAYS of Swiping the World Cup
"It is sweet and fitting/glorious to lay your life down for your country » - from a poem by HORACE
(See my story selected to represent France in the 2006...
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Categories:
selected, football, games, humor, sports, stress, woman, women,
Form:
Dramatic Verse