Long Self will Poems
Long Self will Poems. Below are the most popular long Self will by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Self will poems by poem length and keyword.
The Bartender
Twenty two years had passed by
She blinked, and a lifetime had passed
She started this job as a lark
She never thought it would last
Two husbands and rehab were part of this bar
The husbands...her clients all...
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Categories:
self will, america, community, family, heart, society, strength, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
Christmas In the Cathedral of the Forest Deep
"Christmas in the Cathedral of the Forest Deep"
The silent heart is found
embedded in the
Cathedral of
The Forest Deep
The lost jewel
shines in the dark
see the reflection of emerald eyes
endless hazel woods scried
On Christmas Eve
when...
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Categories:
self will, christmas, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Epic
Soldier
I’m here, in this terror.
Blood, blood puddles everywhere
like after a demonic storm of rain, but instead it’s human red liquid .
Splattering,
leaking and escaping.
More of it appears
at each second .
Tick, splat. Tock splat
two...
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Categories:
self will, absence, betrayal, death, horror,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
From Spirit to Flesh
Peaceful existence as a Being of light;
Not of flesh, not of clay, nor soil, yet made.
Created with the Breath of Life.
Spoken into miraculous awareness from the lips of The...
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Categories:
self will, angel, bible, creation, death, evil, forgiveness, god,
Form:
Free verse
In the Time When the Heart Beat Slows
“In the time when the heart beat slows”
In the time when
the heart beat slows
I close my eyes
and meet you there
that place of aether
the either or,
the conversation
takes a turn,
all the trees holding
creatures...
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Categories:
self will, dream, heart, muse, mystery, myth, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
The Great Forgotten Language
"The Great Forgotten Language"
In the forest
Love shows
the way
spreading seeds
strange creatures
come forth
into the clearing
of a known self
some run away
spooked as if
the bare reflection
shows their undressed soul
confronting,
are the peculiar
ghosts risen, speaking
like...
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Categories:
self will, humanity, love, muse,
Form:
Narrative
If I Ruled the World
There have been multiple attempts at dictatorial rulership of the world. ...
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Categories:
self will, leadership, love, world,
Form:
Verse
Inside the Winter Wild
"Inside the Winter Wild"
Inside the Wild,
Winter races
towards Time
like a runnaway train
it’s shadowy
and dark,
yet, inside Winter,
the wild keeps
without fail
its burning light,
a passion play
for everything
and all,
along the way
discovered
in...
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Categories:
self will, christmas, magic, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Leaking Pen
Opening
Fourth street and the divide meet
Near the stream where it's waters Impede
Five metres walk from the wooden bridge
A little further away from the deserted car park
Underneath the third tree with...
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Categories:
self will, fate, hope, life, love, metaphor, passion,
Form:
Free verse
The Church of Pasiphae
“The Church of Pasiphaë”
inside the church of me
a heart on fire blazes brighter
than any morning star you could capture
to wish a life away, a Lawrence forest ripped,
lit like a funeral pyre I wish...
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Categories:
self will, fire, light, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Why We Write
There is a song entitled, His Eye is on The Sparrow. There are ten words
that speak to me relative to the theme of this poem. Those ten words are;
'I sing because I'm happy; I sing...
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Categories:
self will, christian, creation, god, write, writing,
Form:
Verse
Rule of Threes Six
The real fealty
Fellowship with Deity
Not aseity
Where is His power?
Do not let His will sour
Why you don't flower
Man is not the cure
His righteousness is manure
God-Man must procure
Can't laugh off this One
Demons in the swine are done
To...
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Categories:
self will, bible, muse, religious, spiritual, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
Last Will & Testament
To Mr. Otto Osips Ochs
My friend, the dream is exhausted
But as long as you chase it, I will follow
Mr. Dylan Thomas
Perhaps destiny it’s self will spare us
To yours, mine, our struggle
Their smiles
Here’s to...
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Categories:
self will, art, life, music, peace, people, seasons, time,
Form:
Ballad
Was it truly your choice to live in a world that fills you only with anger and sadness
Was it truly your choice to live in a world that fills you only with anger and sadness,
To drown in your silent fury and that of your comrades, until silence becomes a painful cry?
Did you...
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Categories:
self will, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Be Exceptional
She just turned 20. ...
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Categories:
self will, wisdom, youth,
Form:
Lyric
Our Living Hope
Frozen tears through the years
That you blew with your great love
Into the water, I was cleansed
Never thought it was more that
Deep inside, only God knows
All that I have gone through
I was alone, yet I tried...
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Categories:
self will, baptism, celebration, character, christian, how i feel,
Form:
Verse
The Tragic Comic On His Way To Meet Jesus
the worldly folk armies of the twice enchanted for common tragedies ...
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Categories:
self will, allegory, analogy, death, evil, freedom, jesus, life,
Form:
Free verse
Wake Asia Wake - Part Two - 2
(Continued from Part Two - 1)
Nothing of the foisoning ageold homegrownwine
strained through Ol’ Kayyam’s ever draining ruba’iyat bowl
keeps vigil in their scelerosed veins ...
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Categories:
self will, inspirational,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
My future self
In another universe I was a dominant spouse
Like a dictator I relentlessly ruled my house
Wedded a dainty damsel from another city
My first flame of desire, she was wonderfully witty
My need for control exceeded the...
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Categories:
self will, loss, solitude,
Form:
Narrative
The Beginning of Memory
“This is what I believe: That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest. That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest. That gods, strange gods,...
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Categories:
self will, adventure, fate, humorous, imagery, life, love, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Inheritance
“Inheritance”
Where do I go?
To meet you
outside of
complicit
words...
I dream of
bigger things
than numbers
and sharp talons
bells jangling
ankles tempted
by better things
running
flight of the fleeing
hooded
tethered
birds
Freedom,
Words.
Just
Freedom words.
Courts of law
and felons;
I remember
the night you arrived.
Rain...
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Categories:
self will, love, magic, mother daughter,
Form:
Romanticism
When a Tree Is Felled
When a tree is felled....!
When a tree is felled, a sad ring of deathknell,
With it goes for many - their tiny places to dwell!
How much of Earth will man's greed consume ?
Very many forms discovered...
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Categories:
self will, environment, natural disasters, nature, planet, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Mamas Fault
Mama’s Fault
Abortion and Baby Dumping
The umbilical cord you eliminated before my existence
You conceived concealed the gift from its creation
Deceived and destroyed the destiny that was given to the world
Now you asking me, what gives you...
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Categories:
self will, baby, bereavement, death, forgiveness, grief,
Form:
Acrostic
Sad Rage
Abyss my sorrows lies beneath the deep ocean
I am anxious and frustrated, swing that is intolerable beyond my span
tremor that produce fear in the mind
love loses its way remains sick behind
the earth is now trembling...
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Categories:
self will, anger,
Form:
Limerick
Deserve You
I feel as though I don't deserve you tonight
Something about the way I lie comfortably in your arms doesn't feel right,
That's why I feel I can't afford to let you out of my sight
I...
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Categories:
self will, deep, depression,
Form:
Rhyme