Long Shelved Poems
Long Shelved Poems. Below are the most popular long Shelved by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Shelved poems by poem length and keyword.
The Pages
"The Pages"
Missing all those years
like a page you could turn,
a book you could throw casually aside,
to be eternally forgotten in electric shady libraries;
at some point you turned around,
and remembered, what you long...
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Categories:
shelved, i am, love,
Form:
Free verse
Exclusive Birth Rights
Exclusive Birth Rights
I am German and guilty as charged by history and evil parental culpability
privileged by life and proxy thus I refuse to forget ancestral perpetration
though I propose without any diminution that systematic genocide is...
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Categories:
shelved, humanity, , memorial,
Form:
Free verse
In Stars Above
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Categories:
shelved, self, sky, spiritual, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Secrets
"Secrets"
I know something
good about you
you were a child once, too -
without malice
gentle as the petals of a rose
sweet and pure
no need to be berated
proven guilty -
Innocent
From your eyes
and smile
Light emanated
joy spilled
from...
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Categories:
shelved, forgiveness, journey, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
Beautiful Firetail Finch
Looking through the three-eighth gauge, at zebra's, stars and plumhead.
Listening to the expert in the trade and take in what he said.
I went home and scanned through pages of books and magazine,
perusing photographs of aviary...
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Categories:
shelved, bird, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Figurines
Figurines
Lace up your shoes
Wear your black hoodie
And your Timberland’s, too
You’ll never know what ‘ll happen to you
Or where you’ll end up
On your way home
Your ancestors have walked this land
In shackles and in...
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Categories:
shelved, abuse, africa, death, evil, flower, freedom, slavery,
Form:
Free verse
Jane-By-The-Sea
Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA is 114 miles from my home in San Francisco. It's home to my friend Jane (a former fellow worker) she now finds California's central coastline to be the next best place to live.
She's...
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Categories:
shelved, friendship, girl,
Form:
Free verse
If Wonders Are Glassen Reflections
Copyright 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
POETIC LYRICS BY RENATA TLH ANDRESS
From a journey---soft-'n-smooth---tender/foot-ed/'n-bare/footed
A-Lass---so/true!
A/car/pet---earth/en-BARE---FOOTED-'N/TRUE!
Hands-PINK-'N/TRUE!
Fingers/reach---pointed/stars!
TRACES---THE/NORTHERN---STAR!
A-star/so-true!
DO-WON/DERS---RING-TRUE!
And-if/TRUE------are-glassen/REFLEC-TIONS
WOND-ERS---TOO!
And-if/TRUE---are-glassen/REFLEC-TIONS
WON-DERS---TOO?
YOU'RE/BEAU-TI/FUL!
YOU'RE/BEAU-TI/FUL!
AND-ALL/TOO-TRUE!
'CUZ---YOU'RE/BEAU-TI/FUL!
Soft-'n---ten/der/PINK---SKIN---'N---SMOOTH!
Long---legs/ARCH------TO/THE---STARS!
She------WASHES/AWAY!
The------Earthen/Scars!
She's------SOFT-'N/TENDER!
And----ALL/TOO---TRUE!
And---they---ASK!
ARE------YOU/BEAUTIFUL!
In---reflected---lights------HER/EYES!
SO------BLUE-'N/TRUE!
TO---YOU!
She's---beau-ti/ful!
She's---beau-ti/ful!
She's------a/STAR---SO/TRUE!
A---WON/DER---TOO!
And---her/GLASSEN---RE/FLECTIONS!
RING/TRUE------and
ALL---TOO---TRUE!
And---with---her---hair---of/GOLD/LONG'N---SMOOTH!
She---BEDS------THE/NIGHT!
Pink------'n------SMOOTH!
SHE'S---BEAUTIFUL!
SHE'S---BEAUTIFUL!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL/AND-TRUE!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL/AND-TRUE!
And---an---ORNAMENT---GLISTENING/TRUE!
In---Pink---'n---Blue-------LIGHTED/CANDLES!
And------SCENTS---SO---TRUE!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL---AND/TRUE!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL---AND/TRUE!
And---a---hand/TOO---TRUE---TORN/'N-TESTED!
BURNT---'N/BLACK------AND-A---SOUL---BLACK-'N/BLUE!
HIS------EYES---DROP------IN---PAIN!
AND---Buckets---------held---so/long!
HELD---a/mo-ment!
DON'T------CON/TAIN!
HER------EARTHEN---SMILE!
AND------LIPS---SO---TRUE!
ROSE---'N------PINK!
OR------PINK'N------BLUE!
Their------eyes------squint!
HOME------AT------LAST!
YOU---ARE------BEAU---TIFUL!
AND---SO------ARE------YOU!
IT'S------------EXCALIBER!
IT'S-------------THE------HOLY---------GRAIL!
IT'S------BEAUTIFUL!
BECAUSE------------YOU'RE------BEAUTIFUL!
YOUR---BLOOD------the------stains------cross---your
CRESTED/GOLD/HEART!
BECAUSE------------YOU'RE------BEAUTIFUL---TO/ME!
The------Scabbard---------Shelved!
EXCALIBER---------GLISTENS!
SILVER---------FLASHES!
With------memories------magical!
"A------White------Knight------Remembered------And------A
Lass------So------True!"
BEDDED------------AT/LAST!
The---------Hearth------'n------Pot!
THE---------WARM---------SCENTED------CLOUD!
OF---------LOVE!
SCENTS---------THE/AIR!
BECAUSE---------------SHE-WAS-BEAUTIFUL!
AND-BEAUTIFUL-TO-ME!...
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Categories:
shelved, angel, april, baby,
Form:
Ballad
How To Become 1
“How to Become 1”
the great resignation
calls dreams forth
when God knows
who we truly are
what we are
all worth
out in the open
without our lies
and finery
when titles
no longer
justify existence
no longer matter
the purpose of...
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Categories:
shelved, i am, light, love,
Form:
Free verse
Soul Transporter
What is Love?, but the transporter of the Spirit
Neither Fair or Foul the Truth of it is that we Fear It
When a woman of young age doth see what she desires
No heed nor helm in...
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Categories:
shelved, allegory, allusion, death, humanity, life, love, remember,
Form:
Narrative
My Beloved
Hey Mr. Editor,
It's not very often we hear true stories of enduring Love that grows with time. I can
hear the cynic groan as I write this, but it's a good human interest story and...
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Categories:
shelved, happiness, husband, love, passion, romance, wifeheart, write,
Form:
Free verse
The Subject of Rosebuds
Rosebuds draft in scarlet, crimson, or maroon,
dreams to capture the viewer's point of view,
as its blossom's sheath their basis to its prune,
magnificent achievers rise in rows queue,
as the loss of age cast their field of...
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Categories:
shelved, beautiful, flower, growth, rose,
Form:
Ottava rima
Paternal Grandmothers Headstone Beth David Elmont Long Island
Paternal grandmother's headstone - Beth David, Elmont, Long Island
Shaindel (Sadie), variant of Shana Harris
died May 13th, 1959 exquisitely chiseled
alphanumeric characters legibly engraved
sepulchral casket entombing lovely bones
deoxyribonucleic acid repurposed into me
Matthew Scott Harris patronymic protector,
when I...
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Categories:
shelved, absence, america, death, fate, grandmother, heaven, jewish,
Form:
Free verse
Why Are We Here
Written: August 09, 2023, Why Are We Here Poetry Contest
...
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Categories:
shelved, analogy, appreciation, bereavement, dream, fate, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Letters For People Part 2
Dear people,
So...let’s face it,
this’s...
Taught to work hard and make it.
told;
‘Pull 'em boots up by their laces.’
...
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Categories:
shelved, allusion, america, anger, angst, care, dream, earth
Form:
Epic
Rules In the Eyes of a Toddler
If it is off, I must turn it on.
If it is on, I must turn it off.
If it is folded, I must unfold it.
If it is a liquid, it must be shaken, then spilled.
If it...
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Categories:
shelved, caregiving, childhood, daughter, education, family, father, children,
Form:
List
Rejoice At the Gift of Restored Health
Just a poetic (souper) side note courtesy chief
wordsmith brother unaware ye experienced grief
diagnosed as walking pneumonia please bull lief
yours me, he doth care and breathes sigh of relief.
Gratis the miracle of modern medicine wife
of Richard...
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Categories:
shelved, angst, blessing, brother, december, devotion, family, miracle,
Form:
Rhyme
The Stranger and The Fool
Where goest thou soul?
have you split again
into your kaleidoscope frame
in the body so vestigial contained
what if there is not one Other
but many that enter inside
waiting to stake claim
Where goest thou poet?
the...
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Categories:
shelved, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Fantastic Four
Marvel's Fantastic Four: Mr. Fantastic, The Invisible Woman,
The Human Torch and The Thing.
The best memory of the Fantastic Four cartoon characters
that can be best realized, of good measure, was their
live production. Unfortunately, not one episode
is...
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Categories:
shelved, absence, allusion, analogy, appreciation, character, childhood, growing
Form:
Free verse
The Looped Visions of Futures
"The Looped Vision of Futures"
The loop plays non-stop
the needle steps out of time
into the groove of you and me
all of us played for time we are their revelry
hockey pucks struck by
the quiet hidden...
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Categories:
shelved, humanity, pain, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Letters For People Part 7
Dear people,
It may please thee to find,
A peacefully priced scheme to these rhymes confined for a time in a cursedly mind,
A curse! It might seam, in search of the dream,
get in line behind the...
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Categories:
shelved, emotions, fish,
Form:
Epic
Hosh kharamaima
#hosh_kharamaima
Have you seen my wife?
I mean these floral petals,
wrapped in her aura.
Like sun-kissed morning breeze,
Soothing ones mind, to it's gist.
On my wrist, time flies like snow loosing its purity to African temperature.
It's her...
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Categories:
shelved, africa, beauty, for her, inspirational love, love,
Form:
Free verse
Discoveries Made Too Late
upon seeing the potted flowers in the store
so beautiful, so seemingly original in all their
majestic aura, flirting with all the senses,
taken in by the smell & aroused by the touch of the
petals,
the onlooker wants nothing...
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Categories:
shelved, life, beauty, home, flower, beauty, flower, home,
Form:
Free verse
Popcorn
POPCORN
White kernels of hot popping yummy flavoring,
Cooked in golden butter drippings, lightly sprinkled
To taste with salty perfections gentle touch,
At the kitchen cooks discretion.
The crunchy and munchy treat, to pass
Around at any family social gatherings
Celebration.
Fill up...
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Categories:
shelved, addiction, food, kids, happiness, imagination, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Goodnight, Year of Change
Snow whispered unto me
"Nothing remains static"
Yet I remained completely still
While I shoveled the snow away
Second month frozen gave way to warmth
From passion, from anger
From a wealth of confusing events
And spending it all in a volcano
Burnt...
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Categories:
shelved, introspection, memory,
Form:
Lyric