Long Shocks Poems
Long Shocks Poems. Below are the most popular long Shocks by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Shocks poems by poem length and keyword.
ObservanceObservance
by Michael R. Burch
Here the hills are old and rolling
carefully in their old age;
on the horizon youthful mountains
bathe themselves in windblown fountains...
By dying leaves and falling raindrops,
I have traced time's starts and stops,
and I have...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, loneliness, lonely, longing, loss, lost, seasons, time,
Form:
Sonnet
Poems About Poems IiiPoems about Poems III
Radiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus?hard toil?
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes?dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, poems, poetry, poets, visionary, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Flight, Flying and Birds IPoems about Flight, Flying, and Birds (I)
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as hummingbird wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Southern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, angel, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Poets IPoems about Poets I
The Wonder Boys
by Michael R. Burch
for Leslie Mellichamp
The stars were always there, too-bright cliches:
scintillant truths the jaded world outgrew
as baffled poets winged keyed kites—amazed,
in dream of shocks that suddenly came true ...
but...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, inspiration, muse, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, writing,
Form:
Verse
The JourneyHe always brought the subject up at the most inappropriate time, usually when someone was trying to kill us.
Are you a believer now?
If I get out of this, I’ll think about it. We got out...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, death, faith, god, war,
Form:
Free verse
The JourneyHe always brought the subject up at the most inappropriate of times, usually when some c**t was trying to kill us.
Are you a believer now?
If I get out of this, I’ll think about it. We...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, death, god, war, women,
Form:
Free verse
Stoicism as a Way of LifeWritten 23 November 2023
Placed 1st in :
Stoicism as Way of Life Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Sotto Poet
...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, humanity, inspirational, life, men, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Ramen Noodles:) now this is what Im talking bout .... nothin iz 2 uncommon when all you got 2 eat iz Ramen
noodles 4 all y'all poodles
seahorse sonar struggle with senses
far beyond the realm...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, dad, mother, relationship, spring, spring, winter, senses,
Form:
Lyric
The Lay of the Best Man - Part 2The Lay of The Best Man - Part Two
I will not understate my distaste, but I do not hate. I rate hate as being irate
Shall I underrate the spate of your hate as you devastate;...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, humanity, men,
Form:
Lay
Jack the RipperI Jumped up suddenly out of my bed
With Jack the ripper spinning in my head
And the word cabinet kept floating in my bed
I had a very serious message to deliver
But I don't know who to...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, america, angel, beautiful, culture, england, international, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
A Prodigy In PiecesA boy and board in Brooklyn
bedeviled by the breath of baroque battles
bemused with a belligerent brain beauty
and befriended by battlefield bravado,
the chessmen championed his ego
wickedly warring to a visionary's voodoo,
those soldiers of black and...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, america, heart, history,
Form:
Epic
The UndertowThe Undertow
The two could feel the undertow
Pull at them both - then let them go
He wondered if she could know
Or sense it too and let it flow
The undertow in the fast-running tide
Ebbed and flowed at...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, anxiety, conflict, confusion, desire, emotions,
Form:
Verse
The Mystery of the Black River Gorges*Situated in the south-western region of Mauritius, a dream island in the Indian Ocean.
Written on 9 November 2023
...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, love, moon, mystery, nature, passion, river,
Form:
Rhyme
Terror Bugs: Part 1 - A Freezer Mice AdventureIn case you don’t remember them they came from outer space
They were to be the first beginnings of the human race
But when they crashed they came down in a stark and frigid place
Antarctic ice interred...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Under the Bridge In Del Rio, Texas UsaUnder the bridge in Del Rio are stopped, stuck, stationed
Thousands of migrant Haitians, not Ukrainians
Frankly, if they were the latter, they wouldn’t be sanctioned
Detained, abased, mistreated and deported like Haitians
Like herds of cattle to detention...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, africa, america, anti bullying, black african american,
Form:
Rhyme
Anticipation In the StudioI’ve got a mate named Marty who went through the school with me,
but like most teenage scholars gave the teachers buggery,
and when it came to penning words, Marty wasn’t very smart,
but put a brush into...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Columbian Uncivil AllegiancesIt was a nasty war.
To call it an UnCivil War
is to avoid an obvious oxymoron
as embarrassing as Military Vitriolic Intelligence
through lack of Anger and Fear Management,
violently over-industrious absence of mutual civility.
We were too optimistic
about democracy's...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, columbus day, culture, health, history, military, native
Form:
Political Verse
Off kilterOff kilter
Yup
I sobered up
despite expressing regular
(unleaded and unlettered)
urge to shtup
expunged courtesy
system of a down
with shuga (mush)
and everything nice.
The following crafted some time ago,
when empty nest syndrome
pulled me psyche taut
analogous to an...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, abuse, adventure, anger, angst, anxiety, betrayal, black
Form:
Rhyme
The Waiting
“The Waiting”
eyes close
the new chapter
picks us up
we find ourselves
lost in the poetic dream
stranded in a desert
a lifetime away from home
we are in the waiting place
writing words in the sand
they are blown away...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Lady Liberty SpeaksArt History
I stand erect with outstretched hand Representing liberty, for many, a foreign land My fire dances an incessant jubilant glow
I represent hope for the oppressed to sow
Pungent salts mixed with glassy sands
...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
Please Do Not Forget To PrayO' Please do not forget how to pray
For all of your friends and your family
As well as anyone else you may
Recall existing in your family's tree
O' Please do not forget to pray for
The Peace...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Anything Goes -- 2020 Election Version(Updated in such form that Cole Porter would sue)
[Intro]
Times have changed
And we've often rewound the clock
Since Nixon got the shock
When he crashed on Daley’s bloc
If today
Any shock they should try to stem
'Stead of...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, corruption, humor, integrity, satire, truth,
Form:
Lyric
Poems About Pool SharksPOEMS ABOUT POOL SHARKS
Shark
by Michael R. Burch
They are all unknowable,
these rough pale men—
haunting dim pool rooms like shadows,
propped up on bar stools like scarecrows,
nodding and sagging in the fraying light...
I am not of them,
as I...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, poems, poetry, poets, sports,
Form:
Rhyme
Twas the Night Before InspectionTwas The Night Before Inspection...,
Not a human creature stirred, nor seen
through out Highland Manor,
property carpeted in lush green
(a deathlike stillness descended un keen
hilly quiet, October 10th,
...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, conflict, fate,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Please Pray For California Plus Their Neighboring StatesYesterday, October 09, 2022, there was an internet prophet on You Tube.
Making a dire prediction for the state of California that would even impact
their neighboring states but the prophet didn't mention their neighboring
states impacted.
If...
Read More
Categories:
shocks, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Narrative