Long Shortens Poems
Long Shortens Poems. Below are the most popular long Shortens by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Shortens poems by poem length and keyword.
The Plagues of Our DayThe blind man waited,
at the intersection, for someone
to help him cross the busy boulevard...
and he was accustomed to live in twilight,
fumbling for a hand on his right;
and he finally found mine!
Judge humanly...not pettily,
you could...
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shortens, baby, family, grief, home, sad, home, light,
Form:
Narrative
Redemption Lost and Silenced Thanks To Trump 1Yukon just coon sitter me a copacetic, energetic, ironic language lover (English is ma lingua franca late mother tongue), who waxes poetic, but tall so one babbling, creaking, and dabbling dis arming marine naval (gazing)...
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shortens, 12th grade, age, america, conflict, corruption, grave,
Form:
Free verse
Out of the Shadows - Time For Justice(first you must Read Out of the Shadows - P1 and Out of the Shadow - Hit Man)
You wont be disappointed!!!!!
As his wife resigned from the garden pool that summers morning
Joe smiled then left...
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Categories:
shortens, adventureheart, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
Life Is Johnny ShortLife is too short
Life is too short, not to say love you
I’ve lived life beside you everyday
But I could never get enough of you
Life is short
So short
To stand by and hate your sister or brother
I...
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Categories:
shortens, caregiving, cool, depression, giving, growth, heart, identity,
Form:
Free verse
The Best Friends You HaveYou say that a good person
should never know anger,
that hatred serves no purpose,
tis a plague upon the world.
I think you are missing
a very salient fact:
anger and hate tell you when
you have to watch your back.
When...
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Categories:
shortens, anger, emotions, fear, how i feel, judgement,
Form:
Rhyme
My Favorite Devonshire*An International Friendship*
Tears may trickle down my face
whenever encumbered by life’s trials.
Comfort comes from a friend who can’t be replaced.
Even though we’re separated by many miles,
Sandra has a way of creating smiles.
A call to Canada...
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shortens, friendship, friend, friendship, friend, friendship, love, may,
Form:
Narrative
SusanSusan
Susan Hayes is the awkward high school freshman. Susan has a problem. Not like any other problem that an ordinary teenager has in high school. Rather, Susan has a disease that shortens her life.
The...
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Categories:
shortens, beautiful,
Form:
I do not know?
Est Est Est, Part 2 of 2"Just take this chalk," (so went his talk,
to servants sent before):
"And do not balk. When you uncork
good liquor, mark the door."
This way, the churchman planned to pass,
when pausing for a...
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Categories:
shortens, humorous,
Form:
Quatrain
Christmas ListHere’s something about Christmas our parents never told us…but something we’ve come to know…our Christmas list gets shorter and shorter the more and more we grow.
‘Dear Santa’ we wrote when we were young, ‘I’ve been...
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shortens, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
Time a Beauteous Spring“Of time you would make a stream upon whose
bank you would sit and watch its flowing…”
From On Time, by Kahlil Gibran
If you could imagine time as a beauteous spring
Blossoming your life, charming euphoric dreams
I am...
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Categories:
shortens, time,
Form:
Verse
Opposites ExtractThe ethereal glow only dims to get brighter
The day only darkens to later get lighter
The burden only shrinks to increase my strength
Time only shortens to extend its length
Sometimes we must bleed to know we're alive
Sometimes...
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Categories:
shortens, imagery, imagination, poetry, simile, sometimes, truth, word
Form:
Rhyme
Sa Bai Sa Baiyou ever heard of a Lao party?
might be one going on right now…
we Lao folks love that celebratin’
sifting through sunrise and slipping
through sunset we sing our favorite
songs in our heads
it shortens time at work
cuz we...
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Categories:
shortens, culture, family, friendship, funny, love, music,
Form:
Free verse
It's a Pleasure To Really Know JesusIt's A Pleasure to Really KNOW Jesus!
Often people get in trouble for deviant activity.
This often shortens their life's longevity!
As people strive or pleasure in so many things...
They don't think of the heartache this often brings!
Many...
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Categories:
shortens, character, christian, dedication, desire, devotion, emotions, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
When Darkness Reigns, Depths of Sorrow IncreaseWhen Darkness Reigns, Depths Of Sorrow Increase
Lo, with sad heart I write, "This soul in tears
With burning pains spread throughout,
Too oft now sleeps with dreadful fears."
Tho' this mind seeks to find joy yet again
To quell...
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Categories:
shortens, conflict, dark, grief, loss, pain, sorrow, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
Finding GodMatthew 25:31-46
So if God’s here or there
At a place to be found
Outside limits of space
Past the boundaries of time
Is the One that I seek
Worth the effort to look?
For the farther I look
Toward the vastness out...
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Categories:
shortens, god,
Form:
Sestina
Shortening the DistanceBirth is the beginning of a quest
which is unseen to human eyes,
sadly ending on our unpredictable death,
but not living another day shortens that distance.
Who decides our fate in ways so drastic,
unfolding events happy or tragic?
Who...
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Categories:
shortens, depression, faith, hope, life, peace, people, social,
Form:
Quatrain
She Taught My Heart To SingSpring has earned a special place in my heart;
a season so fair,
She dispels despair.
I anxiously await for Spring to start;
I miss Her so much,
that I crave her touch
and long for the sensual perfume she'll wear;
a...
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Categories:
shortens, beautiful, feelings, green, growth, imagery, imagination, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Lights OutDim out press the button, no more at a time was fun now ride, they was all coo, more fun with jewels, learn real fast, rocks and brawns, keep your head up, unload to load,...
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Categories:
shortens, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Stratagem[an aria]
Anticipation's keened
And desire's as sharp as a knife;
But longing is a fiend
Who both lengthens and shortens life.
...
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Categories:
shortens, art, change, emotions, growth, how i feel,
Form:
Rhyme
Forever AutumnThe lust of Summer now smokes a cigarette,
replete, exhausted and spent.
Beach bums and young mums chunter and sigh,
wondering where the sun went.
As the first pinch of Autumn disturbs the dark rooks
and the seagulls follow the...
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Categories:
shortens, autumn, seasons,
Form:
Rhyme
What Is PoetryWhat is poetry? Perhaps it’s in the eye of the beholder,
Or a vehicle to vent and ease weight’s from ones shoulder.
Poetry is expressing feelings within the limits of scarce,
Then writing sentences down but arranged in...
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Categories:
shortens, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Couplet
Dark Night Prince CharmingIts a dark night prince charming
It hits me like a bullet to the chest
Every time I think of you
My heart pitters and patters and
I can’t seem to find rest
Every breath I breathe shortens...
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Categories:
shortens, dance, love, relationship, heart, time, heart, me,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
StrugglesI'll raise on Ode for you
Oh struggling strength of prime
In the far southside of Asia
In the bustling crowd of your kind
In the midst of social rivalry
Your neck sticks out well up high
I'll sing an ode...
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Categories:
shortens, allusion, character, confidence,
Form:
Ballad
Silence FoundDistinguish my words from my mind
Better to sit silent inside
Because to linger on what I will say
Can destroy or create a lie
I never found the strength to reply
I grow powerless as I try
You’ll just never...
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Categories:
shortens, introspection, life, sad, sound, sound,
Form:
Lyric
Grumpy Old MenGrumpy old men do exist
Ladies, I’m afraid to say it’s true
Though never in a million years
Did I think it would happen to you!
So relaxed and easy going
Chill ,no worries or concerns
Since you have...
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Categories:
shortens, age, change, humor,
Form:
Rhyme