Long Shrank Poems
Long Shrank Poems. Below are the most popular long Shrank by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Shrank poems by poem length and keyword.
Terror Bugs: Part 5 - A Freezer Mice Adventure
[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 4 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
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A water cannon screeched around the corner on two wheels
Four and twenty Terror Bugs were nipping at its heels
Their acid blistered paint work but it...
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Categories:
shrank, adventure,
Form:
Narrative
Divine Comedy Translation Canto Xii
Was the place where we climbing down the bank
Then arrived, alpine and, for what was there
Such as, that any eyesight would be shrank.
Similar to landslide that in side bare
Before Trento the Adige just smote,
Or for...
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Categories:
shrank, fantasy, universe,
Form:
Terza Rima
Alice, What's Going On
Alice, did th' afternoon grow long an' dull;
As your older sister did read an' mull?
While in your mind, boredom grew-
That you'd grown restless no one knew!
That's what came before th' fall-...
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Categories:
shrank, adventure, cat, children, fantasy, imagery, imagination, youth,
Form:
Couplet
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 48
“Now, let's see about the elf at the door.” Pulling himself up to his full height and stretching his shoulders to make himself look as large and fierce as possible, Joulupukki grabbed the door...
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Categories:
shrank, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
A Wartime Childhood
I was seven years old when began World War Two
And eleven became by the time it was through.
I have vague recollections of things when that small,
But events during wartime I clearly recall.
Since there was no...
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Categories:
shrank, america, history, patriotic, soldier, tribute, world war
Form:
Rhyme
Codons of Contempt: A Crime Against Empathy
We came not for conquest,
but for containment—
though conquest is what happens
when containment itches beneath the skin
like sulfur spores in a sealed lung.
They had the secret.
Not gold, not weapons, not prophecy—
but language that healed.
Real language—
not poetry,...
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Categories:
shrank, death, fear, horror, myth, science fiction, technology,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Dante's Hell Translation Canto Xxxiv Part1
This is the final CANTO of Hell. I am going to publish the full translation as epub on AMAZON. It was a very hard work to find rhymes in english.
“Vexilla regis prodeunt inferni now
Toward us;...
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Categories:
shrank, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
To Those This Brave, True Warrior Is Sworn To One Day Defeat
To Those This Brave, True Warrior Is Sworn To One Day Defeat
When violet pours its sadden verses onto burning sands
and heavens above spit green poison upon savage lands
up from murky dark evil caves so very...
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Categories:
shrank, art, conflict, dark, deep, fantasy, surreal, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
Another Christmas Tale
A variation of a variation on a theme by Dr. Seuss...
The Grinch's twin brother lived also alone,
Because he, too, was supposedly bad to the bone,
And a sad tale it is how his heart turned to...
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Categories:
shrank, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
Where Waiting Lives
It was one dusky evening.
I stood at my balcony,
The weather whispering secrets in a chill breeze
Beautiful, cold, and a little stormy,
The kind of weather that makes you feel
Everything you've been avoiding.
Despite the wind howling like...
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Categories:
shrank, beautiful, change, destiny, leaving, life, lonely, love
Form:
Prose
The Trapper
The Trapper
Through the deepest snow, I somehow carry myself forward.
In a biting cold wind that blows me back.
No other sound to be heard.
I have to find an animal to put in my knapsack.
With boots of...
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Categories:
shrank, animal, dark, death, history, imagery, journey, snow,
Form:
I do not know?
Vanquishing Vampire Vixens, Part Ii
II.
Allan seemed mad,”How can you even ask?!”
Sol said,”All right, let’s then get to the task.
Find any townspeople still somewhat hale,
then go get me ladders, some boards, and some nails.
“And do it quickly, there’s work to...
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Categories:
shrank, adventure, evil, fantasy, hero, history, horror, night,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
What We Do To Win, Part Ii
...But I heard a crack in the distance,
then came a man’s shrill, painful yell,
I saw Tak go down in the plants,
his ankle was bent, none-to-well,
I could see it must hurt like hell.
We were up in...
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Categories:
shrank, heart, life, meaningful, men, mountains, people, sports,
Form:
Narrative
The Devil Went Back To Heaven, Part Iii
...At this point Rob stopped, slowly shook his head,
while we all though this whole thing was unreal,
then he said,”The damnedest thing that I saw
was that the Devil, at this point, did kneel.
“The fiercest rebel in...
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Categories:
shrank, evil, forgiveness, god, heaven, hope, religious, spiritual,
Form:
Epic
The Saving of Joel Claughtrey, Part Iii
Joel just collapsed into the brown dirt,
clutching his face in both of his palms,
cried,”Running Moon, the day that you ‘died,’
was the day my life started to go wrong!
“I drank for days, mourning for you so,
It...
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Categories:
shrank, adventure, family, father son, lost love, love,
Form:
Narrative
Indigenous Creatures of My Writing Desk
There is an antique writing desk
in my little study
handed-me-down
from generations of would-be
writers in my family
And there are ancient creatures
from days gone by
living in this old desk still
evil, larcenous little creatures
envious of literary skill
This explains much
Lately,...
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Categories:
shrank, anxiety, feelings, humor, humorous, imagination, nonsense, writing,
Form:
Free verse
The Devil Came To Aspen, Part Ii
...The devil didn’t hide, he strutted right out,
a smile painted on his red face.
“Why my dear sheriff, how in the world
Did you ever find my new place?”
Abner stared on, seething with hate.
“An old friend told...
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Categories:
shrank, adventure, courage, evil, faith, horror, mythology,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Empty Glass
My sad, deplorable glory is a nightmare for another
This knowing is sickening to the bone
The need for anothers' pain is like a virus
Slitting the veins of truth and delirious want of false
Watching the bile flow...
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Categories:
shrank, absence, abuse, anger, angst, betrayal, conflict, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
Purgatorio
The letter of law condemned,
Let the Word enfleshed bring redemption,
My guide and I could now see,
Dancing curtains of luminescence,
As we started our ascent,
Climbing from perdition to penance,
This locus of light and shade,
Tells of hands that...
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Categories:
shrank, miracle, muse, philosophy, sin, spiritual, thanksgiving, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Elixir of Silence
Written: October 1st 2023
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In the ocean of silence, I’m stunned
Astonish by its grandeur as I descend.
A comely curtain of conciliatory calm
Elapse the chaos, surreptitious and warm.
In the hushed embrace of the twilight sky,
A...
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Categories:
shrank, analogy, appreciation, silence,
Form:
Rhyme
Campfire Vampire
The vampire saw the campfire and was hovering around
For all the little children were just sitting on the ground
He doesn't mind the fire, it’s not ultra violet light
So he listens to his dinner...
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Categories:
shrank, humorous, night,
Form:
Rhyme
Untimely Silence
Most folks I loved
died when I was in my thirties.
Not just people,
but our San Francisco bohemian mecca lifestyle,
our 365 days and nights celebration
turned into an epidemic of waiting
and watching
and mourning our losses,
wondering about possibilities of...
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Categories:
shrank, depression, destiny, grief, health, loss, love,
Form:
Prose Poetry
In the quietness of dusk, when shadows stretch long over the fields of memory
In the quietness of dusk, when shadows stretch long over the fields of memory,
Memories rise like reflected ghosts, wandering through the labyrinth of thoughts,
Taking me back to the times of childhood, when backyards were boundless...
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Categories:
shrank, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
When the Heart Lies
When the heart lies,
Tears emerged and stood in the eyes.
Emotions built in the heart
Falling in love seems dangerous
Smiles disappeared and odd cry dwells.
The blood runs dry in the veins,
And truth a hundred miles...
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Categories:
shrank, heart,
Form:
Prose Poetry
An Ode To My Loving Angel
*AN ODE TO MY LOVING ANGEL*
Shout out to the super woman in you
That strong and resilient spirit human
Not many women are lucky to have been blessed with it
You're simply a lucky one amongst many
Not just...
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Categories:
shrank, beautiful, beauty, care, cute love,
Form:
ABC