Long Shuffling Poems
Long Shuffling Poems. Below are the most popular long Shuffling by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Shuffling poems by poem length and keyword.
Whats Behind the CurtainI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
shuffling, anxiety, dark, dream, imagery, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
BehindI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
shuffling, anxiety, depression, emo, suicide,
Form:
Blank verse
Peace In the Nowhere
"Peace in the Nowhere"
Ghosts remain in this place
they read their words
marked each day on walls
like prayers, it gives them
peace in the nowhere
someplace relevant to go
Ghosts commune in this place
disowned long ago or walked
off the...
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Categories:
shuffling, muse, poems, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Halloween Poems IiCompleting the Pattern
by Michael R. Burch
Walk with me now, among the transfixed dead
who kept life’s compact and who thus endure
harsh sentence here?among pink-petaled beds
and manicured green lawns. The sky’s azure,
pale blue once like their eyes,...
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Categories:
shuffling, dark, gothic, halloween, horror, magic, scary, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New ShiftI.
Treasures That May Be Found In Destiny's New Shift
( Mille viri sententia agere nescit donec suscipit calamum scribere.)
For a brief spell, I hung my hammock in the shade
of the ancient tall oak tree, that God's...
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Categories:
shuffling, appreciation, art, blessing, care, dedication, poetry, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Epilogueif you have taken the time to browse through this eclectic collection of self-indulgent foolishness, I hope you’ve been entertained by the quirkiness of its content, or at the very least, annoyed by the pervasiveness...
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Categories:
shuffling, allegory, literature,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Former Great Nations Squandered Wealth ISwept up into piles; everywhere
Abouts; in collected heaps all
Around.
It is almost as if the drab
Streets were strewn...
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Categories:
shuffling, philosophy, senses,
Form:
Rhyme
Ghosts of the Sun Dance-Part 28. Transformation
Yielding to those who have mastered the art
Of grasping one's place in existence's grand scheme
Life’s constant challenges never depart
But humble diligence will grow the dream
In passing from childhood to adulthood
Innocence to responsibility
Firm new role...
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Categories:
shuffling, spiritual, sports,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The eye of the stormHuge fluffy clouds began to form over
Sanibel Island as the salted gulf splashed
against the rocks around the lighthouse
coastal waters rose up as a calming coolness
carried this gentle warm breeze over to...
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Categories:
shuffling, beach, beautiful, creation, rainbow, sunshine,
Form:
Free verse
Old and New Halloween PoemsNo Halloween Candy
I can't get no Halloween candy.
I can't get no Halloween candy.
But I try, and I try, and I try, and I try.
I can't get no. I can't get no.
Well I'm walking door...
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Categories:
shuffling, fear, halloween,
Form:
Rhyme
AthensWe’re (Lisa and I) back in Athens Georgia (hometown USA), where it’s the halcyon days of summer. The south used to be the home of summer heat - not anymore. Now everyone has their little...
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Categories:
shuffling, humor, mom, school, student, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Portrait of a Hanging
With the opening of my fortress cell,
solemn-faced men come locust invading in
Their mouths smile not, and eyes neither grin
as ceremonial words pursed lips expel
A deer thought escapes ... my life nears its end!
And I feel...
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Categories:
shuffling, dark, death, horror, imagery, spiritual,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Another Apricot SunriseIt was just one of those splendid days, which held no excitement;
Moreover it required none, for in its stillness, I was content.
Lying on the forest green grass, luxurious blue skies in my eyes,
Summer winds brought...
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Categories:
shuffling, destiny, friend, imagery, nature, travel, universe,
Form:
Couplet
The Broken Valkyrie
"The Broken Valkyrie"
when
the artificial
sun
replaced
true Light,
revolution
was a forgotten
Valkyrie,
Liberty
had been
put to bed
broken whore
of Babylon
no longer holding
the torch for anyone;
women and men
grew to love
their servitude,
complacency
skewered...
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Categories:
shuffling, dark, humanity, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
A Ride In Dylan's VoiceWoke up this morning
on the wrong side of the tracks.
Left out leaving for all the right reasons
and all the wrong facts.
Caught a ride with a traveling preacher
in a beat up van.
Said he...
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Categories:
shuffling, journey, religion,
Form:
I do not know?
Flying Friends In the FirmamentIn the midst of a quiet summer day, while the sun is peeping
And the gentle breeze brushing everything, dancing and passing
Our hero, an ant, seen sweating and puffing, but still climbing
Like a soldier on mission,...
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Categories:
shuffling, butterfly, friendship,
Form:
Narrative
Million Mask MarchI had a dream I walked the earth
above my head the sky was black ...
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Categories:
shuffling, change, conflict, freedom, passion, peace, symbolism, integrity,
Form:
Free verse
A Dark Dialogue Pt3 of 3ptsI. a dark awakening
Shuddering awake feeling the freezing cold fingers still around my throat, struggling to catch my breath struggling to focus.
Finding my air. Shaking myself awake, shaking fragments of dreams from my mind, imagery...
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Categories:
shuffling, abuse, allegory, allusion, analogy, anxiety, art, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
The Village On the Water IvThump-thump of stiffening fish contorting
In the bilge beneath the gunwale;
Lidless, bulging, reddened eyes, swivelling upwards,
Protruding horribly from the straining sockets,
Express stupefied amazement at inconceivable
...
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Categories:
shuffling, appreciation, culture, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
Letter To EdenMy deplorable emotional collapse.
Lucky for me, she happened to be in her many hour siestas!
My dear sister amelie came over (previously arranged to pick up some rocks that z mama rolled in a pile)...
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Categories:
shuffling, angel, beautiful, caregiving, child, dad, daughter, father,
Form:
Narrative
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 7I…breathe again…
Meditating on flowers of my pasture, plucked with my eyes,
Resting…open, like buds blooming, and resting…
“Take me…” he said weakly, so softly in my ear…
I greeted the demon with the warmth in my eyes,
Upon...
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Categories:
shuffling, abuse, adventure, allusion, anger, angst, anxiety, deep,
Form:
Free verse
A Day In the ParkIn the park, I’d been all day
Reading all my time away
On a park bench did I sit
Until the sky became twilit
As light for reading began to wane
I heard the tapping of a cane.
And looking up,...
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Categories:
shuffling, dark, evil, fear, horror, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Unlike Thee AthenianThose rarer men I once fondly
knew... ...
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Categories:
shuffling, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
This Old HouseThe old house, built in 1895, was the best of weathered antiques having hugged North Rogers Street from days of horses to days of horse-powered engines, and now to electric cars. As the story...
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Categories:
shuffling, home, memory,
Form:
Haibun
I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanksI wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks...,
(a poor excuse for legs),
and get me the latest
sophisticated prosthetics advancements,
whereat integration of cultured stem cells
into custom made appendages
allows, enables, and provides
unfortunate recipients of amputations
to experience sensations.
No more will...
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Categories:
shuffling, 11th grade, 12th grade, anger, april, betrayal,
Form:
Free verse