Long Shut in Poems
Long Shut in Poems. Below are the most popular long Shut in by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Shut in poems by poem length and keyword.
Categories:
shut in, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Soldier
I’m here, in this terror.
Blood, blood puddles everywhere
like after a demonic storm of rain, but instead it’s human red liquid .
Splattering,
leaking and escaping.
More of it appears
at each second .
Tick, splat. Tock splat
two...
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Categories:
shut in, absence, betrayal, death, horror,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Last Love Letter
Oh to vacation behind the heavy metal door
To escape another election year.
All news is stopped at the door by the guards
Whoever sit in the same place
Waiting
Always
Waiting to retrieve all banned goods
And outside time.
Between med...
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Categories:
shut in, addiction, blue, mental illness, new york, political,
Form:
Narrative
Wallowing
See, I've been wallowing in it for far too long
knee deep sunk in it even at times
eyes too marred by melancholy to see the way out
even as I gave in to the allure...
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Categories:
shut in, desire, family, fate, growth, how i feel,
Form:
I do not know?
Julie's Grief
What is this sound through day and night?
This eerie cry, this muffled moan?
Like an animal trapped alone
in distant darkened wood.
It does not stop, save brief respite,
to draw some breath, and then again,
unearthly...
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Categories:
shut in, grief, hope, hurt, pain,
Form:
Narrative
Lock and Key
Timothy had always been a man of laughing joy and conversation
-Friendship dialogue communication -
But now there was silence but for...
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Categories:
shut in, future,
Form:
Free verse
Abe Lincoln Writes
ABE LINCOLN WRITES TO JOSHUA SPEED
Dear Joshua:
You know that I love you,
That I have always loved you– only you!
The woman means nothing to me– nothing!
Henceforth, don’t write angry letters to me!
Mary always was and...
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Categories:
shut in, history,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Haunting
Cold, so cold, as everything seems to enshroud me
encasing light, the flame of life - darkness within.
Slivers of blue, ice my lips, like a frozen lake.
Am I in a nightmare - is this where...
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Categories:
shut in, horror,
Form:
Narrative
The Prismatic Self
Written May 03, 2025, for contest by Daniel Henry Rodgers
Word count:397 words, Proposed new word: "aspira-fear" mix of fear and hope
...
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Categories:
shut in, appreciation, community, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Dragon Tongue
Dragon tongue
Ill be your dragon
I see your smile
Through your alien face
I didn't mean to abandon you
In time when the army needs us most
Without the mass graves
How can we take this land
Just leave em for...
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Categories:
shut in, abuse, chocolate, sky, words, world war ii,
Form:
Free verse
LEGEND
As one grows old, when evening approaches, memories too lengthen like shadows. Now I remember more often my parents wondering how much sweat and toil they had shed to make their children comfortable, how much...
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Categories:
shut in, appreciation, inspirational love, obituary,
Form:
Free verse
Journey To Bliss
In the midst of the fiercest conflicts
Conflicts that rattle even the GOD's chosen
My Love for you grows in strength still
First Towards the earth to garner rooted-support
like the mystery Chinese Bamboo tree
Death was a...
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Categories:
shut in, marriage,
Form:
Prose Poetry
I Am
I AM
I am
a student and a teacher,
...
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Categories:
shut in, lifelove,
Form:
I do not know?
A Recount and Recap of Lockdown Scenarios the World Over
Humans have long trespassed
and destroyed animal territories
Humans have poached
And selfishly encroached
upon animal habitats
cutting down trees to build
human habitations.
Now the tables have turned
Humans are quarantined in house arrest
while some lie sick in bedrest
So animals not usually...
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Categories:
shut in, animal, environment, perspective, planet, pollution,
Form:
Verse
The Equus
Choice and a destiny,
something on their mind,
the usual resolution
or a prisoner confined.
Snow, rain or thunder,
shut in, cannot be outside,
trapped and frightened,
or man whipping at their side.
Angelic and innocent,
things not easily forgot,
comfortable living
or their soul...
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Categories:
shut in, animal,
Form:
Narrative
A Part of the Solution
A PART OF THE SOLUTION
We have many ministries at Heritage Baptist Church;
For willing, faithful workers we’re always on the search.
For we have many challenges within our ministry;
A part of the solution each worker here can...
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Categories:
shut in, christian,
Form:
Rhyme
It Was My Resurrection Too: (Part 2) Just Sit On It
Mary Magdeline and Mary the mother of Jesus the Christ
went to the tomb was Jesus was laid after the sacrifice
it was a risky venture but they felt a powerful need
to go forth to give Jesus...
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Categories:
shut in, dedication, devotion, faith, hope, inspirational, philosophy, places,
Form:
Didactic
Darling Part 1 and 2
Terminate the wrist. The vile will fill in due time. As a cell to a lip, a cup to the mouth. As the water falls, does the spirit in me. Terrorism is imagination. Terrorism is...
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Categories:
shut in, anxiety, break up, change, death, introspection, loss,
Form:
I do not know?
Second Quiz With Even Broader Hints For Blind Poets
Second Quiz with even broader hints for blind poets
The Princess Anna stood
arms half-akimbo
at the scrawny edge of the receding bank
her Polonaise pollarded down
to her exposed tarsus...
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Categories:
shut in, fantasy, heartbreak, loneliness, , western,
Form:
Free verse
Knit Picking
Zits!
Pus problems ... oozing wipe love,
has got them innocent bite fangs showing
That baby drac queen moon face turning
into a teenage mutant turtledove
Cold cream cyber hits
Another three-day seclusion ...
chained to a marred model illusion
Hip adolescent...
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Categories:
shut in, allusion, anxiety, teen, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Created Friends From Sculpted Words
This is...my last serenade...this is...my last serenade...
This is...my last serenade...this is...my last serenade...
This life...this life is not meant for me...
I'm troubled, troubled so desperately
I need help, I cannot deny it
I need help, please, point me...
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Categories:
shut in, art, bullying, conflict, depression, girl,
Form:
Narrative
But I Need This
I'm in denial, lost in a sea of faces
a school of beautiful, captivating rainbow fish
passing without a second thought about the world
jealous, I am, of that
so I kick off my shoes in a hurry to...
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Categories:
shut in, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Man Unkind To Mankind
In the ancestral call of righteousness
They failed the almighty creator
There in the Forbidden Garden of Eden
Who could tell where the sinful garden is now?
That smal pretty hut where sin began in deceitful manner
Then to the...
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Categories:
shut in, age, universe,
Form:
Alliteration
My God, Thank You For Allowing Me To Find Grace In Your Eyes
January 3 Scripture Meditations Based on Genesis 6-8
Key Verse - Genesis 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO FIND GRACE IN YOUR EYES
To find...
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Categories:
shut in, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, spiritual, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
If I Were Immortal
One may think what a boon it is to be immortal
Defeating death may at first seem the greatest victory
When ill health plagues, striving for a cure, seems pivotal
No doubt, longevity of life in many...
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Categories:
shut in, death, fantasy, loneliness, prison,
Form:
Rhyme