Long Sixteenth Poems
Long Sixteenth Poems. Below are the most popular long Sixteenth by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Sixteenth poems by poem length and keyword.
I Have Labored Sore TranslationI Have Labored Sore
anonymous medieval lyric (circa the fifteenth century)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I have labored sore / and suffered death,
so now I rest / and catch my breath.
But I shall come /...
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Categories:
sixteenth, christian, death, earth, heaven, sorrow, sorry, soulmate,
Form:
Rhyme
4th Generation Soda Jerk -- Both Audio and TextThis is one excited kid and one PROUD father...
I took my son to the lumberyard last Tuesday afternoon. The day itself, though toasty, was the best in quite some time.
And when we’d finished shopping -...
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Categories:
sixteenth, father son, relationship, youth,
Form:
Narrative
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 9As Lumi left the two, they strolled slowly along the cobbled streets and the mood changed from jovial to serious. DynDoeth's voice lowered to just above a whisper,
“Joulupukki, I...
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Categories:
sixteenth, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Ford's Theater April 15th 1865Ford's Theater, April 15th, 1865...
Petersen House, Washington, D.C.
I admit to own a passion
for the Civil War in general,
and the life and death of
the sixteenth president in particular
between a hard spot of whiskey
and draughts of arrack;
nonetheless...
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Categories:
sixteenth, absence, age, america, anniversary, april, bereavement, cry,
Form:
Rhyme
Existentialism Emancipation Proclamation ManumissionExistentialism emancipation proclamation manumission...
Flourishes amidst freedom
once invisible (alice in) chains shucked
when soul no longer kept linkedin
to jane's addiction
with corporeal duty, entity, fealty...
while formerly shed body electric
gendered as former googly eyed...
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Categories:
sixteenth, allah, angel, appreciation, atheist, birth, body, death,
Form:
Free verse
Awaiting a growth spurt that never happenedAwaiting a growth spurt that never happened
When a boy,
I wanted to be as tall as my father
(he passed away October seventh
two thousand and twenty
linkedin to congestive heart failure),
who stood at his prime
about six feet and...
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Categories:
sixteenth, 12th grade, 9th grade, anger, angst, birth,
Form:
Free verse
Deciphering Crossword Puzzles, Cryptograms and Scrabblegrams Once Favorite PastimesDeciphering crossword puzzles, cryptograms and scrabblegrams once favorite pastimes
Livingsocial at 324 Level Road
circa post high school graduation
found yours truly voluntarily holed up
for an inordinate amount of time
within familiar four walls of his bedroom.
He preferred solitude versus
interacting...
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Categories:
sixteenth, 12th grade, angel, anxiety, books, boy, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Michael CollinsIt has often been said that empires come and go
And from the beginning of time that has been so
Empires ruled with terror and an iron fist
Taking brutal action against those, who tried to resist.
On the...
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Categories:
sixteenth, england, ireland, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
Mark My WordMark my word...
Das führer Donald Trump will return with a vengeance
Trump wracked up an impressive
$122.00 million war chest
accumulating $82.00 million
merely proffering impish grin
between January and June of 2021;
now he sets his sites and will...
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Categories:
sixteenth, 12th grade, abuse, america, betrayal, bullying, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
Third Side of the CoinIt was the darkest night I had been
through since I became one with the
streets
And no matter what corner I
squeezed into
every nerve in me got chilled
Maybe this was what they meant by
the
apocalypse
Or maybe...
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Categories:
sixteenth, truth
Form:
ABC
How Did Wiccans Acquire a Bad RepHow Wiccans acquired a bad rep is not clear.
Misogynist bullies afraid of these women’s light,
A young teen with an ugly heart of jealous fear,
Might point a finger under cover of night.
But in Salem Massachusetts, hysteria...
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Categories:
sixteenth, america,
Form:
Chant Royal
Fords Theater April 15th 1865Petersen House, Washington, D.C.
(i admit to own a passion for the Civil War in general,
and the life and death of
the sixteenth president in particular).
between a hard spot of whiskey
...
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Categories:
sixteenth, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, america,
Form:
Free verse
Jihad Donald Trump StyleThe glory of America, now heats up
with agitation poised to strike on the brink
sans legislation incites humiliation,
which goads desecration fete accompli chink
...
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Categories:
sixteenth, bullying, evil, grief, hope, jewish, perspective,
Form:
Concrete
My Lai Massacre 1968Against communist Vietnam a war was waged
For almost twenty years fierce fighting raged
The French came first then the U. S. arrived
Communism had grown and it had thrived.
Most American soldiers served with distinction
Carrying out...
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Categories:
sixteenth, war,
Form:
Narrative
Dump Trump a Lump N Prowl Lot Terror Re HotDump Trump – a lump n prowl lot terror re: hot
The tattered glory of America, now heats up
with agitation poised to strike on brink
arty choked Jerusalem legislation incites humiliation,
which goads desecration fete accompli chink
in armor...
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Categories:
sixteenth, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, betrayal,
Form:
Political Verse
Jihad Donald Trump StyleThe glory of America, now heats up
with agitation poised to strike on the brink
sans legislation incites humiliation,
which goads desecration as fete accompli chink
...
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Categories:
sixteenth, abuse, america, anxiety, dark, grave, hate, power,
Form:
I do not know?
SaraSara tiptoes across
The kitchen floor
To get some heat
She opens the oven door
Sheets in the window
Sara calls them curtains
Mind weary, Soul hurtin'
Sara
Sara lives by the train tracks
At Sixteenth and O
Her Mama calls it a shack
But to...
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Categories:
sixteenth, cousin, cry, emotions, feelings, love hurts, relationship,
Form:
Ballad
Das Fuhrer Donald Trump Returns With a VengeanceIn a closed door speech Saturday April 10th, 2021,
thus far, he accumulated $85 million so far.
* * * * ...
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Categories:
sixteenth, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse, anger, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Forced Ska Hoard and Save Hen Years AgoHistory contends that on that score
hing hot summer at 6:00 pm June sixteenth
in the year 666 after the Devonian era,
two lovers - a Mister Belmont Me
and Missy Bryn Mawr Hu felt the...
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Categories:
sixteenth, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Light Verse
My Real Friend Saved My BaconWhen I exchange phones, I have to leave my new phone and my old phone in the Sprint store for about four hours, because this is how long it takes to upload my 1734 phone...
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Categories:
sixteenth, friend, friendship, tribute, wisdom, woman, women, work,
Form:
Prose
Girl On a DolphinFavorite Carolyn Devonshire Poem
History Rising from the Sea
Treasure from the sea
Golden doubloon
Sixteenth century artifact
By ancestors hewn
Earth's history lays buried
Beneath five oceans
As undersea tremors
Create violent commotions
Freeing from Spanish galleons
Precious metals, gemstones,
To greet early beachcombers
History on loan
Memories...
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Categories:
sixteenth, animal, girl, life, ocean, remember, sea, stars,
Form:
Free verse
Happily Never AfterOnce upon a time,
In a secluded, distant kingdom,
There lived a beautiful princess
Who spent her days carefree,
If not slightly impassive,
Exploring the palace gardens and
Dancing nimbly around the courtyards,
More often than not accompanied by her ladies-in-waiting,
The youngest...
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Categories:
sixteenth, angst, devotion, life, lost love, love, sad,
Form:
Blank verse
But She Had Such a Sweet Winning SmileLouis the Fifteenth, king of France,
Adored Madame du Barry.
His royal ardor was not bound
To the person he did marry.
His paramour was hard to please.
The king brooded day and night
On what act of loving kindness
Might appease...
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Categories:
sixteenth, history,
Form:
Narrative
Trixie Light WorkerTrixie Light Wing, the lovely, lithe,16-year-old light-worker faerie,
was the first one awake in the prairie on this fine Spring morn.
She effortlessly dusted the grasses, the dandelions, the daffodils,
and the pink hydrangeas with pixie...
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Categories:
sixteenth, 10th grade, 11th grade, 6th grade, 8th
Form:
Free verse
Overdosing Rather Binge Reading ThesaurusOverdosing (rather binge reading) thesaurus...
Imagine if ye will
earlier one blustery February sixteenth
two thousand twenty one,
yours truly experienced atypical thrill
perusing pages of heavily laden word book
marking where I leave off reading
courtesy no frills inked quill
(sold to...
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Categories:
sixteenth, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, addiction,
Form:
Rhyme