Long Slurs Poems
Long Slurs Poems. Below are the most popular long Slurs by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Slurs poems by poem length and keyword.
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your old pair of getaway feet gives
a different walk of...
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Categories:
slurs, africa, america, grief, racism, slavery, song, sorrow,
Form:
Free verse
Roses Are Red Collab-26These Limericks were written by many different PS poets who are all remaining anonymous. If you would like to add one of your own and remain anonymous send it to my soup mail. Enjoy!
Roses...
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Categories:
slurs, anti bullying,
Form:
Limerick
Mockingbird - Crown of Sonnets#1
"It is a sin to kill a Mockingbird.
While playing games with rocks or guns, defray,
them, please, ...shoot old tin cans. Each whispered song
from Mockingbirds, can heal the wounds of the day"
Virtues are...
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Categories:
slurs, children, discrimination, integrity, prejudice,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Tyranny Counts the Ballots“Never forget
everything Hitler did
in Germany was legal.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
drop by drop lady liberty bleeds
red on white and blue
common sense vexatious
verboten spins askew
“We can and we must
write in the...
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Categories:
slurs, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Eric Clapton InspirationEric Clapton (born March 30, 1945, in Ripley, Surrey, England)
British guitarist who influenced rock.
Later became a famous singer-songwriter.
Clapton was born to a teen mom and a Canadian WWII soldier in England.
His grandparents mostly raised him.
He...
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Categories:
slurs, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, history,
Form:
Bio
Another Christmas TaleA 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:
slurs, christmas,
Form:
Narrative
2020 Sight and SoundsSpeaking With NonBully VoiceBoxes
Dissociative injustice,
like racist slurs and disinvestments,
retributive oppression
for not being SWM enough,
has ecological roots
in LeftBrain anthro/ego-centered fruit
of fragile disconnected autonomy,
against all competing odds
still struggling to win
against all other elitist competitors
for greatest capital gains
over...
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Categories:
slurs, earth, health, integrity, metaphor, patriotic, peace, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
Numb Part 1I woke up from a dreamless sleep
My vision came through fuzzy and confusing
A cold, sharp ringing painfully pierced my ears
And irritated every sense
The familiar numbness stung my brain
And caused a...
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Categories:
slurs, anxiety, hurt, mental illness, sick,
Form:
Free verse
The Empirical Veneers of Decency and AcceptanceThe Empirical Veneers of Decency and Acceptance
It’s funny how perceived intelligence
Is not necessarily a measure of true smarts
How the genius, the barrister and the eloquent
Can miss the point from the very start...
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Categories:
slurs, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Deleted Poems and FarewellI have deleted the 2 poems I posted earlier today, and instead I offer what will be my final write. I have read the comments on T.J's blog, written in defense of all poets...
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Categories:
slurs, moving on,
Form:
Elegy
And We Are Gone... And be one eye , one soul
as the world recedes , gone ,
away far climbs. Vanished like a
driven cloud.
He is merely flesh and blood Reality ;
slaughterhouse stumbling through script
typed in selfless pursuit.
Wanting...
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Categories:
slurs, angst, art, confusion, death, dedication, imagination, life,
Form:
Free verse
Consider Source About Horse of Courseconsider the source
could tell had been a big horse
could run a great course
(who we did endorse)
(in state of remorse)
(ran while in full force)
a place we would reach
where trump will have to impeach
contract he did breach
(terrible...
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Categories:
slurs, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Senryu
A River That Runs Through Every Place I'Ve Never Beenmom always told me to be aware of my surroundings / especially if I ever found myself in the dark / if my stomach ever burned of a thing stronger than hunger /...
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Categories:
slurs, addiction, betrayal, depression, drink, family, forgiveness, god,
Form:
Free verse
What BurdenI sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm free
Because the burden of slavery is no longer on me
I've seen the thunder and the rain
But like a plant outside, only growth I've...
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Categories:
slurs, anger, art, beauty, black african american, chocolate,
Form:
Free verse
Think, Feel, ShareI sit down in my cold, stone seat and shuffle sheets of music,
Arranging them in different ways from fast-paced to acoustic.
Spanning collective scales, bars and notes and lines,
I've read through them all before at least...
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Categories:
slurs, music,
Form:
Rhyme
Finding My SpiritI started my school years in a strict Catholic school
run by nuns and I was terrified of them
with their black hoods and caps
like death dressed in shrouds
and their stern faces and sharp words . ....
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Categories:
slurs, childhood, native american,
Form:
Free verse
My AgeMY AGE
My age is nothing but a number, nothing but a slumber that I can’t wake from, this is what I’ve done. I’ve looked around and found that the matter of the fact is life...
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Categories:
slurs, age, deep, for teens, truth, world, youth,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The UnpoemI feel sorry for all the people in this town that look at me with contempt or disgust, spout homophobic slurs behind my back, and condemn my lifestyle. It's funny, because they almost never have...
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Categories:
slurs, art, inspirational, spoken word,
Form:
Bio
Deceitful WorldWorries…pain…emotional strain…
Thought I would succeed but have nothing to gain
Feeling so alone, facing the world on my own
Everything is all wrong when you’re...f u l l g r o w n…
My childhood passes me by…
…I...
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Categories:
slurs, hope, life, passion, peace, god, me, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Lxii Years Old and He Still Carries a Security BlanketLXII+ years old and he still carries a security blanket
Move over Linus
Van Pelt of Peanuts fame,
cuz yours truly
also psychologically lame
since prepubescence
mine noticeably long hair
delivered inner comfort,
yet found some classmates
calling me "hippy" by name
though other tormentors...
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Categories:
slurs, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
The Party of RacismThere’s a political party
that’s just obsessed with race,
all their power is built on it,
it’s rather a disgrace.
It started centuries ago
defending slavery,
campaigning for long decades to
keep blacks as property.
And when some other people said,
“Maybe this isn’t...
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Categories:
slurs, evil, history, how i feel, political, race,
Form:
Rhyme
Maternal FeelingsWhen mum would talk to other folks about her family,
She’d always speak particularly proudly about me …
Of how I’d gone to grammar school, my bookish ‘steel-trap’ mind.
To hear her, you would think I was...
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Categories:
slurs, motherme, love, me, truth, mum,
Form:
Verse
The Ballad of Villonia Beebe, a Life In Three Parts: Part 2The Middle Years
She'd been wooed by dukes and diplomats
From Nome to Nagasaki,
Kept by mobsters, bishops, bureaucrats,
And a movie mogul's lackey.
She'd been plied with jewels, a fancy car,
Designer gowns and furs
By lots and lots of husbands,
Not...
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Categories:
slurs, humor,
Form:
Ballad
Rosa's Eyessitting fearfully
with stubborn resolve
warm cocoa simmering
amongst whitewashed marshmallows
puffed up with self worth
dusted with sugary arrogance
slurs stirring inside
endlessly whipping frenzy
to pleading eyes
she rode in silence
speaking volumes
that would sound...
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Categories:
slurs, black african american, history, people, socialself, self,
Form:
Free verse
One MoreOne more pill one more cut one more bruise one more drink
Slurs pass through their lips
Laughter is heard between them
Yet no one directly calls me slurs so no one can help
One more pill one more...
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Categories:
slurs, depression, sorrow, suicide,
Form:
Free verse