Long Sorrowful Poems
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When It Struck 11When it struck 11, I sighed in relief
When it struck 11, I haven't felt grief
The time kept ticking on and it wasn't brief
And I'm so… patiently shaking like a leaf
Vigorously feeling vital everyday...
Every minute...every second...come...
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Categories:
sorrowful, angst, anxiety, betrayal, conflict, courage, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Below the Horizon - Shallow ShameAgony be to society's demise
Labels are for fools, not for the wise
Play the familiar tune of in-unison serenity
Fatality won't come any time soon, thankfully...
Homeless people were on the news not to long ago...I weep...
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Categories:
sorrowful, cute, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Free verse
UnfaithfulAh yeah ah oh
Ah yeah ah oh
So scared and fragile...
So weak for only awhile...
Unfaithful me is as cold as glaciers of disgrace glamorized
Unfaithful you is as hot as fire of desire, burning...you and I...
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Categories:
sorrowful, deep, drug,
Form:
Lyric
Medieval Poems IiiMedieval Poems
Deor's Lament (Anglo Saxon poem, circa 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland knew the agony of exile.
That indomitable smith was wracked by grief.
He endured countless troubles:
sorrows were his only companions
in his frozen...
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Categories:
sorrowful, england, grief, poems, poetry, poets, sorrow, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Sonnets Xvii-XxivSonnets XVII-XXIV
Discrimination
by Michael R. Burch
The meter I had sought to find, perplexed,
was ripped from books of "verse" that read like prose.
I found it in sheet music, in long rows
of hologramic CDs, in sad wrecks
of long-forgotten...
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Categories:
sorrowful, books, poems, poetry, poets, voice, write, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Turkish Poetry Translations IiTurkish Poetry Translations II
Çanakkale Sehitlerine
"For the Çanakkale Martyrs"
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Was there ever anything like the Bosphorus war??
The earth’s mightiest armies pressing Marmara,
Forcing entry between her mountain passes
To a...
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Categories:
sorrowful, autumn, god, love, sea, time, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 112 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Damian and the Family Go To ChurchEarly morning dawn July
"Mallory" Damian whispered, sliding
Closer to her. "Mallory" he Whispered
Again gently caressing. She wanted
To say stop. It was to late
he moved quite quickly. He spread
Like wild fire. Soon consuming her.
The...
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Categories:
sorrowful, angst, devotion,
Form:
Alliteration
Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the GhostHarriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost...
~ May fourth, 2005
wedded bliss nearly fifty years
half a century almost
me not most favorite grown offspring,
she (when alive) did boast,
about youngest sister and her family,
unlike me – severely...
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Categories:
sorrowful, absence, abuse, anger, appreciation, bereavement, cry, dance,
Form:
Free verse
Forever Forgive MeForever forgive me
For my one and only iniquity
Please forgive me
With forbearance eternally
Lots of anger and lust
Got a hold of me…
So, I must...oh, I must…
Set my soul free
Forever forgive me
Determine my footsteps to the light
Emotionally unhappy
Intervene...
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Categories:
sorrowful, courage, emotions, encouraging, endurance, hope, longing, solitude,
Form:
Rhyme
Fading Away the Mark of MiseryI must admit
You left me broken…
I am shattered shards,
Spread out on your hands…
Your sweaty palms of uncertainty at hand
But, we will land in a land of I-understand…
Make a stand and things won’t get out of...
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Categories:
sorrowful, angst, emotions, endurance, hope, strength, sympathy, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
recognizin’ you, realizing somethin’ moreDeliberately recognizing the sun against the moonbeams
I see your eyes gleam and your happiness screams
Into my eager ears over the years and I’m tension-whelmed with the tears I shed
Hanging at the last thread, giving in...
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Categories:
sorrowful, angst, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
Deor's LamentDeor's Lament
(Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem circa the 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland endured the agony of exile:
an indomitable smith wracked by grief.
He suffered countless sorrows;
indeed, such sorrows were his bosom companions
in that frozen...
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Categories:
sorrowful, destiny, england, fate, old, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Verse
Georg Cantor Chasing Infinity I MustGeorg Cantor. Chasing infinity. I must!
He was a very lonely man
Tortured by desire to understand
The world and the God’s mind
Like a fearless seasoned sailor
He embarked an elegant boat
Of extreme mental endeavor
With...
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Categories:
sorrowful, anxiety, death, dedication, deep, depression, philosophy, sad,
Form:
Ballad
Christ's Message Distilled For DummiesChrist's Message Distilled for Dummies
(You Might Not Like It)
Christ’s message distilled is we all are born sinning,
deserving of Hell (1) (but for Grace the Cross pays for),
your pride in “your good acts” the proof of...
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Categories:
sorrowful, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
Heroic Crown of Sonnets 28.Reading
I see them all rise to an endless sky.
Tumbling burnt pages from raging fire,
To leave ash of closer, to pacify.
A single deep breath near flaming pyre.
To see destruction with a silent face.
My eyes will cry...
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Categories:
sorrowful, poetry,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 12His words stung me, as the cries from the maelstrom seem to retort
Their scattered, foreign words and wails retching their say
I listened, almost mesmerized,
Pulverized
“Come,” Said he,
With threatening authority
Upwards, higher than the balcony from which we...
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Categories:
sorrowful, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, conflict, hope, muse,
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:
sorrowful, anti bullying,
Form:
Limerick
abysSal dreadfulnesSI don’t feel good at this
I’m feeling so hopeless
I need some happiness
I’m feeling dread instead
I’ve been consuming sorrowful bread
I’ve been feeling rather dead
I want to repent of being sinful
I want to repent of being resentful
I...
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Categories:
sorrowful, angst, anxiety, deep,
Form:
Lyric
The Night I Grew UpDad, I remember well the night I grew up.
I know you remember that night too...
I know you never forgot this happening:
It was 1966, an early Fall night, around 10:30...
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Categories:
sorrowful, 9th grade, brother, confusion, father daughter, father
Form:
Bio
Reaching Out To YouI feel like my life is a clean slate
When I’m reaching out to you
I feel you lingering in my thoughts...
You stitched up my insecure frame of mind
And stitched up the little pieces of memory...
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Categories:
sorrowful, confusion, courage, fear, freedom, giving, journey, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Stoicism as a Way of LifeWritten 23 November 2023
Placed 1st in :
Stoicism as Way of Life Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Sotto Poet
...
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Categories:
sorrowful, humanity, inspirational, life, men, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Secret Love - 2nd Place Contest WinIf you spill your secrets to the breeze,
Don't blame the wind for laying them to light.
Once said, words are disclosed, even to trees.
And claim peace in the leaves that rustle and fight.
Whispered tales of a...
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Categories:
sorrowful, analogy, appreciation, beauty, love,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Queen of the Sea and King of the DesertI am at the edge of the sea...of the sea...
I am falling apart as we opened the door
Follow me...follow me...come follow me…
Even in our departure, we are on the shore
I am the queen of the...
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Categories:
sorrowful, conflict, emotions, lost love,
Form:
Lyric
Queen of the Sea and King of the DesertI am at the edge of the sea...of the sea...
I am falling apart as we opened the door
Follow me...follow me...come follow me…
Even in our departure, we are on the shore
I am the queen of the...
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Categories:
sorrowful, ocean, sea,
Form:
Lyric
Yet More Than a BrotherMoods oscillate in cadences of peaks and valleys
Music to fractious emotions on greasy dance floors
Mistimed cues of flares smouldering relationships
Angst of redundancy seethes from within as lava
Anger is camouflaged with the cloak of reticence
Ardour suffocated...
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Categories:
sorrowful, allusion, analogy, appreciation, brother, character, feelings, friend,
Form:
Bio