Long Stag Poems
Long Stag Poems. Below are the most popular long Stag by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Stag poems by poem length and keyword.
The Payload
"The Payload"
The payload
came crashing down
like rain expelled
from the fat belly
of a ruinous pregnant cloud
bilious with buxom promise
it came crashing down
like school fish released
from the tight confines
of a course rope...
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Categories:
stag, fantasy, muse, mystery, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Halloween PoemsIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
stag, children, grave, halloween, horror, myth, silly, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
It's HalloweenIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
stag, cat, children, evil, grave, halloween, horror, moon,
Form:
Verse
Arthurian PoemsAt Tintagel
by Michael R. Burch
That night,
at Tintagel,
there was darkness such as man had never seen...
darkness and treachery,
and the unholy thundering of the sea...
In his arms,
who is to say how much she...
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Categories:
stag, england, romance, romantic, true love, violence, visionary,
Form:
Verse
This World of DewTHIS WORLD OF DEW
This world?
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane's bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last?
—Eihei Dogen Kigen, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Dewdrops beading grass-blades
die before...
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Categories:
stag, age, art, autumn, bereavement, death, life, time,
Form:
Haiku
Song of Amergin: TranslationThe Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations
The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the surf's thunder
I am the stag of the seven tines
I am...
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Categories:
stag, ireland, myth, mythology, song, storm, visionary, war,
Form:
Free verse
The Pictish FaeriesThe Pictish Faeries
by Michael R. Burch
Smaller and darker
than their closest kin,
the faeries learned only too well
never to dwell
close to the villages of larger men.
Only to dance in the starlight
when the moon was full
and men...
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Categories:
stag, fairy,
Form:
Verse
50th Class Reunion - Class of 1935All the guys and gals that I had graduated with, from Jimmy Dorsey High School, back in 1935,
Half a century later were dispersing all around us, surprising me with whom among my class was still...
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Categories:
stag, high school,
Form:
Narrative
The Druid 3Now that Crimson Fire was gone
Fire Eagle needed to gain experience.
For over ten years he travelled the lands
helping people, learning from many other druids.
One day he knew he would be called up on to
take the...
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Categories:
stag, bereavement, death, funeral, spiritual,
Form:
Epic
Trinidad
I
Remember when days were long
and all de children do...
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Categories:
stag, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Monoku Monday - Aug 2021"Bits and Pieces III" Posted 1 Aug 2021
Pun Ishment
bread is like the sun it rises in the yeast and it sets in the waist
English Class
epitome...
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Categories:
stag, humor,
Form:
Monoku
Tropical TopicalTaming a tropical topical tree? Taking a trunk? Telling a tailor? Traversing a tale? Many ideas. Much like the ideological dramas of a beach front. Wavelength of winds. Movements if the tides. Coconuts can jump...
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Categories:
stag, absence, allah, angel, beach,
Form:
I do not know?
Red Sunsets On the Blue HillsRed Sunsets On The Blue Hills
What of soft red sunsets on the blue hills
Or true love found in sweet dreams of the light
Just as night frights give deeper cold chills
Crimson sunsetting views show heaven's might.
Such...
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Categories:
stag, beautiful, imagery, red, sunset, symbolism, tribute, visionary,
Form:
Sonnet
Aha Argh Oh My DogAha - argh... oh my dog...
don't mind me muttering, eh?
Earlier today (May 5th, 2020),
I forget thee exact hour
found me utterly beside mice elf,
matter of fact even at this moment,
yours truly doth feel mad at himself
cuz...
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Categories:
stag, adventure, celebration, fun, heartbroken, husband, nostalgia, sensual,
Form:
Narrative
Shaggy Dog Limericks ViThe Rottweiler
I wouldn’t provoke a Rottweiler
Not unless I were prepped like a miler
Seems a little inbreeding
Done without heeding
Has turned Benji into a Sieg Heiler
The Saint Bernard
Though not in his nature to beg
He would flip for...
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Categories:
stag, animal, cute, dog, fun, funny, humor, pets,
Form:
Limerick
Earthfirst CommunitiesHe thought they could build
a healthier multinational corporation.
She felt we could grow
a wealthier multicultural
sacred cooperative network.
He led a hierarchical Council
for World Class Communities.
She bled and blended sacred incorporated cooperatives:
Green STEAM neighborhood cafes,
Green STAG (science, technology,...
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Categories:
stag, earth, green, health, heart, integrity, science, technology,
Form:
Political Verse
DestinationWhere are you going when the sun is shining? Where are you going when the tempest is raging? The shadows are burnt out of the sky; and the clouds are rolling by with a strange...
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Categories:
stag, america, community, courage, death, earth, first love,
Form:
Free verse
Arthurian Poems IiNote: the "dd" in Welsh names is pronounced "th."
Merlyn's Birth
by Michael R. Burch
I was born in Gwynedd,
or not born, as some men claim,
and the Zephyr of Caer Myrrdin
gave me my name.
My father was Madog Morfeyn
but...
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Categories:
stag, england, literature, magic, myth, romance, romantic, wisdom,
Form:
Verse
Moors of Winscombe FaceIt was on the night of midsummer's eve, there was a pregnant pause. Not even a leaf was moving,
the sky so starry bright and the moon benevolently shining lighting up the moors.
It was the kind...
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Categories:
stag, moon, nature, night, star,
Form:
Haibun
SagaSaga (1)
Seeing the lives of saga saints
I wanted to pass life reclusively
Nothing hoarding for further life
Holding only covering body
Two metres of clothe dwindled
From shoulders to leg
One water holder for quenching...
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Categories:
stag, encouraging, inspirational, introspection, judgement, lonely, paradise, prayer,
Form:
Concrete
As Clear as DaylightSometimes we can go all our lives seeing something without really having any insight into what we are seeing. For instance, hands in prayer position. Because they are praying we assume people will put...
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Categories:
stag, allegory, introspection, perspective, prayer,
Form:
Didactic
The Mirror WorldOh in the mirror world, she dances on a stag all her own,
A reflected ballerina, stepping ever lightly in the shaded
Silhouettes of yesterday, twin figures of elegance, neither
Realizing that they are one in the same,...
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Categories:
stag, beauty, devotion, friendship, imagination, inspirational, mirror, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
A Matter of FaithO balked from the tree of his righteousness
Dried out, crushed to bitter pulp, I am bleached
Of his nature, his image sin digest
Till I am a chemical drip, a leached
Embodiment of human reason, just
Paper without special...
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Categories:
stag, faith, hope, mysteryme, me, truth,
Form:
Sonnet
A Township Day - a School Time MemoryThis is a true story of seven students
Agone days of those ill-famed fiddles
Musing with drolleries – assiduity on catchy missies
And lamed against educators animalism.
Books usually kept aside but concentration hard on last night
Weekends glossed upon...
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Categories:
stag, funny, schoolschool, school, time, , literature,
Form:
Free verse
Separated By a Common Language"England and America are two countries separated by a common language."
...
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Categories:
stag, america, england, language, word play, words,
Form:
Rhyme