Long Startling Poems
Long Startling Poems. Below are the most popular long Startling by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Startling poems by poem length and keyword.
THE LAST GOODBYEThis is for the Contest - 'Titanic - Fare Thee Well' Sponsored by Tom Woody.
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Categories:
startling, death, inspirational, loss, love,
Form:
Narrative
DEADLY GAME OF MRSAHow the Nation of Islam saved my granddaughter
from Catrina Bell queen pin gang leader it was a warm
day i was suffering from traumatic brain injury raising
five children including my granddaughter only four...
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Categories:
startling, beautiful, daughter, granddaughter, grandmother, my child, writing,
Form:
Free verse
The Breakfast Program and MeIt was 1968 we'd gathered again in the school auditorium my tiny hands sweating only five years old while my name was called in all of this cold
civil rights riots plagued my little...
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Categories:
startling, america, beautiful, black african american, chicago, memory,
Form:
Free verse
A Night On a WharfA Night On A Wharf
The couple decide to walk. The boardwalk still lit at this late hour guides them. They walk hand in hand,..whispering softly with small talk...solemn.,. lonely , yet together. The walk is...
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Categories:
startling, blessing,
Form:
Carpe Diem
Strangers In PeoriaI met a proper woman in a proper pub on a Monday in Peoria. It was noon, time for lunch, and we were sitting stool to stool over very large burgers at a long mahogany...
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Categories:
startling, break up,
Form:
Prose
Translation of the Windmills of Your Mind By T WignesanTranslation of Les Moulins de mon Cœur-THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND by T. Wignesan
(For the orignal text in French by Eddy MARNAY : see here below. The English version by Marilyn and Alan BERGMAN differs...
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Categories:
startling, autumn, destiny, heartbroken, lost love, poetry, solitude,
Form:
Elegiac Lyric
The Global Bankers and Me" Good evening gentlemen, at last we meet.
I am so honored to bask in the presence of your company.
Meeting all of you global bankers has always been my fantasy,
so seeing you all before me now...
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Categories:
startling, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Therapeutic Work and PlayYou mentioned you work with a therapist.
Has she encouraged you to incorporate centering exercises
and holistic thinking and feeling experiences
healing interior and exterior nondualistic climate events
in your everyday thinking/feeling mutually non-violent practice?
Has she encouraged...
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Categories:
startling, caregiving, deep, earth, education, green, health, love,
Form:
Political Verse
The Pepperman and the Ancient World of Wisdom Part IvAFTER MANY THOUSANDS
OF STEPS
I BECAME VERY COMFORTABLE
WITH MY SURROUNDINGS.
I STARTED TO THINK
OF ALL THE EVENTS
LEADING UP TO THIS POINT.
I OPENED THAT DOOR
IN THE UNIVERSE.
I CHOSE TO OPEN THAT DOOR
I WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT WAS...
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Categories:
startling, perspective, philosophy, universe, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
The Mountain of Knowledge:In my opinion, one goal in life is to reach the summit of the mountain of knowledge.
But we all seem to be in a rush to attain this, and all following the same path that...
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Categories:
startling, analogy, bird, mountains,
Form:
Narrative
The Fall and Rise of Bernie FrasierPart One.
Bernie Frasier, a funny man, a brilliant man, a can do man, if Bernie can’t do it, no one can! Bernie Frasier, a kind and friendly man, a gentle man,...
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Categories:
startling, absence, destiny, encouraging, fate,
Form:
Narrative
At a CrossroadAt a Crossroad **
Treading down the I ...
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Categories:
startling, faith, god, inspirational, life, light, spiritual,
Form:
Concrete
Journey Through Time Part TwoAs time passed on by, they settled and married
producing a fine brood of children
yet growing more and more unsettled
until one day they headed off again
this time going to the far north
where the lands were bound...
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Categories:
startling, adventure, journey,
Form:
Epic
QuandaryOpening the window for a breeze… Dogs are barking! My mind is only on me. Relaxing… As my story of the day unfolds, someone knocks. Startling me, I hurry to the...
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Categories:
startling, change, childhood, conflict, confusion, courage, dark, death,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Log Cabin By the Railway TrackHilda my partner turned in her bed as the early morning train hurtled by at breakneck speed sending tremors round our dwelling.
Those long flowing tresses embrace the shafts of first light so enthusiastically.
An otherworldly spot...
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Categories:
startling, adventure, change, cool, creation, destiny, environment, imagination,
Form:
Prose
Song From Beyond the Stars Part 2 Earthside Gatheringfrom the extremely large to the very small, rocks have been game changers
planet-sized melters, moon-makers
asteroids with cataclysmic impact, dinosaur terminators
again life's prospects pivoting
this time, on tiny stable...
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Categories:
startling, adventure, destiny, humanity, science fiction,
Form:
Verse
Heaven's Lost Property: a Movie of My EmotionsA voice, a silky sweet voice i my ear
a whisper, a whispering question hanging in the air
but there's a conflict of interest
I'm no master nor hero
not even a zero, I'm just a boy
a boy craving...
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Categories:
startling, anxiety, best friend, corruption, fear, feelings, first
Form:
Narrative
Soul Searching
He finds me quietly inviting the light
To fall over my dreams, my prayers, the silence
Surrounding me with blankets of memories,
Lifting my thoughts from their wistful reveries,
Delicious darkness, so delicate, tempting me to see
Life is sometimes...
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Categories:
startling, appreciation, blessing, christian, encouraging, god, relationship, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Sam the Dog and Pearl the CatSam the dog and Pearl the cat
Were sitting on the wall
They do it every day
So it isn't strange at all
They have little conversations
Which only they can understand
They talk about their little quirks
And none of them...
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Categories:
startling, animal, cat, dog, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Shoulds and ShouldersI had a long argument today...
Whilst sitting by the
surcharging charging airport port,
shouldertoshoulder with this pastor.
Delayed flight and low juice
kept us there, squared off;
shoulder to shoulder.
He with his Righteousness,
me with my Right View.
He with all...
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Categories:
startling, journey,
Form:
Free verse
IvoryIt's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop...
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Categories:
startling, appreciation, blessing, extended metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Love
Love, with all her iridescent shadows,
bruised by trembling winds of melancholy,
grieving the moments before vows were taken,
startling away the fears, the tears, the years
restoring the light, the laughter, the lasting
gladness, joy beyond what words can...
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Categories:
startling, appreciation, love,
Form:
Free verse
Tears On Her Pillow - Continued From a Girl Named Sue
Tears for a Mother
Fears for a Father gone
Fate deals an unfair hand
The door to youthful joy closing
on adolescent shoulders imposing
grown up responsibilities instead
Eyes sadly deprived
See not the panorama
of pursuing cloud shapes
that conceal a frivolous...
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Categories:
startling, fate, first love, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Encounter With Guardian Angel January 20th 2022Encounter with guardian angel January 20th, 2022
We (myself and thee missus)
experienced shell shock
analogous to war weary soldiers
back home from the western front
experiencing battlefield flashback
analogous to awakening dormant
post traumatic stress disorder.
Mental health challenged renter
twice threatened us
(think...
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Categories:
startling, angel, discrimination, health, hero, judgement, lost, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Prayers for this New Year, 2024
I pray for the empathy,
Compassion and understanding,
To give someone besides just me,
Music of light and laughter,
Notes of joy and peace,
A sense of assurance that love,
Yes, love can overcome anything!
I pray for the silence,
Still as the...
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Categories:
startling, appreciation, hope, january, light, new year, new
Form:
Free verse