Long Stem Poems
Long Stem Poems. Below are the most popular long Stem by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Stem poems by poem length and keyword.
I Am My Father's SonThey were gambling in front of the house.
Manservants and pages bustled about
Serving Suitors who just curse and carouse.
Few mix wine with water. I heard one shout,
"Clean down the tables with wet sponges! Rouse
Yourselves! And when...
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Categories:
stem, adventure, anger, anxiety, bullying, father, history, introspection,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
WonderlandWonderland
by Michael R. Burch
We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test
the beatific anthems of the blessed,
the sentence of the martyr, and the pen’s
sincere religion. Magnified, the lens
shot back absurd reflections of each...
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Categories:
stem, allegory, allusion, analogy, crazy, fantasy, imagination, magic,
Form:
Sonnet
Epitaph For a Palestinian ChildEpitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch
I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.
This poem has also been titled "Epitaph for a Child of...
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Categories:
stem, absence, bereavement, conflict, death, discrimination, eulogy, funeral,
Form:
Epitaph
Tawfiq Zayyad Translation: Here We Shall RemainHere We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.
Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus...
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Categories:
stem, arabic, poems, poverty, prison, race, racism, song,
Form:
Free verse
Two Wrongs Worth a RightToday, our first “All About Me” History class begins
when we comprehend every day and night
co-arises with “All About We”
full-octave
Zero-centric
bicamerally encultured
and regenetically reiterated
in and through,
by and for,
before and after,
each moment of Earth Tribe’s timeless surfing times.
If...
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Categories:
stem, culture, earth, humor, integrity, philosophy, political, universe,
Form:
Narrative
CleansingsCleansings
by Michael R. Burch
Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good, and never mind the Urn.
A lentil and a bean might...
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Categories:
stem, holocaust, prison, race, racism, violence, world war
Form:
Verse
Permacultural TrustThe organic building of a coordinated artist
begins with reconstructing competitively clumsy LeftBrain technicians.
Whether learning to play the piano
or learning to communicate in some new language
or learning to adopt,
and/or adapt,
norms and nuances of some new cultural...
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Categories:
stem, art, birth, bullying, earth day, giving, health,
Form:
Political Verse
MOST REVEREND ARCH BISHOP CARDINAL JEROME LISTEKIOTETS THE MANY DAYS AND NIGHT YOU LENT ME YOUR
DIVINE EAR THROUGH PRAYER DURING HARDSHIP TIMES
AND ILLNESS RAISING MY GRANDDAUGHTER KEEPING HER
SAFE IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN OUR LADY OF
MOUNT CARMEL...
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Categories:
stem, america, angel, miracle, seasons, teachers day, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
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:
stem, beautiful, daughter, granddaughter, grandmother, my child, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Divine Comedy, Second CantoThe day was going off, and the brown air
To the terrestrial animals gave rest
For their labors; and only me was there
Just ready to withstand the war at best
Both of the journey and of the torment,
Which...
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Categories:
stem, fantasy, proposal,
Form:
Terza Rima
Translation of Canto Xvi Hell By DanteAlready I reached the place where heard the sound
Of falling water in the circle next
Suchlike the rumble done by hives around,
When three spirits together changed their treks,
Running, out of an horde just passing there
Under...
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Categories:
stem, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Untold Story of a Sitar 3
The Untold story of a Sitar Part 3 Concluded
.
A soothing musical note
Was coming out and floating
In the air
In that White coated
Old auditorium
Of a different era
Which was so alive before...
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Categories:
stem, music, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Fire God Speaks OutAngry FireGod sneers sarcasm,
"Not warm enough yet?"
"Still too much clean water and air
and other healthy stuff,
like sun-baked red chili peppers?"
Excuse me,
I was under the impression
that I invited you for my interview,
which would involve me asking...
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Categories:
stem, culture, destiny, fire, health, religion, science, universe,
Form:
Narrative
Raid Versus WoeRaid versus woe
Black flag(s) show up
on social media platforms
when potential homicidal maniac(s)
communicate(s) intent to strike
with ambush and ready
read - able, eager, and willing
to embark upon murderous rampage.
Prospective killer armed to the teeth
usually a young bucking...
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Categories:
stem, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st
Form:
Rhyme
How Clever You Are Reducing SaucesReducing sauces is a clever act that is not predetermined
Swimming in tepid waters often relieves tensions but a moose with a migraine prefers an ice cold bath. Bathing rituals signify statuses and this is referred...
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Categories:
stem, appreciation,
Form:
I do not know?
Ninety Times a Fish Tail Equals a Spun YarnNine times a fish tail is spun from thin yarn?
Swimming in tepid waters often relieves tensions but a moose with a migraine prefers an ice cold bath. Bathing rituals signify statuses and this is referred...
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Categories:
stem, baby, baseball, beach, beautiful,
Form:
I do not know?
The Library of Trust and HopeThe Library of Trust and Hope
The Bank of Trust and Hope
(Cant decide on title, so feel free to pick or suggest one)
She was all but four years of age
Birthdays were such magical moments
The cake was...
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Categories:
stem, analogy, garden, growth, happiness, philosophy, trust,
Form:
Light Verse
Someone To Love-Part 3...cont
As is the case with all of life's special moments
this one had to end when she again became weak.
We strolled the beach one last time
our toes curled in the sand
as the sun warmed our backs
and...
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Categories:
stem, loss, love, love hurts,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Civilizing SavagesI stumbled over Paul Tillich's translation
of the MessiahMentor's Other Great Commission.
The Great Commission we learned in Sunday School
was to go out and convert the barbarians
and savages to Christianity.
Yet this Other Great Commission feels like a...
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Categories:
stem, bible, birth, creation, earth, history, mother, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
Regarding Health and EducationDear Local Boards of EcoSchool Education,
Departments of Environmentally Protected Walkable Transportation,
Cooperatively Maintaining Public-Private Works
and STEAM Play
and WinWin GreenGames,
Hysterical Historical Associations,
Social Work Departments of Climate Restorative Therapy,
and Public Health-Wealth Departments:
Did you leave anyone out dear?
Just the...
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Categories:
stem, caregiving, earth, gospel, health, humor, patriotic, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
The Adverse World Unfinished Will FinishYou stole away my lonely melody, Lord,
And made it harmony according to Your accord
I’d like to thank You with all of my heart as I make sound
My mind is trying to look forward to a...
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Categories:
stem, angst, emotions, encouraging, moving on, pain, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 5He sung all the day, all the night of the fourth,
Endlessly, relentlessly, angrily and passionately
Deafening my ears in the wet sugar of his words
In an eternity of hours,
Slowly and dopily, darkness billowed away
Sifting along to...
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Categories:
stem, adventure, anger, angst, appreciation, courage, dark, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Notes From a Unitarian ChildOnce upon a time,
an eight year old
Black and Green and Brown and Red and Blue Lives Matter
ultra-nonviolent kid
wrote an ultra-violet note to him/herself
about stuff s/he needed to full-rainbow recall
if and when s/he ever became
a worn...
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Categories:
stem, age, childhood, culture, earth, health, religion, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Snail Trails and Rat TailsMy transportive
awesome Muse
speaks of a hiking trail
for an aging snail.
My communicative
wondrous music
is dancing choreography
for an ageless bee
coming.
I ask if I might speak
with the Editor in Chief
of my town's daily GoodNews Bulletin...
No.
I do not have...
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Categories:
stem, community, health, humanity, nature, peace, school, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Find Your WayFind your way
from brain stemmed
seed tree infancy
of glorious humanity
history
Find your way
From correct diverse limbic resolutions
back to shared soul temporal-health
co-acclimating diverse struggling issues,
nutritionally resilient production
and root to branch to reroute transportation
and lack of wealth concentrating...
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Categories:
stem, body, education, green, health, humanity, humor, tree,
Form:
Political Verse