Long Struck Poems
Long Struck Poems. Below are the most popular long Struck by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Struck poems by poem length and keyword.
King of Kings
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[3] “You know that because of the wars waged against my father David from all sides, he could not build a temple for the Name of the Lord his God until the...
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Categories:
struck, faith,
Form:
I do not know?
Kaos In -Part 5- Final Part
Hate the feelings of ew's and ugh's...let's pause before we put our paws on this unmanageable cause with silent applause (quiet interest or hushed enthusiasm)
What's the cause of these negative, gross, worthless flawful laws that...
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Categories:
struck, abuse, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Fully Employed Now
Humanity keeps looking forward, toward the coming of a birth,
and we’re all deemed as equals on our first day on this earth,
but as the years go quickly by our lives become our own;
we’re seen as...
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Categories:
struck, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
When It Struck 11
When 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:
struck, angst, anxiety, betrayal, conflict, courage, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
The pain of not knowing
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A lament of Love? and Loss
In the silence, I hear your voice,
A whispered reminder, of my foolish choice.
I was blind to your needs, and deaf to your pain,
And now I'm left...
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Categories:
struck, anxiety, betrayal, black love, crush, cute love,
Form:
Light Verse
HOT MILK DRIPPING
Contest : Alice through the Wormhole
Sponsor : Tom Woody
29. 7.26
______________________________
warm sun sweet liquid
dark moist hole bristles soft sand
wonder exquisite
...
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Categories:
struck, allegory, birth, change, character, child, death, heart,
Form:
Other
Roses and Lilacs
Winter
by Michael R. Burch
The rose of love's bright promise
lies torn by her own thorn;
her scent was sweet
but at her feet
the pallid aphids mourn.
The lilac of devotion
has felt the winter hoar
and shed her dress;
companionless,
she shivers—nude, forlorn.
Published...
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Categories:
struck, desire, longing, love, nature, romance, rose, roses
Form:
Verse
Auschwitz Rose
Auschwitz Rose
by Michael R. Burch
There is a Rose at Auschwitz, in the briar,
a rose like Sharon’s, lovely as her name.
The world forgot her, and is not the same.
I still love her and extend this sacred...
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Categories:
struck, holocaust, horror, tribute, truth, violence, war, world
Form:
Sonnet
Charles D'Orleans: a Medieval Marvel
Charles d'Orleans: a Medieval Marvel
Spring
by Charles d’Orleans (c. 1394-1465)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Young lovers,
greeting the spring
fling themselves downhill,
making cobblestones ring
with their wild leaps and arcs,
like ecstatic sparks
struck from coal.
What is their brazen goal?
They grab...
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Categories:
struck, art, autumn, french, prison, spring, summer, winter,
Form:
Roundel
Medieval Poems
Medieval Poems
How Long the Night
anonymous Middle English lyric, circa early 13th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
It is pleasant, indeed, while the summer lasts
with the mild pheasants' song ...
but now I feel the northern...
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Categories:
struck, allegory, bible, christian, england, london, nostalgia, poetry,
Form:
Verse
A Christmas Snow Angel - Part 1
The young lady's car slowed to a stop ...
As she pulled as far off the highway, (onto the shoulder), as she could
(Allowing for any snow plow that might come along).
She had chosen poorly this time
Believing...
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Categories:
struck, angel, appreciation, christmas, snow, uplifting,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Charles D'Orleans Translations
Spring
by Charles d'Orleans (c.1394-1465)
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Young lovers,
greeting the spring
fling themselves downhill,
making cobblestones ring
with their wild leaps and arcs,
like ecstatic sparks
struck from coal.
What is their brazen goal?
They grab at whatever passes,
so we can...
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Categories:
struck, bereavement, depression, desire, heartbreak, heaven, romance,
Form:
Roundel
Chapter 126 -- Damian Delilah Mallory Holly: Holly's Orientation and Invitation
Date: July 2049
Early morning combinations
Personal hygiene conversations
And kisses in most of the Hakim
Households. Damian was negotiating
For properties in Virginia namely
Virginia Beach. He wanted the
Prosperous realty. He spoke...
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Categories:
struck, allusion, birth, devotion,
Form:
Prose
Sonnets X-Xvi
Sonnets X-XVI
Archaischer Torso Apollos (“Archaic Torso of Apollo”)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We cannot know the beheaded god
nor his eyes' forfeited visions. But still
the figure's trunk glows with the strange vitality
of a...
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Categories:
struck, art, body, god, life, romantic, visionary, writing,
Form:
Sonnet
Rondels, Roundels and Rondeaux
Rondels, Roundels and Rondeaux
These are poetic forms similar to villanelles, with refrains (repeated lines) and sometimes double refrains.
Rondel: Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation Michael R. Burch
Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot...
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Categories:
struck, art, beauty, heart, repetition, romance, romantic, romantic
Form:
Roundel
Oasis
Oasis
by Michael R. Burch
for Beth
I want tears to form again
in the shriveled glands of these eyes
dried all these long years
by too much heated knowing.
I want tears to course down
these parched cheeks,...
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Categories:
struck, marriage,
Form:
Verse
The Swoon Hypothesis - Part 2
"The Swoon Hypothesis" - Part 2
Arimathea stands next to you and I on the deck, soon we are back in Nazareth, you press into my palm,
“A very rare Dubunni coin” you say - on...
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Categories:
struck, imagery, jesus, love,
Form:
Free verse
Old Pharaoh - 2 of 2
For Pharaoh still exalts himself and thinks he’s in control,
But if he won’t release my folk, he’ll pay a heavy toll.
Tomorrow I will bring down hail like Egypt’s never seen,
On plants and trees and man...
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Categories:
struck, bible,
Form:
Ballad
Tuan Tata: Song of Uda - Parts One and Two
TUAN TATA : Song of Uda - I
by T. Wignesan
(Patrick Noone, a British anthropologist, discovered the Ple-Temiar tribe living isolated in the jungle highlands in the State of Perak on the west coast of...
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Categories:
struck, death, murder, tiger, wife,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Adieu - Part 1
Do you remember?
We lay in the moonlight, exhausted and content,
Moments from perfection, skin glistening with moisture,
Salty and sweet from love - love so amazing
That it stunned us every time ...
Always better than before, and always...
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Categories:
struck, heartbreak, love, passion, romantic, sad love, true
Form:
Free verse
Stardust and the Ivory Castle
Once upon a time there was a castle made of pure ivory. Pillars pale and barren, holding a surface of grace and elegance. This castle was the home of a mighty unicorn named Stardust. She...
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Categories:
struck, beauty, fantasy, imagination,
Form:
Narrative
How I Got Richer and What I Did Next
How I Got Richer and What I Did Next
I struck a sly deal with some Wall Street investors.
I shorted 'em stocks that didn't exist!
But they got me back (those post-empty-nesters)
by making fake deals I couldn't...
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Categories:
struck, allegory, funny, heaven, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - I
World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems (I)
These are poems about World War II and the Holocaust, which is also called the Shoah in Hebrew.
Epitaph for a Child of the Holocaust
by Michael R. Burch
I...
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Categories:
struck, evil, holocaust, racism, truth, war, world, world
Form:
Rhyme
My Corporate Life and How It All Ended
I met with some bankers in fine textured suits.
I struck a deal quick. (I had such a knack.)
I offered rare cacti and tropical fruits –
a cure-all for things that ail your back.
I served 'em...
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Categories:
struck, business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form:
Couplet
The Girl With Eyes As Black As Crows
On that night the moon seemed hidden from her starry brothers
The kind of night not suited for the fighters nor the lovers
I ventured out only to put out the low burning lamp
When there I saw...
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Categories:
struck, dark, death, fantasy, murder, mythology, night, scary,
Form:
Narrative