Long Surrogate Poems
Long Surrogate Poems. Below are the most popular long Surrogate by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Surrogate poems by poem length and keyword.
I feel in fuhrer rated and enviousI feel in führer rated and envious...
entrapped within webbed wide world
weft as a rump pulled stilts skein
at warp speed exhibiting
my heroic trumpian wiles
cuz he (johnny come lately) a then
exemplary hedonist, narcissist,
and polygamist dons
comical,...
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Categories:
surrogate, adventure, america, analogy, anxiety, conflict, crush, god,
Form:
Free verse
Ancient HaikuThese are translations of some of the oldest Japanese waka, which evolved into tanka, renga and haiku.
While you decline to cry,
high on the mountainside
a single stalk of plumegrass wilts.
—O no Yasumaro (circa 711), translation...
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Categories:
surrogate, culture, imagery, inspiration, international, metaphor, nature, poetry,
Form:
Haiku
Haiku Translations of the Oriental MastersGrasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
—Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
—Takaha Shugyo, translation by Michael R. Burch
The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow...
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Categories:
surrogate, animal, beauty, imagery, nature, philosophy, world,
Form:
Haiku
thin fracturesThoughts can be thin fractures in the order of things.
Sometimes my dorm room seems a sterile sarcophagus, like an accusation, or an interrogation about my romantic choices, with nothing warm or inviting there. Sometimes I’ve...
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Categories:
surrogate, drink, forgiveness, integrity, morning, romance, school, student,
Form:
Free verse
Neigh say being corralled and cult shodNeigh say being corralled & cult shod
"Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis"
translation = thus always I
bring death to tyrants.”
Above the fray of twittering,
squabbling, and madding crowds,
an arrogantly belligerent creature deified,
yet vilified...
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Categories:
surrogate, 12th grade, age, allusion, america, fate, history,
Form:
Free verse
doof-doof“22½ euros for a Martini,” Peter remarked, when he first scanned the menu.
“It’s not like we aren’t going to get them,” I said, “we’re not going to cheap our way to abstinence." The waiter came...
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Categories:
surrogate, humor, mom, paris, student, vacation,
Form:
Free verse
My Magical JourneyA Magical Journey Poetry Contest
Constance La France
"When we were hit by the magic wand's spell we suddenly became swans"
Quote by author
I hold three magic rocks, in my hand
Rolling them over and over and over
Leaving this...
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Categories:
surrogate, beauty, crush, fantasy, relationship, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Thrust In The Centre Of The Storm All I Could See Was YouSerrated swathes of overwhelming savage gusts without compassion,
directionless dilatory daydreamer that I am ostensibly vulnerable,
to the serendipitous intrusion at a wispy sapphire cloud flaccid noon,
the minimal load burdensome midpoint idle tranquil saunter,
meteorological...
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Categories:
surrogate, angst, anxiety, appreciation, bereavement, care, celebration, love,
Form:
Free verse
Between Reality and UnderstandingA thought arose...
In Hegel's great dialectic cotillion,
Time transcends as the Absolute emerges,
From deep submersion.
Veritably idealistic path to verity.
It is all about History!
While Schopenhauer's Will, By mere chance,
Drives life in concentric circles spinning,
But not winning
Human solicitations...
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Categories:
surrogate, introspection, philosophy, psychological, word play,
Form:
Free verse
Auric Obsidian - The Face Clean Behind the Gun
"Auric Obsidian - The Face Clean Behind the Gun"
You drew me into your new world,
the corridors of your mind
fitted me perfectly imperfect
into the portraits pegged onto your wall
an unsuspecting target
from...
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Categories:
surrogate, dark, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Mine Gerund Farming, Tilling, and Harvesting Illogical WeltanschauungMine gerund farming, tilling, and harvesting illogical weltanschauung
Twas accursed destiny
since birth (maybe coded in
deoxyribonucleic acid
since time immemorial) alas and alack
nascent emasculation abominable barrack
emergent deus ex machina,
one common Joe biden his time
for no particular
rhyme...
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Categories:
surrogate, 12th grade, 1st grade, 2nd grade, abuse,
Form:
Rhyme
The Forgotten and Fluctuations of Awareness
"The Forgotten and Fluctuations of Awareness"
When the crime
was committed,
the writing
was already on the wall,
no one listened.
It climbed insidiously
out through the cracks
like a friendly tarantula.
that sad poet
I read today,
she writes
of...
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Categories:
surrogate, love, mother daughter, muse, war,
Form:
Narrative
10 Poems That Define Mehttps://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/awakened_1251824
My first childhood recollection of becoming aware of the opposite sex
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/uncle_michael_1251117
A defining death of my uncle and surrogate father
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/martha_and_mary_1251647
I am a restless soul and always seeking to be active. I...
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Categories:
surrogate, poetry,
Form:
List
BillyHis obituary was in the newspaper today. I had not thought of him in ages, yet he was always in a nest in my heart. Tears occupied my eyes as I did...
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Categories:
surrogate, angst, crush,
Form:
Prose
Paradise In the TreeParadise in the tree is looking down at thee; paradise in the tree has a message for you and me, the stains are dripping from the vine and I have to hold on to what...
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Categories:
surrogate, courage, dance, endurance, engagement, environment, friendship, happiness,
Form:
Narrative
Premature Delivery In Astor Hall (Laboring Between Patience and Fortitude)In my head, I’m in the library, at
a podium, before a microphone, looking
out into the faces of a yearning sea
of people, knowing they expect
a little kindness but mostly, a lot of
answers from me. ...
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Categories:
surrogate, art, life, people, words, me,
Form:
Free verse
Medinah's CircleA CFO chased cheaper resumes
into my severance of free days.
Safe in winter with my kids and Blue’s Clues,
til Spring brought out the perks of community dues.
Dawned smiles a first morning’s remark
nurtured those long talks into...
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Categories:
surrogate, best friend, dedication, friendship, girlfriend, judgement, passion,
Form:
Narrative
Your Back In the RoomWhat would it be like to start all over again,
I mean isn’t that the reason, so many of us pen,
It just opens up every unknown possibility,
Some beautiful some dark, others downright ugly,
But alas the...
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Categories:
surrogate, allegory, dream, home, imagination, poetry, senses, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
In the chamber of silence where souls convergeIn the chamber of silence where souls converge,
Masks lie in wait, the nocturnal guardians of our being.
Adorned with grimaces and velvet smiles,
They are armors against the unknown arrows of the estranged world.
Oh, how they descend...
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Categories:
surrogate, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Traversing Cyberspace HinterlandOf thee virtual netherland...
courtesy one spellbound wordsmith
within apartment b44
nestled within a manor
(and manner of writing)
atop nondescript Schwenksville highland.
All gibbets zing aside
I got noose for you,
yours truly enjoys harmless chide
ding even kibitizing about,
when cessation of consciousness...
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Categories:
surrogate, adventure, beauty, care, creation, february, friendship, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Child SoldierThey've put a gun in his hand,
Telling him to fight for his land.
Killing people on demand,
And the pain he has to withstand.
He's only a fourteen,
He’s already haunted by the sights that he's seen,
The destruction...
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Categories:
surrogate, abuse, allegory, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Maladapted, Part IYou hear them always screaming out
how they have no need for a man,
they have their jobs, their own money
and alone they can proudly stand.
They’ve bought into the idea that
women are no different than males,
and any...
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Categories:
surrogate, confusion, gender, humanity, philosophy, political, society, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
That Cat ChatIt was love at first sight seeing your furry faces.
To scoop you up and take you to various places.
Me and Ash are so happy to be your mom and dad.
Your shenanigans made...
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Categories:
surrogate, appreciation, best friend, cat, child, cute, i
Form:
Rhyme
Indices of a LoonGOODLUCK
Gutless muffled monarch wooed millions to the poll,
Our feeble lord enforced by pathetic speech of poverty (I once had no shoes)
On congruent grounds of pain we forced him, though we hated his coterie....
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Categories:
surrogate, corruption, crazy, culture, heartbroken, history, leadership, parody,
Form:
Alliteration
Passed The BellNights of flying dream world,
who might chase a raucous laugh,
or seek indeed mirthful excitement,
the sort that has embroidered twists,
as is generally perceived by intention,
but epic hurdles formed in still frame,
city snores past...
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Categories:
surrogate, art, city, deep, emotions, environment, inspirational, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse