Long Swelled Poems
Long Swelled Poems. Below are the most popular long Swelled by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Swelled poems by poem length and keyword.
Radiance, For Dylan ThomasRadiance
by Michael R. Burch
for Dylan Thomas
The poet delves earth’s detritus—hard toil—
for raw-edged nouns, barbed verbs, vowels’ lush bouquet;
each syllable his pen excretes—dense soil,
dark images impacted, rooted clay.
The poet sees the sea but feels its meaning—
the...
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Categories:
swelled, earth, light, love, poems, poetry, poets, words,
Form:
Sonnet
A Christmas Snow Angel - Part 1The 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:
swelled, angel, appreciation, christmas, snow, uplifting,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Poems About Dylan ThomasThese are poems about Dylan Thomas, as well as poems "for" and "after" Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was one of my favorite poets from my early teens and has remained so over the years. I...
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Categories:
swelled, poems, poetry, poets, romantic, words, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Myth, After Dylan ThomasMyth, after Dylan Thomas
by Michael R. Burch
Here the recalcitrant wind
sighs with grievance and remorse
over fields of wayward gorse
and thistle-throttled lanes.
And she is the myth of the scythed wheat
hewn and sighing, complete,
waiting, lain in a low...
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Categories:
swelled, autumn, faith, grief, life, myth, october, september,
Form:
Verse
The Holy Bible - the Quatern Style~ The Holy Bible ~
(Quatern)
It tells the beginning of man
How God created all from start
He made the moon, stars, earth, day, night
It tells of...
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Categories:
swelled, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Half MeasuresThis is how it starts
the decline of who we are, the decline of something more
the start of wars
Installed in us is confidence
confidence, a blessing or a curse
Without confidence we stand degraded, disenchanted, alone
while with too...
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Categories:
swelled, suicide, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Within the Brightest NightWITHIN THE BRIGHTEST NIGHT (Part 01)
”Life?”
"Are you thinking what I think?" she said, nonchalantly.
”Is this not the place for it, Young Light?”
"My young light." said I.
"Let's go in, then, Young Light." She had other...
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Categories:
swelled, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Malkavian the SecondThe constant assault of the silence on his senses is intense
Hands clenched in fist he wished for noise and bliss
Buddy stopped talking and drinking he begins pacing as he’s thinking
Tired from walking he...
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Categories:
swelled, dark, drug,
Form:
Alliteration
Thomas Chatterton Translation: Excellent Ballad of CharityAn Excelente Balade of Charitie (“An Excellent Ballad of Charity”)
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch
As wroten bie the goode Prieste
Thomas Rowley 1464
In Virgynë the swelt'ring sun grew keen,
Then hot upon the meadows...
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swelled, allegory, christian, england, faith, prayer, religion, romantic,
Form:
Ballad
The StoneThe tale below was carved one night
upon the stone, by candlelight
...most won’t believe, but some just might
.........most won’t believe, but some just might
...
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Categories:
swelled, body, death, fantasy, kiss, love, me, morning,
Form:
Ballad
Moon N MeAs darkness absorbed in my reveries, my usual lapse accommodated itself in height of melancholy but not in this conscience. Then I found myself in my room and my window opened. Everything in upheaval, a...
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Categories:
swelled, anxiety, conflict, depression, fantasy, peace, sleep, sympathy,
Form:
Prose
Purge Our ConsciencesFrom my lowly bachelor’s house
Proudly christened ‘Embassy Fair’
I woke up to the chirping of birds
On the trees above and across the vale
And the riverine bushes in-between
I woke up to the crowing of cocks
And the mooing...
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Categories:
swelled, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
Frostbitten Heartstrings and Drunken TruthsMy eyes couldn’t help
But wander
And smile at every passing inch
Aimlessly following the walls
And your voice
Throughout the house you lay your head at night
It was cozy
Decorated delicately
In memories...
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Categories:
swelled, angst, body, december, deep, emotions, heartbroken, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
I Don'T Think Prissy Is Pretty At AllPriscilla Penelope Thurston was a young Brazilian beauty with jet black eyes and amber skin that shown like a natural pearl.
You didn’t need to look real hard to know, by any measure, that Prissy was,...
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Categories:
swelled, desire, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
The Day Murphy Came To TownOne day in early summer Murphy the Irishman came to town,
He rode upon a matted mule , his face was burnt and brown,
The corks that hung from his bushman's hat persuaded flies to keep away,
But...
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Categories:
swelled, humorous,
Form:
Verse
Declaration of a SaintCommunities are built on pioneer toil and generational links,
with building, road and railway, applied to how a council thinks.
There’s sporting ties and country hall, to form the social hub,
and of course a meeting place -...
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Categories:
swelled, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Declaration of a SaintCommunities are built on pioneer toil and generational links,
with building, road and railway, applied to how a council thinks.
There’s sporting ties and country hall, to form the social hub,
and of course a meeting place -...
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Categories:
swelled, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
ShameProverbs 16:18 (KJV) “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
I’ve been ashamed,
Ashamed of my lack of understanding,
My lack of consideration,
My lack of care and concern,
My lack of admiration.
I’ve been ashamed,
Ashamed of...
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Categories:
swelled, character, depression, how i feel, pride,
Form:
Free verse
Canto Xxv Hell Translation Part2Any face of before was there suppressed;
Two and no one the sinner’s wicked face
Was looking; and such way slow pace progressed.
As the green lizard when so strong lambastes
The heat wave of day, then changing the...
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Categories:
swelled, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Golden Wings ExpressAs I checked my mail one day as I always do,
In the box was waiting a package with no clue
Of who it was from, from whom it was sent,
And for sure it puzzled me as...
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Categories:
swelled, angel, blessing, emotions, god, heaven, love, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
The Battle At Beaver CreekThe Hunters sallied forth... their hearts aglow
with a fearlessness displayed.
A pugnacious merry band of brothers
who to a boy were not afraid.
To find the foe they hoped to...
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Categories:
swelled, adventure, humor, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
November Fairy TwinkleKerry Ann gleamed with undeterred joy and twinkled in anticipation
It was her birthday and as a true Sagittarius she had colourful vision
And a sharp bow for shooting the moon to get closer to serious...
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Categories:
swelled, blessing,
Form:
Free verse
A Halloween TaleA Halloween Tale
By Lee Bragan
Darkness creeps across the land,
The midnight hour is close at hand.
A night of evil awaits us all
On whom will Death choose to call?
There’s no place to hide till...
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Categories:
swelled, scary,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Child Set FreeThe child sat on the sofa,
her body laiden with bruises and covered in lice.
She was only the age of one,
maybe two.
How could this be true?
I stared at my friend and she at...
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Categories:
swelled, child abuse, freedom, heartbroken, innocence, mother, society,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Columbus In the New WorldColumbus In The New World
Three ships sailed under Spanish colours
(The Santa Maria, Niña and La Pinta)
And dropped anchor off the shores of San Salvador,
For Columbus and his crew to man-the-oars
To set foot on Terra firma...
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Categories:
swelled, america, columbus day, culture, education, history,
Form:
Verse