Long Swiftness Poems
Long Swiftness Poems. Below are the most popular long Swiftness by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Swiftness poems by poem length and keyword.
A Vain Word
A Vain Word
by Michael R. Burch
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves’ Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands grey pearls
under moss-stubbled oaks, full of whispers, complaining
to the darkening...
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Categories:
swiftness, autumn, beauty, extended metaphor, grief, heartbreak, moon,
Form:
Sonnet
Winter Thoughts of Ann Rutledge
These are poems about Ann Rutledge and her romantic relationship with Abraham Lincoln.
Winter Thoughts of Ann Rutledge
by Michael R. Burch
Winter was not easy,
nor would the spring return.
I knew you by your absence,
as men are...
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Categories:
swiftness, history, lost love, love, presidents day, romance,
Form:
Rhyme
In the Land of Giants
Early one morning, as fresh springtime was just ending,
I was hiking in the woods, and overhearing the birds sing.
And with a tranquil heart, and lost in a deep green world,
I was reveling in the gaiety,...
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Categories:
swiftness, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, places, science fiction,
Form:
Couplet
Of Treasures Sought, Diving For Forbidden Dark Pearls
Of Treasures Sought, Diving For Forbidden Dark Pearls
I shall weave you, dear reader, words true and sincere
tho' will not be as great as those woven by poetic peers
It's truth from a life long-lived, too fast...
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Categories:
swiftness, beauty, dedication, emotions, life, lost love, passion,
Form:
Rhyme
The Wrong Train
London fog, harshly early with strained warning,
Looms all over the image of the hectic city
There’s the smell of mists and the taste of
Frozen rain gathered before dawn.
Pulses brake and start,
And lungs are besieged by distilled...
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Categories:
swiftness, city, journey, london,
Form:
Free verse
Superbowl Sunday
There’s a new American Holiday, guess what it is my football loving friends,
It’s a classical sport of champions, where helmet headed, game geared
Warriors challenge raw brawn against skill’s swiftness, to conquer and win,
With screaming fans,...
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Categories:
swiftness, adventure, conflict, football, history, imagination, sports, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Connecting the dots, signs of the times part one Q and A
Q What God A Minute's? theme song has been circulating inside of my mind?
A Hallelujah, I will meet you in the rapture, I will meet you in the middle of the air.
Q ...
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Categories:
swiftness, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
Grief Vs Mother Nature
To lose someone of whom u care
The loss the grief the utter despair
Bereavement the feeling of nothingness
Can also seem like a cyclone of pain there's nothing else that can compare
It's like the bleakness...
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Categories:
swiftness, bereavement, earth, emotions, grief, missing you, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Stand Up For Our Freedom
I got drunk by my self last night
There was just nothing else to do
I told myself that itll be alright
If I could just get that memory out of sight
My eyes are half closed
From staring down...
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Categories:
swiftness, caregiving, confusion, history, passion, peace, people, uplifting,
Form:
Concrete
The Askance Chapter 3 Part 3a
An Aria Beyond A Silent Dream
Just yesterday, I was dreaming some love I’ll never have
And now I’m sitting all alone, smoking… this night
Some soul within that never was mine, seems to have left
Like falling stars...
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Categories:
swiftness, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
The Dolphin
Beneath the illumination of the elliptical moon,
Within the cove of diamond bay, waves gently sway
Back and forth, under the oceans clarity of the big blue,
As the surfs foam and spray roll against the white sandy
Beaches...
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Categories:
swiftness, animal, beauty, imagery, inspirational, nature, ocean, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Woman of Art.
The steam slowly raises from inside my mug, wrapping itself around my pencil, eventually
evaporating into the musty atmosphere.
As I open my sketchbook I imagine all the possibilities of a world inside my head, but...
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Categories:
swiftness, peacedance, water, blue, dance, water, , cute,
Form:
Romanticism
Jealous, Jealous, Jealous
Jealous, Jealous, Jealous
The swiftness of the Vessa just killed me,
That speed and the grandeur of the seat,
The frame’s shine and the four wheels free,
The maroon leather upholstery neat.
The diagonal pattern on...
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Categories:
swiftness, caregiving, child abuse, education, growing up, parents,
Form:
Quatrain
Should Their Souls Meet Again
The Vampire warrior laughed with youthful exuberance,
as his victim sloshed through the swamp,
running like a coward as he became the chase,
a hunting technique developed for the Dark Race,
and with impressive swiftness
the vampire plunged his claws...
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Categories:
swiftness, fantasy
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Part Two: Escape From Pandemic
I wave vaguely toward a boat in the distance, but
can't think of what I would say if they invited me on board.
"That seems excessive kindness," I say, but a voice laughs in my head,
"Yeah, but...
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Categories:
swiftness, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
A Haircut Dilemma
I remember back a year or two when waiting for the barber’s chair,
where Bill Crosbie snipped around the heads, relieving excess hair,
and Bill’s as typical a barber that you’re ever deemed to meet.
He liked to...
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Categories:
swiftness, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar his royal highness
Engulfed by the abundance of his sight,
Once mused himself to the madness
Which arose from the pride of his heart:
"Is this not the great Babylon kingdom
Built by the swiftness of my might?
The kingdom...
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Categories:
swiftness, pride,
Form:
Rhyme
Einstein's Waves
Is space-time a fabric that stretches and strains,
like a grass harp ruffling across the great plains,
when the force of a huge body in motion
makes waves akin to the billowing ocean?
LIGO’s antennae have finally disclosed
those waves...
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Categories:
swiftness, eulogy, science, sky, space, stars, truth, visionary,
Form:
Verse
In Honor of the Bride and Groom
How may I describe the enchanting bride?
As my raven haired beautiful child who
has matured into a lovely young woman;
exuding charm and grace and the
sensibilities of a care giver yearning to please,
even the strangers she meets.
Her...
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Categories:
swiftness, daughter, dedication, love, weddingnature, leaving, love, nature,
Form:
Free verse
The Convoy Man
Where has the American cowboy gone,
Did he ride off into the dust trails of history,
A faded figure, melting into the last horizons sunset.
Nay, unbridled the mustangs run free now,
No riders lasso, snaps against the...
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Categories:
swiftness, adventure, america, courage, imagination, inspirational, international,
Form:
Free verse
Lying Flies - Apologies to the Eagles
Country boys just seem to find out early
Bugs fly through open doors once in a while
Another fly that sets his mind to worry
I must kill that thing with swiftness and with guile
About midday, a...
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Categories:
swiftness, humor, insect, song,
Form:
Lyric
The Pirates of Wales
The Challenge ~ The Milford Haven Harbor shielded Wales
from pirates making merchant ships their prey.
Her ports have cradled many from the gales
and swaddled sailors as her pirates play.
The Irish and the Celtic Sea are veils
for...
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Categories:
swiftness, adventure,
Form:
Sonnet
The Deck
Slitherimg slides the crossing sun
Reighning down into the abyss
Showering Nectar Kisses
Napalm psalms lisped
An atom bomb in the emperors palm
Mars at war with raw force
A Sacrificed ram
Victory admist strife
Virtue along a fine knife
Shocked we gaze back...
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Categories:
swiftness, extended metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
No Fake Fire Drill
No "FAKE" Fire Drill
Residents at high
land manor apartments
(aside from myself)
got rudely awakened -
by what sounded
...
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Categories:
swiftness, 11th grade, 8th grade, angel, character, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Prehistoric Winter
The cold would just as soon you didn't make it home
Till spring, when frozen bodies thaw,
Gaunt coyotes bless their stars and drag you off.
The only thing that's stirring in the crystal strath
Is deep beneath
Waiting for:...
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Categories:
swiftness, courage, death, endurance, nature, snow, sound, winter,
Form:
Free verse