Long Talon Poems
Long Talon Poems. Below are the most popular long Talon by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Talon poems by poem length and keyword.
And Still I Drive - Part One
Stars fall under failing skies...stars fall...stars fall...
And sadly...i start to drive.
Through the unremarkable village with its tall
Georgian Bay window panes, lightless,
devoid of visages; outwardly staring back at my
Abject countenance with detached contempt and...
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Categories:
talon, heartbreak, places,
Form:
Rhyme
Poems About Flight, Flying and Birds I
Poems about Flight, Flying, and Birds (I)
Flight
by Michael R. Burch
It is the nature of loveliness to vanish
as hummingbird wings, batting against nothingness
seek transcendence...
Southern Icarus
by Michael R. Burch
Windborne, lover of heights,
unspooled from the truck’s wildly lurching...
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Categories:
talon, angel, animal, bird, flying, nature,
Form:
Free verse
The Beast of the Cave
When I was young, and adventure routine,
With excitement and newness still unforeseen
I was eager to spread my wings to the world
And seek more adventures as those wings unfurled
Within my long travels I happened to meet
Two...
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Categories:
talon, adventure, dark, death, evil, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Part 1: Confusion of the Muse
The large, bright Winter moon shone it's heavenly light over and out amongst the snow-covered city. The city was large, the city was noisy. It was midnight and the bustling still urged on. People ached...
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Categories:
talon,
Form:
I do not know?
The Dance of Salome
The Dance of Salome
Herod bellowed out the night's festive orders..
"Bring the torches, bring the tables..
more wine, that we may rejoice,
for tonight we revel in kindred friendship."
Herod strolled onto the terrace, nearly stumbled in...
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Categories:
talon, dance, daughter, moon, mother daughter, night, sin,
Form:
Narrative
The Raven and The Bard
The Raven and the Bard
-Daniel Henry Rodgers
The Raven's quill drips shades of blackest night,
Its haunting words, a melody of fright.
The Bard's natural lines, like "Evangeline's" fair hair,
Shed history's warm light to chase away all care...
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Categories:
talon, philosophy, poets, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Lusting Abyss, His Darkness
Lusting Abyss, his Darkness.
.
Darkness is he, soulless totally
It's abyss he commands desiring what he sees
In front of him stands a virgin pure as the driven snow
For white he knows it is, upon she his darkness...
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Categories:
talon, love, peace, people, places, woman,
Form:
Rhyme
Lusting Abyss, His Darkness
Darkness is he, soulless totally
It's abyss he commands, desiring what he sees
In front of him stands a virgin, pure as the driven snow
For white he knows it is, upon she his darkness will show
Long haired...
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Categories:
talon, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
I Got Friggin Heebie Jeebies
I got friggin heebie jeebies
Cuz buzzards circle o'er me
eyeing these lovely bones prithee
id est Roy L. T. Canard, Si
hence impossible mission
to be lovey dove vee.
Vague remembrances of dream
which recurred with frequency
transfixed by...
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Categories:
talon, angst, anxiety, betrayal, community, environment, faith, how
Form:
Rhyme
Chief Garbage Taster As Fifth Grade Halloween Gag
Chief garbage taster as fifth grade Halloween gag
at Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School
interestingly enough landed me a grubhub grab bag.
I rooted thru poetry anthology of mine,
and came across an unpublished poem
by one obscure poet (me),...
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Categories:
talon, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 5th
Form:
Rhyme
Self Help Addict Needles Unsuspecting Reader
Self help addict needles unsuspecting reader
Expounded late today April 27th, 2023
since being written
countless years ago
maybe a baker's dozen
as thee doodling cock doth crow
scouting about for carrion
scavenging for dead animals
and rooting about...
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Categories:
talon, 12th grade, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety, april,
Form:
Rhyme
Mother Snap
As I pivot to confront my offspring, I anticipate the sight of terror etched in their innocent eyes, a reflected horror that would mirror the abyssal darkness that has long resided within me.
Instead, I am...
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Categories:
talon, dark,
Form:
Free verse
My Little Creepy Dude
At the final stroking of saint Halloween eve, it seems not so long ago,
That my trusty SUV, transport vehicle unceremoniously broke down,
Right outside the local pet cemetery, what a marvelous place to
Spend the spookiest night...
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Categories:
talon, brother, fantasy, funny, halloween, history, imagery, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Gnarled Shadows
Through shadowed trails beneath the moon’s cold stare.
Its Amber gaze: a burden hard to bear.
This feathered prize found peace in my gut
No slumber dreamt; no...
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Categories:
talon, conflict, dark, emotions, gothic, horror, pain, psychological,
Form:
Narrative
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 25
I was restless all the night,
The demoness softly singing a haunting tune
The Holy Spirit sifted in swirls around me,
And she touched with her claws its essence with strange wonder
I awoke to his songs strong and...
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Categories:
talon, courage, gothic, heart, light, lost, love, truth,
Form:
Epic
Chief Garbage Taster As Fifth Grade Halloween Gag
at Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School
As a Halloween costume,
one year during early grade school,
my father got the brilliant idea
for his sole son to be dressed
with one of a kind getup.
Missus Shaner...
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Categories:
talon, 5th grade, adventure, autumn, character, father son,
Form:
Free verse
O' Baobab
O' Baobab! O' Baobab! O' Baobab
Ace of the furnace, finest of the dynasty
You strut your breast high
And ply strain against the yearn,
Against the fire, the desire for sigh
Haughty, you stand, before the...
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Categories:
talon, africa, mystery, myth, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Chief Egalitarian Garbage Taster Ie White Trash
Chief egalitarian garbage taster i.e. “white trash”
As Halloween costume,
one year during early grade school,
my father got brilliant idea
for sole son dressed
uniquely rubbish qua
putrid offal getup.
Missus Shaner (talon clawed,
shriveled relic...
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Categories:
talon, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 5th
Form:
Free verse
Gigantic Adventure of Rumblevoice and Samuel P
Sixteen hundred full moons ago, RumbleVoice, a giant with a mission, and his mighty spy hawk, Samuel P. were up in the Butter Cup Mountains hunting for a young wild bobcat to bring home to...
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Categories:
talon, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, fantasy,
Form:
Narrative
Making a Big Pie By Mr E Fortisque
It is time. Yes. It is time. Time for all time telling devices to climb up trees. The grandfather clocks can climb the oaks. The watches can climb the willows. The alarm clocks can climb...
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Categories:
talon, art, august, , western,
Form:
I do not know?
The Krampus
Beware the wrath of the Northern Polar boogie man,
The Anti-Clause, a legendary beast of nightmarish voracity,
From folklore mythology, a dark creature of demonic prowess,
Lurks in the hidden shadow realm, in a freezing forbidden zone,
Of...
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Categories:
talon, christmas, fantasy, holiday, imagery, international, myth, mythology,
Form:
Free verse
Radical Ravaged
Sacrifice made when selecting abode
Unit not ideal, but affordable close to City
With a three year old daughter, I worried
About noise transference below and above
Three level town house style was unique
Huge unit fronted four smaller...
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Categories:
talon, angst, animal, bird, character, conflict, garden, horror,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Mingling Like Mmmmmmmmm
What is the difference between a digger, a forklift truck, a spoon, and a toaster? None. Bread slices can be carried by forklifts and bread can be dug by a digger particularly if ground. The...
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Categories:
talon, adventure, allegory, analogy,
Form:
I do not know?
A Queue For the Loo At Nine Minutes Past Two Ok Then
A queue for the loo? is it nine minutes past two?
A windmill dashing to the sea. Ice cold waters in a monticule drip. Laced with the prevalent winds and sands. But sands are not sanding...
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Categories:
talon, allah, angel, aubade, baptism, blessing,
Form:
I do not know?
The Dark Knight On the Cliff
A young maiden fair and slender of great beauty and rose complexion
Was gathering wild flowers in a forest when an angel to her appeared
Gently she flew down and softly whispered in the virgin maiden’s ear
You...
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Categories:
talon, fantasy, heart, beauty, longing, peace, angel, angel,
Form:
Free verse