Long Traces Poems
Long Traces Poems. Below are the most popular long Traces by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Traces poems by poem length and keyword.
Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”
Spurred by mother dearest
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tripped wordsmith to splutter forth
forthwith the following lines.
Back in the day
quaint...
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Categories:
traces, 12th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
ErinErin, for a girl who embodies Ireland
by Michael R. Burch
All that’s left of Ireland is her hair—
bright carrot—and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier despair,
her train of children—some conceived in sin,
the others to avoid...
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Categories:
traces, ireland,
Form:
Sonnet
Uyghur Poetry TranslationsWith my Uyghur poetry translations I am trying to build awareness of the plight of Uyghur poets who are being sent to Chinese "reeducation" concentration camps.
Elegy
by Perhat Tursun
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Asylum seekers, will...
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Categories:
traces, allah, culture, discrimination, faith, islamic, race, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Chapter 112 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Damian and the Family Go To ChurchEarly morning dawn July
"Mallory" Damian whispered, sliding
Closer to her. "Mallory" he Whispered
Again gently caressing. She wanted
To say stop. It was to late
he moved quite quickly. He spread
Like wild fire. Soon consuming her.
The...
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Categories:
traces, angst, devotion,
Form:
Alliteration
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 2[Now ShallowMan is quite content
receiving FactoidMan’s consent
to quibble and express dissent
as long as keeping covenant
with fingers crossed and belfry bent
when viewing Facts in sealed cement:]
SM
“The Facts you give me circumvent
those ‘truths’ your chuckles supplement;
although they...
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Categories:
traces, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Juvenilia: Early Poems ViiJuvenilia: Early Poems VII
These are early poems I wrote as a boy and as a teenager.
The Leveler
by Michael R. Burch
The nature of Nature
is bitter survival
from Winter’s bleak fury
till Spring’s brief revival.
The weak implore Fate;
bold men...
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Categories:
traces, boy, child, childhood, fear, high school, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
Cocoon
"Cocoon"
They say...
a New World
traces over the old,
leaving the unaware,
erased, far behind
the old unaware,
left far behind,
crawls the walls
in its web of lies
spinning suspect
strings of silk
in the air
glistening diamond nets
slick and sticky...
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Categories:
traces, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Translation of Eric Mottram's Time Sight Unseen, Part 1 By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s TIME SIGHT UNSEEN, Part One by T. Wignesan
"Instead of an item in a school of rhetoric, the poem could have variety of articulations, continuity and discontinuity, sentence and parataxis, and an...
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Categories:
traces, imagery, introspection, literature, philosophy, writing,
Form:
Free verse
How Huxley Sees the World
"How Huxley Sees the World"
He composes his world -
dream extractions
simulated from
the surreal reality of man
colour cognitive from the dead moments
we phantomise to life in sleep
electric light colour bursts forth
from a perspective unique
a hare...
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Categories:
traces, art, future, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's Time Sight Unseen, Part Two By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s TIME SIGHT UNSEEN, Part Two by T. Wignesan
"Instead of an item in a school of rhetoric, the poem could have variety of articulations, continuity and discontinuity, sentence and parataxis, and an...
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Categories:
traces, art, creation, literature, philosophy, word play, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Fall
"FALL"
I wrap
my Autumn world
around you
Calliope turning
raising the
season’s poetry,
I am she
returning
dancing
with Summer’s
dying leaves
Twirling you up into
my warm golden brown
symphony
hear me sing,
whispering notes,
holding keys
towards you
you're approachable
reaching...
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Categories:
traces, autumn, symbolism, winter,
Form:
Epic
He Said, I SaidHow the housefly gets attracted to organic decay
and an infant child traces the voice of its mother
are nothing compared to the intense attraction
Michelle and I possess on the guy owning not a strand of hair...
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Categories:
traces, art, boyfriend, character, emotions, girlfriend, hello,
Form:
Epic
Stop the Hate Unity In These TimesBruh, I know your up but it’s getting late
I got to make peace with you
Hommie I have bitten off more then I could chew
I’m sweating from the new day’s sun
now I know your in for...
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Categories:
traces, angst, anxiety, art,
Form:
Free verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's Time Sight Unseen, Part 4 By T Wignesan Translation of Eric Mottram’s TIME SIGHT UNSEEN - Part Four by T. Wignesan
"Instead of an item in a school of rhetoric, the poem could have variety of articulations, continuity and discontinuity, sentence and parataxis,...
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Categories:
traces, literature, political, rights, society, time,
Form:
Free verse
Rainer Maria Rilke: Second Elegy TranslationThis is my translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's second elegy from his Duino Elegies, which he began composing at Duino Castle in 1912.
Second Elegy
by Rainer Maria Rilke
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Every angel...
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Categories:
traces, angel, art, desire, eulogy, god, love, passion,
Form:
Elegy
SnowThe very fact of being alive, often causes one to seek adventure;
And sometimes it is no deterrent, when it carries traces of danger.
I was not a seasoned survivalist, but very much loved the outdoors,
Like varicolored...
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Categories:
traces, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, magic, mountains, snow,
Form:
Couplet
Rough Roads To RoamThe flames of the furnace (well-travelled by wind
slowly glazing the rags of gray women chagrined
at the sight of a hair fleeing tresses now thinned)
sometimes billow like waves flooding naves through the night,
when the lightning...
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Categories:
traces, culture, earth, humanity, planet, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Softly Off-Colored Poem - 2Poet's Pre-Notes: A poem from my 8th week in a Stanford continuing education class offered on the internet, a study of free verse and structure. The poem writing technique is to write as unconsciously as...
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Categories:
traces, life,
Form:
Free verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 47“Well, Joulupukki, how do you feel about the conversation we had with Seileach, at evening meal, the other night?” They had not spoken much for the last few days, Dyndoeth concerned with the safety...
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Categories:
traces, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
The Unborn Dreams of a Fertilization 1942a Long Journey a Long Lived Nightmare Part 1The unborn dreams of a fertilization – 1942
A long journey – A long lived nightmare
The journey begins without knowledge, just passion.
Life emerges, fights against the prodding at childhood.
The nightmare begins with a...
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Categories:
traces, life,
Form:
Free verse
The Pending DoomI aped to a blue heron to a man who wrote his deed.
Once you're at the final of the story, no woe is needed.
If death appeared to be appropriate, life would be aimless.
If you have...
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Categories:
traces, anger, appreciation, confidence, death, feelings, giving, god,
Form:
Couplet
Spring's Kindness - a Collaboration With Regina McintoshCascading off the winter chill
leaving warmth wherever it traces
the edge of the daffodil, tulip or crocus
spring shines its brilliant rays across
the windowpane that mirrors the friendly praise
coloring the seals with such sweet appeal
lavender lilacs...
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Categories:
traces, appreciation, beauty, inspiration, joy, nature, spring,
Form:
Free verse
Making TeaIt's styles of a nameless brand pristine day
an exclusive star-sheathed shadow after
overwhelming luminous glare fainted
a somewhat true-to-life footpath in
a back of structured quaintness
Encountering myself at a passionate spring
oozing its life gliding o'er its rocky...
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Categories:
traces, allusion, analogy, blessing, celebration, dad, daughter, mother,
Form:
Concrete
Nicholas Street Jail
The structure is imposing, massive and fearful. Built in 1862 as a jail and
gallows for the worst of humanity. "Living" conditions were sickening and
appalling. The top floor was reserved for death-row...
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Categories:
traces, scary,
Form:
Narrative
A Mutual EnemyA Mutual Enemy
By Reg Rhodes
My friend and I have a dangerous and mutual enemy. It is called alcohol, and
it is killing her.
Masquerading as her best friend, the alcohol is cunning. Repeatedly, it...
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Categories:
traces, addiction, drink, faith, spiritual,
Form:
ABC