Long Treading Poems
Long Treading Poems. Below are the most popular long Treading by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Treading poems by poem length and keyword.
Open Oceans
"Open Oceans"
Kneeling on pearls
wisdom preys
praying
preying
hungry hearts
count the days
wasting away
in all that preying
for prayers
to be answered
children become
strangers
reading
strange words
finding
themselves puzzled
genuflecting to a deity
they do not know, nor wish to
fumbling
mouths closed,
swallowed hole
in the...
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Categories:
treading, journey, love, mother daughter,
Form:
Epic
Visit To AntietamAlone I arrive, walking from Frederick
over the gaps, across gentle hills
out onto a knoll
overlooking this burnished landscape.
Before me I see countless writhing rows
of indiscernible shapes gathered
in terrible rituals mid fire and smoke
darkening the sun.
From distant...
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Categories:
treading, america, conflict, history, together, war,
Form:
Ode
Dream 1: 4 Weeks In Positano
"Dream 1: 4 Weeks in Positano"
Kisses long linger warm lips tasted intense
so sweet like cured Valencia Oranges
lips liquored triple sec not dry drunk on love
softly grazed, then held long
slow, deep, warm and wet
The story is...
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Categories:
treading, dream, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
Insecure, Illuminating Ill-Tempered, Invigorating Icicle I Once WasI’m stronger than I realize,
I’m not alone
And I’m not a failure
I am focused on the prize -
God’s Kingdom today, though I’m on my own
Feeling like a Jailure
I was brave enough
Life can be quite rough
I was...
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Categories:
treading, appreciation, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
Sorry I Shied AwayIs it just me or I'm starting to slow down along with the unwinding of time?
Time is running out and oh how I feel sublime
I'm in need of understanding God's Word and Law
I...
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Categories:
treading, deep, depression, desire, , cute,
Form:
Lyric
Retire V RetreadWhat I have for you today is not so much about re-treading an outdated fuel-based system--
little bit like reshuffling the chairs to fix the decay
of a segregating Country Club.
No, this is addressed to economic...
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Categories:
treading, earth, giving, nature, philosophy, poverty, religion, science,
Form:
Free verse
Desperate Hope
Placed First in:
This or That Vol 22 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh ...
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Categories:
treading, emotions, god, humanity, inspirational, men, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Was Versus NowI’m stronger than I realize,
I’m not alone
And I’m not a failure
I am focused on the prize -
God’s Kingdom today, though I’m on my own
Feeling like a Jailure
I was brave enough
Life can be quite rough
I was...
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Categories:
treading, anxiety, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
Deal With ItI don’t know how to feel
And I don’t know how
And I don’t know how to deal
With this shame somehow
I don’t know how to feel
And I don’t know how
And I don’t know how to deal
With this...
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Categories:
treading, angst, deep, depression, emotions, encouraging, endurance, hope,
Form:
Lyric
Bridging the Unbridgeable ChasmWritten: 21 July 2023
Submitted to No. 1231 New Poem Only Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Bridging the Unbridgeable Chasm*
As rises the wealth of nations,
As grows the limb of a township
So declines the flowers...
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Categories:
treading, humanity, inspiration, men, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Your Inner Inspiration(##background singers##)
Honestly, things are getting out of proportion (Do your part, man!)
Give me a portion of your love (a portion of your love)
You’re my ultimate luck, desire and devotion
You’re as beloved and spectacular
As...
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Categories:
treading, change, courage, encouraging, faith, happiness, hope, love,
Form:
Lyric
Echo Your EmpathyYou’re my star – I set fire to our firey rose
Bouquet of stars – I hand to you –
We’re opposites, like poetry and prose
You came out of the blue, I’m left without a...
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Categories:
treading, angst, appreciation, change, deep, freedom, hope, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
At a CrossroadAt a Crossroad **
Treading down the I ...
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Categories:
treading, faith, god, inspirational, life, light, spiritual,
Form:
Concrete
Even If the Sun Refuses To ShineVerse 1:
What’s the point of promises if they end up broken?
My heart is racing over the fact that you’re gone away
Can someone show me how to shake away the tension?
I don’t want to keep on...
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Categories:
treading, deep, depression, desire, hope, lost, pain, uplifting,
Form:
Lyric
Immutable Beliefs Upholding My BeingThis Current Life of Mine
Created by the Supreme Almighty for His pleasure, I bear His image with body, soul, and spirit --- fashioned through His...
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Categories:
treading, blessing, christian, faith, god, jesus, perspective, spiritual,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Sometimes, It HurtsI have let myself down
I made progress in this town
Then, I have lost it all
With this heart so emotional
I need some sort of outlet
To let go of my regret
I can’t hold on to this pain...
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Categories:
treading, angst, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Free verse
DiscouragedYou shouldn’t be discouraged...
You have a lot of luggage to carry
Let me carry it as I see privileged
You have so much potential honestly
You shouldn’t be discouraged...your love, it awesomely glimmers
You have a lot of burning...
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Categories:
treading, encouraging, faith, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
Addiction Part 2You ask how I really am when you damn well know,
My world is crumbling right now.
But I'll be fine,
Just give it some time,
Just take it one day at a time.
This isn't the first time,
Nor will...
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Categories:
treading, addiction, anger, anxiety, crazy, depression, drug, how
Form:
Free verse
Stimulation: Into the Lane of Lethargic Lamentation[Before you read, here's something you should know. Parenthesis after the line means the definition of that line.]
Chastened by sudden change in mind - I'm exhausted, so stop treading my trail of thought if you...
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Categories:
treading, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Rouging of the Lamb BMy sweet mother of pearl struck a ruby eyed reef.
Then quickly sank into the deep, just shy of the cay of life.
Don't remember much about her,
Daddy never had much to say... about the...
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Categories:
treading, childhood, pain,
Form:
Narrative
Treading Down the Journey of LifeTreading Down the Journey of Life
I have...
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Categories:
treading, body, faith, god, journey, life, self, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Father God Gives Me SatisfactionI’m daydreaming inside my car...Looking out the window in a lackadaisical daze...
I’m wandering inside my weary head...longing to get godly praise in many ways
I’m whispering to myself that I need comfort as we go far...
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Categories:
treading, anxiety, courage, emotions, endurance, faith, hope, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Mystery of the Black River Gorges*Situated in the south-western region of Mauritius, a dream island in the Indian Ocean.
Written on 9 November 2023
...
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Categories:
treading, love, moon, mystery, nature, passion, river,
Form:
Rhyme
The Stone UnturnedThere are three little words on tiny stones strewn along the floor
of a never-ending stream which runs through a misty moor.
A marvelous moor of uncertainty where mysteriously all are led
to cross a flowing water all...
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Categories:
treading, love, metaphor, , extended metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
The Night I Fell Like RainYou had that future retro look: two thousand seventeen,
There was a slow and sultry permanence, a little slouchy lean
As you eased out of the taxi before it shot off to the right,
Who could have...
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Categories:
treading, destiny, water, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme