Long Twine Poems
Long Twine Poems. Below are the most popular long Twine by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Twine poems by poem length and keyword.
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 6Upon this date he spoke no more of the preceding moments,
Tearing and hurling insult upon insult
In several directions, his tongue whipped and scorched me,
And he waited relentlessly to see the spark in my eyes...
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Categories:
twine, adventure, character, gothic, heart, love, philosophy, power,
Form:
Free verse
Once Upon a Christmas 1954 - Part One - a Short Story From My MemoirEach year as Christmas rolls around, as I buckle under the pressure and stress of shopping for gifts for people that already have everything, I find myself remembering that Christmas of 1954.
Dad had joined...
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Categories:
twine, christmas, nostalgia,
Form:
Narrative
Isadore Lemaster - Both Audio and TextIsadore LeMaster was a kind and friendly person, who never spoke in haste or told a lie.
The finest vet that Oxford ever had - the guy was special - and if you’ve got the time…I’ll...
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Categories:
twine, inspirational, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
Hot and Cold Comes the NightLIST POETRY - A FUTURISTIC INTERPRETATION
You
must know
I cried yesterday
and I think I broke the world
so I braided some words into twine
planted some sweet and sour coated seeds
I grew free standing expressions and then...
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Categories:
twine, depression, heart, introspection, love, romance, romantic,
Form:
Free verse
The Cowboy Way - 1st ThirdThis is, as indicated, the 1st THIRD of this lengthy poem. The 2nd and final thirds had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way I could manage to make...
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Categories:
twine, crush, first love,
Form:
Narrative
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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Categories:
twine, allegory, christian, england, faith, prayer, religion, romantic,
Form:
Ballad
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 12His words stung me, as the cries from the maelstrom seem to retort
Their scattered, foreign words and wails retching their say
I listened, almost mesmerized,
Pulverized
“Come,” Said he,
With threatening authority
Upwards, higher than the balcony from which we...
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Categories:
twine, adventure, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, conflict, hope, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Bible StudyHello, there. Rise and shine. I think I’ll call you Adam/
Who are you? Your creator. The maker of all you fathom/
You can call me God. This place is the Garden of Eden/
Why’d you make me?...
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Categories:
twine, angel, bible, christian, creation, eve, rap, religious,
Form:
Rhyme
Soul Stance River - 11Suddenly, two Indian boys throw themselves into the water like meteors
swiming towards camp chatty as prarie dogs,
they hail from a Teton encampment of 74 lodges a few miles up river
most of the men are feeling...
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Categories:
twine, adventure,
Form:
Epic
Gnarled ShadowsThrough 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;...
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Categories:
twine, conflict, dark, emotions, gothic, horror, pain, psychological,
Form:
Narrative
Tavira, Algarve, My Home TownTavira
Tavira is my town
The place I call my home
Rich in history
Much like me
Many secrets does it hold
Ancient times still apparent
Different people now
A different time
How many footsteps have trodden the cobbled streets?
With donkeys or on...
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Categories:
twine, beach, community, holiday, home,
Form:
Free verse
The Secret CircusThrough a wooded thick in a forest of New England,
There exists a secret circus called the Craft of Ringland.
Meandering through a meadow one night before the forest's mouth,
I heard a melody humming in the wind...
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Categories:
twine, adventure, fantasy, fun,
Form:
Couplet
Pypu Pull Yo Pants UpPYPU what ya gonna do boyz
PYPU what ya gonna do boyz
PYPU what ya gonna do boyz
don't need to see your Fruit or your Looms
don't wanna see your buttocks in those..
Vincent Motega's don't wanna see your...
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Categories:
twine, america, analogy, body, change, character, clothes, metaphor,
Form:
Ballad
Love Letters Beneath the Moonlight - a Collaboration With Frederic Parker
My love for you
is beyond prophecy or endowment
and lay before you a love letter from the heart
beneath the moonlight's glow
where our eyes find a silent understanding
that embraces each passionate emotion
swirling and entwined in the depth...
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Categories:
twine, beauty, desire, destiny, devotion, moon, night, romantic
Form:
Free verse
Church Perfect SurfaceHe feels the best of him slipping away
A sip a drip at a time
When will the he and him align
What is he missing
He can't stop thinking
in and out of focus drifting
as he witnesses his soul...
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Categories:
twine, angst, christian, conflict, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
SlaveLike a herd of cattle, placed on a ship.
Upon my back, I felt their whip!
Ripping into my flesh, excruciating pain.
Forced across the big water on a trip.
Living in darkness with little to eat.
The feel of...
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Categories:
twine, courage, death, slavery, perspective,
Form:
Quatrain
Grim reaper forever guaranteed eternal plentiful harvestGrim reaper forever guaranteed eternal plentiful harvest
the following written
for no particular rhyme nor reason
quite aware the exit (stage door left)
allows, enables, to provide every season
with a bumper crop of dead souls.
many mortals beseechingly
lift...
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Categories:
twine, 12th grade, absence, angel, atheist, birth, death,
Form:
Rhyme
The MinotuarAh! Here comes another pawn* should I trifle with him?
Or should I do it quickly and painlessly?
Well, if I think about it quickly and painlessly would be better
Because there are consequences to having a...
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Categories:
twine, adventure, animal, dark, mythology,
Form:
Free verse
The Healer Part Ii (From My Life Story)Ms Agnes finally presented herself in front of me and ordered me to stand. I remember
feeling small as I looked up into Ms Agnes' face, looking into eyes covered with an opaque
blue film....
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Categories:
twine, mystery, native americanme, me,
Form:
Free verse
Love Letters Beneath the Moonlight a Collaboration With Susan AshleyMy love for you
is beyond prophecy or endowment
and lay before you a love letter from the heart
beneath the moonlight's glow
where our eyes find a silent understanding
that embraces each passionate emotion
swirling and entwined in the depth...
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Categories:
twine, beautiful, love, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
The Ballad of Agnes BeanFrom ‘The Woe of Roanoke ‘
It wasn’t just the gale that chilled his skin
As he mulled on the cannibal captured within.
In trembling state he clenched close his cane
To rap tap the gate of the jail...
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Categories:
twine, abuse, death, evil, gothic, native american,
Form:
Narrative
The Night Rabbie Visited MeTHE NIGHT THAT RABBIE VISITED ME
One night in spring I couldn't sleep I heard knocking on the door
I got out of bed, walked to the window to have...
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Categories:
twine, fantasy,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Ode To Mum
Brown paper memories she puts in my hands
Twine roughly tied in a bow slightly askew
Part and parcel of a humble life once led?
My defiant eyes meet hers of black velvet dew
Give me back my...
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Categories:
twine, inspirational love, love, mum,
Form:
Ode
Robert Burns TranslationsA Red, Red Rose
by Robert Burns
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, my love is like a red, red rose
that's newly sprung in June
and my love is like the melody
that's sweetly played in tune.
And...
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Categories:
twine, red, river, romance, romantic, romantic love, rose,
Form:
Verse
Alone On a Tropical IslandHow I got here, I have no clue. I do remember being on a cruise.
Passengers were walking, talking, and watching the cerulean blue sea sparkling.
Intrigued by the total awesomeness, I climbed on a thin...
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Categories:
twine, beach, boat, death, life, nature, travel,
Form:
Prose