Long Underworld Poems
Long Underworld Poems. Below are the most popular long Underworld by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Underworld poems by poem length and keyword.
The Messenger
"The Messenger"
Love is rich with
venom and honey.
there was a female ...
snake,
it watched
with green-eyed
avarice, covetting
a dove’s nest
the dove,
was white as snow,
not young, getting on,
tiny flecks of grey
the dove
alone,...
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Categories:
underworld, dark, journey, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
SPECIAL AGENT ALAN KING FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOISYOU ARRIVED ON CUE I SUPPOSE RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS DAY ARSONS MURDERS PROCLAIMING MY LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ARSON MURDER 8 ELDERLY PERSONS PARISHES PROCLAIMED MY EX HUSBAND...
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Categories:
underworld, chicago, city, i love you,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Love Has a Southern FlavorLove has a Southern flavor: honeydew,
ripe cantaloupe, the honeysuckle’s spout
we tilt to basking faces to breathe out
the ordinary, and inhale perfume ...
Love’s Dixieland-rambunctious: tangled vines,
wild clematis, the gold-brocaded leaves
that will not keep their order in...
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Categories:
underworld, desire, longing, love, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Sonnet
No TitleI have slept but I have not slept
I have not slept but I have slept
For the first time in two years
I slept without a word of care
No codes, no crossroads
No railroads, no shiploads
No lizards no...
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Categories:
underworld, america, betrayal, character, emotions, environment, food, gender,
Form:
Narrative
A JourneymanA Journeyman
Prologue and Epitaph:
I am the fool, the jester, clown, a harlequin, charade, façade of many
shades and colours, mascara over broken fragments, dead and gone
1) Megalomaniac charlatan, lost in destruction, finding the path, the touch,
the miracle...
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Categories:
underworld, life,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
While RememberingBrazil
As I drove through the heavy snow of Manquiville,
Deep in silence back to Grandfather's house, all frightened faces
Full of solemnly dreams, I remember the smell of the sea.
The unseen Grandpa's hands, pulling and pulling
The full...
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Categories:
underworld, grandfather, relationship, old, sea, old, sea,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
AwenTo witness no trace of a step, that has lingered beneath the dewy lush grass.
Then to gaze upon greatest glory! While creation unfolds right in front of you.
Revealing its treasured secrets, while you stand stunned,...
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Categories:
underworld, creation, mythology,
Form:
Narrative
Discard Flat Packs Have FaithDiscard Flat Packs Have Faith
There is a God of the Universe parallel that is and I call
her freedom ‘Come into my space’ she seems to contradict
‘do not be afraid’ to fall off that...
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Categories:
underworld, god, universe,
Form:
Personification
The Nifty Town 2I walked pass the neighborhood restaurants and saw Americans
browsing on their laptops and having their Saturday evening meals
Some were having a serious chat over dinner
I could see angry faces filled with disappointments and resentments
There is...
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Categories:
underworld, absence, abuse, america, anti bullying, break up,
Form:
Narrative
The SentinelTHE SENTINEL
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
I took the elevator to the lobby of the small hotel
I’d been here six days the ennui was starting to tell
I’d been sent to cover an international gathering
Sessions so long and dull...
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Categories:
underworld, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
Within My Quasi Moat Toad Lily Padded Immediate EnvironsWithin my quasi moat toad lily padded immediate environs
Meaning the corporeal complex edifice
housing these lovely bones,
where linkedin logorrhea ably
strives to break out
in meaningless song
yobble hum hum diddle dee dee
and dance courtesy
an...
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Categories:
underworld, adventure, age, allusion, analogy, anniversary, appreciation, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns
"The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns"
Reversing roll calls
the Anti-Hero
jumps through
burning hoops
instinctively
bathed in the magnum glow
designed to fire cartridges
with a kick like a field gun
a bloody victory
is eventually won
lacking conventionality
novel and picaresque
placing bad...
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Categories:
underworld, abuse, dark, girl, hero, muse, women,
Form:
Free verse
Achilles, His Heart and Soul Were MortalAchilles, His Heart and Soul Were Mortal
Part One- (Years Before Troy)
Achilles* woke, his slain foes calling out his name
hearing merciless woes, his sharpen sword they blame
looking at the heavens he saw the moon glowing blood...
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Categories:
underworld, courage, fantasy, hero, history, mythology, symbolism, war,
Form:
Rhyme
If Dullness Be Your Plunder63.
If Dullness Be Your Plunder
Speech be silence gone amiss
But if speech be ne'er to be.
Choose words with...
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Categories:
underworld, angst, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
The Curse of NefertitiIn golden chains of bondage, was the royal queen
Brought forth, force to kneel, before the newly crowned
Pharaoh of Egypt!
Branded a heretic, a blasphemer of the Gods, a traitor to
Her people, unworthy to wear the serpents...
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Categories:
underworld, adventure, halloween, history, imagery, international, mythology, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Baha OkA synchronised swan chime is very pleasant in a cool breeze but sampling an electric blanket supper is just not that amazing. Nor is it justifiable in a spring turreted garden. Gardeners grabbing gates greedily...
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Categories:
underworld, adventure, africa, animal, appreciation, baptism, beauty,
Form:
I do not know?
An Image of the Netherworld Envisioned By a MisanthropeAn image of the netherworld envisioned by a misanthrope
Mein kampf fraught re:
emotionally/psychologically challenged
impossible mission to cope
compared to classmates, I felt like a dope
and entertained escapist fantasies,
whereby Miss Rainbow
(sixth grade student teacher),
though robbing...
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Categories:
underworld, 6th grade, adventure, age, anti bullying, appreciation,
Form:
Free verse
Dream CatcherThe skipper had sailed quite a few storms and survived
Strong as a cross hanging over an apocalypse’s altar he
Had weathered all seasons and crossed heaven and hell
Tempted his fate and good fortune at times but...
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Categories:
underworld, journey,
Form:
Free verse
Possessed
“Possessed”
The scarlet of her heart opens
where she blooms deepest
from the cuts
of Past’s insanity
her windows
full green undressed
him, in his mind;
he confessed,
in quiet reflection,
he had lost his head
irrevocably -
and taking his brush
dipped it in...
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Categories:
underworld, muse, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
Auric Obsidian - The Face Clean Behind the Gun
"Auric Obsidian - The Face Clean Behind the Gun"
You drew me into your new world,
the corridors of your mind
fitted me perfectly imperfect
into the portraits pegged onto your wall
an unsuspecting target
from...
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Categories:
underworld, dark, muse,
Form:
Free verse
On the Cindered Shoulders of Confused Men
“Fire burning in a hill
The lines are rocky rough
Red angels wait to pick remains
The cindered shoulder
Of confused men”
(Peter Murphy)
"On the Cindered Shoulders of Confused Men"
Close your eyes it was all just a bad...
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Categories:
underworld, betrayal, dark, destiny, fate, mirror, trust, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Malevolent Maverick Mailer-DaemonMalevolent maverick mailer-daemon...
wrought maximum monetary mayhem
within mein kampf
Incomprehensible inhumane
inquisitorial imp incarnate injudiciously,
ineffably, indescribably inflicted
inxs inexorable insidious injury.
Snake charmer also known
in the underworld as Harvey Specter
subliminally slithered,
and deftly insinuated himself
into body electric of yours truly
forever remotely...
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Categories:
underworld, abuse, america, analogy, anger, anxiety, betrayal, confusion,
Form:
Rhyme
Poland IIIFor soon the rains of destiny will fall
as innocence capitulates its soul.
Aggression sealed your fears within a wall
to let disease and hunger take their toll.
Your rank-and-file dissolved into the night
with nary whisper echoing their names,
‘tis...
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Categories:
underworld, world war ii,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Volupte Mysterie
"Volupte Mysterie"
Fallen and risen
the volupte She ...
considers
Her gods
are found
sore and wanting
a new life
breathing in
a new world
she walks
in dreams
she sleeps
in as much as
heaven and hell
exist
here on this Earth
they...
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Categories:
underworld, dark, fantasy, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
Escape of HadesTo many this might seem foolish
But would you lend me your ear
This is not of my own ideas I was raised up on
But in seeking the guidance of His word
Why do we preach people...
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Categories:
underworld, fate,
Form:
Free verse