Long Victorian Poems
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Short Stuff: EpigramsEpigrams by Michael R. Burch
Negligibles
by Michael R. Burch
Show me your most intimate items of apparel:
begin with the hem of your quicksilver slip ...
Negotiables
by Michael R. Burch
Love should be more than the sum of its...
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Categories:
victorian, body, clothes, death, eulogy, introspection, love, obituary,
Form:
Epigram
Blue Shotgun Lantana
"As other spirits sail on music, mine, oh my love, swim on your perfume." Charles Baudelaire
"Sometimes you find an old bottle from which the soul returns."
Charles Baudelaire
"Smell is a Word. Perfume is Literature."
"There are...
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Categories:
victorian, muse, mystery, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
Contract Against GreatnessIn Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"
she paints a nationalistically wealthy saint
where also lives a monochromatically utilitarian narcissist,
sucking on attachment to fame and power
for bought and sold ZeroSum accounting Souls.
If the perfectly powerful pure patriarchal patriot
were your...
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Categories:
victorian, culture, health, integrity, mental illness, peace, philosophy,
Form:
Political Verse
Free Verse IiiSalve
by Michael R. Burch
for the victims and survivors of 9-11
The world is unsalvageable ...
but as we lie here
in bed
stricken to the heart by love
despite war’s
flickering images,
sometimes we still touch,
laughing, amazed,
that our flesh
does not despair
of love
as...
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Categories:
victorian, body, desire, kiss, love, together, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
There Comes That MomentFortunately, when I was young, what I perceived - 'my kingdom' -
spanned - and I'm not kidding you...seven - city - blocks!
But being neither worried about - nor having fully mastered -
the tricky...
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Categories:
victorian, childhood, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
victorian, desire, longing, love, romance, romantic, romantic love,
Form:
Sonnet
The Long Way HomeIt was late in the balmy springtime, and I was attending a lecture,
On a topic of great interest, which was the history of architecture.
As a great lover of beauty, I admired structural geometric designs,
Like the...
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Categories:
victorian, fantasy, home, magic, people, school, spring, time,
Form:
Couplet
Secret Garden“I’m reluctant to share my secret, but being we are the closest of friends, I will share my secret with you. But before I do I’m going to ask you to pinkie swear that you...
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Categories:
victorian, beautiful, fantasy, happiness, imagination,
Form:
Prose
To the Manor Born - 1st Third - W-IllustrationHere's the deal, folks...
This is the 1st THIRD of this quite lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 3 parts. What a pain!
...
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Categories:
victorian, humor,
Form:
Narrative
The Window Seat - Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationWhile flying through a cloudy sky, a blank and thoughtless glance
Exposed to me this big old house, so brief, and quite by chance.
I’d seen enough to know that it was large, and very grand,
A place...
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Categories:
victorian, humor,
Form:
Narrative
1856
During a bad storm one night I turned on my television
Grey and black flickering lines appeared, obscuring my vision
I went outside and saw the aerial had bent over but it would have to wait
Tomorrow I'd...
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Categories:
victorian, dark, dream, surreal,
Form:
Narrative
Sir Sleep.So this one was really just a bit of fun I wanted to try and incorporate some really old slang type language within the piece, I've included a glossary below for the old words but...
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Categories:
victorian, dark, dream, night, old, silence, sleep, stars,
Form:
Free verse
Words and PoetryAbout Bill Posters and Bill Greenwell
Words not to use in poems
In 1993, I (Bill Greenwell) went on a three-day workshop with the poet Peter Sansom, who co-edits The North, and runs the Smith/Doorstop imprint. He’s...
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Categories:
victorian, education, poetry,
Form:
I do not know?
Jessica Casey - Part 2 - Seven Years LaterJessica Casey the punters dream- Sequel to Shy Julie
They came from near - they came from far
Bus ferry and train and some by car
THE GOLDEN EGG GRAND FINAL
One greyhound in mind
Jessica Casey -The Select...
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Categories:
victorian, family, feelings, humorous,
Form:
Metrical Tale
Dark Twisted Dreams
I've been having the nightmares for a while now each night,
Although I know in my heart there is no chance of escape;
I really pray that this night will be...
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Categories:
victorian, dream, fear, horror,
Form:
Narrative
Hand-Picked Berries and Sun-Dried Tomatoes 3“The songs are casual and careless in a satisfying way, like the used condom your latest lover left lying on your bedroom floor, a souvenir you’re not yet ready to dispose of.” Candy Cotton, Modern...
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Categories:
victorian, mythology,
Form:
Prose
Oliver, a BoyMy mother's name was Seraphine
A sadder child was never seen
Her duty was to serve the table
Of newly widowed Mrs. Grable
Her husband Mr. Grable died
To keep the British gratified
For which the lady, born and bred
Was...
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Categories:
victorian, england, fantasy, innocence,
Form:
Epic
Roaring TwentiesRoaring Twenties
Nostalgia and age like bacon and eggs,
With buttered toast and jam on the side for breakfast;
And coffee, and a glass of orange juice to drink,
And a memory in-between to rethink.
The day begins with boring...
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Categories:
victorian, america, culture, education, history, perspective, society, usa,
Form:
Verse
My Grand AuntMY GRAND AUNT
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
She is still as elegant as I dare remember
Those early springs: its now late december
She is sitting with her back perfectly straight
I’m afraid she’ll chastise me for being late
She...
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Categories:
victorian, dedication, devotion, family, farewell, heartbreak, life, solitude,
Form:
Rhyme
The Walk HomeA walk home
...And there he lie in fetid squalor,
Upon the chaise in vacant parlour...
“What befell this young man?” a query.
A sorrowful tale - tis quite dreary.
Tricks! The superstitious mind doth play.
Bested -...
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Categories:
victorian, dark, death, evil, fear, horror, imagination, night,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
victorian, england, garden, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Ne Soyons Pas Rancunier - Translation of Oodgeroo's Let Us Not Be Bitter By T WignesanNe soyons pas rancunier – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “Let us not be bitter” by T. Wignesan
(Note : The fiery fearless rebel of Where we going (1964) and The Dawn is at Hand (1966) –...
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Categories:
victorian, change, forgiveness, future, heart, recovery from,
Form:
Free verse
Transgendering TrumpismsTrump started it,
with his arguments against transgender people
in the military violence business
of nationalism.
He seems to think trans-thinking
could not be sufficiently focused,
disciplined,
willing to accept ego-sacrifices
as necessary for successful long-term peaceful outcomes.
While this does seem to be...
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Categories:
victorian, color, courage, gender, health, humor, integrity, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
My Seven ''Deadly'' Sins
Oh pride, pride, I do have pride
Pride of my country, pride in my siblings, and my nephews and niece
I am proud of me too, I am a survivor, proud of every single word that I...
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Categories:
victorian, anger, emotions, life, lust, pride,
Form:
Free verse
Oliver and FamilyWhen I was young and fate was kind
To every wish, I had in mind
No appetite for greater gloom
Betrayed the joy that lit my room
Where nothing but the night is black
And black is never dark...
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Categories:
victorian, betrayal, bullying, conflict, courage, destiny, endurance, england,
Form:
Epic