Long Welsh Poems
Long Welsh Poems. Below are the most popular long Welsh by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Welsh poems by poem length and keyword.
The Pictish FaeriesThe Pictish Faeries
by Michael R. Burch
Smaller and darker
than their closest kin,
the faeries learned only too well
never to dwell
close to the villages of larger men.
Only to dance in the starlight
when the moon was full
and men...
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Categories:
welsh, fairy,
Form:
Verse
Drunk Tank ShankI once spent a week in the drunk tank
couldn't handle the spirits that I drank
the cuisine wasn't half bad
we even had a few laughs
but I had to guard my butt with a shank
……………………………………………………………………….
It used to...
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Categories:
welsh, drink, joy, tribute,
Form:
Limerick
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:
welsh, creation, mythology,
Form:
Narrative
Great Little Englandskinny island rump
highway seas churning the horizon under turbulent skies
entity England
migration waves still grounding along the continental shelf
monarchs, priests and lords
relaunching history and hope, the...
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Categories:
welsh, culture, england, history,
Form:
Narrative
Soul Stance River - 15We briefly meet the Mandan Chief Big White
in the village center where the animals are sacraficed,
couples wed, and disputes are dealt with,
he is a massive, and portly man
and is wearing a headdress that spreads to...
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Categories:
welsh, adventure,
Form:
Epic
Landsbyen-Into the North-An Epic PoemPlease note that this work is meant to follow in Epic Form and will not follow commonly used grammatical rules found in Prose, such as, not following proper paragraph use. Because it is an Epic...
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Categories:
welsh, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Great Britain In No Particular OrderIn no particular order
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
But together Great Britain
I have never been to Scotland.
Wales or Northern Ireland as well.
That’s because I’m getting old.
And I’m not well, I’m ill.
Yet what I see...
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Categories:
welsh, break up, courage, together, truth, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Arthurian Poems IiiUther’s Last Battle
by Michael R. Burch
When Uther, the High King,
unable to walk, borne upon a litter
went to fight Colgrim, the Saxon King,
his legs were weak, and his visage bitter.
“Where is Merlyn, the sage?
For today I...
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Categories:
welsh, england, literature, magic, myth, romance, romantic, war,
Form:
Verse
Arthurian Poems IiNote: the "dd" in Welsh names is pronounced "th."
Merlyn's Birth
by Michael R. Burch
I was born in Gwynedd,
or not born, as some men claim,
and the Zephyr of Caer Myrrdin
gave me my name.
My father was Madog Morfeyn
but...
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Categories:
welsh, england, literature, magic, myth, romance, romantic, wisdom,
Form:
Verse
Gundar NilsKathryn's Saga.....a work in Progress.....
History.....A lone Viking ship...with Black Sails......Pounding the waves.....in the midst of
natures fury.....The worse the weather the more the Gods looked on with favor.
Gunder Nils hated and loved this journey.....
Everything about...
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Categories:
welsh, adventurewomen, men, women,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Psalms 3-4If you have ever been near Pentecostal Churches - that really began in c.1900 - you would know Psalm 91 as a great Prayer of Protection and Victories! It is hard not to love both...
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Categories:
welsh, africa, america, angst, bible, faith, god, wisdom,
Form:
Prose
Forced Ska Hoard and Save Hen Years AgoHistory contends that on that score
hing hot summer at 6:00 pm June sixteenth
in the year 666 after the Devonian era,
two lovers - a Mister Belmont Me
and Missy Bryn Mawr Hu felt the...
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Categories:
welsh, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Light Verse
What Happened To the Giants, Part Ii...Yes, I’m talking of homo sapiens,
the last human species that still remains,
when they burst out of their African home
nothing ever would again be the same.
You saw it plain with the neandertals,
the older species just could...
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Categories:
welsh, conflict, history, myth, people, perspective, science, time,
Form:
Epic
Clerihews of the Original Three of Four and Me- Three of My Original Four Favorite PoetsHer name is Seren
Yes the proud welsh girl, not foe, hopefully a fren
The number of contest she entered, maybe a million
On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d give her a billion
She has passionately...
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Categories:
welsh, funny, green, may, me, poems,
Form:
Clerihew
TreeShe walks in the green welsh fields
with a basket in her hands
She’s Gathering jasmines flowers
and singing as loud as she can
and under a big cherry tree
She sits when she needs to...
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Categories:
welsh, beautiful, loneliness, lonely, longing, lost love, love,
Form:
Light Verse
Inferiority Is ComplexShe had a masters degree,
from Trinity Cambridge,
was brokering deals in the city,
with overheard talk re. financial leverage.
Whilst I’d a diploma
from a,
“technical” college.
A photographic memory,
from heart she could recite,
the Shakespeare plays and
the...
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Categories:
welsh, angst, books, break up, confidence, emotions, moving
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Clerihewer of the FewerIf you orginally read this then, you would have seen it was a villanelle, actualy same it was the poem Hope, which I posted before this one. A very silly copy/paste error that was pointed...
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Categories:
welsh, fun,
Form:
Clerihew
Flight For FreedomFour years ago today
9/11 rang in our ears
Our Nation still cries a river
Into a sea of tears
Patrick Driscoll 70, was retired
Jane Folger 73, retired as well
Toshiya Kuge was a student
When the Twin Towers fell
Husbands and...
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Categories:
welsh, history, people, husband, wife, husband,
Form:
List
Great Uncle SamI was a child, yes, even little old me,
curious and happy, my smile wild with glee.
But at the tender age of seven,
I learnt that family go to heaven.
My aunt, a distant,...
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Categories:
welsh, death, death of a friend, friend, loss,
Form:
Free verse
Fair and Market In WalesLost my kids once just for a minute or so in the fair: needle in haystack.
Busy and purposeful Sunday morning. Fascinating bee hive but I wanted my kids back
Thought they were next to...
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Categories:
welsh, childhood,
Form:
Couplet
Shark SoupTim had all the necessary ingredients right next to his ancient burner
Shark teeth dangling from a sunken necklace at the cutting edge but
The amulet had turned into chains and shackles grinding the chef’s mind
A lost...
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Categories:
welsh, ocean,
Form:
Free verse
Love StoryWith heritage of dragon lore,
and hills and valleys shore to shore.
From the land of leeks and daffs,
there came a lass born of a Taff.
Roman walls built strong and bold,
surround a fortress very old.
From English city...
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Categories:
welsh, child, discrimination, family, love, parents, race, prejudice,
Form:
Rhyme
My Shoe CollectionMy Shoe Collection
Shoes
Nice if you have them
Shoes
There is love
There is happiness
When the next path of your journey
You take with shoes on your feet
Shoes
I am coming out of the closet
I am not a woman
But I do...
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Categories:
welsh, hilarious, imagination, irony, journey, metaphor, silly, sports,
Form:
Free verse
Things That Hate MeTHINGS THAT HATE ME
Spaghetti, for I don’t allow it to outrun my utensil
I chop it all to inch-long pieces then use my fork as...
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Categories:
welsh, funnyhate,
Form:
Couplet
Ash GrovesAsh Groves
“Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander
When twilight is fading I pensively rove,
Or at the bright noontide in solitude wander
Amid the dark shades of the lonely Ash Grove.
‘Tis there where the blackbird...
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Categories:
welsh, family, music,
Form:
Lyric