Long Withstand Poems
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Enheduanna TranslationsEnheduanna is the first writer we know by name. She created the first poetry anthology and hymnal, circa 2250 BC, in ancient Sumer. She was the daughter of King Saragon the Great.
Lament to the...
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Categories:
withstand, god, moon, poems, poetess, poetry, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About Things That Break IPoems about Things that Break I
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter: a bubble, glass, a mirror, a twig or tree limb, a thunderstorm, cities and towers in times of war, old...
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Categories:
withstand, break up, depression, goodbye, leaving, loneliness, lonely,
Form:
Rhyme
MEMORY THERAPY-You Have Entered the Twilight Zone Poetry Contest~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nick Tipton lived a quiet life,
west Kentucky, in rolling hills;
been farming there for ten years,
all according to his own will.
This simple life would’ve have kept on,
‘til one night, age thirty-three,
a nightmare burst into his mind,
so...
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Categories:
withstand, memory, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
Divine Comedy, Second CantoThe day was going off, and the brown air
To the terrestrial animals gave rest
For their labors; and only me was there
Just ready to withstand the war at best
Both of the journey and of the torment,
Which...
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Categories:
withstand, fantasy, proposal,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Exaltation of InannaThe Exaltation of Inanna: Opening Lines and Excerpts
by Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon I of Akkad and high priestess of Inanna
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Lady of all divine powers!
Lady of the resplendent light!
Righteous Lady...
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Categories:
withstand, faith, god, light, religion, religious, sin, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Lament To the Spirit of WarLament to the Spirit of War
by Enheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
You hack down everything you see, War God!
Rising on fearsome wings
you rush to destroy the land:
raging like thunderstorms,
howling like hurricanes,
screaming like...
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Categories:
withstand, allegory, analogy, conflict, death, soldier, storm, war,
Form:
Free verse
Story-My humorDo you know what it feels like when your dad leaves to go get the milk and comes back with a gun and some vengeance?
No? Well me neither.
See look, being funny is hard.
Some people don’t...
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Categories:
withstand, creation, emotions, funny, humor, me, meaningful,
Form:
Narrative
Split Personalities Love and HateYour personality is split right down the middle in the way that is my heart, you should know all about this though, you played your part
You’re the reason I’m here now, living in this pain,...
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Categories:
withstand, conflict, hate, heartbroken, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Morning DevotionMORNING DEVOTION
Heavenly Father:
I lift up travelers to You.
I pray for peace for Jerusalem and safety for Israel. I pray that between one and all of Her children would come to a saving knowledge of...
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Categories:
withstand, christian, faith, god, inspirational, jesus, prayer, religious,
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Fat People - XxixUnquotable quotes: Fat People – XXIX
(I know this piece sounds mean and cruel but as every single parent must have experienced, this is also the expression of utter exasperation, and perhaps there’s also the slightest...
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Categories:
withstand, abuse, chocolate, depression, health, humor, hyperbole, natural
Form:
Epigram
The Love Song of L Marie ModenbachWe disagree
I want to breathe people
Feel a timeless, immortal pulse
My solitude is anonymous observation
Strolling in unnoticed contemplation through worlds stacked upon worlds
The Flâneuse
My sustenance is colorful variety
Diving into the expressionism of bizarre fringes
Taste testing any...
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Categories:
withstand, change, emotions, growth, humanity, love, society, together,
Form:
Free verse
The Lay of the Best Man - Part 3Ask your friend, neighbour or even a stranger newly-met
Have they ever been damaged by a ‘trust’ ….now turned ‘regret’?
Most men, if not all, have fashioned their character on personal experience
Yet these damned hypocrites are themselves...
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Categories:
withstand, abuse, corruption, earth, i am, life, men,
Form:
Lay
Robinson CrusoeI killed my friend,
I never wanted,
Do not see me cruel,
I did it for love.
We both ran naked
Under this influential shower.
No one uncoupled his lips
Against this faint madness,
We were indebted,
Either had to earn the prize.
It was...
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Categories:
withstand, bereavement, betrayal,
Form:
Imagism
Parts Two and Three Honoring Elizabeth Barrett Browning(4.)
As Midnight Hours Call In More Darkened Hosts
Slow flows a river of doubt and regret
foaming its swirling eddies and sad pits
cavernous echoes one can not forget
nor withstand jagged cuts and hardest hits!
As sun retreats and...
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Categories:
withstand, appreciation, art, creation, poetry, poets, tribute, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Do You RememberI woke up this morning feeling vigorous and strong
Even though I had lost some sleep, I could still feel my heartbeat
I took a shower, and got dressed and stared at the morning sky
I gazed...
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Categories:
withstand, dance, environment, friendship, leadership, love, moving on,
Form:
Narrative
Jeni and Her Army Trigger Warning AbuseThis is the story of Jeni Haynes, whose father inflicted horrific physical and sexual abuse on her from the age of four years old. As a result she created over 2000 alter egos to get...
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Categories:
withstand, abuse, mental illness,
Form:
Free verse
Secret Love
Hidden beneath the hopes and dreams, gentle
Feelings, inspiring me to trust, believe
Fondness this alive isn’t accidental
It feels amazing, just like Christmas Eve,
Joyful and inspired, like a heart afire
Breathing whispers of light over the soul
Remembering the...
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Categories:
withstand, love, romance, senses,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Riding Sixties ShotgunI was in the shotgun seat
in 1960 Lansing Michigan
headed straight as a harddrive
through ghettoizing "Negra Section"
hunting down our commercial whitebread
heavenly ThriftyAcres
Wanna be a WalMart ImPlantation
but not Southern enough,
somehow,
to withstand straight-male competition
in fluent White Privileged...
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Categories:
withstand, beauty, community, culture, extended metaphor, health, romance,
Form:
Political Verse
An Ode To NarcissusAll these years I tried to sugarcoat the pain you gave me
I tried to understand your how’s
Accept your when’s
be absent in your where’s
and ended up alone in my why’s
I can’t even believe that I was...
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Categories:
withstand, lost love, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Im PossiblePoetically impressive
Mentally progressive
Addicted to my writing
it’s becoming a bit obsessive
But this is the medicine
A therapy for my depression
Post traumatic disorder
Is the cause for my aggression
My heart gets heavy
My mind...
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Categories:
withstand, beautiful, blessing, character, dedication, deep, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Of Byron, Keats and Shelley, a Few WordsFrom my Blog:
Of Byron, Keats And Shelley, A Few Words
(1.)
Of Byron And A Visit I Once Had
Alas! Youth and its joy away has flown
I wake at the break of day with a groan
the smooth mirror...
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Categories:
withstand, appreciation, art, inspirational, meaningful, poetry, poets, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
Reflection MindsetI I’m constantly rehearsing
On my versing
Never sliding or swerving
My Rhymes play
Like a wordsmith
I’m Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult
Remembering to stay humble
And claim my guilt and my fault
The Wisest Man once said what’s...
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Categories:
withstand, bible, black african american, god, growth,
Form:
Free verse
Lamentations 1How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces, has now become a slave.
Bitterly she weeps...
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Categories:
withstand, abuse, anger, anxiety, assonance, betrayal, bullying, butterfly,
Form:
Free verse
Canto Xxviii Hell Translation Part1Whoever might with just free words beside
Speak of the blood and in full too of sores
Which I saw now, with a narration wide?
Any speech will sure fail to open doors
To our sermon and for the...
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Categories:
withstand, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
AssemblageAll are walking to the courtyard the bell has tolled it’s time to start, they have all but arranged the wooden stakes they are just waiting to ignite the spark
Everyone stops and stares as I...
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Categories:
withstand, betrayal, cry, death, emotions, hate, heartbroken, jealousy,
Form:
Rhyme