Long Wizardly Poems
Long Wizardly Poems. Below are the most popular long Wizardly by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Wizardly poems by poem length and keyword.
Did You Ever Notice
Did you ever notice
our vampire legends
are almost always patriarchal,
sometimes even princely
and excruciatingly royalist,
elitist?
While witches plot and evil plan
in coven craven circles
more undershadow than legendary.
Wizards might be BullyVampire Princes
while witches may be victimized and therefore victimizing...
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Categories:
wizardly, courage, green, health, humor, tribute,
Form:
Political Verse
Dragon of Oz
Dragon had the acting bug! He wanted that big brass ring.
If the Sheriff of CrazyLand could act, then… so could He!
I told him tryouts for the Wizard of Oz were going on, this week.
So Dragon...
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Categories:
wizardly, celebrity, fantasy, fun, funny, humor, humorous, imagination,
Form:
Light Verse
Soon She'Ll Be Leaving, Her Little Dog Too - Wiz
Soon she’ll be leaving, her little dog too - Wiz
This morning so bleak, there are storms in the sky
As I pick up my brush and my can
Black and white visions now wandering by
Who me, you...
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Categories:
wizardly, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
Hiroshima Poems I
Hiroshima Poems I
Let Us Be Midwives!
by Hiroshima survivor Sadako Kurihara
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Midnight...
the basement of a shattered building...
atomic bomb survivors sniveling in the darkness...
not a single candle between them...
the odor of blood...
the stench...
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Categories:
wizardly, child, children, eulogy, father, mother, war, world
Form:
Verse
Atlas Slugged
An Atlas slugged hanging from his foot by a noose of his own makings protocols of destruction these consider themselves...
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Categories:
wizardly, allegory, faith, religion, god, god,
Form:
Free verse
Folie a Deux
Folie à deux
("shared madness," or "madness for two").
I suffer in silence, though not alone
kvetching old curmudgeon (me)
(once upon a time, a promising
long haired pencil necked geek)
buzzfeeding off life's miniseries
of unedited miseries in tandem
with ideal counterpart...
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Categories:
wizardly, 12th grade, celebration, destiny, emotions, grief, meaningful,
Form:
Free verse
In Emerald Shadows
Trying to hide in conspicuous places
a night on the town in their false, plastic faces.
Sweetly they sweep through magnificent halls,
top-dollar galas and masquerade balls --
where always the wine is more bitter than sweet,
each girl...
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Categories:
wizardly, abuse, analogy, betrayal, dance, lust, rainbow, surreal,
Form:
Couplet
Holy Water's Magical Elixir
Hallelujah, born again
chapels scheming, mankind reeling
in holy water's baptism of wizardly elixir
postulating an all consuming reverence,
rejuvenated myths of deiform fears
as reinvented nature flows in
lickety split's...
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Categories:
wizardly, abuse, analogy, baptism, corruption, dark, faith, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
The Book
Once upon a time
Just to enlighten my mind
I crawled in to a book
To take a closer look
Right there between the pages
A story for all ages
Scrambling over each word
Hoping imagination would stir
I came to the word...
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Categories:
wizardly, adventure, books, fantasy, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
The Cook
The kind heart Negro cook saved me, “Pitch all your sweet meats over-board and turn upon the hearty salt beef and ship bread . . .you’ll be as
hearty as any of ‘em afore you are...
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Categories:
wizardly, adventure, africa, black african american, sea, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
The W's Have It
Well-established wonder-stricken wayfarers will work with wizards,
who worry worm-eating warblers will wander by with Wyandottes.
Witchdoctors wallowing with Weiss beer will widen willowy wonky
widow’s walks. Who? What? When? Why? Why not?
Wonderful wearisome woolly Willies whose...
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Categories:
wizardly, word play,
Form:
Alliteration
Smiling In the Dawn
Smiling In The Dawn
Haiku - Tanka
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tis natures rhythm
heart beating in seasons
climate change cofounds
robins singing out of tune
winter sun confusing all
winter retreating
sunny spring has arrived
natures telling lies
should we give up no
spring will emerge believe
daffodils dancing
we all...
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Categories:
wizardly, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Jesus In The Temple
Murmurs of the dust and bricks of the house of your dad called
Dialogues on the mystic ways of the kingdom enthralled
Food for your psychic power, from cosmic secrets you drew
Winds of words of your wisdom,...
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Categories:
wizardly, jesus,
Form:
Sonnet
Peace
When dragons ruled the atmosphere
gliding here, and then flying there.
No battle waged on kingdoms where
the magical beasts made their lair.
The wind blew strong beneath their wings,
whispering wise, wizardly things.
As though angelic chorus sings,
their smoky song...
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Categories:
wizardly, animal, community, fantasy, life, magic, myth, peace,
Form:
Rhyme
The Yellow Brick Road
happy new year to one all all
may the new year bring peace happiness and more
thank you
"the yellow brick road"
some say the yellow brick road is a state of mind
others say it is a place to...
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Categories:
wizardly, celebration, endurance, imagination, strength,
Form:
Light Verse
Wizardly Dastardly Dan
The fey were excited and they had a big brass band.
They were speaking of green mole house in autumn land.
But what is it? I asked, as I took my feet out of wet sand.
It is...
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Categories:
wizardly, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme