Long Woeful Poems
Long Woeful Poems. Below are the most popular long Woeful by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Woeful poems by poem length and keyword.
Athenian EpitaphsAthenian Epitaphs
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be,
but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
—Michael R. Burch, after Plato
Does my soul abide in heaven, or hell?
Only the sea gulls
in their...
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Categories:
woeful, death, eulogy, funeral, grave, loss, memorial day,
Form:
Epigram
Doggerel IiDoggerel II: Doggerel about Doggerel, or, More Nonsense Verse
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood:
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the...
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Categories:
woeful, animal, dog, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
Categories:
woeful, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Canto Xix Hell TranslationSimon wizard, you poor under his sway
That all things of God, which then of good will
Must be always brides, and you birds of prey
For gold and silver adulterate still,
Now it's time that the trumpet sounds...
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Categories:
woeful, fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Crown of Sonnets in Iambic Pentameter: In Story-Tale-in-FormCrown of Sonnets in Iambic Pentameter: The Tale of Prince Zag
Note: The tale is six (6) sonnets long, each sonnet has 14 lines, each line contains variable words bearing 10 syllables, nevertheless, this tale bears...
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Categories:
woeful, analogy,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Desperate Hope
Placed First in:
This or That Vol 22 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh ...
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Categories:
woeful, emotions, god, humanity, inspirational, men, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
TranmutationWritten 12 December 2023
Transmutation Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
...
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Categories:
woeful, humanity, life, men, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
HighbornCAST:
Prince Zag The Freid: Son of King Othor The Freid, younger brother of Prince Zig The Freid
Duke Mor: Close friend of King Othor and an arbiter between father the king and of his son the...
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Categories:
woeful, allegory, character, destiny, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
remembering the time when i was LOSTForever wondering when I won’t be left behind and upset
Pondering if you’ll ever save me from burying me alive
Wandering in the woods of my spiralling mindset of regret
Squandering my time time after time and I...
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Categories:
woeful, angst, anxiety, conflict, courage, deep, emotions, endurance,
Form:
Lyric
Drained By My Thot TrainDrain away the pain that I feel
Drain away the rain that’s real
Frozen in fire of your desire
Stay a while longer and admire
The healing rain that drains away the pain,
Nourishing the grains of His fruitful...
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Categories:
woeful, angst, anxiety, emotions, endurance, forgiveness, grief, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ringer and the CleanskinThe True Story
A Poem of the time, when as a 16 year old young fellow, and fresh from Blighty I spent 7 years as a Ringer in North Queensland, Australia. A Ringer is the Queensland...
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Categories:
woeful, nature,
Form:
Ballad
Mayflower 2017The hearts of white men are silently fuming
The spirits of angry widows steadily grow bitter
The bosoms of weeping mothers open wide
While the relics of the past kept washing upon our...
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Categories:
woeful, abuse, betrayal, community, conflict, environment, immigration, people,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Beneath The AltarThe fruit juice drips momentarily beneath the alter filling the crevices and corner, while the sound of impatient traffic rolls down the street honking horns and disrupting the peace. A strange sound starts rumbling in...
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Categories:
woeful, baptism, caregiving, city, community, drink, missing, money,
Form:
Narrative
Kate and Isobel*There are only two damsels in this tale; all variations were simply for ease of writing.
Once Kate and Isabella went
To see the pretty fields of Gwent
And traipse through forest shade
They packed a picnic lunch for...
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Categories:
woeful, character, friend, girl, hero, history,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Diary Notes: Lament At Dawn - a Year Ago Yet Now No Change Diary Notes: Lament at Dawn A Year Ago and yet now No Change
...
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Categories:
woeful, august, christian, discrimination, hate, immigration, islamic, jewish,
Form:
Free verse
Personal Vicissitudes Pronounced Irrepressible Self LoathingPersonal vicissitudes pronounced irrepressible self loathing
Ever since mine late boyhood
when unstoppable coded
cellular processes did segue
I experienced abhorrence
toward yours truly,
an extremely introverted kid,
whose parents nor siblings
(one younger and older sister) could
not arouse him
out of...
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Categories:
woeful, 12th grade, 2nd grade, anger, anxiety, bereavement,
Form:
Free verse
Deep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True LoveDeep In Newly Disturbed Soil, Lies My True Love
( “Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them” – George Eliot.)
Deep in newly disturbed soil, lies my true love
'neath a canopy...
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Categories:
woeful, death, deep, depression, heartbreak, loss, pain, sorrow,
Form:
Elegy
The Anatomy of a Kural: Maxim 245 of the Thirukkural By ThiruvalluvarThe Anatomy of a Kural: Maxim Number 245 (taken at random) of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classic on Ethics by Thiruvalluvar
allal arulaalvaarkku illai valivalangum
mallalmaa naalam kari (K245)
“The teeming earth's vast realm, round which the...
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Categories:
woeful, education, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, tamil,
Form:
Couplet
A Fading QueenA FADING QUEEN
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
She had all the feminine gifts those many years ago
Drawing stares from everyone where ever she’d go
Back in high school, she was the center of attraction
In every classroom, she...
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Categories:
woeful, analogy, celebrity, cinderella, heartbreak, loneliness, nostalgia, sorrow,
Form:
Rhyme
Ready To GoPeople are wandering around the town
With their heads pointing to the clouds
People are wandering about the town
Looking like fearful clowns
Nasty men with hard backs
Are walking about the park
Harassing the women in the boiling...
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Categories:
woeful, confidence, endurance, england, environment, friendship, journey, meaningful,
Form:
Narrative
Spirits In the WoodStanding all alone in the woods;
eyes shut, I feel the lilting light.
Sun dodges needles through the crown,
beams land on my skin softly so.
Brisk breezes quicken and rustle.
Bristlecone pines ever sway slowly,
while pockets of air blush...
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Categories:
woeful, death, earth, fantasy, sin, sound, spiritual, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Donald Trump Must Be Permanently LambastedDonald Trump must be permanently lambasted...
and ewe know what else...
furloughed & barred from Whitehouse
Ducks of former self proclaimed Grand Poobah
getting lined up and goosed as these words typed
after trumpeting January 6th, 2021
as violent insurrection
Mitch Mcconnell...
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Categories:
woeful, abuse, america, corruption, destiny, grave, horror, january,
Form:
Free verse
The Light of Nativity
Placed 8th in :
No. 1264 New Poem Only Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
The Light Of Nativity
...
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Categories:
woeful, anniversary, appreciation, christian, christmas, god, heaven, spiritual,
Form:
Quatrain
Keeping It TogetherFalling apart is human nature from the start
We cry when we break down with grief in heart
Don’t walk away, but smile away the yearning of yesterday
Living, in general, is tough and fills me with...
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Categories:
woeful, dedication, emotions, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
Starry Starry Night - POTWPOTW
When Wishes were made on a shooting star
The Heavens looked down and smiled
With sprinkles of stardust on a whisper of moonbeams
They created for us a child
Soothed you were by twinkling stars
In a crib that faced...
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Categories:
woeful, anti bullying, art, beauty, death, depression, sad,
Form:
Dramatic Verse