Long Writes Poems
Long Writes Poems. Below are the most popular long Writes by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Writes poems by poem length and keyword.
VillanellesVillanelles
The villanelle is a poetic form based on repetition, with a double refrain.
Villanelle: The Divide
by Michael R. Burch
The sea was not salt the first tide...
was man born to sorrow that first day,
with the...
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writes, moon, repetition, romance, romantic, romantic love, sea,
Form:
Villanelle
Auschwitz RoseAuschwitz Rose
by Michael R. Burch
There is a Rose at Auschwitz, in the briar,
a rose like Sharon’s, lovely as her name.
The world forgot her, and is not the same.
I still love her and extend this sacred...
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Categories:
writes, holocaust, horror, tribute, truth, violence, war, world
Form:
Sonnet
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:
writes, break up, depression, goodbye, leaving, loneliness, lonely,
Form:
Rhyme
Today Is DifferentToday is assiduously
religiously different,
as I review our local RiverEast News.
Every week
Mike Thompson writes a solid Editorial
in a compelling voice.
I expect to only add
my hearty sacred
happy secular "Amen!"
Our nearly fearless Editor and Chief
calls for political "ACCOUNTABILITY!"
like...
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Categories:
writes, america, health, integrity, prayer, spiritual, spoken word,
Form:
Political Verse
Backhand
"Backhand"
You have turned me
inside out, cut open
like a tennis ball
I used to beat backhand
along with the racket
hard against the garage wall
To make sense of it all
as a child, the grief stolen
all too swiftly and replaced...
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Categories:
writes, child abuse, mother daughter, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Poems About RegretRegret
by Michael R. Burch
Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear . . .
once starlight
languished
in your hair . . .
a shining there
as brief
as rare.
Regret . . .
a pain
I chose to bear . . .
unleash
the torrent
of your hair . ....
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Categories:
writes, memory, pain, remember, sad, sorrow, sorry, sympathy,
Form:
Rhyme
Translation of 'The Story' By Kama NasserThe Story
by Kamal Nasser
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I will tell you a story ...
a story that lived in the dreams of my people,
a story that comes from the world of tents.
It is a story...
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Categories:
writes, arabic, betrayal, christian, conflict, courage, devotion, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Wall StreetSet upon the new world stage within the burning fires of hell. Silently posed factions of the elite, suppress the true inherit of Mother Earth. The meek children bending over for millennium, taken spankings of...
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Categories:
writes, political, slam, social, war, war, world, lost,
Form:
Epic
CREATIVTY- PERCEPTION-tenet 1x4
FOUR TENETS OF CREATIVITY
PERCEPTION PARTURATION PUBLICATION PARTICIPATION
INTRODUCTION
This short eBook encompasses my experiences of the creative in both art and poetry in particular.The content of each of the four...
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Categories:
writes, education, poetry,
Form:
Didactic
The Interview - For ContestThis situation has no basis in reality; in fact, it is ludicrously unreal. However, the likes and dislikes shown of its author are completely true!
Scene: A comfortable office where Andrea Dietrich is finishing up with...
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Categories:
writes, fantasy,
Form:
Prose
Poetic Encryption Like Ancient EgyptianPoetic Encryption Like Ancient Egyptian
This terror and threat to poetic clarity,
Becomes a pet rock for some poets.
Words do count for sure, but so does
Clarity unless poets put a mask on.
Encryption can be used to mask...
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Categories:
writes, allegory, analogy, emotions, imagination, metaphor, passion, symbolism,
Form:
Narrative
Origin of ChristianityOrigin of Christianity
(If you don't like religious writes don't read on)
It may surprise some that Jesus was born a Jew, his parents Joseph and Mary were Jewish, both from the tribe of Judah, in the...
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Categories:
writes, bible, christian, faith, history, jewish, religious, truth,
Form:
Didactic
The Dilettante Diaries: the Divine Feminine - a Tale of Seduction
“But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
–“He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,” by W.B. Yeats
“I love you...
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Categories:
writes, friendship, fun, happiness, journey, love, romance, sensual,
Form:
Romanticism
Beware the Ides of March 2023Beware The Ides of March 2023
Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
The following events all occurred
fifteenth of March
across span of millenniums.
One:...
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Categories:
writes, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal, conflict, crush, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CRISIS TEAM IDENTITY FRAUD AGAINST CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCESCRISIS TEAM: HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP
AGENT BROWN: HELLO I'M AGENT BROWN IN DIRE NEED OF THE FBI HELP AFTER I CONTACTED THE FBI ABOUT THE ARSON MURDERER OF 9 CIRO GARGANO AND HIS...
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Categories:
writes, allah,
Form:
Quatorzain
The God Complex
“The God Complex”
His face imprinted
hidden under layers of ink
he whispers his words
like a haunting breeze
dust blown off the pages
towards the back of their minds
once-in-a-while
reminding them of stories
they are eventually, all souls
book-marked
tagged...
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Categories:
writes, god, i am, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Fraudulent
"Fraudulent"
A writer writes of people
walking lonely dark streets
begging for bread, shelter and cold without all
like he’s been there
trudging up and downhill knocking on doors
that judgmentally remain closed after glimpsed twigging -
a monumental fail,...
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Categories:
writes, depression, family, friendship, home, loneliness, lost, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
Less Hellfire PleaseYinPassion: Predictions of HellFire and Damnation raptures,
of Paradise far away from sinful natural EarthClimates of Despair
is not so different from our indigenous ancestors' experience
in the U.S.A. 1800s.
Robersmith: "This situation is not so different from one...
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Categories:
writes, earth, games, health, integrity, peace, psychological, sin,
Form:
Political Verse
Soliloquio Del Individuo By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T Wignesan
Soliloquio del Individuo by Nicanor Parra, Translated by T. Wignesan
(Homage to Nicanor PARRA, 1914-2018, the Chilean ANTI-POET, winner of the "Cervantes Prize" (the highest literary honour for writers in Spanish), four times nominated for the...
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Categories:
writes, allegory, humanity, loneliness, philosophy, psychological, world,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Limerick Collaboration-Join In-New AdditionsIf you would like to have your limerick(s) posted, soup mail them to me.
Ms. Rude is still writing her snide remarks
She sounds like a mad dog who barks and barks
Geeze, lady, give it a rest
Your...
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Categories:
writes, humor,
Form:
Limerick
A New MythologyThere is a new mythology emerging,
Howling from the hind end of the pack,
Scorching the composted leavings
Of established orthodoxy as a pillar of flame
Showing the way for true rock & rollers.
It’s...
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Categories:
writes, allegory, mythology,
Form:
Blank verse
Rise Above ItA man who lacks a sleep schedule.
In a home that houses not only him
But his very own mother
His daughter who comes equipped with
Her very own mother too
Honey girl rises with the sun and sets with...
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Categories:
writes, allusion, analogy, anxiety, betrayal, deep, discrimination, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Tea and Poetry In the Ides of March - Part ThreeAgain the alarm is set.
Strawberries, date squares…Yum, Yum.
The alarm rings again. The tea party is over.
She returns to her perch where her wings are immediately clipped by the Bald Eagle who...
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Categories:
writes, satire,
Form:
Free verse
Through Thick and ThinI think it might be John Rawls
who writes about
thick and thin justice sandwiches.
Thick justice
may be more deeply embedded, richly spread
in regenerative pursuing time,
producing and serving healthy wealth relationships,
often digestively motivated
to achieve nutritional communion goals,
While thinner...
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Categories:
writes, analogy, culture, health, integrity, judgement, rights, wisdom,
Form:
Political Verse
Children Are On Crosshair.
.........................................INNOCENCE
..................................Oh! it is so very asleep
.........................As we grow up the bliss that we seek
....................To stay innocent blissfully innocent -As kids
...............My lovely world- it conspires to keep me so clean
..........No cigarettes no porn...
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Categories:
writes, children, corruption, evil, grief, violence,
Form:
Concrete