Short Longfellow Poems

Why can they build a three foot wide wheelchair but not a seven foot long hospital bed?...

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
wrote verses ringing mellow
affording noteworthy fame.
Everyone knows his name....

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
tragic marriage laid him low
Memorable metres made him tick
fame with a patrotic trochiac...

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
a poet,in school most come to know
very much a poesy traditionalist
with lyrical musicality did persist...

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Henry and Me

I was reading aloud my own poetry,
only I in the bedroom except for
Longfellow who quickly fell asleep.  


Kathryn Collins...

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LONGFELLOW POETS CALENDAR


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   [jul THAT][aug IS][sep MY][oct REQUEST][nov OF][dec THEE]...

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Blip

This is a short poem. 
Not a long one like the rest. 
(not haiku)
This is about time, 
and saying a lot in a small space.
Updates to follow.
Be quiet... (calm)

?...

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Yesterday

We 
that can remember
keep-alive
those that have been forgotten,
in the small room,
the place in our hearts,
where God 
plants the best flowers,
and no tears…
fall....

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In Segovia
the residents are jovial
   Unlike in Madrid
   where they've hit the skids


             July 22, 2019
 H W Longfellow Inspired Poetry Contest
          Sponsor: Julia Ward...

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Longing

Little mermaid on the rock, 
Wishing and wondering, 
What it would be like, 
just to walk?

Little girl in a chair, 
riding around on wheels of air…
Wondering; what it is like… to feel?...

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Singing birds emerging.
Pretty flowers are blooming.
Rabbits are hopping.
In spring things start living.
Nests of eggs are cracking.
Gardens are now growing.

Written Date: 1/21/2020
Acrostic Rhyme Poem...

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925

They are pure silver, 
and have no idea. 
They are humble and kind, 
pray for each other, 
and welcome strangers.

Yet polished or aged, 
vintage of freshly fired, 
the address is the same. 

925...

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I woke to such a mighty peal
And asked the vicar: “ What’s the deal?
I think it’s best
To let me rest.
With PEACE on earth, goodwill to men!”

*Inspired by  Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
for Deb's contest...

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Grief

God gave me an angel, 
a wife, 
a helpmate.
I had no idea the worth of that gift, 
bestowed upon my unworthy life.

Regret has nothing to do 
with the sister of joy.  
Loss is the little brother, 
of the spoiled....

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"V"irus now controlling the world.
"I"n every home changes are coming.
"R"un to the store to get what you need.
"U"se peace not fear to escape the stress.
"S"un rises, sun sets with more deaths each day.

Date Written: 3/13/2020...

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Whisper
 
A subtle current,
a fierce expression,
of a gentle feeling, 
wild,
powerful, 
no longer held contained 
by any restraint. 
 
Not weak, as may be expected, 
but the very difference...
between life and death. 

Listen....

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A Blip Offering

I
we
they
and...

a show
a play
a picnic
an event

chaos
loss
grief
love
laughter

joy
connection
wisdom
truth

stranger
family
friend
soul mate

God


(free verse until it is no longer free...)...

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A sunny day for you,
a sunny day for me.
A day to say,
I love you.
A day for you to say,
you love me too.

Written Date: 3/31/2020

Honorable Mention     BRIAN'S SELECT 9, any form, any theme Contest Judged:6/9/2020 Sponsored by: Brian Strand...

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My Best 
"She is a flower..."

Pink roses, 
not the big ones, 
not the small ones, 
not the buds or full blooms. 
No. 
Not one of them. 

All of them!

Pick them fresh, 
and make a bouquet, 
that I can take to my friend, 
on her special day....

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Reader Rabbit

Toward the end of a book,
we tend to speed up, 
in anticipation of the climatic finish. 

Yet sadly, 
the build-up...
was the part we savored, 
on the perfect path
to the right...
final, 
and everlasting
word(s).

The beginning....

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In the cold space,
between the ceiling and the rafters, 
angels drift like butterflies, 
ever answering the calls, 
of both hope and sorrow! 

A mother's song, 
a father's whisper. 
A loved one lost, and one born.
Close to heaven and ever nearer to hell....

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As I Was Walking In the Snow

the snow, a fattening marshmallow 
like Leaves of Grass lent to Longfellow
same dog eared look
of well read book
it must be old, it’s turning yellow


©2/16/2018

submitted to – As I was Walking in the Snow – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Kevin Shaw...

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H-oly
E-xpression's
N-otable
R-ighteousness
Y-ields

W-isdom
A-s
D-ivine
S-tatement
W-ith
O-pen
R-eal
T-ruth
H-as

L-ines
O-f
N-oble
G-oal
F-inding
E-ither
L-ost
L-ife
O-r
W-orld

Topic: Birthday of Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Drawing from the shadow of La Manquita 
The mighty Spanish master from Málaga
Painted his m'lady borderline grotesque
Features so far flung and un fathomably stretched
She had an eye in Segovia and a nose in Madrid


7/9/2019

H G Longfellow Inspired Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Julia Ward...

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H-is
E-xpressions
N-icely
R-elieve
Y-our

W-orries
A-s
D-ivine
S-onnet
W-onderfully
O-r
R-ightfully
T-hrills
H-earts

L-etting
O-ne
N-otably
G-low
F-or
E-very
L-ovely
L-ine
O-ffers
W-isdom

Topic: Birthday of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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