Long Observational Poems
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Poetry about life, society and the natural world - Long poems (300 words or more), most recently posted poems first.
Dylan_Wolfram_24
Poem Published
Yesterday 6:35pm
Yesterday 6:35pm
Portraits
#1
She laughs with her hand hiding her mouth
And her eyes releasing a thousand fireworks all at once
But she refuses to look at them.
Smiling at strangers is her hobby
always wishing for them to smile back.
She has love in her heart which she was taught to hide
Like that stupid Beatles song used to sing.
But she tries every day to tear those walls down.
There’s beauty in her pain the way her eyes glow
When she’s about to cry cause she feels stuck
In a carousel of demons and there’s no one with her.
I promised I’d go...
She laughs with her hand hiding her mouth
And her eyes releasing a thousand fireworks all at once
But she refuses to look at them.
Smiling at strangers is her hobby
always wishing for them to smile back.
She has love in her heart which she was taught to hide
Like that stupid Beatles song used to sing.
But she tries every day to tear those walls down.
There’s beauty in her pain the way her eyes glow
When she’s about to cry cause she feels stuck
In a carousel of demons and there’s no one with her.
I promised I’d go...
#anger
#loneliness
#hope
#courage
#ignorance
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BigVirge
Poem Published
15th Jul 2018 7:53pm
15th Jul 2018 7:53pm
"Communities & Connections" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 19/5/2005
The thought of ... Communities ...
Interests Me .....
because communities NEED ... " UNITY " ...
If they're gonna succeed ...
In ... Keeping The ... " Peace " ... !!!
Peace and Love ...
Can Create ... Harmony ...
Harmony ...
Creates ... Peaceful Streets ...
Streets that require ...
LESS police ... !!!
Because Police are required ...
TOO FREQUENTLY ... !!!!!
Police NEED To ... Recognise ...
How They ... BE ... !!!
cos' Harassment of youth ...
Can UPSET Their ... " Chi " ... !!!
...
Interests Me .....
because communities NEED ... " UNITY " ...
If they're gonna succeed ...
In ... Keeping The ... " Peace " ... !!!
Peace and Love ...
Can Create ... Harmony ...
Harmony ...
Creates ... Peaceful Streets ...
Streets that require ...
LESS police ... !!!
Because Police are required ...
TOO FREQUENTLY ... !!!!!
Police NEED To ... Recognise ...
How They ... BE ... !!!
cos' Harassment of youth ...
Can UPSET Their ... " Chi " ... !!!
...
#love
#kindness
#religion #philosophical
#religion #philosophical
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Juvenalis66
Poem Published
15th Jul 2018 7:40pm
15th Jul 2018 7:40pm
Love (handle with care)
#rejection
#abuse
#escape
#hypocrisy
#revenge
28 reads
11 Comments
Timeternal
Poem Published
15th Jul 2018 5:37pm
15th Jul 2018 5:37pm
The Status
Cool breeze can't ya see Im on a journey of three to achieve the MC but In disbelief I see the sad scene
Mainstream MCs now just a dream
Whatever happened ta rocking the mic
Every single day and every single night
For the love of the light and the might for insight to incite in spite of the plight we gotta fight? its all right, u're not quite an MC
Businessman would be more likely and I
Gotta say that I respect the way your bringing the fat stacks home everyday
but stop frontin man and just pay ure dues Cool J was doin it long before you Versamilitude...
Mainstream MCs now just a dream
Whatever happened ta rocking the mic
Every single day and every single night
For the love of the light and the might for insight to incite in spite of the plight we gotta fight? its all right, u're not quite an MC
Businessman would be more likely and I
Gotta say that I respect the way your bringing the fat stacks home everyday
but stop frontin man and just pay ure dues Cool J was doin it long before you Versamilitude...
#rap
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LunasChild8
Poem Published
15th Jul 2018 5:06am
15th Jul 2018 5:06am
D.A.Y.S. (daily and youthful struggles)
I’m caught up with the D.A.Y.S.
Even though I’m young, I don’t belong with my generation
I don’t know what people are saying when they send me a message
Deciphering the contents take up most of my concentration.
I start off my D.A.Y.S. with bed hair
No matter how much I comb it, it still looks like a lion’s mane
I’m also paranoid about getting fat; why can’t we just survive off air?
I’m often admired for my beauty instead of my brain.
Omg, lol, brb; what is this mysterious code?
I know people are lazy, but this is just...
Even though I’m young, I don’t belong with my generation
I don’t know what people are saying when they send me a message
Deciphering the contents take up most of my concentration.
I start off my D.A.Y.S. with bed hair
No matter how much I comb it, it still looks like a lion’s mane
I’m also paranoid about getting fat; why can’t we just survive off air?
I’m often admired for my beauty instead of my brain.
Omg, lol, brb; what is this mysterious code?
I know people are lazy, but this is just...
#rhyming
#confusion
#FeelingLost
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BigVirge
Poem Published
15th Jul 2018 2:36am
15th Jul 2018 2:36am
"Expression" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 21/7/2005
Why do we have MOUTHS ... ?
If we ... Cannot Talk ... !?!
While Those ...
Who Should ... SHUT IT .... !!!!!
are building ... A FORT ...
A FORT of ... AGGRESSION ...
That's simply ... Upsetting ... !!!
FREEDOM of ... Thought ...
and simple ... Expression ... ?!?
Good old ... Mr. Clarke ...
has made a ... Suggestion ...
Say The ... WRONG THING ...
and he'll start the ... " PROCESSION " ...
to ... Heathrow Airport ... !!!!!
If something you've ... Thought ...
INCITES .... TERRORIST...
If we ... Cannot Talk ... !?!
While Those ...
Who Should ... SHUT IT .... !!!!!
are building ... A FORT ...
A FORT of ... AGGRESSION ...
That's simply ... Upsetting ... !!!
FREEDOM of ... Thought ...
and simple ... Expression ... ?!?
Good old ... Mr. Clarke ...
has made a ... Suggestion ...
Say The ... WRONG THING ...
and he'll start the ... " PROCESSION " ...
to ... Heathrow Airport ... !!!!!
If something you've ... Thought ...
INCITES .... TERRORIST...
#violence
#politics
#TruthOfLife #freedom
#TruthOfLife #freedom
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Layla
Poem Published
14th Jul 2018 1:28pm
14th Jul 2018 1:28pm
Living Death
When will I know
that I am
as old as sack of
bones, stripped of all
there ever was
of who I am
walking down the path
barefoot
the day I was born.
I can hear
whispers and laughter
strangely close; yet apart
holding together by
a silver thread
between
fingers on a hand
no longer mine.
*
*
*
I saw them, again
the sweet couple from Norway
walk in from the cold, bundled up
in the unfaithful February air
looking for...
that I am
as old as sack of
bones, stripped of all
there ever was
of who I am
walking down the path
barefoot
the day I was born.
I can hear
whispers and laughter
strangely close; yet apart
holding together by
a silver thread
between
fingers on a hand
no longer mine.
*
*
*
I saw them, again
the sweet couple from Norway
walk in from the cold, bundled up
in the unfaithful February air
looking for...
#death
#memories
#aging
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4 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
14th Jul 2018 12:12pm
14th Jul 2018 12:12pm
Last Night I Felt Like a Writer
Forward:
I wrote this poem about my cousin 5 years ago and posted it on DUP.
I never told my cousin I had written it until last night. You see he is man of priniciples, some of which I don't agree. I knew that he didn't consider poetry any good unless it rhymes. Rhyming never my style I was hesitant to read it to him thinking my message of the poem would get lost because of style.
Last night I read it to him on the phone. I could hold it back no further.
We had always been close growing up, he being 10 years older. Kind of like the brother I never...
I wrote this poem about my cousin 5 years ago and posted it on DUP.
I never told my cousin I had written it until last night. You see he is man of priniciples, some of which I don't agree. I knew that he didn't consider poetry any good unless it rhymes. Rhyming never my style I was hesitant to read it to him thinking my message of the poem would get lost because of style.
Last night I read it to him on the phone. I could hold it back no further.
We had always been close growing up, he being 10 years older. Kind of like the brother I never...
#LifeAsAWriter
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22 Comments
Layla
Poem Published
12th Jul 2018 6:22pm
12th Jul 2018 6:22pm
Layla was her name
(i)
Aren’t we all nothing
but
dreams of flying kites
adjectives, adverbs, lies
beautiful
-ly
flawed
infra-
fractured
specs
protopathic
throng of
wanderers
in
Wanderlust
(ii)
There’s a conundrum in flawlessness in the most natural of flaws which the human mind and psyche adapts so readily, willingly to the wrenching dot of time.
I woke up to the sound of murmurs and whispers adjusting my vision to the unnatural light of gunpowder and candle fumes fogging the...
Aren’t we all nothing
but
dreams of flying kites
adjectives, adverbs, lies
beautiful
-ly
flawed
infra-
fractured
specs
protopathic
throng of
wanderers
in
Wanderlust
(ii)
There’s a conundrum in flawlessness in the most natural of flaws which the human mind and psyche adapts so readily, willingly to the wrenching dot of time.
I woke up to the sound of murmurs and whispers adjusting my vision to the unnatural light of gunpowder and candle fumes fogging the...
#children
#war
#LifeChangingMoment
58 reads
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MUSOREREAGAN
Poem Published
12th Jul 2018 4:48am
12th Jul 2018 4:48am
HISTORY WORTH WRITING
Gone are the days,
However unforgettable days
Of great loss of humanity,
Where people were preys to others,
Killed massively,
Yet innocent enough not to deserve even a pinch,
Eliminating one ethnic group in favor of the other,
The ones being favored were the same killers(the hutu),
The Tutsi was the ethnic group being eliminated,
Yet innocent enough not to deserve even a pinch,
May their souls rest in peace.
Am speaking about those days
When peace,love and mercy...
However unforgettable days
Of great loss of humanity,
Where people were preys to others,
Killed massively,
Yet innocent enough not to deserve even a pinch,
Eliminating one ethnic group in favor of the other,
The ones being favored were the same killers(the hutu),
The Tutsi was the ethnic group being eliminated,
Yet innocent enough not to deserve even a pinch,
May their souls rest in peace.
Am speaking about those days
When peace,love and mercy...
#gratitude
#respect
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BigVirge
Poem Published
10th Jul 2018 7:46pm
10th Jul 2018 7:46pm
"Peace" ... A poem written by Big Virge 18/3/2005
Peace ... WON'T COME ....
Without ... EQUALITY ... !!!
YES ...
You and Me ... !!!
Peace comes from ... BALANCE ...
Look at Scales and see ... !!!
NOT ... Electric Scales ...
Don't Be ... A DUMMY ... !!!!!!!!
Tip some ... " OLD Scales " ... !!!
and you ... Will See ...
Peace gets ... DESTROYED ...
when you ... RoCk ... Equality ... !!!!!
Peace ... CAN'T COME ...
with ... SO MUCH ... War ... !?!
But ...
" A Piece " ... Comes Easy ... !!!
If she's a ... " Whore " ......
Without ... EQUALITY ... !!!
YES ...
You and Me ... !!!
Peace comes from ... BALANCE ...
Look at Scales and see ... !!!
NOT ... Electric Scales ...
Don't Be ... A DUMMY ... !!!!!!!!
Tip some ... " OLD Scales " ... !!!
and you ... Will See ...
Peace gets ... DESTROYED ...
when you ... RoCk ... Equality ... !!!!!
Peace ... CAN'T COME ...
with ... SO MUCH ... War ... !?!
But ...
" A Piece " ... Comes Easy ... !!!
If she's a ... " Whore " ......
#war
#TruthOfLife
#humankind #LifeCycle
#humankind #LifeCycle
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BigVirge
Poem Published
9th Jul 2018 2:04am
9th Jul 2018 2:04am
"Evolvers" ... A Poem written by Big Virge 9/9/2013
I'm down with … Problem Solvers … !!!
Not those … who use … Revolvers … !!!!!
By this I mean …. " Evolvers " … !!!!!
"Logical" … Thinkers … !!!
who … Don't Wear … BLINKERS … !!!
"Evolved" … like … " Incas " … !!!
who … "Peruse" … The View …
"From" …. "Machupicchu" … hues …
to blues now seen ….
in …. " New Age " …. crews …. !!!!!
NOT SO … Evolved … !!!!!
NOPE …. would seem …. NOT …. !!!!!!!
"Problems" …. up top ….
"Evolution" …. dropped ….
for …. " Dropping Bombs " …. !!!
...
Not those … who use … Revolvers … !!!!!
By this I mean …. " Evolvers " … !!!!!
"Logical" … Thinkers … !!!
who … Don't Wear … BLINKERS … !!!
"Evolved" … like … " Incas " … !!!
who … "Peruse" … The View …
"From" …. "Machupicchu" … hues …
to blues now seen ….
in …. " New Age " …. crews …. !!!!!
NOT SO … Evolved … !!!!!
NOPE …. would seem …. NOT …. !!!!!!!
"Problems" …. up top ….
"Evolution" …. dropped ….
for …. " Dropping Bombs " …. !!!
...
#humankind
#LifeGoals
#learning
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