Long Nonfiction Poems
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Long nonfiction poems. 300 words or more, most recently published poems first.
Ownly_Human
Poem Published
1st Feb 2023 7:10am
1st Feb 2023 7:10am
Deck Of Cards
During the North African campaign,
A group of soldier boys had been on a long hike.
They came to a town called Cassino.
The next day, being, Sunday, some of the boys went to church,
And after the Chaplin had read the prayer, the text was taken up next.
Those of the boys who had a prayer books took them out, but, this one boy only had a deck of cards,
And so he spread them out.
The Sargent saw the cards and said
"Soldier, put away those cards."
After the services were over, the boy was taken prisoner,
And brought before...
A group of soldier boys had been on a long hike.
They came to a town called Cassino.
The next day, being, Sunday, some of the boys went to church,
And after the Chaplin had read the prayer, the text was taken up next.
Those of the boys who had a prayer books took them out, but, this one boy only had a deck of cards,
And so he spread them out.
The Sargent saw the cards and said
"Soldier, put away those cards."
After the services were over, the boy was taken prisoner,
And brought before...
#spiritual
#nonfiction
64 reads
12 Comments
randyjohnson
Poem Published
18th Jan 2023 6:56pm
18th Jan 2023 6:56pm
On The Buses
On The Buses is a British sitcom. It is one of the very best Britcoms that has ever been made. It aired from 1969 to 1973 and seventy-four episodes were made. Three movies were also made about this show. They are titled "On The Buses", "Mutiny On The Buses" and "Holiday On The Buses". Sadly, all of the cast members of that sitcom are deceased.
Reg Varney starred as Stan Butler. He died on November 16, 2008 after having a chest infection. He was ninety-two years old. Varney was in his fifties when he started starring in "On The Buses", but he wore make-up to make him look like he...
Reg Varney starred as Stan Butler. He died on November 16, 2008 after having a chest infection. He was ninety-two years old. Varney was in his fifties when he started starring in "On The Buses", but he wore make-up to make him look like he...
#Britain
#nonfiction
58 reads
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Em-ily
Poem Published
15th Dec 2022 00:08am
15th Dec 2022 00:08am
News Digest, December 14th
A Tech Worker Is... X
Buckingham Palace prepares for Prince Harry
gaslighting claims in part 2 of Netflix
docuseries
CN CNN 3h
1:02
Video Kitten doesn't approve of Christmas
tree with umbrella base
Commentary:
The Salt Lake Tribune
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individuals, much can be accomplished to
heal relationships and foster greater
understanding."
As Latter-day Saint general authority Seventy
Jack Gerard told the church-owned Deseret
News, "(W)hat we're...
Buckingham Palace prepares for Prince Harry
gaslighting claims in part 2 of Netflix
docuseries
CN CNN 3h
1:02
Video Kitten doesn't approve of Christmas
tree with umbrella base
Commentary:
The Salt Lake Tribune
DONATE
=
individuals, much can be accomplished to
heal relationships and foster greater
understanding."
As Latter-day Saint general authority Seventy
Jack Gerard told the church-owned Deseret
News, "(W)hat we're...
#nonfiction
65 reads
12 Comments
Em-ily
Poem Published
30th Nov 2022 6:14am
30th Nov 2022 6:14am
A Muddled Statement About My Bookshelf Plagiarizing All The Book Titles
10:42 a.m
9
why
Kindle search
All of them
progeny
Model Keith Ray and Julian Jade
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Ship
CRÆFT
The question of the origin and true meaning of traditional craftsmanship
Alexander Langlands
Neolithic Britain
transformation of the social world
example
Sample by Ian Hoad
Sample...
9
why
Kindle search
All of them
progeny
Model Keith Ray and Julian Jade
oxfo
Ship
CRÆFT
The question of the origin and true meaning of traditional craftsmanship
Alexander Langlands
Neolithic Britain
transformation of the social world
example
Sample by Ian Hoad
Sample...
#nonfiction
92 reads
jmerrick73
Poem Published
14th Nov 2022 12:38pm
14th Nov 2022 12:38pm
MY PUNISHMENT???????
#sadness
#sex
#erotic #nonfiction
#erotic #nonfiction
121 reads
1 Comment
Cloven_Zonkle
Poem Published
12th Jul 2022 6:58pm
12th Jul 2022 6:58pm
I said
#science
#fiction
#nonfiction
69 reads
0 Comments
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
6th Jul 2022 2:10pm
6th Jul 2022 2:10pm
My Culture Fix - 06/07/22
The book I'm reading
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers, a debut by a Victorian literature PhD about a New York restaurant critic and "female psychopath", a psychological phenomenon which she discusses in the first-person narrative, stylised as a sort of prison diary. She's a cannibalistic serial killer, in her early 50s. The book, therefore, is comparable to both American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis and Hannibal by Thomas Harris, though in my opinion more interesting/funnier than the former and less pulpy than the latter.
The book I wish I had written
Breakfast at...
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers, a debut by a Victorian literature PhD about a New York restaurant critic and "female psychopath", a psychological phenomenon which she discusses in the first-person narrative, stylised as a sort of prison diary. She's a cannibalistic serial killer, in her early 50s. The book, therefore, is comparable to both American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis and Hannibal by Thomas Harris, though in my opinion more interesting/funnier than the former and less pulpy than the latter.
The book I wish I had written
Breakfast at...
#books
#PopCulture
#culture #nonfiction
#culture #nonfiction
152 reads
3 Comments
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
30th Jun 2022 11:55pm
30th Jun 2022 11:55pm
Murder, Motive, and Memory: A Little Essay on Agatha Christie
The best encapsulation of detective novelist and “Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie’s appeal came, I think, from the poet Stevie Smith, in a review she wrote of Christie’s late novel, 1967’s Endless Night: “I mostly read Agatha Christie this year (and every year). I wish I could write more about what she does for one in the way of lifting the weight, and so on."
I myself read Agatha Christie as a child and am still very fond of her. I like reading her work in paperback form, as published by Fontana with those beautiful and eccentric covers. I return to Christie whenever I need...
I myself read Agatha Christie as a child and am still very fond of her. I like reading her work in paperback form, as published by Fontana with those beautiful and eccentric covers. I return to Christie whenever I need...
#murder
#books
#historical #nonfiction
#historical #nonfiction
129 reads
1 Comment
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
6th Jun 2022 3:31am
6th Jun 2022 3:31am
My Culture Fix
My favourite author and book
My favourite author right now is Becky Chambers. She writes very character centric sci fi that I love.
My favourite book at the moment is The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. It's a wonderfully imaginative adventure.
The book I'm reading
The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar. I've read it before and will probably read it again.
The book I wish I had written
None really. Not yet.
The book I couldn't finish
A Thousand Spendid Suns. I'd just left a difficult relationship and it was too emotionally...
My favourite author right now is Becky Chambers. She writes very character centric sci fi that I love.
My favourite book at the moment is The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. It's a wonderfully imaginative adventure.
The book I'm reading
The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar. I've read it before and will probably read it again.
The book I wish I had written
None really. Not yet.
The book I couldn't finish
A Thousand Spendid Suns. I'd just left a difficult relationship and it was too emotionally...
#confessional
#myself
#nonfiction
147 reads
1 Comment
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
5th Jun 2022 4:33am
5th Jun 2022 4:33am
My Culture Fix
My favourite author and book
Flannery O'Connor is my favourite author, by far. There are too many books to name a single favourite or even a list of favourites, but an obvious one for me is O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away, a Southern Gothic (though I think that she hated the term) novel about the raising of a Christian prophet. Another obvious one is the Bible, King James edition. I love English literature, and it's not just the Bible, it's the Bible of the language that I'm writing in now.
My tastes tend to run to the Gothic, so a lot of my favourites tend to be either...
Flannery O'Connor is my favourite author, by far. There are too many books to name a single favourite or even a list of favourites, but an obvious one for me is O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away, a Southern Gothic (though I think that she hated the term) novel about the raising of a Christian prophet. Another obvious one is the Bible, King James edition. I love English literature, and it's not just the Bible, it's the Bible of the language that I'm writing in now.
My tastes tend to run to the Gothic, so a lot of my favourites tend to be either...
#nonfiction
151 reads
2 Comments
Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
3rd May 2022 10:58pm
3rd May 2022 10:58pm
What a Woman Means to Me
an essay
I wanted to write out my thoughts and feelings on the subject of the late American crime writer Patricia Highsmith in the context of what she and her work means to me in an essay because prose is a more analytical medium than poetry, which is more concerned I think with wit and beauty. I have written a poem on the subject, which you can find in my recent bibliography under the title “A Toxic Woman”, and thought about writing another. But to exorcise this demon I need to understand it, so to speak. Which isn’t to say that I want this essay to be dark or depressing at...
I wanted to write out my thoughts and feelings on the subject of the late American crime writer Patricia Highsmith in the context of what she and her work means to me in an essay because prose is a more analytical medium than poetry, which is more concerned I think with wit and beauty. I have written a poem on the subject, which you can find in my recent bibliography under the title “A Toxic Woman”, and thought about writing another. But to exorcise this demon I need to understand it, so to speak. Which isn’t to say that I want this essay to be dark or depressing at...
#violence
#fiction
#nonfiction
248 reads
4 Comments
randyjohnson
Poem Published
25th Feb 2022 9:06pm
25th Feb 2022 9:06pm
Home Sweet Home
I have been living on my property forty-five years today. I moved here on February 25, 1977. When I moved on my property, I was only five years old and Elvis Presley was still alive. If I live for another five years, I will have lived on this property for half a century.
My forty-fifth anniversary of living on this property has landed on a Friday and as it turned out, the day when I moved here in 1977 was on Friday as well. After living here for that long, I consider this place to be both important and special.
It's amazing how much the price of land increases over the...
My forty-fifth anniversary of living on this property has landed on a Friday and as it turned out, the day when I moved here in 1977 was on Friday as well. After living here for that long, I consider this place to be both important and special.
It's amazing how much the price of land increases over the...
#family
#home
#anniversary
#memories
#nonfiction
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