While surfing the net, I recently came across the world's longest poem.
World's longest poem in English literature is written by Nigel Tomm who is a writer and artist.
Here's an excerpt from the first page:
Blah me. Blame you.
Blah you. About you. You blame me. Blah you.
I blah as you or blah by blah,
You know. You blah. You blah it out of blah.
Blah blah. Blah blah.
His book "The Blah Story, Volume 8" consists of one poem which contains 98,728 words, 449,441 characters (with spaces), 23,161 lines, 728 pages. This becomes the longest published poem in English. The poem is called 'My Blah Story'. The book was published in February 9, 2008.
Intrigued, I searched more about this incredible author. Nigel Tomm is a writer/artist who time and again pushes the limitations of literature. His novel "The Blah Story" is a clear example of that.
"The Blah Story" is based mostly with sturdy beat with over usage of the word 'blah'.
Isn’t this really interesting? Have you ever imagined writing a poem more than 1000 words? And think of this incredible author sweating over writing a poem almost 1,00,000 words long.
Other known long poem "Pieces of Hope" by Patrick Huet, has nearly 7,600 verses written on a roll of fabric that stretches to almost one kilometer. The poem is not published. Other really long poems were written by ancient
So here’s your turn. Don’t shy away from sharing your longest piece of poetry with me. I’d be pleased!
March 22, 2009 at 2:35 PM
lol :P I am going to go after that record then ;)
March 26, 2009 at 8:46 AM
hey dear where do u get such info...........
need bpo jobs without a single rupee!!!!!!!! a genuine job from home.
Work from home
April 30, 2009 at 7:57 PM
i loved it
August 19, 2009 at 5:31 AM
The world's longest English poem is not 'The Blah Story, Volume 8'. It is 'Oleander Smile', published by LuLu (www.LuLu.com). The poem is huge: 40,040 lines long! No other published english poem since the 11th century comes close, not even Nigel Tomm's.
October 12, 2010 at 5:57 PM
I think you will find my poem..THE JAW is longer than that, My poem is over 100.000 words long and all rhymes. My now published book(lulu.com)is a story, not just loads of poems chucked into a book, Check out lulu.com for more K.A.SHAW
December 3, 2011 at 6:20 PM
hello children, i am harry from onedirection.
December 3, 2011 at 6:20 PM
hello children, i am harry from onedirection.
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March 27, 2014 at 8:18 PM
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August 29, 2014 at 10:45 PM
I quote the above comment, and double it. Blah.
September 21, 2015 at 12:14 AM
I can't speak as these alleged poems on Lulu.com. And I doubt if you can call Blah a poem. However, Spenser's Fairie Queen at 35,000 lines plus (three times the length of Paradise Lost)is probably the longest significant poem in English. Lydgate's Troy Book and Fall Of Princes are also of significant length.
July 31, 2016 at 11:45 PM
Lydgate's Fall of Princes is the longest English poem at over 44, 000 lines, closely followed by Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene at 36, 000 plus lines!
November 19, 2016 at 7:48 AM
Beyond The Ocean
It’s time
For me to go
It’s a shame I couldn’t stay
Now I have to go
So off I set
In my boat
Sailing
Into the unknown
The ocean
No one knows where it goes
When one can no longer stay
They must go
And journey
Into the ocean
Where no one returns
The perilous sea
No one can go back
Some go there with time
Some, forcefully
In the end
We all go
Beyond the ocean
Peacefully
Or ruefully
Ocean
So blue
Where we ride the waves
To where no one knows
Where I go now
Some say a paradise
Some say hell
It doesn’t matter where I go now
Because the land behind me
Got bored of me
And threw me away into the
Great
Blue
Sea
Heaven
Hell
It doesn’t matter
I’ll cross the ocean and into the next
Where i’ll one day meet land
And then probably do it again
Endless blue
Where will you take me?
Is it my first or my last?
Don’t cast me aside just yet
Let me reach land
Repeat from step one
Or just stay
Who knows?
I’ll go to a place of no return
And one day meet you again
So just you wait
For the day we meet
Again
Beyond the ocean
March 2, 2017 at 5:12 AM
hi
September 16, 2017 at 1:57 AM
Am definitely going to have the longest book of poetry by a single poet worldwide overtaking shannahmeh.U can read some of my poems like mourning earth,morning hell,goddess of love,scraggly plant,In the windy sail,eagle's flight, Gauchy Cloud,Farmfield, Oarsmen Of The Jungle,elegy to a sadomasochist etc,on blog www.kunlemicrofinance.blogspot.com
February 25, 2020 at 5:52 PM
i have written a single poem having more than 46,000 lines and 245,000 words.have you ever seen or heard a single author single poem of such length? do you believe that this would be the longest single poem from antiquity?please let me know the world record for the longest single author single poem in the world.
December 3, 2020 at 2:28 PM
THIS IS FROM ETHIOPIA.I HAVE WITTEN THE LONGEST SINGLE AUTHOR SINGLE POEM IN WORLD LITERATUE.THE TITLE OF THE POEM IS THE LAST MESSAIH POEM.THE POEM HAS THE FOLLOWING WORD COUNT STATISTICS:-
Type of File: PDF
File Size: 20.2 MB (21,222,596 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.50 x 11.00 In.
Pages: 4,619
Words: 542,120
Characters (no space): 1,917,691
Characters (with spaces): 2,397,114
Paragraphs: 101,515
Lines፡ 101,599
Spacing: Double
It is still progressing .NO ONE IN THE HISTORY OF WORLD HAS WRITTEN SUCH LONGEST SINGLE AUTHOR SINGLE POEM IN WORLD LITERATURE.
February 26, 2021 at 3:08 AM
The worlds longest poem is the Mahabharata with about 1.8 million words in total.
November 26, 2021 at 12:23 PM
according to the world history encyclopedia mahabharata poem has over 74,000 lines only.i have written a poem having the following word count statistics and is still progressing.
Type of File: PDF
File Size: 32.4 MB (34,034,979 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 7,489
Words: 883,845
Characters (no space): 3,136,131
Characters (with spaces): 3,908,143
Paragraphs: 164,605
Lines፡ 164,717
Spacing: Double
this is the longest poem in the history of the world written by a single poet .it is not yet published.
December 15, 2021 at 2:04 PM
the longest single author single poem in the literary world is a poem entitled the last messaih poem from ethiopia.it has the following word count statistics:
Type of File: PDF
File Size: 33.1 MB (34,711,564 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 7,648
Words: 902,726
Characters (no space): 3,205,056
Characters (with spaces): 3,991,801
Paragraphs: 168,109
Lines፡ 168,220
Spacing: Double
it is still progressing.
May 30, 2022 at 1:01 PM
the longest single author single poem in the literary world is a poem entitled the last messaih poem from ethiopia.it has the following word count statistics:
Type of File: PDF
File Size: 40.6 MB (42,582,726 bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 9,679
Words: 1,094,522
Characters (no space): 3,898,370
Characters (with spaces): 4,847,331
Paragraphs: 203,129
Lines፡ 203,244
Spacing: Double
it is still progressing.PHONE NO.0913-948723 BEYENE ET
August 13, 2022 at 7:17 PM
the longest single author single poem in the literary world is a poem entitled the last messaih poem from ethiopia.it has the following word count statistics:
Type of File: PDF
File Size: 44.0 MB (46,219,808 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 10,481
Words: 1,187,800
Characters (no space): 4,233,135
Characters (with spaces): 5,260,798
Paragraphs: 220,018
Lines፡ 220,115
Spacing: Double
it is still progressing.PHONE NO.0913-948723 BEYENE ET
July 20, 2024 at 12:28 PM
the last messaih poem is the longest single author poem in the world.it has reached the following word count statiostis and is still progressing:
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 82.4 MB (86,461,427 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 17,920
Words: 2,049,849
Characters (no space): 7,544,937
Characters (with spaces): 9,298,947
Paragraphs: 377,286
Lines፡ 377,432
BEYENE ET FROM ETHIOPIA
July 20, 2024 at 1:01 PM
THE LAST MESSIAH POEM IS THE LONGEST SINGLE TITLED SINGLE AUTHOR POEM IN THE LITERARY WORLD.IT HAS NOW REACHED THE FOLLOWING WORD COUNT STATISTICS BY 6X9 PAGE SIZE. IT IS STILL PROGRESSING.IT IS NOT YET GET PUBLISHED.
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 87.5 MB (91,842,345 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 24,065
Words: 2,051,886
Characters (no space): 7,552,405
Characters (with spaces): 9,308,137
Paragraphs: 377,630
Lines፡ 386,242
THE FILE SIZE IS 87.7 MB(89,690 KB).
October 12, 2024 at 1:08 PM
the longest poem in the world written by a single poet in one volume is the last messiah poem of Ethiopia.it has the following word count statistics.it is still progressing.
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 85.4 MB (89,616,618 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 18,740
Words: 2,145,782
Characters (no space): 7,894,694
Characters (with spaces): 9,732,771
Paragraphs: 393,357
Lines፡ 393,515
……..//………
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 91.0 MB (95,522,069 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 25,394
Words: 2,145,753
Characters (no space): 7,894,538
Characters (with spaces): 9,732,577
Paragraphs: 393,552
Lines፡ 405,524
October 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM
the last messiah poem has now reached the following word count statistics:
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 85.7 MB (89,902,551 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 18,805
Words: 2,153,903
Characters (no space): 7,924,413
Characters (with spaces): 9,769,505
Paragraphs: 394,721
Lines፡ 394,878
....//....
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 91.4 MB (95,879,065 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 25,486
Words: 2,153,874
Characters (no space): 7,924,257
Characters (with spaces): 9,769,313
Paragraphs: 394,716
Lines፡ 406,951
and is still progressing
-The file size of the Last Messiah poem is 4.9 times longer than the Sanskrit Mahabharata poem.
- The Last Messiah poem is 160,000 characters more than Marcel Proust’s “À la recherche du temps perdu,” also known as “In Search of Lost Time” or “Remembrance of Things Past”, which is the longest novel in the world by Guinness Book of Records.
-The file size of the Last Messiah poem is 7.9 times longer than the Shahnameh poem (50,000 lines) . shahnameh is the longest poem in the world written by s single poet.
- Shahnameh is more than 3 times the length of Homer's Iliad (15,693 lines) whereas the Last Messiah poem 25.1 times more than the length of Homer's Iliad by the number of lines.
October 26, 2024 at 12:29 PM
THE LAST MESSIAH POEM HAS NOW REACHED THE FOLLOWING WORD COUNT statistics:-
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 86.5 MB (90,798,591 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 18,934
Words: 2,170,100
Characters (no space): 7,984,092
Characters (with spaces): 9,843,212
Paragraphs: 397,453
Lines፡ 397,594
.....//...Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 92.1 MB (96,596,970 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 25,673
Words: 2,170,035
Characters (no space): 7,983,819
Characters (with spaces): 9,842,869
Paragraphs: 397,431
Lines፡ 409,924
November 28, 2024 at 1:05 PM
the last messiah poem has now progressed to the following word count statistics:
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 87.7 MB (91,980,006 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 19,213
Words: 2,206,156
Characters (no space): 8,112,533
Characters (with spaces): 10,102,092
Paragraphs: 403,300
Lines፡ 403,478
.......///......
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 93.7 MB (98,304,899 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 26,123
Words: 2,209,306
Characters (no space): 8,127,763
Characters (with spaces): 10,021,935
Paragraphs: 403,990
Lines፡ 417,073
this is the world`s longest poem by the number of words ,lines ,characters, pages and file size .
incredibly credible monumental master piece.
December 2, 2024 at 11:50 AM
The longest poem in the world written by a single poet is the last messiah poem written by the ethiopian poet Alsemtom Zeraseb /pen name./.the poem has now progressed to the following word count statistics:-
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 87.7 MB (92,007,739 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 19,254
Words: 2,211,330
Characters (no space): 8,131,210
Characters (with spaces): 10,125,245
Paragraphs: 404,161
Lines፡ 404,339
....///....
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 93.7 MB (98,344,897 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 26,182
Words: 2,216,675
Characters (no space): 8,146,440
Characters (with spaces): 10,044,098
Paragraphs: 404,851
Lines፡ 417,934
the poem is more than eight times the world`s longest poem record written by a single poet i.e the Persian Shahnameh (50,000 lines).
December 14, 2024 at 1:26 PM
The last messiah poem has now reached to the following word count statistics. IT IS THE LONGEST POEM IN THE WORLD WRITTEN BY A SINGLE AUTHOR.
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 88.5 MB (92,871,459 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 19,385
Words: 2,226,898
Characters (no space): 8,191,623
Characters (with spaces): 10,100,216
Paragraphs: 406,900
Lines፡ 407,062
……..//………
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 94.6 MB (99,269,472 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 26,369
Words: 2,231,013
Characters (no space): 8,206,919
Characters (with spaces): 10,118,885
Paragraphs: 407,583
Lines፡ 421,019
AND IS STILL PROGRESSING.
January 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The last messiah poem has now reached to the following word count statistics.
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 90.8 MB (95,224,347 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 19,896
Words: 2,292,001
Characters (no space): 8,429,826
Characters (with spaces): 10,394,423
Paragraphs: 417,632
Lines፡ 417,788
……..//………
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 97.0 MB (101,782,357 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 27,061
Words: 2,291,603
Characters (no space): 8,429,828
Characters (with spaces): 10,394,428
Paragraphs: 417,629
Lines፡ 431,956
and is still progressing.
The Last Messiah poem has 10,394,423 characters (with spaces). This is the longest even from Marcel Proust’s “À la recherche du temps perdu,” also known as “In Search of Lost Time” or “Remembrance of Things Past”, which is the longest novel in the world by Guinness Book of Records, by the number of characters.
The file size of Marcel Proust`s In Search of Lost Time complete volumes is 9.33 MB with 3000 pages. It contains an estimated 9,609,000 characters (with spaces).
The Last Messiah poem is 777,000 characters more than Marcel Proust’s “À la recherche du temps perdu,” also known as “In Search of Lost Time” or “Remembrance of Things Past”, which is the longest novel in the world by Guinness Book of Records.
February 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The last messiah poem has now reached to the following word count statistics.
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 91.9 MB (96,387,595 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 20,097
Words: 2,316,683
Characters (no space): 8,522,090
Characters (with spaces): 10,506,230
Paragraphs: 421,847
Lines፡ 422,018
…..//…..
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 98.2 MB (102,983,344 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 27,347
Words: 2,316,836
Characters (no space): 8,522,650
Characters (with spaces): 10,508,813
Paragraphs: 421,883
Lines፡ 436,594
March 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The last messiah poem has now reached to the following word count statistics.
The last messiah poem is now more than one million characters(with spaces) to the Marcel Proust’s “À la recherche du temps perdu,” also known as “In Search of Lost Time” or “Remembrance of Things Past”, which is the longest novel in the world by Guinness Book of Records.
The file size of Marcel Proust`s In Search of Lost Time complete volumes is 9.33 MB with 3000 pages. It contains an estimated 9,609,000 characters (with spaces).
The last messiah poem has now reached to the following word count statistics.
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 92.7 MB (97,296,254 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 20,278
Words: 2,339,609
Characters (no space): 8,605,912
Characters (with spaces): 10,611,716
Paragraphs: 425,662
Lines፡ 425,839
…..//…..
Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 99.1 MB (103,931,187 Bytes)
Page Size: 8.5 x 11 In.
Pages: 27,604
Words: 2,339,360
Characters (no space): 8,604,991
Characters (with spaces): 10,610,579
Paragraphs: 425,618
Lines፡ 440,685
BY:- ERMIYAS TSEGAYE BEYENE (BEYENE ET)
DEBREMARKOS ,GOJJAM,AMHARA ,ETHIOPIA
March 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
the last messiah poem of the ethiopian poet ermiyas tsegaye beyene has reached to the following word count statistics:Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 99.8 MB(104,649,204 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 27,810
Words: 2,357,213
Characters (no space): 8,671,408
Characters (with spaces): 10,692,584
Paragraphs: 428,350
Lines፡ 443,987
and is still progressing.
The Last Messiah poem is 1,083,000 characters more than Marcel Proust’s “À la recherche du temps perdu,” also known as “In Search of Lost Time” or “Remembrance of Things Past”, which is the longest novel in the world by the Guinness Book of Records.
March 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
the last messiah poem by Ermiyas Tsegaye Beyene (Beyene ET) has progressed to the following word count statiostics.Type of File: PDF
Font size: 12 Pts.
Spacing: Double
File Size: 99.9 MB(104,797,190 Bytes)
Page Size: 6 x 9 In.
Pages: 27,832
Words: 2,359,033
Characters (no space): 8,678,289
Characters (with spaces): 10,700,909
Paragraphs: 428,651
Lines፡ 444,302
AND IS STILL PROGRESSING
March 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
THE LASTMESSIAH POEM BY THE ETHIOPIAN POET ERMIYAS TSEGAYE BEYENE IS BY FAR THE LONGEST POEM IN THE LITERARY WORLD.AN ENCYCLOPEDIC LENGTH MONUMENTAL MASTERPIECE THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN.