Best Long Shot Poems

Poem 1: A Boy And His Painted Piano

he used lively greens
tender blues,
touches of plain mauve 
and rainbow trout splatters
to paint music
on the gas fumes 
that...

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Long shot prospect
named “Reject Hoss”
bedecked with sweat.

He fell to last
‘till he passed gas
so fast, he flew!

He ran with ease.
At Jockey’s  prod,
he squeezed in front!

Forty...

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In life disagreements have always been around,
so why the frown?
We all like what we like and that’s the bottom line.
I won’t see life as you...

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Saturday, February the 14th of the year 2015
It's no Valentine's Day in the Great White North
It's the big Hockey Night in Canada
And to these fans,...

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A little alliteration by a long shot speaks so loud.
Metaphors muddle my mind
And silly similes stymie the sentence.
A terrible trope takes too much of my...

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Glen Campbell – A Special Person
      It was September 4th, 1968 and I threw an empty suitcase into the trunk...

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Some said it would come with the millennium
Worldwide chaos and technology confusion
Two-thousand twelve forecasts create mystification
Are the hopes we hold for man’s future an illusion?
...

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Three pigs
New digs 

Straw house
Stick house

Wolf Bad 
Big cad

Huff puff
Puff huff

Chinny
Chin chin

Fell in
Big din

Pigs run
Outdone

Wolf quick
Pigs thick

Fresh pork 
On fork
……………………………………………………

Last pig
House big

In digs 
Safe pigs

Huff...

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I am the long shot.
I am the one they never so coming.
I am the life beat of a heart once dying.
I am the old horse...

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I once saw a video starring Lou Bega.
He was singing his release titled "Sweet Like Cola".
There, he danced with a pleasing plump brunette.
This kind of...

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It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. Been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals, having to...

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It's been four years since I've seen so much as an insignificant mountain creek. I've been overburdened with comfort, now frantic with nature withdrawals and...

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I know it is quite a huge long shot.
However, I can win a big pot.
I will join the dance.
Give my dreams a chance.
A buck per...

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“Let go your hold
Your hands are cold
And it’s getting old
When I am un-holed
My soul’s been sold
So they can behold
That a marmot’s found gold
Since they think...

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It happened without any action on my part.
All I had to do was just say, "Yes, I will go".
Moreover, it was not my dream, but...

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