Long Almonds Poems
Long Almonds Poems. Below are the most popular long Almonds by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Almonds poems by poem length and keyword.
Pablo Neruda TranslationsI love you only because I love you
by Pablo Neruda
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I love you only because I love you;
I am torn between loving and not loving you,
Between apathy and desire.
My heart vacillates...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, love, romance, romantic, romantic love, spanish, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Sonnet Lxxxi-LxxxixSonnet LXXXI-LXXXIX
Day, and Night
by Michael R. Burch
The moon exposes pockmarked scars of craters;
her visage, veiled by willows, palely looms.
And we who rise each day to grind a living,
dream each scented night of such perfumes
as drew...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, dream, earth, flower, moon, music, night, stars,
Form:
Sonnet
OrpheusSlang..
Chick-fil-a = the best place ever
jade =
brooke = gorgeous
mishin = the boss, as in “You aren’t the boss of me.”
Orpheus
We’re on vaycay. School is OVER, COVID is over. We’re in New York City...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, humor, mothers day, new york, sister, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Stitches and Dreamst was half past five before sunrise,
when darkness faded into the misty Saturday's dawn,
just an hour after a bloody confrontation,
but a brave woman descended into a blood-bathed
street of Lustre,
with hungry cats...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, change,
Form:
Ballad
Christmas In SummerThe third surgery didn’t work
He tells her there can be another one.
He lies. Struggles to look in her eyes
She apologizes from a restless state
"I Won’t be here to see them graduate.
I won’t live to...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, cancer, celebration, christmas, devotion, family, heartbroken, i
Form:
Free verse
I Can Clean, I Can DrivePlenty of sleep, no more tv, the wars in the Middle East
are resource wars, disguised as religious debates.
So Dad would say.
A beautiful winter day, hunting
season. A Gun In Every Home, in light of U.S. mass...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, home, magic, poetry, religion, sleep, war, winter,
Form:
Verse
An Involuntary ShudderVII.
An involuntary shudder as I watch her
Spread ...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, myth,
Form:
Rhyme
Chocolate DreamingI’ve dreamt of mountains of rocky rode ice cream, dappled with candy
Kisses of purity sprinkled on top, hot steaming fudge pouring from heaven
On high, cascading as if an ocean of water streaming downwards onto my
Fantasy...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, addiction, chocolate, dream, fantasy, food, imagination, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
The Way of TheThe Way of the Coconut
The Way of the Coconut, that is our creed,
The coconut gives us all that we need.
From mental to physical, nothing left out,
It covers everything, without any doubt.
Where to begin, it’s really...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, happy, myth, word play,
Form:
Rhyme
A Wrapper's Night Before Christmas(a rhyme revision in stanza 9 in case the sponsor already read this.)
'Twas the night before Christmas. My shopping was done.
But gifts needed wrapping, and THAT’S never fun!
Huge piles of gifts lay strewn everywhere.
They lay...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
An X-Mess Carol
"An X-Mess Carol"
Somewhere standing barefoot
in the sand, she thought with guilty pleasure
“This is the KORO SEA!” and
conjured up a multitude of story scenarios
Buccaneers, Pirates Parlay, Treasure Maps,
Davy Jones Locker, Jack Sparrow, Ho’es
you know, those...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, absence, abuse, children, christmas, daughter, emotions, mother
Form:
Free verse
Haiku-Coa Crazinesscocoa powder puffs
for velvet truffle cheeks...
chocolate blush
sunny yolk says hi
butter gives an oozing hug--
bitter choc just melts
mmm, good, just so good
chocolate tickles tongue...
happy throaty slide
messy brown fingers
hot weather melts bittersweet--
oh! just lick them off
no more...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, food, happinesschocolate,
Form:
Haiku
Our Sacred Lady of the Divine Perfect Imperfections - Part 1
"Our Sacred Lady of the Divine Perfect Imperfections" - Part 1
Our Sacred Lady of the Divine Perfect Imperfections
is worthy of our fervent introspection
constantly, equatiously
for SHE is “You”
and “You” is SHE
this is no mischievous
chicanery,
this...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, abuse, child abuse, family, journey, love, mother
Form:
Free verse
I Am a Special ConcoctionAn Icy cold, sweet treat.
Often starts with vanilla, cookie cream,
...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th
Form:
Concrete
Dimiss Our Setbacks, For Nothing's ImpossibleYour lips meet my own –
Finally, I’ve gained hope and confidence
On another level
I know now that I’m not alone
Our bond is as sweet and luscious
Like chocolate mixed with almonds
The...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, beauty, deep, desire, emotions, encouraging, together, uplifting,
Form:
Free verse
Porc and Cabbage Higaredawhast dos' he sing of me
that he samples this as
love
that they might stop
to write
and sing this as love
must samples be tasted
and talked about
to create words
to speak
lesser of
what circumstance
I stand to thee
and sing
1/4 cup...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, appreciation, chocolate, creation, culture, fish, food, french,
Form:
Ballad
Elegant ThoughtsThe elegant thoughts of a precious mind the computational formula of a wicked demise.
Conceptual seires of theories a conspiracy to seduce persuasive succulent poetry.
Wicked mistress of promiscuous thoughts succulent dreams aromas of...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, art, beauty, career, life, philosophy, poets,
Form:
Epic
Among the DefeatedI
A queue to a doorway
No-one knows what´s
On sale there
It could be washing powder
Almonds or diamonds
You think this was some
Yesterday
Look out your
Ghost smeared
Window
This is now
II
Throw stones at the
Motorcade
The pin pricked
Giant will barely
Pause
At banners & petitions
Faded...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, anger,
Form:
Political Verse
Jesus and the Child of GraceIn an old vineyard
When Jesus was just a lamb
His coat eight years old
Working with the chaste Joseph
His father and guide
As the beloved Mary
Kneeled and prayed to God
In their...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, angel, brother, child, children, christian, jesus, religious,
Form:
Choka
The Anatomy of God
"The Anatomy of God"
Who shall say there is one God?
if there are many, as it seems
in all the world’s sects and religions -
Who is their God? Is the source
some universal, bright, big, ultra simple,
ultra clean...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, bible, dark, god, psychological, religion, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
That Indian Sweet Almond TreeIt stood magnificently in front of our Churchyard,
Like the sacred fig tree before any temple-yard;
My going to church, as a boy, had no other reason,
Than picking all bird-dropped fruits, as a mission;
Collecting as many as...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, life, muse, tree,
Form:
Free verse
The Friday With the CrayonNo dear
Make the date for the tea
Friday at three
For the moon will be
At the windows
At the wee hours
And it will be the full moons
We will pick up as much as we choose
With the scarlet spoon
Monday...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
A BookWhen a child if gifted with a book it transforms into a key to unlock the mind. The gate to the secret garden of imagination is pried from its forgiving hinges and the child...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, adventure, books, children,
Form:
Free verse
Memories of EgyptI miss her, Mother Egypt
and those friends I left behind,
timeless history, marvels and mysteries
etched in stone by her own scribes.
Longing for the waters of the nourishing
River Nile and surrounding seas,
the laughter and smiles of everyone
who...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, allegory, allusion, christian, islamic, jesus, jewish, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
The Honey BeeThe Honey Bee
Not fun to be stung by the Honey Bee
It happened to me picking from a cherry tree.
Only worker bees sting, and only under threat
They die once they sting but the hurt you can't...
Read More
Categories:
almonds, flower, food, fruit, garden, insect, nature, science,
Form:
Rhyme