Long Babushka Poems
Long Babushka Poems. Below are the most popular long Babushka by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Babushka poems by poem length and keyword.
Antipoem 4 Santo and JohnnyAntiPoem 4
“Santo and Johnny”
(Poet’s instruction- Play “Sleepwalk” twice by Santo and Johnny while reading)
Santo and Johnny play Sleepwalk on Fender steel and bass
Just oozing out their mellow electric dream sound as the
Santa Monica Pier exudes...
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Categories:
babushka, memory,
Form:
Free verse
The Red BabushkaNineteen twenty-four and the wind was cold,
When men in uniform entered our town;
Forced us to leave in their boxcars,
Made us believe that it was for our own safety.
With no time to fix our things
We hurriedly...
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Categories:
babushka, death, sad, old, angel, angel, freedom, old,
Form:
Free verse
Oh Beautiful GypsyOh beautiful Gypsy,
I see you there, in amber campfire mist.
On the banks of a crystalline pool, a bronze skinned lovely moving with intoxicating rhythm to the strum of guitars.
Sable eyes, gleaming with wanderlust, transfixed on...
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Categories:
babushka, beauty, celebration, leaving, longing, romantic, travel,
Form:
Free verse
Irene My Mother and IIrene....My Mother and I.
I cannot believe I am her daughter!
She always dressed in the very best taste.
Very little jewelry, conservative
dresses, no slacks, are you kidding?
A white-gloved perfect lady,she.
Hats she wore yes, exquisite ones.
Never a babushka...
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Categories:
babushka, happiness, poetess, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Dandelions For AriyaAnother loss.
It's hard to explain, it just feels like an empty pit in my stomach where a smile once so easily crossed my lips.
A lady I once called “Babushka” was laid to rest after...
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Categories:
babushka, anxiety, blessing, death, death of a friend,
Form:
Bio
BabushkaBabushka
The whole village busy looking at the new star
*Babushka busy cleaning her house entire
So busy to tidy her house failed to hear
The sounds of the drums and pipes
She missed even the star to see. ...
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Categories:
babushka, god,
Form:
Epic
ChernobylOver a bottle of Stolichnaya vodka
And slices of kalbasa…. and cold breeze
Of first September, you proudly spoke to me
Of Lenin; we sat beneath the apple tree.
I disagreed not, with your thoughts
Neither, I agreed....
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Categories:
babushka, death, history, life, people, places, social, green,
Form:
Narrative
39 Lomonossov St., Kiev 252101, UkraineA horde of weary eyes
at the false fountain of youth
in demo against
the fading of the majestic night;
their hushed voice vibrates against
my seat, as I enjoy the skyline
while the silver moon, secretly
sips my ice-cold compote.
That...
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Categories:
babushka, life, nostalgia, people, places, social, time, night,
Form:
Narrative
Kremlin GremlinsAbout an hour later she slipped
Yuri Andropov into the conversation:
*“I have to drop off a blouse at the dry cleaners.”*
Suddenly it was May Day &
I’m back in Red Square,
Dwarfed beneath larger than life
Lenin, Engels &...
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Categories:
babushka, america, angst,
Form:
Blank verse
The Bloody Chapters of StalingradFrom moments when love was cherished in Stalingrad,
Like stories written on the walls
With the song repeated by Babushka
And not long after that, the war reached its gates.
Hands turned into fists and ready for...
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Categories:
babushka, hero, history, war, world war ii,
Form:
Free verse