Long Bait Poems
Long Bait Poems. Below are the most popular long Bait by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Bait poems by poem length and keyword.
An Uppercut I RememberDad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
bait, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
Heat LighteningHeat Lightening
by Michael R. Burch
Each night beneath the elms, we never knew
which lights beyond dark hills might stall, advance,
then lurch into strange headbeams tilted up
like searchlights seeking contact in the distance . . .
Quiescent unions...
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Categories:
bait, car, crush, desire, love, lust, sexy, teen
Form:
Sonnet
Lucifer Gets the Gig“We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.”
Anatole France
"I heard you wanted to see me Boss?", Lucifer asked.
"I can always see you Lucifer", replied God. "No, I...
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Categories:
bait, heaven, satire, universe,
Form:
Prose
Death WatchDeath Watch
It was early morning.
The sun was barely above the high hills on the other side of the lake.
I was at the end of the dock slowly reeling in my line.
I could see fish jumping...
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Categories:
bait, death, father, poetry, sick, drug,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Social Privyjustice
What does this vastly misunderstood word mean to you?
Too what ends?
May we seek?
Who(m) may guide us?
Endless deliberation (spiss spiss spiss)
Debated and glorified by us all
Beloved; instilled among (a) core...
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Categories:
bait, absence, abuse, addiction, adventure, allusion, analogy, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Beary Tales Episodes 1-6, Poet's Notes(Remembering Innocence)
Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There are new tales, improvements to previous verses, and improved...
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Categories:
bait, adventure, best friend, blessing, innocence, love, mentor,
Form:
Quatrain
Film NoirFilm Noir
By the lampost at night
with the pale moon shining bright
but obscured by the fog
I saw her in the harbor
standing where my boat lay moored
but she knew that
her azure eyes beckoned me to come
smoke from...
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Categories:
bait, remember,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Beary Tales Episodes 7-14, Poet's Notes7. Playing With Fire
My mom IS quite clear on the dangers of fire,
But if boy'S hooked on flame, then it'S hard to obey,
There'S a longing for “MATCH GUN” (6) that most boys acquire,
Small'S the chance...
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Categories:
bait, adventure, appreciation, best friend, blessing, innocence, love,
Form:
Quatrain
MarlinoTwo, perhaps three miles out to sea, beyond the reef to Zapatillas,
Bocas’ dual sand-edged footprint jewels with jungle centre trees,
Francesco’s outboard boat heads out to Caribbean’s deeper blue.
Where sun burns softer gringo skin, but...
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Categories:
bait, fish, fishing, sea,
Form:
Narrative
Film NoirFilm Noir
By the lamppost at night
with the pale moon shining bright
but obscured by the fog
I saw her in the harbor
standing where my boat lay moored
but she knew that
her azure eyes beckoned me to come
smoke from...
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Categories:
bait, forgiveness, i love you,
Form:
Ballade
Raid Versus WoeRaid versus woe
Black flag(s) show up
on social media platforms
when potential homicidal maniac(s)
communicate(s) intent to strike
with ambush and ready
read - able, eager, and willing
to embark upon murderous rampage.
Prospective killer armed to the teeth
usually a young bucking...
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Categories:
bait, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st
Form:
Rhyme
I Knew Anne Silently - My Ravenous Poe**Trigger Warning**
"I Knew Anne Silently - My Ravenous Poe"
I knew Anne.
you’d think
with a name like hers
she’d be able to find her way
out of unchartered waters.
it didn’t come as a suprise,
then, on...
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Categories:
bait, dark, love, poets,
Form:
Narrative
How My Sister and I Duped a Crook - 1st Half1st Half - because of Poetry Soup's file size limitations -
How My Sister...
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Categories:
bait, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
I Watched Midnight Sun Fall Into Dark Shades of Oblivion, a TrilogyPredator Antiqua Multis Versus Respiciens Tempus
I Watched Midnight Sun Fall Into Dark Shades Of Oblivion
Part I
I watched midnight sun fall into dark shades of oblivion
with its dying light screaming in agonizing moans
upon bloody battlefields of...
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Categories:
bait, appreciation, art, birth, blessing, time, truth, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Duping a Broker - For a Change - 2nd Half In Text - Plus Full Audio VersionHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
...
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Categories:
bait, humor,
Form:
Narrative
RegenerateREGENERATE :
Doctorated at a premium university,
Lost his concentration to absurdity,
Discarded his desire for rationality.
Sorry for this dude's unfortunate category.
As solemn as his heart aches,
Peace was lost from the face.
Deep troubles that he stake,
Wrong squad...
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Categories:
bait, adventure, celebration, dedication, destiny,
Form:
Lyric
A Ghetto Conversation
Hey bruh,
haven’t you heard,
ain’t you read the news?
The White House is gonna eradicate
the fear infested inner city blues
That Trump fella says,
he’s got his poison pen ready to use
He says black folks got nothing...
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Categories:
bait, culture, prejudice, truth, word play,
Form:
Verse
The Lay of the Best Man - Part 2The Lay of The Best Man - Part Two
I will not understate my distaste, but I do not hate. I rate hate as being irate
Shall I underrate the spate of your hate as you devastate;...
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Categories:
bait, humanity, men,
Form:
Lay
Love of Our LifeLOVE Of Our Life
Life’s journey swim links 2 defined moments - birth & death.
To survive its stretch we swim different strokes,
Delivered inner strength combats heavy tides & puncture pokes,
Hidden forces compatibly energize different folks,
Fortifying for...
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Categories:
bait, desire, emotions, god, love, perspective, relationship, wisdom,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
The Bell In the BushThe Bell in the Bush
Down woodland paths the wolf did roam
Far away from his packs home
For game he’d wandered off to seek
The sick, the helpless and the weak
When happened he across a fawn
Tied amid, a...
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Categories:
bait, animal, imagination, mother son,
Form:
Epic
Spring Break V - Russians On Miami BeachI.
The Fish Crow is an outcast amongst the seagulls
Standing on the hot Miami sand
At the end
Of our rose-colored beach towel
Nodding and blabbing half-heartedly
Nuh-uh nuh-uh
To the lack of crumbs
From us
The stingy blue collar visitors
From freezing old...
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Categories:
bait, spring, vacation,
Form:
Free verse
You Want EmotionYou want emotion...
Tell me, ask me, beg me to show you my soul, my secret place where my muses dwell.
My living hell. The tainted sea of all me, so what...so you can wash in the...
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Categories:
bait, emotions, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Steal the Kiss, By Wily MeansSteal the Kiss, By Wily Means
She had just turned 17 and I had loved her since she was fifteen!
She had long, long dark brown hair, was prettier than newborn pups and had a smile that...
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Categories:
bait, beauty, first love, friendship, girlfriend, happiness, introspection,
Form:
Narrative
Tyranny Counts the Ballots“Never forget
everything Hitler did
in Germany was legal.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
drop by drop lady liberty bleeds
red on white and blue
common sense vexatious
verboten spins askew
“We can and we must
write in the...
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Categories:
bait, political,
Form:
Rhyme
This Woman His Wife 3five decades of experience and vast global knowledge
he met and lay with all kind of ladies.
Intellectuals
Blondie
Women that sparks extreme desire
Some whose names he couldn't pronounce
Even those with no clue as to why God make a...
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Categories:
bait, love, marriage,
Form:
ABC