Long Banshee Poems
Long Banshee Poems. Below are the most popular long Banshee by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Banshee poems by poem length and keyword.
That Long Evening
When you came to me...
Not that you wanted me. Oh, no! It was I who wanted you,
Your comfort... your caring... your
... compassion, your compassion...
Your body, beautiful and young, perhaps that as well at...
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Categories:
banshee, feelings, lost, thank you,
Form:
Free verse
TaporaLike Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed
the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills)
and a bridge too far on north-west passage.
From out of the Valley of Mizpah
to...
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Categories:
banshee, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
Song of Amergin: TranslationThe Song of Amergin: Modern English Translations
The Song of Amergin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I am the sea breeze
I am the ocean wave
I am the surf's thunder
I am the stag of the seven tines
I am...
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Categories:
banshee, ireland, myth, mythology, song, storm, visionary, war,
Form:
Free verse
The Witch At InvernessPlease take this time to steer your thoughts
To a wretched land of lochs and glens.
Where a village was tasked and the people fraught
At the woe and sadness life could send.
With the Dragons gone and the...
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Categories:
banshee, adventure, children, magic,
Form:
Rhyme
The Pictish FaeriesThe Pictish Faeries
by Michael R. Burch
Smaller and darker
than their closest kin,
the faeries learned only too well
never to dwell
close to the villages of larger men.
Only to dance in the starlight
when the moon was full
and men...
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Categories:
banshee, fairy,
Form:
Verse
Megan's Quest Part 5of7At that moment an explosion of mud filled the air
as their tension was now largely increased.
They tried to gather their wits but all took to stare
as for...
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Categories:
banshee, adventure, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
banshee, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st
Form:
Rhyme
Car Wars - 1st Half In Text - Plus Full AudioHere's the scoop, friends...
This is, as indicated, the 1st HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd half had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other way...
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Categories:
banshee, car, humor,
Form:
Verse
The Wicked Witch of Soup Creek Bites the DustGalloping hooves broke morn's peace in Soup Creek's Main Street
When Jimmy Smith rode in from Bar 20 his face white as a sheet
He stopped at Sheriff Koplins office and banged heavily on the door
"What's...
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Categories:
banshee, america, death, humor, woman,
Form:
Rhyme
Bionic Betty: Another True Tale From the Mental WardBetty was bonafide crazy. She had shot her husband after a night of drunken quarreling, and was in the state mental hospital instead of being in the slammer. She'd shot the louse in the stomach...
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Categories:
banshee, crazy, woman,
Form:
Narrative
Doppler Radar Killed Our Classic Car - 2nd Half As Text Plus Full AudioHere'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:
banshee, car,
Form:
Narrative
Thanks To the One and OnlyWords of a mother melting your spirit despite it being cold. Her loving you no matter what chasing that heart of gold.
"You don't need to...
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Categories:
banshee, appreciation, dedication, depression, growing up, mother, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
The StoneThe tale below was carved one night
upon the stone, by candlelight
...most won’t believe, but some just might
.........most won’t believe, but some just might
...
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Categories:
banshee, body, death, fantasy, kiss, love, me, morning,
Form:
Ballad
Galley slave to obsessive compulsive disordered behavior announcesGalley slave to obsessive compulsive disordered behavior announces...
Fore score minus xv orbitz ago
from being centenarian
strong contractions forced me
to pass thru cervix,
buck naked bare lady,
I ranked as only grandson sharing
same surname as Aaron,
(mine paternal grandfather)
me the...
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Categories:
banshee, 6th grade, 7th grade, abuse, age, angst,
Form:
Rhyme
Mine Slovenly Unkempt Appearance Spelled EmbarrassmentMine slovenly unkempt appearance spelled embarrassment
spurred by most recent therapy session
with Renee Cardone
whereby thematic thread
stitched how yours truly sewed
coping modus operandi,
viz avoiding emotionally volatile situations
courtesy mine trademark signature reactions
rather than be in compliance...
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Categories:
banshee, 12th grade, anger, betrayal, care, daughter, father,
Form:
Rhyme
That Nasty Lactose - Forgive Me - This One's Just Too Hilarious Not To PostThis embarrassingly irreverent piece is loosely based on a true story for which I've paid the price for pretty much causing it to happen more than once...PLEASE, no hate mail! PS: "Bonnie" is...
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Categories:
banshee, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
I lacked emotions where others concernedBack approximately half my life ago
dissociative disorder
if qualified to self diagnose
mein kampf psychological state...
I lacked emotions where others concerned.
That refrain replayed itself,
when wife picked up
(like a broken record),
where parents left off
before...
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Categories:
banshee, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Self-Plus-Seven, SavedThe din awakens me
Hall smoke alarm screaming like a banshee
Smoke everywhere, though I see no flames
I reach up through the thick black fumes and yank the battery
Silencing the banshee, but I hear sirens approaching
Thank god...
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Categories:
banshee, adventure, appreciation, fire, home, house, natural disasters,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Tornado Named KarmaI hope that you have barricaded your doors and sealed your windows up tight, because there is a train barreling down these tracks that is about to uproot your life
The plan is already in motion,...
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Categories:
banshee, anger, heartbreak,
Form:
Rhyme
The Curse of NefertitiIn golden chains of bondage, was the royal queen
Brought forth, force to kneel, before the newly crowned
Pharaoh of Egypt!
Branded a heretic, a blasphemer of the Gods, a traitor to
Her people, unworthy to wear the serpents...
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Categories:
banshee, adventure, halloween, history, imagery, international, mythology, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Penny Dreadful
"Penny Dreadful"
Penny Dreadful
Penny Dreadful
Do you remember when?
That time long before Formaldehyde kicked in?
When the Transformer grew your freedom wings, blew your neurons in?
That time when your story kissed her Blue Violet bleeding grin?
A wet ripe...
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Categories:
banshee, black love, dark, fantasy, romance,
Form:
Romanticism
Baron Frankenstein's Halloween BallBaron Von Frankenstein sent me, an invitation to the ball
To be held on Hallows Eve, at his castle in the great hall
I had nothing planned for the night so decided to go
And I thought he'd...
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Categories:
banshee, halloween, horror, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Among An Unnamed Female Person Known Within Mine Black Barbed KenAmong an unnamed female person known within mine black barbed ken
Analogous to black box
holding untold secrets,
(after deadly plane crash
no survivors except
a journeyman foreigner),
I share the following self
introspection with ye dear readers,
which purported hidden truths
might...
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Categories:
banshee, absence, angel, appreciation, beautiful, crush, fate, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 3, Part 6John: Sounds like I might like to straddle her equator with my meridian and throw down with a hula hoop on each arm. How soon can I execute my commission?
Mitchell: Do you like to eat...
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Categories:
banshee, allegory, society,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Best Day In the WorldNeedles and pins.
Needles and pins.
When you grow up I hope you have twins.
Yes, this was written into my mother’s slam book when she was 12,
Setting her up to have twins at the age of...
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Categories:
banshee, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse