Long Barb Poems
Long Barb Poems. Below are the most popular long Barb by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Barb poems by poem length and keyword.
An Bee Cailleach
“Éagmais croí a dhíscaoileadh ar gach eagla.
Faoi dhíon taobh istigh de na blianta seo.
Fanacht i bhfianaise, a dhíscaoileadh ar gach eagla.
Ós rud é go ndearnadh tú a chaitheamh.
Briseadh an tost seo”
"An Bee Cailleach"
She lives to...
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Categories:
barb, fantasy, imagery, joy, life, love, magic, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Brave New World(based on Aldous Huxley's book "Brave New World")
Human hatchery
Clink clink clink clink...
Test tubes prattling past
along the chrome plated production line.
Glistening under fake fluorescence
humming in harmony
with the magnetic motors
of conveyors, centrifuges and camshafts.
Biological blobs of gamete...
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Categories:
barb, confusion, depression, heartbreak, humanity, introspection, political, science
Form:
Free verse
The Legacy of Ain'T BarbieThe Legacy of Ain't Barbie
By Franklin Price
03/23/2022
“Ain't Barbie” was her handle, Barbara Price her married name
She was my wife, for most my life, this is how she played the game
Her roots were from the North...
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Categories:
barb, blessing, inspiration, jesus, life, love,
Form:
Couplet
The Drummer1
The drummer beats slowly, the drummer beats loud
as he beats of humanity wrapped in a shroud.
Well he beats of the rape and the killing of war
and the mind mangling sorrow we blithely ignore
and...
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Categories:
barb, freedom, history, humanity, peace, society, strength, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Have You Lost and MournedHave You Lost and Mourned
( Thank you Tamera)
By Franklin Price
02/17/2022
I have lost and mourn a loved one
She was my long time cherished spouse
Was the best friend that I ever had
Brought bright sunshine to our house
If...
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Categories:
barb, death, friendship, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Embellishing - 2nd HalfThis 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.
The 1st HALF can be...
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Categories:
barb, car, humor,
Form:
Narrative
An anticlimactic sexual eventAn anticlimactic sexual event...
with Barb Black née Beebee
to help set the ghost
of little Willy Brandt free
(a non German, but germane fellow
courtesy Craigslist classified
personals of mine invitee
she replied, I took liberty
to Google her first...
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Categories:
barb, 12th grade, adventure, betrayal, december, desire, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Don'T Judge MeWhen you judge you base it on gossip or stories
from people who surely say they would never lie
To you're face or do something behind you're back
people you claim as friends who make the...
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Categories:
barb, poetry,
Form:
Quintain (English)
I Loathe Feeling Under the WeatherI loathe feeling under the weather...,
especially when nasty elephant
(named Thomas the pachyderm)
stomping to break loose courtesy tether,
where antibodies of mine
struggle to band together
loosely analogous to voters
standing in a queue
waiting to cast their vote
(while...
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Categories:
barb, 12th grade, adventure, animal, black african american,
Form:
Rhyme
The Christmas Stench
There was once a minister who moved to San Francisco to pastor a little church. The name of that little church was Emmanuel which means “God with us”. There was an atmosphere about...
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Categories:
barb, candy, christian, christmas, family, home, love, my
Form:
Prose
Different Strokes: Echo Poem 2The Rosy Lay*
Ready for a kiss did sun rise,
gleaming, shimmering in the April sky,
had set to bloom bouquets of love,
a rose among them caught my eye...
And made me notice for the...
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Categories:
barb, april, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Browned-CentsBROWNED-CENTS
One of the true ways
to remain in captivity is to keep silent to avoid your captor’s
hostility and confusion
A penny for my
thoughts has provided me with the ammunition
To fight for what I...
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Categories:
barb, africa, black african american, community, confusion, deep,
Form:
Rhyme
A Cash Only SocietyI was making a deposit at the teller window of my local bank. As the teller proceeded to finish the transaction, she asked if I would like to apply for their credit card. ...
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Categories:
barb, inspiration, society,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Lord, I Want To Thank YouLord, I Want to Thank you
By Franklin Price
02/06/2022
Lord, I want to thank You for guiding me through life,
For caring friends and family, most of all, a loving wife
You brought the two of us together, when...
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Categories:
barb, children, death, god, life, marriage,
Form:
Couplet
Spiritual TeachingThose who have attained some degree of Higher enlightenment, should be very careful as to which esoteric teachings are revealed on-line. As careful also in large gatherings (classes, etc.). Powerful forces have kept the...
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Categories:
barb, humanity, meaningful, perspective, philosophy, psychological, spiritual, wisdom,
Form:
Prose
President Joe Biden VS Texas Q and A and commentary part oneQ: What grade do you think the American people should grant Joe Biden?
A: The failing grade of F; based upon our illegal aliens' invasions of our
...
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Categories:
barb, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
Just a Barmaid"come on, get your coat off, its bloody ten too"
not even eleven and there forming a que
"just a barmaid" thats what they say
service with a smile, expected all day
we are more than just pint pourers...
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Categories:
barb, drink, fun, funny, humorous,
Form:
ABC
What's happening part one Q and A and commentary by Holton and DubarryCommentaries by Holton and Dubarry
Q: Since the children of Lot reside in Israel's neighboring country of Jordan.
will Jordan enter into Psalm 83, [even though our US's government is
...
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Categories:
barb, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Prose
RefugeeBeating the midday forlorn sun
By foot they begun the journey leaving the pun
Beware of the dangers and tactics to shun
Between that time and reaching the destination without fun
Beholding the situation, carrying the bun
Before...
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Categories:
barb, war, , western,
Form:
I do not know?
Growing Young In ZiontownGrowing Young in Ziontown
Admiring the dogwoods as I walked that path with dad after the work day was through. He walked and talked of life, nature and wisdom showed from him to the light shades...
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Categories:
barb, childhood,
Form:
Narrative
CindyCindy
By Franklin Price
03/04/2022
When I first met you Cindy, you were another person's spouse
You became a friend to Barb and me, were always welcome in our house.
People always stopped and stared, your beauty was in bloom
You...
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Categories:
barb, friendship love,
Form:
Couplet
All For the Love of BetsyThis is a story poem. I call, ALL FOR THE LOVE OF BETSY
ILL start this little story by asking a question,what is love?
They say there is all kinds of love.
This story is about a new...
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Categories:
barb, love, mystery, nostalgia, wife, heart, night, tree,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Childhoodchildhood (puzzle poem)
...
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Categories:
barb, childhood, growing up,
Form:
Free verse
To What EndI waited
Under the outspread foliage
Of the banana tree,
With ripening fruits dangling precariously,
Wondering,
With eyes set on the earth,
Wishing I understood
This everlasting madness.
To what end would man go,
To what end?
A mystery it...
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Categories:
barb, bereavement, birth, confusion, visionary, war,
Form:
Free verse
Two MonthsTwo Months
(Since you've been in Heaven)
By Franklin Price
03/18/2021
Dear Lord, today marks two months since my Barbara left this life
Since You, in love and kindness, took away her pain and strife
You waited 'til our daughter Dani,...
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Categories:
barb, celebration, death, family, friendship, love,
Form:
Couplet