Long Barney Poems
Long Barney Poems. Below are the most popular long Barney by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Barney poems by poem length and keyword.
VillanellesVillanelles
The villanelle is a poetic form based on repetition, with a double refrain.
Villanelle: The Divide
by Michael R. Burch
The sea was not salt the first tide...
was man born to sorrow that first day,
with the...
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Categories:
barney, moon, repetition, romance, romantic, romantic love, sea,
Form:
Villanelle
Poems About RegretRegret
by Michael R. Burch
Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear . . .
once starlight
languished
in your hair . . .
a shining there
as brief
as rare.
Regret . . .
a pain
I chose to bear . . .
unleash
the torrent
of your hair . ....
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Categories:
barney, memory, pain, remember, sad, sorrow, sorry, sympathy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Car Club Meeting Lament - Text - Part 2 of 2Note: This is the 2nd half of one of my MANY long story works, and the 1st half can be accessed, of course, at "poems by Mark Stellinga" on the soup.
My wife and I were...
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Categories:
barney, car,
Form:
Narrative
Beware the Ides of March 2023Beware The Ides of March 2023
Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
The following events all occurred
fifteenth of March
across span of millenniums.
One:...
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Categories:
barney, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal, conflict, crush, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
Renee Vivien TranslationsRenee Vivien Translations
Song
by Renée Vivien
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
When the moon weeps,
illuminating flowers on the graves of the faithful,
my memories creep
back to you, wrapped in flightless wings.
It's getting late; soon we will sleep
(your eyes...
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Categories:
barney, analogy, image, imagery, love, metaphor, surreal, symbolism,
Form:
Sonnet
Barney's SongAs I awake this morning
I remember a Barney song
for my more oppositionally misaligned daughter.
I love you
and you love me
even if I couldn't realign my four B's,
Brain,
and Branches,
and Belly,
and Butt,
these four aligned
good government.
If you...
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Categories:
barney, day, dream, earth, health, night, passion, power,
Form:
Political Verse
Princess Psychiatric AppointmentSo, Yang,
who would you like to meet
your psychotropic doctor today?
[no answer]
I'm hoping Princess Yang
will speak with us today,
because she is my favorite,
I must confess
this PositivEnergy bias
for conserving nutritional activities,
nurturing co-relationships,
cooperative ZeroZone centering balance.
Hi,
I'm Princess Yang,
and...
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Categories:
barney, caregiving, daughter, earth, education, health, humor, mental
Form:
Political Verse
Cockney GeezerI was born within the sound of Bow bells in the east end of London, this makes me a true cockney, I own a cock and sparrow down by the shake and shiver, I sell...
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Categories:
barney, england, humor, identity, london,
Form:
Narrative
Experienced DriversI was asked to read some poetry down at an old folks home,
Where they'd lost need for toothbrushes, and naturally a comb,
That is the blokes of course, who are gummy, stooped and bald,
And closing...
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Categories:
barney, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Get Back To the Basicsget back to the basics busting fat laces running the bases
it used to be cool to obey the golden rule yet that went out the door in 64
open the door for your neighbor then you...
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Categories:
barney, rap,
Form:
Free verse
Television Triptych ThrowbackTelevision triptych throwback
and despite remote chance
to channel small medium at large
metamorphosis I may witness
analogous to caterpillar
will transform me into a butterfly
otherwise Norwegian bachelor (batch chiller)
farmer will simply plow along
taking a stab writing "FAKE"...
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Categories:
barney, 12th grade, adventure, books, celebrity, character, color,
Form:
Rhyme
AmericaAmerica
I´m here to bring you
What you don´t need
Another heartfelt poem
Another heartsick plea
Worth less than
Chewed gum
America I’m tapping
At your window
At 3 am
With a bag full of
Sour wine
And a shopping list
Of grievances
America wake up
It´s me and I...
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Categories:
barney, spiritual,
Form:
Blank verse
Cartoon FlowYeah I got PokeBalls to catch Goals
I'm like Ash Ketchum when he Throws
Cause Ash Catch Em Bold I'm like Pidgeotto when my wings Flow
Look at the the light around me like Pikachu
With a forcefield...
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Categories:
barney, character, creation, imagination, poetry, power,
Form:
Free verse
Women Poets AgainWoman Poets
Super Duper Poetry Soup Woman Poets
Anyone can make a comment when they want to.
Someone should write one about the men now.
Are pretty woman poets living in a palace
With no malice at all so we...
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Categories:
barney, encouraging, , cute,
Form:
Couplet
Woman PoetsSuper Duper Poetry Soup Woman Poets
Anyone can make a comment when they want to.
Someone should write one about the men now.
Are pretty woman poets living in a palace
With no malice at all so we call...
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Categories:
barney, humorous, , cute,
Form:
Couplet
Cemetery#Cemetery
When you grow older, dear dad, dear mum,
Instead of having your children and grandchildren running around in your home,
You'd have empty rooms filled with nothing but pictures hanging on the walls,
Nothing more, just darkness, emptiness...
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Categories:
barney, africa,
Form:
Free verse
The DivideThe Divide
by Michael R. Burch
The sea was not salt the first tide ...
was man born to sorrow that first day
with the moon—a pale beacon across the Divide,
the brighter for longing, an object denied—
the tug at...
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Categories:
barney, creation, light, love, moon, sea, water,
Form:
Villanelle
The Ballad of Arthur and MandyA tribute to the late, great Victoria Wood x
Arthur and Mandy sat one night
When he gave her a dreadful fright
Ripped off his jumper revealed his string vest
Showing snippets of his hairy chest
He looked at her...
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Categories:
barney, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Ordinary Love, a VillanelleOrdinary Love
by Michael R. Burch
Indescribable—our love—and still we say
with eyes averted, turning out the light,
"I love you," in the ordinary way
and tug the coverlet where once we lay,
all suntanned limbs entangled, shivering,...
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Categories:
barney, love, marriage, relationship, wife, woman, women,
Form:
Villanelle
Super Duper Women PoetsWoman Poets
Super Duper Poetry Soup Woman Poets
A Repeat
Pretty woman poets are living in a palace,
With no malice at all so we call her Alice,
But then in mail received another invoice;
Said her name is Joyce and...
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Categories:
barney, allegory, analogy, , cute,
Form:
Concrete
Beware the Ides of March 2022 Part IiTen: A New Global Health Scare, 2003
After accumulating reports
of a mysterious respiratory disease
afflicting patients and healthcare workers
in China, Vietnam, Hong Kong,
Singapore and Canada,
the World Health Organization
issues a heightened global...
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Categories:
barney, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, anniversary, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Zenith University
Zenith University
I am a proud graduate
of Zenith University,
where the quality stays on
until the little dot
shrinks and goes away.
I attended that fine institution
with Tom and Jerry,
Heckl, Jeckl, Mickey, Minnie,
Da?y, Donald, Daisy,
Huey, Dewey, Louie,
Speedy, Wile E., Gumby, Pokey,
Yogi, Boo Boo, Dino, Chucko,
Hobo Kelley, Lassie, Bozo,
Betty, Barney, Bam Bam Rubble,
Wilma, Pebbles, Fred,
Casper, Felix, Sheri? John,
Gentle Ben, and Mr. Ed.
Astro, Elroy,
Judy, George, and Jane--
Eddie Haskell, Wally Cleaver,
Mom and Dad and Little Beaver.
Favorite Martian--Flying Nun,
James Arness--smoking gun,
Spanky and Alfalfa,
Larry, Moe, and Curly.
Tests consisted
of posted patterns.
To see those,
you had to get up early
like Jack LaLanne and Buns of Steel,
Captain Kangaroo.
Mid-morning classes included
Monte Hall (quite a deal),
Bob the Barker (not the builder).
Allen Ludden passed the words, ...
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Categories:
barney, appreciation, celebrity, education, fun, school, student,
Form:
Rhyme
Tv Travels+++++ TV TRAVELS +++++
Oh where, oh where shall I travel today
Maybe 1940's where life portrayed
In...
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Categories:
barney, adventure, nostalgia, science fiction, travel, , western,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ides of March 2018ever since Homo Sapiens didst
insinuate, elbow and barge
humanity at the mercy sans, small, medium
(Strunk and White) elemental forces at large
which indiscriminate merciless whims extant
ask Homer Simpson or Marge
g'head and...
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Categories:
barney, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Free verse
Resurrection(Chorus)
You think you've got swagger but really you hobble,
you've got the jet lagger and you're drunk so you wobble,
don't start on me mate 'cus I will bring trouble,
to put it into slang words I'm Barney...
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Categories:
barney, hip hop, humorous, power, pride, rap, simple,
Form:
Rhyme