Long Baxter Poems
Long Baxter Poems. Below are the most popular long Baxter by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Baxter poems by poem length and keyword.
Harvey Lee Kaneeble - Both Audio and TextThe oldest man I’ve ever known was Harvey Lee Kaneeble. And at the age of
one-o-six…(in nineteen forty-five)…
Some of those who really got around had speculated - Harvey might have actually been the oldest...
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Categories:
baxter, faith, prayer,
Form:
Verse
The Garage Sale - With IllustrationWe sat in our respective chairs, a group of friendly neighbors, chatting back and forth while people milled about the goods.
This was not the first time that we’d had a monster garage sale, so we...
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Categories:
baxter, humor,
Form:
Narrative
I've Been Sure Since '62The man that I’d looked up to most when I was just a kid...that I’d preferred to my own dad...of whom I was ashamed...
Often prompted speculation he - without my knowing - likely was my...
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Categories:
baxter, betrayal, father son, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative
Gitter Dunn - 2nd Half In Text - Plus Full Audio VersionThis is the 2nd Half - sorry, this is the only way to get my long pieces posted - an full length audio version is also posted
“Every single person, and the minister agreed…and just...
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Categories:
baxter, father,
Form:
Narrative
Two Dads -- 1st HalfHere's why this was necessary...
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...
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Categories:
baxter, father son,
Form:
Verse
Car Wars - 2nd Half In 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:
baxter, car, humor,
Form:
Verse
The Whippy-Dip - 1st Half Text Plus Full Audio W-IllustrationHere's why this is necessary...
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...
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Categories:
baxter, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative
That's a Promise -- Not a ThreatMost of you, I don’t suppose, devote a lot of time to wond’ring ‘bout your death, but, now and then,
I begin imagining some pretty strange scenarios. Of course I’m going to die,...
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Categories:
baxter, car, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Victims of Another Desert's TaleThis piece was inspired by a journal left behind by an adventurous young man that elected to take his wife and two young children, by ox-drawn wagon, to California, in the early 1850s, expecting to...
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Categories:
baxter, sad,
Form:
Narrative
Got Me On the Edge Known-Deep Hits Tour 2020Got Me on the Edge known
It was the evening of March 5th on a Thursday pre evening I left my job and just approximately two blocks away at the Baxter Arena convention hall it was...
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Categories:
baxter, analogy, appreciation, celebration, community, engagement, inspirational, meaningful,
Form:
Narrative
Got Me On the Edge-Known a Toby Mac Concert 2020Got Me on the Edge known
It was the evening of March 5th on a Thursday pre evening I left my job and just approximately two blocks away at the Baxter Arena convention hall it was...
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Categories:
baxter, analogy, culture, engagement, environment, inspirational,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
I'M Dying To See You - LiterallyDad was loadin' rods and tackle, I was addin' fuel, as Mom hopped on with a picnic lunch that balmy afternoon.
Another Sunday outing on the lake - our old routine - as sister Susie tossed...
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Categories:
baxter, depression, loneliness, suicide,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetry Soup HerosPoetry Soup Hero's
Poets with golden ink and pens
You make us move forward with your inspiration
With kind an honest, encouragement and compliments
Small act of caring all which has the potential to turn a...
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Categories:
baxter, encouraging, inspirational, poets, , literature,
Form:
Free verse
Baxter Bug and the Purple OrbBaxter was born in a meadow
under a rotting plank
with hundreds of brothers and sisters
in a home both darkly and dank.
His momma was a June Bug
and he was a June Bug too,
schooled in all...
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Categories:
baxter, insect,
Form:
Rhyme
Last Night With the Girls -Girls Just Wanna Have FunI jump up out of bed ‘cause the alarm clock is ringing
got a song sittin’ on the tip of my tongue, I start singing
I’m staring at myself tryin’ to make my lips turn pink
with the...
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Categories:
baxter, fun, girl, music, song,
Form:
Lyric
Fantastic FourA team of adventurers? A group of friends?
They are a family and that will never change.
Hurtling through space on a mission on the Marvel I spaceship, Reed his buddy Ben along with Reed’s girlfriend Sue...
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Categories:
baxter, hero,
Form:
Narrative
Monstrous Violations of Realityhi I'm Baxter Belknap Mandible IV
the Ninth Earl of Burneydick
I'll be heading your inner assault team
would you like the wine list
we have a nice Retaliation 666
somewhere over the rainbow
where every two-bit overheard whisper is an...
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Categories:
baxter, crazy, how i feel, slam,
Form:
Free verse
8 Mile Style8MILE8MILE . . . . . STYLE . ...
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Categories:
baxter, career, humor, music, rap, silly, song,
Form:
Lyric
Page of ObscurityIf I wrote it all down, would you know it?
Could you see what I want you to see?
Would you think me a clown or a Poet?
If the words flowed in tempo from me?
If I showed...
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Categories:
baxter, anger, betrayal, break up, heartbreak, love hurts,
Form:
Lyric
Can We Turn Back the Time(female verse 1)
staring up at the darkened sky, stars come out lighting it up so bright
who knew I’d be standing here alone
after all we had now you’re gone
You took my heart when you fled
now I’m...
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Categories:
baxter, devotion, emotions, love, music, song,
Form:
Lyric
Memorial DayMEMORIAL DAY
June 1, 2015
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To all of you that have ever worn
"THE UNIFORM"
The Uniform of safety and security,
The Uniform of pride and liberty
THE UNIFORM OF FREEDOM
THE UNIFORM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THANK YOU
Thank...
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Categories:
baxter, america, appreciation, history, holiday, memory, military, tribute,
Form:
I do not know?
we are all alone: totally wiredEverything’s been frantic since the break.
What people don’t tell you about college,
is that you’re just tired ALL of the time.
I’m so tired, yawn ‘scuse me.
So if you’re planning to talk to me, bring coffee, make
some...
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Categories:
baxter, poems, school, self, sick, student, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
Cathode Rays In the DarknessCathode Rays in the Darkness
Thelma Todd is on the Late Late Show,
Brought to the us by Kent cigarettes, which refines and
Refreshes with the exclusive Micronite Filter.
Her still tragic life in the steaming suburbs knows no...
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Categories:
baxter, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Black Sheep Will Shine(Intro)
I'll remember you, You'll remember me
life is like grains of sand
falling down from your hand
rolling on toe to tide
like an endless wave on an endless ride
the last thing you want is sympathy
gotta live...
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Categories:
baxter, encouraging, song, uplifting,
Form:
Lyric
The Pirate's Life For MeYo Ho!, Yo Ho! The pirates life for me
The Jamaica Jewel’s sails are full on seven seas
Skull and bones flying high on the main mast
With a trim bow and keel my flag ship is fast
At...
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Categories:
baxter, adventure, boat, character, fantasy, red, sea, voyage,
Form:
Rhyme