Long Bounced Poems
Long Bounced Poems. Below are the most popular long Bounced by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Bounced poems by poem length and keyword.
Rum N Raisin 3 - the Cat Who Fell To EarthRaisin liked to make her bed upon a shelf up high
She said she likes the feeling that she’s almost in the sky
One day she fell and bonked her head and Rum could only stare
And wondered...
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Categories:
bounced, cat, fantasy, nursery rhyme,
Form:
Narrative
Whats Behind the CurtainI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
bounced, anxiety, dark, dream, imagery, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
BehindI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
bounced, anxiety, depression, emo, suicide,
Form:
Blank verse
Caregiving Stories ContinuedWounded Sacred Dementia
My last foster care-provider
and -receiver story
is also a sad story
of my last special needs adoption
of bipolar born,
and oppositionally reared,
alcoholism.
My BiPolar Wounded Child
turned an auspicious five
on the day I first saw her,
and promptly rejected...
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Categories:
bounced, caregiving, health, humor, love, parents,
Form:
Political Verse
Hubert Might Go Upstairs But Not To RomeTea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it.
"I'm going upstairs," Hubert tells Ruth as he hoists himself out...
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Categories:
bounced, marriage,
Form:
Prose
Put Your Thoughts In Rhyme - Both Audio and Text VersionsI'm very lucky...writing poetry soothes my soul -
Rhonda was the only child of Ron and Debby Baker.
Debby was a widow. It was 1952…
And having been away from ‘41 to ‘43 -
fighting on the...
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Categories:
bounced, father daughter, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
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:
bounced, fish, fishing, sea,
Form:
Narrative
The Mountain GoatThe noise aboard the motor boat reminds me that I was not alone
The high perspiration smell from the young couple sitting beside me
caused me to remember the green wood’s in Virginia and the squirrels
chasing each...
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Categories:
bounced, angel, courage, creation, friendship, leadership, love, missing,
Form:
Narrative
Where the Vision VisitsKentucky's late summer sunshine
sunk deep into their skin
as the boy rode on the back
of his Grandfather's coppered horse,
the tobacco harvest would begin soon,
aromas of sweet leaf darkness
were wafting in the field heat,
to the big barn...
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Categories:
bounced, christian, heart, hope, , 9th grade,
Form:
Epic
LiveOnce upon a time, there lived a young woman. She was tall with soft blue eyes and wispy blonde hair. She was married to a nice young man. He was less tall and had almond...
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Categories:
bounced, baby, birth, blessing, death, emotions, faith, family,
Form:
Narrative
Marat and Charlotte 2Act 2. A dark, empty stage.
Marat
(standing up)
It's all a blur. It’s all a little dizzy.
I just have dreamed a scary dream as if
two vagabond philosophers robbed me
and killed. I must admit it's a...
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Categories:
bounced, death, love,
Form:
Blank verse
My New YearIf there is life there
must be an encounteration.
Even the moons and
the suns, all get to return
back if they passed
to their eventual
transportation. The morning
lights shunned and pass
like flying clouds. When...
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Categories:
bounced, africa,
Form:
ABC
Computer ErrorI’ve always been a cash man, so when me cash was blown,
I might be sitting back all stony broke and pleading for a loan,
at least I know that if a mate, throws up a couple...
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Categories:
bounced, computer, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Do You RememberI woke up this morning feeling vigorous and strong
Even though I had lost some sleep, I could still feel my heartbeat
I took a shower, and got dressed and stared at the morning sky
I gazed...
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Categories:
bounced, dance, environment, friendship, leadership, love, moving on,
Form:
Narrative
Redneck SantaT'were the night after Christmas, 'n' the house was all dark.
Not much money for 'lectric in the ol' trailer park.
Ma waitin' tables at the club on the base,
jist me and my sisters alone in the...
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Categories:
bounced, christmas, parody,
Form:
Rhyme
Sacred Falling StarsOnce upon a time a gymnast teacher told a girl,
and all her classmates,
to gather round
to spot the student currently bouncing
on the trampoline.
They circled
to volunteer a ring of imperfectly rhythmed
but...
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Categories:
bounced, allegory, analogy, caregiving, health, passion, political, power,
Form:
Political Verse
Whar Art Thou Dame of My DreamWhar art thou dame of my dream?
Eagerness readily overtakes me prior
to succumbing to nightly slumber.
Tis boot a blink when eyelids become relaxed
adrift abed invariably occurs counting backwards
from one hundred –...
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Categories:
bounced, absence, addiction, allusion, angel, appreciation, celebration, red,
Form:
Rhyme
A Fire In the Heart of Our Darkneswe sat, my brother and I
leaning against the old wood pannels of the room
the smoke engulfed us like breath
as the threat of violence loomed
his voice was quiet still
passion and regret burned in his eyes
when he...
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Categories:
bounced, war,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Crime of PassionOne Sunday afternoon in spring,
i was tending my garden,
trimming and watering the roses,
when he first passed by.
I remember standing up to break the ache,
and as i ran my hand across the face,
to wipe off the...
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Categories:
bounced, lust, sexy,
Form:
Narrative
Humor MeI was a solemn person by nature, so my demeanor was always dignified,
Like the somber moon of nighttide, that sees vaguest dreams magnified.
Oh, I enjoyed having a good time, only I showed it in different...
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Categories:
bounced, birthday, family, fantasy, friend, fun, humor, imagery,
Form:
Couplet
A Ramble In a BrambleA ramble in a bramble kisses a shoe horn in a window box
Having deciphered which tunes and vibrations cause reactions it was time to make everything the same really. Shame it was that day for...
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Categories:
bounced, art,
Form:
I do not know?
Best of FiendsWhatever rules they make up now in twenty-twenty-one
‘Little’ Frankie tells his dad I need to have some fun
His dad said how about a pet, I’ve just embalmed a pup
But Frankie moaned I’m sorry but I...
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Categories:
bounced, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
CrashWe had been under its grip for days. The truck swerved from lane to lane as it sped through the dark. She was screaming mess of anger and pain. Our shattered pieces had always fit...
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Categories:
bounced, friend, i miss you, lost, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots IiGazing down along the zealously
Monitored borders of well clipped
Evergreen Privet hedges.
Standing watchful guard over
Divisions
Re-enforced by concrete posts and
Darkly stained, wooden, wavy-lap
Fences;
Age-old neighbourly disputes, petty
Grudges and childish jealousies -
Ably demonstrated by various
Patchworks of shabbily...
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Categories:
bounced, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Make Me Yours Pt2:EroticaChris stared at her dripping mess and held his urge to dick her down. Her hands were on her knees, keeping herself wide and on display. She was an exhibisionist of sorts and she was...
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Categories:
bounced, 12th grade, adventure, africa, america,
Form:
Free verse