Long Bouts Poems
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Heroic Crown of Sonnets - Part Two
(continued from A Year Of Months (January-June)
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/heroic_crown_of_sonnets_-_part_one_772928
A Year Of Months (July-December)
8. July
July now follows summer's song of June;
with sun ablaze, her days are humid, warm.
Great time to languish in the afternoon,
and later, watch an evening...
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Categories:
bouts, earth, seasons, thanksgiving day,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
In My Beautiful BalloonWith summer nearly gone, we all wanted to do something special,
And decided it should be daring, rather than the usual and dull.
So, we listed the things we desired to do, but hadn't yet tried,
And we...
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Categories:
bouts, adventure, beauty, fantasy, lost, miracle, nature, prayer,
Form:
Couplet
Dad, Continued...cont
Breath...
You once said to me,"I'm a man of extremes," and I understood immediately what you meant. When you drank, you drank hard. When you worked you expected perfection, in yourself not others, because...
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Categories:
bouts, dad,
Form:
Elegy
The Mask of TourmalineTwice the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Yet again awoken by winter when the third was three in number.
I sense that a silence doth sneak ‘tween cracks of weathered wood,
Conniving with that which shadows...
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Categories:
bouts, anxiety, horror, imagination, mystery, myth, night, psychological,
Form:
Couplet
Mom's Old Photos - 1st Half 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:
bouts, love, memory, mom,
Form:
Narrative
Desperate Message To Kim Jong UnPardon any absent adulation, bequeathed capitulation, devoted dedication, indiscretion, blabbering peroration, improper salutation or any unintended vexation if this unknown earthling sent a nearly identical message. He over-looked a small number of errors and hoped...
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Categories:
bouts, abuse, dark, emotions, evil, hate, war, world,
Form:
Free verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 18
When he reached the courtyard DynDoeth stepped from the shadows and greeted him. One by one each of the Elders also stepped forward. Erlenkönig greeted each in turn. There were only...
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Categories:
bouts, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Sometimes: a Random Poem, Part ISometimes I think I should have started this prose
With a disclaimer of sorts
To my readers, many of those
Who may think me out of my gourd
Sometimes I think this disclaimer should be
Short and sweet, honest and...
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Categories:
bouts, allegory, allusion, analogy, fun, mental illness, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
Legend of Prince PolycultureThere once was a boy named Prince Polyculture,
which he knew he was not,
and maybe even not-not,
which would be not a prince,
not.
This was confusing and caused Prince Polyculture to suffer bouts of stress and anxiety and...
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Categories:
bouts, earth, humor, identity,
Form:
Free verse
Recurrent Sneezing Fit Courtesy Freshly Mowed GrassRecurrent sneezing fit courtesy freshly mowed grass
circa June 20th, 2022
prompted me to stutter
self addressed rapid fire gesundheit
nsync with, spluttering
“I don't have any allergies!”
An infinitesimal slight speck tickled
nostril follicle – activated via an itty...
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Categories:
bouts, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
Northern Territory BoresThere is a large cattle property in the Northern Territory of Australia
where the bores are named after Famous cricketers and that prompted
this piece.
...
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Categories:
bouts, sports, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
August 13th 2021 Twenty Two Years SinceAugust 13th, 2021 – twenty two years since...
Wicked bad designed day poem originally crafted
then alternately titled for no particular rhyme nor reason:
courtesy Doctor Donald Dossey
who coined paraskevidekatriaphobia.
August thirteenth nineteen hundred and...
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Categories:
bouts, abuse, adventure, animal, confusion, fate, grave, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
Wicked Bad Designed Day(alternately titled: courtesy Doctor Donald Dossey
who coined paraskevidekatriaphobia
August thirteenth nineteen hundred and ninety nine
forever etched in annals of my personal infamy
as one still sending hair raising shivers down my spine
which following unpleasant...
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Categories:
bouts, abuse, adventure, angst, good friday, grave, mom,
Form:
Free verse
Inspection Took Place February 17th, 2023Inspection took place February 17th, 2023...
At 1330 hours (indicated
courtesy notification slipped under door
less than twenty four hours)
hence foretold ill fate
by property (crooks and quade) management
the head honcho zaftig, wanker,
(who replaced the warden)
and Rich (BOLD FACE...
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Categories:
bouts, adventure, america, anger, anniversary, anxiety, crush, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Whispers From the GraveThere was a time as a child when I knew I was different. I felt lost and enjoyed thing other girls may not have. I hated dresses, loved wearing ball caps and watched football at...
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Categories:
bouts, addiction, death, depression, emotions, i miss you,
Form:
Free verse
Back To You Billy, For Ways I Whiled Away Herding EnnuiBack to you Billy, for ways I whiled away herding ennui
Ah...a flood of memories wash over
this anointed Goatama Boo Da,
whose respected G.O.A.T status
among generic green acres,
which swathed across Highland Manor
analogous to petty coat...
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Categories:
bouts, 12th grade, 1st grade, age, animal, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Work Hat Or Flirt Hat - Satire- - - An observation of true events - - -
- - (insatiable person's search) - -
Aiming to embellish my identity
Rural persona branches further
Tight city existence not meant for...
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Categories:
bouts, adventure, change, funny, humor, humorous, satire, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
Casus Belli Conquers Accursed Submucous Cleft Palateafter pros and cons discussed
with six grade speech pathologist, she weighed
in favor, to launch stealth offensive
spring time surprise raid,
which faux analogous military show of force,
...
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Categories:
bouts, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Feliz Cumpleanos La Senora DunningFeliz cumpleaños la señora Dunning
Fifty seven orbitz didst elapse
circling with thee around the sun
and nary sign ye will collapse
anytime soon, I hoop fully reckon
untold massages nervously
await to cross proper synapse.
Foolhardy of me
(doubting Thomas) in previous
years...
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Categories:
bouts, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Birthday Tidings For My Eldest Sisteregad, you possibly exclaim come december first two thousand and seven
five decades sped by at the blink of an eye
days of adolescence, and infancy so tender and mild seemed like heaven
...
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Categories:
bouts, anniversary, brother, family, life, life,
Form:
Lyric
Why Is God a Man?Why is God a Man?
Being a menopausal woman really sucks. At night, it’s like having a wrestler in bed with you
without the sex. When you flash you wrestle the covers off because you feel...
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Categories:
bouts, funny, lifegod, women, body, god, men, women,
Form:
Free verse
Government Largesse Courtesy Uncle Sam(Tidbit of trivia: associated with
businessman from Troy, New York,
Samuel Wilson, known affectionately
as “Uncle Sam” Wilson. The barrels
of beef that he supplied the army
during War of 1812 were stamped
“U.S.”...
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Categories:
bouts, 12th grade, absence, angel, blessing, celebration, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Maybe It Was Sleep ApneaZenobia Jackson told Officer Murphy that her husband, Rufus, was 73 years old and "a wonderful man when he was awake" but for the past year he had been jerking "something terrible" during his sleep...
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Categories:
bouts, death,
Form:
Prose
Trials and Triumphsit's the last Sunday of the year known as 2010
and i hope next Sunday a new year together we'll begin
as humans we have a habit of looking back over the past year
to hopefully gain a...
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Categories:
bouts, angst, faith, happiness, hope, inspirational, introspection, lifegod,
Form:
Didactic
The Valley of the Shadow of Death Psalm 23:5"Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil for Thou art with me..."Psalm 23:5***
Last night on July 14, 2021 a beloved man of God, Ed White...
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Categories:
bouts, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Dramatic Monologue