Long Catches Poems
Long Catches Poems. Below are the most popular long Catches by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Catches poems by poem length and keyword.
Trump In Motion
TRUMP SMELLS B.O.
TRUMP SMELLS B.O.
BUST UP THE BEAT TO INTRODUCE IT'S TEMPO
GOT ME PLACES TO GO
SILENCE IS GOLDEN GOT BLOOD THAT"S UNFOLDING
SITS IN HIS IVORY TOWER ENGAGED IN THE WALL WHILE HE SITS IN HIS...
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Categories:
catches, anxiety, art, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
Self Reflections
SELF REFLECTIONS
These are poems about mirrors, images, self-image, reflections, impressions and self-reflection.
Self Reflection
by Michael R. Burch
for anyone struggling with self-image
She has a comely form
and a smile that brightens her dorm ...
but she's grossly...
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Categories:
catches, identity, image, imagery, metaphor, mirror, self, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
In the Wild
IN THE WILD
Early morning, we go for a drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At 6 o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that we have missed...
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Categories:
catches, adventure, africa,
Form:
Rhyme
kiss -
your silken skin gleams opaline
bathed in Luna's soft wash of cornflower - like a
porcelain Madonna by Michelangelo
conjured to life by the magic
of moonlight
your eyes open just long enough to
affix mine, and affirm I'm in a...
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Categories:
catches, kiss, passion, romance, romantic, sensual, sexy, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
In the Wild Re Post
IN THE WILD
( Re Post)
Early one morning, we begin our drive,
An awesome feeling as we arrive,
At our camp gate which, opens
At six o’clock,
Now we are in the African bush
Which, will unlock,
Moments that...
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Categories:
catches, animal,
Form:
Free verse
one kiss
* This was the first poem I ever entered into a contest, and it won! (Thank you to poet/judge John Hamilton). It is about a very brief moment, and all that our minds can process...
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Categories:
catches, analogy, kiss,
Form:
Free verse
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 37
I heard two distinct voices in the night,
Conversing amongst themselves most eagerly
They whispered like children in excitement
Their sardonic mouths sung many savvy tunes
It was Death I could perceive, defending me,
And he, a strange, distant friend
Seemed...
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Categories:
catches, change, death, gothic, grave, literature, romance, war,
Form:
Epic
Two Lovers Xi - Carefully Chosen Words
He is looking at her a bit sanctimoniously
He is about to mansplain again
"Am I spooking you?" he asks grinning
"I'm not trying to propose, Cutie.
God no. Could you imagine?
I just think it's possible, you know?
I'm just...
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Categories:
catches, discrimination, lost love, love, relationship, romance, romantic
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: L 50 - Tongue-Teasing Epigrams
UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: L (50) - Tongue-Teasers
The « early bird catches the worm » only because the worm has not woken up yet.
« I don’t love you ! I hated your father ! » - must...
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Categories:
catches, art, humor, irony, women, word play,
Form:
Epigram
The Bailout Ballad - the Layman's Lament
One day not long past our economy faltered
And wouldn’t improve if our course were unaltered.
'Cause we buy stuff at Wal-Mart (where things are dirt cheap)
'Cause they buy from China (treats workers like sheep
(So farmers left...
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Categories:
catches, business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form:
Couplet
Journey Companions: the Friend Sonnets Part Ii
HEROES
Near somber guards, units of children heap
dead leaves, naive to any else fallen.
Friend, you chuckle, but your posture speaks
of duty on this day of contradictions.
Firefighters bow heads in silent paean,
while polished trucks stand...
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Categories:
catches, friend, hero, places, poetry, integrity, , memorial,
Form:
Sonnet
Where Gladiators Fought
Part I
Where gladiators fought for life,
we meet to fight for love
The constellations in the Roman night sky,
celestial spectators, bathe the Colosseum
in the white blood of light
The night is throbbing with the heat of our battle,
our...
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Categories:
catches, passion, places,
Form:
Epic
Santa We've Been Outta Touch
Santa Claus, we’ve been out of touch
and I don’t ask for very much
but I have needs, and I’m in Dutch
I want to see the light of day
oh, and can you give me a...
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Categories:
catches, crazy, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
Me, Dreams, Reality
One bright night
In the Twilight of day
I awoken to a dream
With in a world of worlds
Not my self, but still the same
What was it? Never more
What year was it? Forgotten
One must be careful...
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Categories:
catches, adventure, age, dream,
Form:
Free verse
The Whiskey Bottle Wish
The Whiskey Bottle Wish
One late summer night outside a saloon in the mid-west, an intoxicated Dusty Rogers, stumbles out of the Bar nearly taking one of the revolving doors with him. As he flutters...
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Categories:
catches, bible, drink, judgement,
Form:
Narrative
Covid Walk
thermometer reads zero, a chilly breeze blows
apple cores thrown, the blackbirds feed
my multi-layered partner dons her wooly hat
impatiently, she waits for me
securing covid masks amidst my overcoat
...
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Categories:
catches, anxiety, feelings, humanity, journey, life,
Form:
Verse
Stimulation: Paradise of Passion
Paradise of passion has dawned upon my mind of my once dusked mindset (desired future of peace that has transformed my mind that was of darkness for the better)
I'm envious of others' ecstasy for...
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Categories:
catches, angst, deep, depression, desire, grief, paradise, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Tea and Poetry In the Ides of March - Part One
Beneath a misty veil of ‘Euphoria’ by Calvin Klein, she dares to dream of acceptance in a world of wanna-be Literary Giants who are members of an elite writer’s group, as she drives along a...
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Categories:
catches, satire,
Form:
Free verse
Van Gogh
Endless sunflower field
Rhythmically swaying in the wind
Like lazy ocean wave stretches
To the distant line of horizon
Touching the edge of the sky
Melting into hot noon brilliance
Boiling all shades of yellow into
One burning brightness of...
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Categories:
catches, anxiety, art, crazy, desire, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Game of Cricket Is a Game of Life
Life is not cricket: though a game of cricket reflects life
It portrays real-life conditions; from cradle to urn
Starting with toss of a coin; ends in pulling bails off
Just as cricket life is simply...
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Categories:
catches, dedication, emotions, endurance, fantasy, games, image, inspiration,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Smog
I gaze upon a moon so full and bright beneath my feet
The stillness of unbroken waters where reflections meet
The creaking and the straining as the old bridge wants me rid
Shall not give me cause to...
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Categories:
catches, horror,
Form:
Narrative
Poverty, Angst and Anxiety Dx
In the mirror, I see my face melt away in shame
And, yet I still hunt for game…feeling this shame without a well-thought-out
name
I hunt you down to catch some inspiration
I’m not looking for fame…I want...
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Categories:
catches, angst, beauty, betrayal, change, hope, how i
Form:
Free verse
Your Outlandish Maze and My Time of Anguish and Cheer
In the mirror, I see my face melt away in shame
And, yet I still hunt for game…feeling this shame without a well-thought-out name
I hunt you down to catch some inspiration
I’m not looking for fame…I want...
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Categories:
catches, absence, angst, betrayal, conflict, confusion, deep, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Two Lovers Iii - First Valentine's Day
She took some care making her choice
A Valentine's Day card
It is a silly little thing
"It shouldn't be this hard"
But she still feels indecision
Selecting the right one
To set the proper tone for them
"With just a touch...
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Categories:
catches, happy, lost love, love, relationship, romantic love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Ghost of Christmas Present
Terrence the Turkey was feeling quite perky
Passing time in his rafter and doing no harm
No fighting nor squabbling, just gabbling and gobbling
Turkey talking turkey down on the farm.
Whilst having a natter, tame turkey type chatter
Before...
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Categories:
catches, adventure, animal, bird, celebration, christmas, food, freedom,
Form:
Quatrain