Long Clap Poems
Long Clap Poems. Below are the most popular long Clap by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Clap poems by poem length and keyword.
Limericks Ii - Nature and AnimalsLimericks II - Nature Poems and Animal Poems
Dot Spotted
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a leopardess, Dot,
who indignantly answered: "I’ll not!
The gents are impressed
with the way that I’m dressed.
I wouldn’t change even one spot!"
Clyde Lied!
by...
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Categories:
clap, animal, humor, humorous, light, nature, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Limerick
Poems About DogsPoems about Dogs
This Dog
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Each morning this dog,
who has become quite attached to me,
sits silently at my feet
until, gently caressing his head,
I acknowledge his company.
This simple recognition gives my...
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Categories:
clap, animal, dog, friend, friendship, heart, joy, love,
Form:
Free verse
State of the Art IvState of the Art (IV)
These are my "ars poetica" poems about the art and craft of writing poetry.
Hearthside
by Michael R. Burch
“When you are old and grey and full of sleep...” — W. ...
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Categories:
clap, art, muse, poems, poetry, poets, write, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Animal PoemsDot Spotted
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a leopardess, Dot,
who indignantly answered: "I’ll not!
The gents are impressed
with the way that I’m dressed.
I wouldn’t change even one spot."
Stage Craft-y
by Michael R. Burch
There once was a dromedary
who...
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Categories:
clap, animal, cat, dog, friend, friendship, friendship love,
Form:
Limerick
Poems About Poems ViPoems about Poems VI
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood?
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the Muse
with reprimands of Dr. Seuss.
The...
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Categories:
clap, extended metaphor, heaven, muse, passion, poems, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 2[Now ShallowMan is quite content
receiving FactoidMan’s consent
to quibble and express dissent
as long as keeping covenant
with fingers crossed and belfry bent
when viewing Facts in sealed cement:]
SM
“The Facts you give me circumvent
those ‘truths’ your chuckles supplement;
although they...
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Categories:
clap, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
Stranger Than Fiction*warning* disturbing lines have been detected - you have been warned, readers. Okay, enjoy this somewhat deep and astounding poem from me that took days to write...>:)
I bet you anything that I'm the laziest guy...
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Categories:
clap, deep, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Doggerel IiDoggerel II: Doggerel about Doggerel, or, More Nonsense Verse
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood:
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the...
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Categories:
clap, animal, dog, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
Dog Daze I: Poems About DogsDog Daze
by Michael R. Burch
Sweet Oz is a soulful snuggler;
he really is one of the best.
Sometimes in bed
he snuggles my head,
though he mostly just plops on my chest.
I think Oz was made to love
from the...
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Categories:
clap, dog, family, friend, friendship, friendship love, love,
Form:
Verse
The Dancing: the Last DanceWas it a cruel twist of fate?
Sneering, laughing chance?
Perhaps something I ate?
A bad bout of happenstance?
It wrenched and tore at my gut,
A sickening, sober, foreboding sign.
Wretched chance it was not,
This time was by insidious design.
The...
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Categories:
clap, allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety, dance, dark, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
MonofilamaniaIt is so hard to let go of love,
lovingly.
It sharks,
unpeels more gut more quickly
than reel or reeler ever lost
in all those years of lazy inches
in and out:
casting,
winding in and playing out,
hardly fishing, rarely catching
anything
from...
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Categories:
clap, allegory, passion, woman, memory, sea, fish, lust,
Form:
Free verse
When Three Cousins PlayedThree cousins played a “game’ of war
A map of Europe spread across the floor
No adults there to keep the score
As each of them wanted more and more
Three of four empires lay upon that map
As they...
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Categories:
clap, war,
Form:
Verse
Poet Convention 2014Poet Convention
Lost in a poets convention,
I can't recall every poem, I've read through the years
50518, unique comments I 'validate'---
Thank You For Sharing Your Happy and Sad tears
Since March 24, 2010 In the...
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Categories:
clap, celebration, character, dedication, farewell, goodbye, inspiration, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Onerous Task Confronted Teachers and ParentsOnerous task confronted teachers and parents
As prospective students
ably ready themselves to matriculate
and/or first set little feet
inside halls of learning,
I rebroadcast a poem crafted
at the height of Covid-19.
A couple years gone back educators
adaptation regarding coronavirus...
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Categories:
clap, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Free verse
Small Mutinies
"Small Mutinies"
So what if my point of view
is not that which wraps
you in comfortably warm
fluffed-up silky
cashmere blankets
of insecure insincerity
simple scribbles
bleating from the
chirping crickets
and frog croaking
symphonies
muddying waters
cutting pristine lines...
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Categories:
clap, halloween, muse, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
SAINT ANTHONYTHE MANY PATRON SAINTS OH HOW I RELY ON SAINT ANTHONY DURING THE DAYS OF REACHING FOR SOLACE FOR PEACE OF MIND REMEMBERING ME BEFORE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY THEN I COULD THREAD A NEEDLE REMEMBER...
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Categories:
clap, allah,
Form:
Naat
Search For the Hidden SparkThe old man stood;elbows resting on the old stone wall
Wistfully he gazed over the snow laden field,
Watching the sheep nibble on bales of hay,
He thought back remembering his working day.
In his leather like work hardened...
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Categories:
clap, age, allegory, imagery, loss, magic, memory, riddle,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
LiatraPasha Acremodios grew greedy,
discontented with the domain he dominated,
so he turned covetous eyes toward Farabia,
sending his soldiers to seize this ripened plum
Spoiling for a fight and fighting for spoils,
his army swept across Farabia
like a bloody...
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Categories:
clap, dance, death, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Shayna Punim You came a long way babyShayna Punim - You came a long way baby!
Though negligible communication
now transpires between us
twenty seven years ago
come February fourth,
two thousand and twenty five,
our lives (affecting yours truly
and that of mother, plus Eden
a caring older sister)
irrevocably...
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Categories:
clap, adventure, age, anniversary, beautiful, birthday, gender, hello,
Form:
Free verse
If I Couldif i could,
i'd wish a magic wand.
if i could,
...
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Categories:
clap, giving,
Form:
Free verse
Administration of PineapplesKindly stick to digging pineapples in the future as magic dust particles can really only spring up in defense patterns. And is it really wise to deal cards in a high tide. Deliver not an...
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Categories:
clap, earth,
Form:
I do not know?
Genius of Dawn's Rising
In the blinded moments,
Before the mist rises over the tumbling surf…
Blueness tempting awake my dreams,
A heartbeat from the flaming blaze,
Sunshine pouring through the clusters of
Feathery clouds, like the breath of peace
Aroused from the falling...
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Categories:
clap, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, imagery, nature, ocean, sea,
Form:
Free verse
We, the generation of '50We, the generation of '50,
Time-travelers with stardust in our hair, with memories planted in pockets,
Rooted in decades embraced by change, souls adorned with the dawn of the post-war world.
We spun on the carousel of the...
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Categories:
clap, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Our Environment TodayI was taught by my father to be obedient in the dense forest to save the individuals trees, stop destruction to plantation. I cannot be silent under the detriment from lumberjacks to global...
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Categories:
clap, earth, farm, flower,
Form:
Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Janitor, Gardienne, Portero, Sereno, Hausgast -Xxxii Part TwoUnquotable quotes: The Janitor, Gardienne, Landlady, Housekeeper, Portero, Sereno and the Hausgast –XXXii Part Two
The duties of the Housekeeper in the U.K. par rapport au Portero in Spain or the Gardienne in France is that...
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Categories:
clap, dedication, destiny, devotion, good night, loneliness, prison,
Form:
Sonnet