Long Darby Poems
Long Darby Poems. Below are the most popular long Darby by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Darby poems by poem length and keyword.
True Grit
My name is Mattie Ross and I hail from Yell County
In the state of Arkansas living, on a ranch with family
At the age of fourteen I suffered personal tragedy
When my father Frank Ross was...
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Categories:
darby, america, death, loss, murder,
Form:
Narrative
Cockney Geezer
I was born within the sound of Bow bells in the east end of London, this makes me a true cockney, I own a cock and sparrow down by the shake and shiver, I sell...
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Categories:
darby, england, humor, identity, london,
Form:
Narrative
Mardi At the Darby
Mardi was at the Darby;
Yet he was not invited to the party;
Very upset at what he could not get;
He went over to the teller to make a bet.
“Mardi, you came to the Darby,” the...
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Categories:
darby, addiction, appreciation, fairy, faith, farm, horse, money,
Form:
Rhyme
My Greek God
Trying To Join My Pathway To A Greek God
16 years old and full of hope, it's 1977
I began my journey to college by bus
From a sleepy little village in Devon
Excited new students jumping on board
But...
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Categories:
darby, boyfriend, crush, fantasy, funny, heartbreak, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Adapting the Craft
Adapting the Craft
My father looked up Zealot Street
toward the mountain where ore
buckets hung to cart the coal.
“Don’t go near the mine” he repeat-
ed, the chant of elders who fore-
warned him of the dangerous hole.
He’d just...
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Categories:
darby, father son, son,
Form:
Rhyme
B-A Story
This index finger of mine loves discothèques,
Amber sunsets, pretty faces from heaven, wanderlust hybrids & violets,
Those are just few of my fantasies surrounding me,
Now let’s share some of my secret language, the B-a Story!...
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Categories:
darby, family, friend, music,
Form:
Name
What Does Maisie Smile About
What Does Maisie Smile About?
(or A Tale of 3 Ladders)
“I wonder what Maisie smiles about,
when she stares out of her window?”asks Jane,
the new carer at St. Mary's, is curious,
about the aged figure watching...
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Categories:
darby, age, death, grandmother, heaven, nostalgia, retirement, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Spring
Spring and the great reveal!
Winter is now in full retreat,
those darkest days of rain and sleet,
the clouds will part, as if cut by knife,
the sun warms the earth to beckon life
I throw back the curtains...
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Categories:
darby, funny, house, humor, humorous, jobs, seasons, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Cattle Drive, Aussie Style
Cattle Drive
Roll over a bit in me swag
Get some bones clear of the ground
Dew is on us swag cover is wet
Dingo is howling around
The cattle are camped in the corner
The frogs are croaking, smile...
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Categories:
darby, adventuredog, dog, horse,
Form:
Rhyme
Special Touch
Lieing here in this hospital bed,
Is the last place that I want to be.
For it's the christmas season, and in five days,
I would like to be gathered around the christmas tree!
...
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Categories:
darby, caregiving, christmas, christmas, may,
Form:
ABC
The Sky Wept
Ash and tears
For the species man
As the infiltrating tentacles of self destruction
Unstoppable
Spread from hand to hand
The earth hid its eyes
So the moon would not see
As she whimpered and cried
For what was to be
The sea thrashed...
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Categories:
darby, environment, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Lilith
Wildcats and hyenas will hunt together, demons will scream to demons, [the lilith also shall settle there...] and creatures of the night will live among the ruins [of Edom]. ~Isaiah 34:14 CEV, Darby
Evil lies,
for Lilith...
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Categories:
darby, evil,
Form:
Shadorma
Two Old Folk
They sat side by side together
On a bench looking out at sea
Just an ordinary old couple
With different thoughts and memory
He remembers his young love
With blonde hair all curly and clean
Smelling of herbs after washing
Glinting with...
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Categories:
darby, nostalgia, old, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Irish
Irish
'When Irish eyes are smiling',
sang the midwife, gleefully,
as she handed me a bundle,
and revealed that it was 'She'.
A baby, with the darkest hair,
blue eyes, that shone like sea,
here lay this little person,
blessed with Irish...
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Categories:
darby, dog, drink, funny, humorous, ireland,
Form:
Rhyme
DARBY AND JOAN
DARBY AND JOAN
I saw a sight this morning I swear to you is true
And I thought I’d put it into verse, the way we poets do.
I have to do it quickly, while it’s still fresh...
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Categories:
darby, love, together,
Form:
Rhyme
64, Many More for Wren!
64, Many More for Wren
We belatedly sing,
Uncork a bottle of wine,
For Jen “Teetotaling”,
We imbibe Jen Joy sunshine!
Annapolis is gaining as less “NYing”,
Jen Wren for out loud “Whinin’”,
Rick & you go out dining,
Listen to music that’s...
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Categories:
darby, appreciation, sister,
Form:
Rhyme
Darby and Joan
Sweet love,sweet affection,
Though as old as ages,
Your love never fades away,
Like the morning rose, it blooms,
It never withers or dies in a day.
Like the daffodils that bloom in the garden,
Though haste away so soon,
But linger...
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Categories:
darby, love, daffodils, , sweet love,
Form:
Rhyme