Long Disposition Poems
Long Disposition Poems. Below are the most popular long Disposition by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Disposition poems by poem length and keyword.
Heat LighteningHeat Lightening
by Michael R. Burch
Each night beneath the elms, we never knew
which lights beyond dark hills might stall, advance,
then lurch into strange headbeams tilted up
like searchlights seeking contact in the distance . . .
Quiescent unions...
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Categories:
disposition, car, crush, desire, love, lust, sexy, teen
Form:
Sonnet
Riding Time's Political FlowWe might do well
to worry less
about including the grizzly bear population
in our DNA/RNA cooperatively encultured Golden Rule,
after all,
we already would kill and eat them,
if hungry enough,
as they would like to treat us.
We could do well
to...
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Categories:
disposition, beauty, culture, nature, philosophy, political, psychological, science,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Reveren' Carlton Whitney - Both Audio and TextReveren’ Carlton Whitney was the pastor of our church, and someone I looked up to as a child.
Six foot six, with piercing eyes, a booming voice, and yet…his disposition, thankfully - was mild.
The very...
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Categories:
disposition, character, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
The Angry Black WomanShe stood with her back turned to me
Leaning slightly towards where the light tapered off into darkness
Her faced buried deep inside her cupped hands
Her own shadow towered over her seemingly at odds with her...
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Categories:
disposition, africa, anger, beauty, betrayal, black african american,
Form:
I do not know?
Backhand
"Backhand"
You have turned me
inside out, cut open
like a tennis ball
I used to beat backhand
along with the racket
hard against the garage wall
To make sense of it all
as a child, the grief stolen
all too swiftly and replaced...
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Categories:
disposition, child abuse, mother daughter, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part SevenRosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Seven
The Final Days: Rosalia’s Death and Destruction
In the wake of such evil, debauchery and depravity what can be said now in the case of...
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Categories:
disposition, allegory, evil, halloween, horror, magic, mythology, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Ecocitizens CoariseEcoMinisters of Earth Rights
CoArise!
EcoLogicians of sustainable tribal might
CoArise!
EcoLegislators of bicameral balancing disposition
CoArise!
What is our highest and best Commons Sense
of currently elected policy-choosers?
Where are our optimal outcomes of Commons Sense?
What does this vast emptiness of positive...
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Categories:
disposition, addiction, community, creation, culture, health, political, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
The Night Nasty Jack Met His Match - Both Audio and TextThis is a tale of one of the orneriest dudes there ever was, and how someone much smaller, but easily more clever than he was, managed to cope with his belligerence.
...
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Categories:
disposition, humor,
Form:
Narrative
On the Need To Avoid Being Envious: Canto Xvii, K161, K162 of the Thiruk-KuralOn the need to avoid being envious: Canto XVII, K161, K162 of the THIRUK-KURAL, Translation with Commentary
[ ENVY, of course, knows no racial nor ethnic boundaries, but I wouldn't be wrong, I dare say, ...
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Categories:
disposition, evil, hate, jealousy, racism, tamil,
Form:
Couplet
Continuous Quality Improvement"It [Communion] is the liberating experience of the Authentic Self recognizing itself in others--the many coming together as One in egoless freedom and the mutual conscious intention to evolve."...
"It [Evolutionary Enlightenment] is a new and...
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Categories:
disposition, analogy, beauty, destiny, miracle, nature, science, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
The Bailout Ballad - the Layman's LamentOne 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:
disposition, business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form:
Couplet
Invisibly tortured courtesy existential nihilismInvisibly tortured courtesy existential nihilism
Psyche wracked with agony
impossible mission to extricate lovely bones
they wanna remain permanently abed.
I chiefly function to amass knowledge
courtesy assiduously, habitually,
and judiciously reading
an eclectic assortment of written material.
Yours truly woke
with ambition, disposition,
inclination,...
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Categories:
disposition, 6th grade, 7th grade, absence, age, angst,
Form:
Rhyme
Enjerciendo PrudenciaDedicated to: Myself and the kindred spirits
Rise up today so gracefully and comely. Let not the present by the past be spoiled. You are entitled to what is best in the new day; do not...
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Categories:
disposition, dedication, depression, inspirational, philosophy, spiritual, uplifting, heart,
Form:
Prose
Love MeLove me and come close to me
Love me and dine with me
Love me and dance with me
Love me and sing with me
It is such a wonderful feeling to wake up this morning
To wake up with...
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Categories:
disposition, assonance, beautiful, best friend, blessing, crush, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Angel Eyes
"Angel Eyes"
that dark angel
standing in the corner
observing the shadows of man
pass him by -
he has angel eyes
that shine high beam
bright bushfires that light
the entire transparent
padded room parade
dance cards lit
he’s biding...
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Categories:
disposition, art, muse, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Existential Crisis Still Encompasses Mein Kampf Valentine's Day 2022Existential crisis still encompasses mein kampf Valentine's day 2022
The following lines written disjointed fashion
attempting to mimic strategically
moving pieces erratically on chessboard
ideally yielding ultimate resultant checkmate
opposing men captured for the queen to use.
Jurassic throwback terrible...
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Categories:
disposition, angst, endurance, february, how i feel, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Cultivated Love - Both Audio and TextThis piece was inspired by a similar conversation I had - only with my father - when I was in my teens, shortly before he passed away from cancer. This was tough to write -...
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Categories:
disposition, inspirational, love,
Form:
Verse
Burning Paper HousesSlowly creeping out of winter
Would it ever be the same
If I showed up at your door
Out of breath, out of line
With a million excuses behind my manic behavior?
A video diary full...
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Categories:
disposition, betrayal, extended metaphor, imagery, loss, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Frostbitten Heartstrings and Drunken TruthsMy eyes couldn’t help
But wander
And smile at every passing inch
Aimlessly following the walls
And your voice
Throughout the house you lay your head at night
It was cozy
Decorated delicately
In memories...
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Categories:
disposition, angst, body, december, deep, emotions, heartbroken, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
Through Their EyesThrough Their Eyes
The Poetry Murders Part 3 in the series
Murder She Wrote
It was a dark night with a full moon
The alley narrow, my hopes high
My footsteps echoed in the ears of the invisible
I quicken my...
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Categories:
disposition, funny, grave, hilarious, history, imagery, inspiration, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Present Wedded Bliss Haint No TouchstonePresent wedded bliss haint no touchstone...
Circa ~ late spring/ early summer 1978
twas at behest of Harriet Harris,
thus due credit mother dearest
(she long since passed away)
who tried, to bribe, coax, exhort...
(protracted effort not all in vain),
cuz...
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Categories:
disposition, adventure, appreciation, celebration, dedication, devotion, husband, marriage,
Form:
Free verse
Inferno Yawnrise and shine deflect common sense while white dilapidated guts spawn oppossing beats an treats that are not so daring as uncommon feats and relativity clings to gravity and in spite of everything nothingness has...
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Categories:
disposition, beauty, desire, dream, hope, life, love, sun,
Form:
I do not know?
Soul Stance River - 146 miles up river Arikara are encountered,
they are a people of amenable disposition and are agrarians,
they chuckle with sympathy as we inform them of our grizzly confrontation
and they tell us that disease had forced them...
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Categories:
disposition, adventure, , cute,
Form:
Epic
Tom and Terry - At Milton Creek[My recent poem ‘The Dimly Lit House’ received a
Comment from Charles Messina that it could be a Tom and
Jerry episode… what can I say? Something went ‘Ping!’]
...
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Categories:
disposition, cat, western,
Form:
Rhyme
The Secret Lives of Chimney Pots ViStrategically placed when raised
Upwards
By your masterful and well
Practiced hand.
To mingle with ever changing
Skylines
That frown down with arrogant
Scowls
Upon the indigenous populous of
This just and tolerant island.
To study and pontificate upon...
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Categories:
disposition, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme