Long Dozen Poems
Long Dozen Poems. Below are the most popular long Dozen by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Dozen poems by poem length and keyword.
Cymbric ValeI believed that I was rural … that I lived in country style,
where the city was close handy … that big distance was a mile.
Trains and buses ferried daily; a freeway ran close by …
comforts...
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Categories:
dozen, holiday,
Form:
Rhyme
Some Pro's and Con's of Being Connected To Virtual RealitySome pro's and con's of being connected to virtual reality
Dune not be bashful, grumpy, leery
or any other contemporary dwarf man
regarding countless less well known dwarves
(that never got a chance
to play a bit part) such as...
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Categories:
dozen, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st grade, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
More Pickles Than OneFor ten months now I’ve brooded over coming second place
in the pickle section deeming, it no less than a disgrace.
It was written plain and simple, so there can be no excuse,
that the pickles in this...
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Categories:
dozen, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”
Spurred by mother dearest
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tripped wordsmith to splutter forth
forthwith the following lines.
Back in the day
quaint...
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Categories:
dozen, 12th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Pequot River Land TrustOnce,
or twice,
maybe thrice,
surely not
not fractal
A clan of crazy ecofeminists
conspired within an 88 unit residential castle
in their historically converted
sometimes hysterically clueless condo
colonial-red predative brick
badly bald aging building
With a sometimes soggy south walled school,
but...
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Categories:
dozen, blue, culture, environment, green, health, humor, math,
Form:
Parallelismus Membrorum
Ice Cream Gran 5 - Turbo, We Have a ProblemIt’s heading for our planet at ten thousand miles an hour
To stop it all the experts say we haven’t got the power
All the nukes in all the world won’t constitute a plan
So someone said, ‘All...
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Categories:
dozen, grandmother, hero, space,
Form:
Rhyme
MEMORY THERAPY-You Have Entered the Twilight Zone Poetry Contest~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nick Tipton lived a quiet life,
west Kentucky, in rolling hills;
been farming there for ten years,
all according to his own will.
This simple life would’ve have kept on,
‘til one night, age thirty-three,
a nightmare burst into his mind,
so...
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Categories:
dozen, memory, mystery,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poem For My Algebra TeacherI know I promised
no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another
‘Wipe your eye poem’
And for three years
I tried not to retract,
but after so many tears
I have...
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Categories:
dozen, 6th grade, abuse, betrayal, children, confusion, family,
Form:
Free verse
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:
dozen, character, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
Memories In the SandIf ever a moment in real life deserved a romantic, melancholy
backing track, it would have been that one ... we'd spent the
entire afternoon at Ferry Beach, sunning and playing frisbee, I
playing guitar, she practicing her...
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Categories:
dozen, memory, missing you, passion, relationship, soulmate, time,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Marat and Charlotte(A somnambulistic drama in four acts)
Actors:
Jean-Paul Marat;
Charles Barbarou;
Charlotte Corday;
1st Philosopher;
2nd Philosopher;
The Commentator’s Voice.
Act 1. A tavern. Two philosopher sit at the table;
Marat sits at the other, some distance away.
1st Philosopher
…or even worse:...
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Categories:
dozen, death, life, love,
Form:
Blank verse
Reunited -- Both Audio and Text - W-IllustrationMany of us have a favorite possession from when we were young, and this
93-year old gentleman is no exception.
...
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Categories:
dozen, childhood, relationship,
Form:
Narrative
Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which Door Might a Confucian TakeBack Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*
In homage - dedicated to the Chair Professor of Comparative Literature
.................at the prestigious...
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Categories:
dozen, books, eulogy, french, poems, son, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Ol' Babe - Both Audio and Text Versions - W-IllustrationHey…did I ever tell you ‘bout the greatest baseball game,
Or should I say…the one that gave “Ol' Babe” his famous name?
Like several other great ones, there were many hits that day,
And if it hadn't...
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Categories:
dozen, baseball,
Form:
Verse
Adopting YuaThe dust had all but settled from the sultry morning air when Sergeant Kessler tapped me on the arm to wake me up.
“Gonna be a hot one,” he announced, “a chance o’ rain...and could get...
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Categories:
dozen, child, daughter, inspirational, inspirational love, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
The Philistine Troops Gathered Up For WarThe Philistine troops gathered up for war,
Between Azekah and Socoh amassed.
Israel encamped near in Elah vale
And drew a line against the number vast.
There Saul, upon one mountain, made a stand,
To face the other tribe across...
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Categories:
dozen, bible,
Form:
Rhyme
TozzathPellucid pachyderms wade across
the purpling River Manjees
and Tozzath watches from the bank,
the seat of his maroon pantaloons soaked with mud,
his nostrils flaring with the fragrance of ombadalias,
whose lacey petals flutter
like the wings of long-dead...
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Categories:
dozen, death, fantasy, girl, magic, word play,
Form:
Free verse
A Poem of RuthThe tears well up, and scarce could she not moan
When father, brother, husband, all have died.
She now has no possessions, neither home,
But travels to a distant, unknown land:
Once so secure, yet now compelled to roam;
Once...
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Categories:
dozen, bible, devotion, faith, journey,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Long In the Tooth Male Doth Recount Reflect ReimagineLong in the tooth male doth recount, reflect, reimagine...
his woebegone damn dental daze today May 5th, 2021
No particular rhyme nor reason
garden variety indentured flunky (me)
revisits his salmagundi salad days,
when oral blight smote
left...
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Categories:
dozen, 2nd grade, absence, age, body, cinco de
Form:
Rhyme
Inxs of Poison From Iron Maiden Scorpion Mamma and Ac Dc Charged Aries PapaInxs of poison from iron maiden scorpion mamma and ac/dc charged aries papa
Although gainfully unemployed
(fate now finds me receiving
social security disability –
for approximately
the last baker's dozen years -
the yeast divine intercession...
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Categories:
dozen, 12th grade, abuse, anger, anxiety, atheist, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
Worming the Cat and DogOnce again it’s Saturday; the day when footy reigns supreme.
The Dogs are up against the Cats, the premier favoured team,
but I’ve got no doubts the mighty Dogs will surely cope with that.
I couldn’t think of...
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Categories:
dozen, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Harvey Lee Kaneeble - Both Audio and TextThe oldest man I’ve ever known was Harvey Lee Kaneeble. And at the age of
one-o-six…(in nineteen forty-five)…
Some of those who really got around had speculated - Harvey might have actually been the oldest...
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Categories:
dozen, faith, prayer,
Form:
Verse
Unquotable Quotes: L 50 - Tongue-Teasing EpigramsUNQUOTABLE 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:
dozen, art, humor, irony, women, word play,
Form:
Epigram
I Dodged a BulletHalf a dozen girls, at least, were on my list of ‘maybes’, as I was on the prowl to find a date for junior prom,
When I was coaxed to think about a girl who lived...
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Categories:
dozen, high school,
Form:
Narrative
Car Wars - 1st Half In 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:
dozen, car, humor,
Form:
Verse