Long Fingered Poems
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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:
fingered, 12th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Kabodlute In HarmonyWorld famous player of the five fingered flute,
Wasn't quite so happy as he used to be.
Being alone with just his flute,
Nice clothes,
And lounging...
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Categories:
fingered, 4th grade, fun, music,
Form:
Free verse
Someone To Love-Part 1Book in hand, I strode the path
in awesome Autumn splendor.
The warmth of the sun caressing my cheek,
while the cool breeze gently tickled
goose bumps across my warm skin.
All around me the crepe paper litter
piled brilliance...
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Categories:
fingered, loss, love, love hurts,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Lifeboat Peg Leg's TrialPart 9
A trial was formed with the Captain as Judge
With the good Doctor to frame the debate.
While the Dancer was pressed to the Atheist's grudge
And the crew...
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Categories:
fingered, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
I Cannot Single Handedly Rightly So Manageprimary idiopathic palmar/
palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
despite taking Glycopyrrolate
2 MG Tablet three times daily.
Aforementioned physiological malady
the bane worse than death
unwanted and unwonted figurative
(metaphorical) beast of burden
linkedin with matrix constituting mine
corporeal essence genetically
gifted to yours truly,
invariably, objectionably,...
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Categories:
fingered, 11th grade, 12th grade, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
Lifeboat Adrift At SeaPart 2
The passengers were a well-heeled lot who
Had no experience to the rigors at sea.
And their disillusionment grew... on seeing the crew
Entirely encrusted with earwigs and fleas.
But...
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Categories:
fingered, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Armegeddon PrayerHave you ever found yourself stranded in the tract
between what you think is fiction and what you think is fact?
And whipped so hard with the bible belt, your minds a welt of doubt
throbbing in confusion...
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Categories:
fingered, religious,
Form:
Couplet
I Cannot Single Handedly Rightly So ManageI cannot single handedly – rightly so - manage...
primary idiopathic palmar/
palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
despite taking Glycopyrrolate
2 MG Tablet three times daily.
Aforementioned physiological malady
unwanted and unwonted figurative
(metaphorical) beast of burden
linkedin with matrix constituting mine
corporeal essence...
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Categories:
fingered, 11th grade, 12th grade, allegory, anxiety, body,
Form:
Free verse
I Cannot Single Handedly ManageI cannot single handedly manage...
primary idiopathic palmar/
palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
Aforementioned physiological malady
unwanted and unwonted figurative
(metaphorical) beast of burden
linkedin with matrix constituting mine
corporeal essence genetically
gifted to yours truly,
invariably, objectionably, and unquestionably
afflicts, impacts, and upsets
emotional (mental) health
diagnosed with schizoid...
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Categories:
fingered, angst, birth, dad, fate, grief, me, pain,
Form:
Free verse
The Forgotten GiftsShe sat in her little cottage
Her ears tuned
Her body alive
Waiting…
Waiting for that knock on the door
Anytime now
She pulled back the frilly curtains
And peered out at the gathering dusk
The time when most of her visitors
Would knock...
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Categories:
fingered, giving, poetry,
Form:
Narrative
KabodluteKabodlute loved to toot on a three fingered bamboo flute,
In his backyard, under a tree, folks would see his three fingers running
free.
...
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Categories:
fingered, 1st grade, 2nd grade, boy, confidence,
Form:
Free verse
Midnight At BlackfriarsMidnight at Blackfriars
The city spires are hidden,
It’s getting colder fast,
It feels as though we might have
Some snow this month at last.
The wind sweeps keenly through St. Giles(1)
The...
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Categories:
fingered, bible, birthday, celebration, christian, christmas, inspirational, memory,
Form:
Narrative
Skirting the Issue
Somebody saw the enemy’s fearless leader
secretly slinking away
The battle in the blood desert field of Raqqa
was still raging on
Hell’s fury had more than a pound of flesh
left to take
But that fearless leader,
who was seen...
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Categories:
fingered, death, religion, war, wisdom,
Form:
Narrative
Sing, Lyre: Sappho TranslationSappho, fragment 118
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Sing, my sacred tortoiseshell lyre;
come, let my words
accompany your voice.
"Quoted by Hermogenes and Eustathius. Sappho is apparently addressing her lyre. The legend is that Hermes made the first...
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Categories:
fingered, Lullaby, muse, music, song, sound, spoken word,
Form:
Epigram
A Poets DutyMy dedication to Beth Evans
For her
A poet's duty poetry contest
7th October 2020
A poet's duty
Can come in many different guises
Depends on who or what you
yourself as an individual are
as the rules are blurred grey
But...
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Categories:
fingered, deep, trust,
Form:
Free verse
War Pipe Bong
It’s so serious,
it ain’t even funny
High times going on
in a White House underground bunker,
where Archie is glassblowing
American taxpayers’ money
He got heavy munchies
of Jughead hero dreams
Telling his kitchen cabinet
to kiss the silver signet
of his fingered...
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Categories:
fingered, humor, political, truth, word play,
Form:
Narrative
Extra InningsThere is a story ‘bout Casey, that is but incomplete
It tells of simple ball and bat and Mighty’s ignoble feat
There we learned of failure and the storied Mudville name
Here we’ll learn what happened in the...
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Categories:
fingered, baseball,
Form:
Rhyme
Idyllic reverie during break of dayIdyllic reverie during break of day
May today bring unbridled bliss
delivered courtesy sunshine kissed
giving Midas a run for his money.
When the last trace of night
evaporates analogous to milky hue,
whereat a dreamy state
pervades thy...
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Categories:
fingered, angel, appreciation, april, beautiful, blessing, celebration, day,
Form:
Free verse
HorseplayI was working cattle with a crew a little south of Muleshoe,
When I watched a horse work with perfection and grace.
I said "pardon me gent, no offense is meant,
But your horse is the smartest thing...
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Categories:
fingered, horse,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
The Pen Lives On Part 2There are TWO PARTS to this. The first one is here- https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_pen_lives_on_part_1_876104 . Please read both. Thanks!
It’s fun to stop breathing.
I hope it’ll happen.
If I could only gather enough courage
to slash my wrists and dreams
in...
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Categories:
fingered, love,
Form:
Free verse
DAUGHTERSDAUGHTERS
Opposites presented by Goddess
In talons of Eagle
On wings of Dove
Equally loved
A torrent from a fierce black cloud
yang frothing waves in a storm
...
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Categories:
fingered, blessing, courage, daughter, deep, emotions, heart, imagery,
Form:
Bio
Sticky Fingered Jane
Canny remember this Lass's name,
but fur the poem's sake let's assume she's Jane.
'Jane ' this per wee soul had fingers lighter than a blidy feather,
aw things within her sicht yea had tae tether.
Wartime is no...
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Categories:
fingered, people, dad, dad,
Form:
Quatrain
The Cyber NymphThe Cyber Nymph
Loch David Crane
August 18, 1997
Lie back--expose your belly ring
up unto the sky. . .
I just hope when I get down close
it won't put out my eye!
That summer I was 48
and she pert...
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Categories:
fingered, funny, funny love, internet, relationship, sensual, sun,
Form:
Ballad
Smidget Puggily's Out West SaloonOn the top floor of Smidget’s, you could stay, if you paid,
‘Twas a clean-running place, now, so don’t be dismayed…
‘Twas up there, I’d a run-in with one of the boys,
For his snoring and mumbling had...
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Categories:
fingered, conflict, funny, humor, humorous, nonsense, peace,
Form:
Rhyme
The Last Night of OctoberThe last Night of October
It's that time, again, the last night of October,
the last glow of twilight nearly gone.
Children race out and about,
winding through the streets and alleys.
Brightly colored costumes,
mom's old wig, dad's...
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Categories:
fingered, america, child, horror, magic, october,
Form:
Free verse