Long Flats Poems
Long Flats Poems. Below are the most popular long Flats by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Flats 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:
flats, holiday,
Form:
Rhyme
Whats Behind the CurtainI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
flats, anxiety, dark, dream, imagery, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
BehindI used to dream of a dark hall. Dim. Empty with thick cheap navy curtains.
The breeze. It felt hot and old. It shivered in the curtains that lined the walls on both sides.
The breeze....
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Categories:
flats, anxiety, depression, emo, suicide,
Form:
Blank verse
At the Footbridge - Limerick CollaborationAt the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his erection
For his love life it was a massive blow
To the hospital fled poor...
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Categories:
flats, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
My Last Las Vegas CesMy Last Las Vegas C.E.S. (1)
(A Memorial Poem)
I long counted Steve Bristow a friend (1) and we'd fly off to lunch
some days (Steve would get 'hours in' he needed for license - small planes).
It was...
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Categories:
flats, adventure,
Form:
Rhyme
By George burn hing hard, I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwrightBy George (burn hing* hard), I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwright
offers his unsolicited tidbits
as scene courtesy
the following virtually
staged philosophical insight.
Arch back like
a professional ballet dancer
to stand out from...
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Categories:
flats, adventure, appreciation, art, encouraging, fun, inspirational, new
Form:
Free verse
Excerpt From Fake Encomium Given Years AgoExcerpt from “fake” encomium given years ago...
at Lake Wobegone High School (my alma mater),
and recently discovered ridiculous rough draft
amidst plethora of junk emails
while practice reading some lines
regarding Midsummer Night's Dream
upcoming performance.
Arch...
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Categories:
flats, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, america, angel,
Form:
Free verse
By George Burning Hard, I Shaw Tried To PlaywrightBy George (burning hard), I Shaw tried to playwright
offers his unsolicited tidbits
as scene courtesy
the following virtually
staged philosophical insight.
Arch back like
a professional ballet dancer
to stand out from other pedestrian applicants
seeking...
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Categories:
flats, adventure, age, angel, appreciation, beauty, celebration, character,
Form:
Free verse
punkedWe’re on October break, which is a 6-day weekend. For the last two weeks, everyone’s been making plans.
“What do you think of Cancún?” Sunny’d asked me.
“The only people going to Mexico are on the cheap...
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Categories:
flats, friend, fun, humor, new york, school, student,
Form:
Free verse
ReceptionsLisa and I went to a reception, yesterday evening, for students who’d landed summer fellowships at a particular hospital in Boston. (Yeah us!) It wasn’t formal, so I wore a crimson cropped sweater, a beige...
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Categories:
flats, career, humor, leadership, school, student, teen,
Form:
Free verse
This Is Where the Money IsI circled around the park three times and continue journeying towards the west
On my first cycle I met a couple sitting on the corner watching me like big brother
The young man shouted at me in...
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Categories:
flats, betrayal, corruption, education, endurance, environment, father daughter,
Form:
Narrative
All AboardWho suggests a trip back...rides to this bit of nostalgia in the middle years of the Great Depression aboard a Chicago elevated train, "the El." We hurdle head-long above asphalt blanketed streets that are determined...
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Categories:
flats, city, imagery, perspective,
Form:
Prose
no heroes - WWI -
heroes?
there are none here, now ... ever ...
don’t feign to look, for your eyes will
beg their smiles,...
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Categories:
flats, appreciation, introspection, life, soldier, war, world war
Form:
Free verse
Cheers -Please Join In the CollaborationI had an old auntie called Mable
Who could drink men under the table
She’d tell folks of her gout
Sup up six pints of stout -
then stagger to the loo when able!
11~23~16
WRITTEN BY JAN ALLISON
My paternal...
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Categories:
flats, drink, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
The Harkness Greasy Pig CompetitionThere's an event in the country that few city people ever know,
It's called the Greasy Pig Competition held at the local show,
It's a novelty event put on when the riding's been all done,
A greased up...
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Categories:
flats, humorous,
Form:
Verse
G-GuysI
'Fine boy looking ugly',
Dread lock,crazy jean,vassace palm,
Gucci wrist-watch,Iphone 7s,painted roof,
Eight damsels,twelve olosho and three extra
phones.
Frosh!
12-5am; his internet vigil.
Hunting wealth in wealthy forests.
He doesn't give a shit,if the culprit is his
niece,
Or rather blood bond of any...
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Categories:
flats, allegory,
Form:
Lyric
Whispers SharedYour time worn hand rests on my shoulder
A gentle firm touch
Ancient fingers stretching awake
And for that moment in time, I receive you
My body marinates in your history,
Delicacies, trauma, and wisdom
I sense you riding within my...
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Categories:
flats, appreciation, beauty, community, creation, fantasy, journey, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Sun Setting Over the Dark Green Fringe of a Shivering LakeSun setting over the dark green fringe of a shivering lake on the last day of winter
An old man still unbent sits on a deserted wooden bench
with the load of his cares...
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Categories:
flats, bird, loneliness, song, spring, winter,
Form:
Free verse
Ahm Your MedicineEvery day you awake you need to give thanks, I am the past
and the present; You are the potential.
I am the essential.
You are the future; I am the now!
I am the reality in that order...
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Categories:
flats, culture, deep, education, endurance, health,
Form:
Lyric
Election Reflection - Join In the CollaborationSome folks will be down in the dumps
Hillary lost … Donald came up trumps
Britain made their exit
They voted for Brexit
I have a question …are we all chumps?
JAN ALLISON
11~09~16
I think we're all sick of the...
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Categories:
flats, humorous, political, satire,
Form:
Limerick
Coming HomeCOMING HOME
She was an airport
on the flats by the river,
her signage, lights and markings
outlining corridors that couldn’t
be seen in the sunlight of day
A black silhouette from a full harvest
moon, he landed in her life full...
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Categories:
flats, love,
Form:
Free verse
murder-der-derIt’s Harvard VS Yale this weekend, the vibes are just starting now. Everyone - and I mean everyone - has been asking about my game tickets, because guest tickets are $25 a pop. I’m more...
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Categories:
flats, fashion, football, humor, school, student,
Form:
Free verse
Agricultural Show RodeoAcross the ridges, flats and ranges, in print, on radio and stages,
you may hear this tale wherever you may go.
Sometimes a stranger may confide, about that famous ride,
in the rodeo at Mildura's annual show.
For a...
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Categories:
flats, adventure, animal, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Big Washoe, 2010 Plus Six, Plus Seven———
2016,
Sheep.
Magpie.
Mule deer.
Mustang, colt, mustang...upon the ridge.
Eagle's nest, bald.
Oreo cows, in far field.
Running baby cows.
Sheep.
Felled branch...100 mph winds.
Controlled burn, left quiet;
but not, as it turned out,
without embers enough
to catch to flames
and race up the Sierra,
down the...
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Categories:
flats, native american, travel, water,
Form:
Free verse
Lines Written In Albany
On white lines on valiant wheels
I head north leaving behind the City of Sails
with its humourless streets,
its casino steel and glass Sky...
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Categories:
flats, how i feel, places,
Form:
Free verse