Long Genre Poems
Long Genre Poems. Below are the most popular long Genre by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Genre poems by poem length and keyword.
10 Poems About PoetryBeing a “Poet” Can Be Painful!
I’ve likely told you, more than once, that poetry can be painful, and whined about the need for penning verse
That stems from deep inside my soul...fashions every word...and has become,...
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Categories:
genre, poetry,
Form:
Verse
PrefaceGreetings to those who would willingly seek admission to theater of the absurd. Zoltan Goliath and Otis Trench are masters of the avant-garde genre silent musicals for the imaginary stage, an art form sui generis....
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Categories:
genre, allegory, literature,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Deor's LamentDeor's Lament
(Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem circa the 10th century AD)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Weland endured the agony of exile:
an indomitable smith wracked by grief.
He suffered countless sorrows;
indeed, such sorrows were his bosom companions
in that frozen...
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Categories:
genre, destiny, england, fate, old, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Verse
Au Revoir Oh Perilous FreedomAu revoir oh perilous freedom...
Since pledging my troth
to the missus July 25th, 1996
after the comma error
punctuated mein kampf with disequilibrium.
Ever since the notions
of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
coalesced within the mindscape
attributed to one
or more...
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Categories:
genre, age, america, anger, anxiety, bereavement, best friend,
Form:
Free verse
Yet More Than a BrotherMoods oscillate in cadences of peaks and valleys
Music to fractious emotions on greasy dance floors
Mistimed cues of flares smouldering relationships
Angst of redundancy seethes from within as lava
Anger is camouflaged with the cloak of reticence
Ardour suffocated...
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Categories:
genre, allusion, analogy, appreciation, brother, character, feelings, friend,
Form:
Bio
Theatre of the Absurd - FusionGodot has arrived
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Alive and well thanks!
...said the haiku poster
Crudely pasted to the fence
Who was too busy selling stolen goods
To notice he was a notice
Announcing a brand new play
A fusion of two classics
Waiting for...
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Categories:
genre, funny, humor, humorous, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Free verse
Approved By the God of VerseWhat a gratifying experience this was...
While sitting at a readers’ desk in Bobby Booker’s Bookstore, waiting for the latest composition I’d composed
To reach the eyes of - Bob himself...the so-called - “God of Verse”...the man...
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Categories:
genre, poetry, poets,
Form:
Narrative
Back Then, Dandelion Greens Were Segregated TooMartin, a very senior citizen, wants to get a bucket and knife and go hunt up some greens in a field in Alabama. But in spite of his yearnings for a big bowl of greens,...
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Categories:
genre, race,
Form:
Prose
The Formidable Gambit
"The Formidable Gambit"
Silence
calculated and distinct
conspiring with rules
plays within the
confined squares
of a strict and
ruthless mind
preying on all moves
untraceable
unpredictable
irretrievable
in the opening move
the long-legged fly
is caught in the web
silvery and slippery
life remains...
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Categories:
genre, courage, dark, faith, love, mother daughter, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Flying Friends In the FirmamentIn the midst of a quiet summer day, while the sun is peeping
And the gentle breeze brushing everything, dancing and passing
Our hero, an ant, seen sweating and puffing, but still climbing
Like a soldier on mission,...
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Categories:
genre, butterfly, friendship,
Form:
Narrative
Mango Epulaeryu PoemEpulaeryu Mango Poetry Season
Greetings my dear brothers and sister of God's inspirational grace, and I pray each of you will defeat Covid-19 and its elusive Delta and Omicron variants, and live a most gracious life...
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Categories:
genre, appreciation, celebration, fruit, joy, passion, thanksgiving, uplifting,
Form:
Epulaeryu
Fraught With Ibs Irritable Bowel SyndromeFraught With IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome...
today – late morning of November 4th 2022
sudden onset experienced whereby
whooshing waste naturally flushed out
ala mine body electric performed colonoscopy
diarrheal gangbuster instigated
maybe Machiavellian microbe
with powerful rectal surge
analogous to invisible plunger
forcing...
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Categories:
genre, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Rhyme
How to attach a shower curtainHow to attach a shower curtain...
I revisit rather than write from scratch
a poem crafted May twenty third
two thousand and twenty
since the following words apropos
and amply serve a duplicate purpose
of aforementioned title,
when yours truly enlisted
(before...
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Categories:
genre, abuse, angel, appreciation, business, fun, hero, husband,
Form:
Rhyme
One generic baby boomer, a garden variety sexagenarianOne generic baby boomer, (a garden variety sexagenarian)...
offers his interpretation of critical race theory
I, (an articulate, charming, domesticated,
erudite, friendly, genteel, humorous, intelligent,
kind, learned, male, albeit modest – married)
with freshly clipped formerly gnarly toenails
discounts...
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Categories:
genre, 12th grade, abuse, africa, america, anger, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Thick Mist - WujueRHYME SCHEME abcb
Thick mist / sharp rocks cut
Dense rain / strong wind whips
Vast drought / weak build folds
Trade boon / graft wrecks ships
RHYME SCHEME aaba
Thick mist / sharp rock strips
Dense rain / strong wind whips
Vast...
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Categories:
genre, analogy, nature,
Form:
Jueju
Antics of a Buzzfeed Ding HouseflyAntics Of A Buzzfeed Ding Housefly...
Non random, but (based on my very
far out, flimsy laughably
amateurish thinking)
faux feigned aye
firmly believe,...
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Categories:
genre, 12th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, flying,
Form:
Free verse
You Made a DifferenceBaby,
You have become a fixture in my mind...
treading lightly... meaningfully... with purpose.
with each traverse, the words and wisdom you impart
leave an indelible print..for one so..might i say youthful.
I've often wondered why my intrigue hasnt
diminished......
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Categories:
genre, black love, dedication, deep, love, women,
Form:
Ode
Harold the Hugh Hefner wannabe carrot topHarold the Hugh Hefner wannabe carrot top...
spry buck analogous to energizing bunny
jump/kickstarted procreation ruckus.
Home on the range
cacophony quite absurd
PlayBoy Bunny herd
and felt ingratiatingly inured,
nevertheless colony or nest
of doe eyed demoiselles
stewed over...
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Categories:
genre, 12th grade, adventure, america, animal, candy, computer,
Form:
Rhyme
Theatrum MundiTheatrum Mundi
Theatrum Mundi, derived from the Latin as: “Theater of the World,” was famously incorporated by William Shakespeare for his well-known metaphorical world-view often referred to under the rubric of “All the World’s a Stage,”...
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Categories:
genre, education, imagination, poems, poetry, poets, symbolism, writing,
Form:
Narrative
Personal ProblemsI was an active and happy person, and had a great fondness for movies,
Like the enthusiastic nature lover, bears a fondness for outdoor beauties.
I indulged in both the old and new movies, those of almost...
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Categories:
genre, celebrity, character, confusion, fantasy, film, imagery, nature,
Form:
Couplet
How To Attach a Shower CurtainHow to attach a shower curtain...
Suffering permanent anatomical
disfigurement, nonetheless
maintaining marital bliss
at steep price despite more or less
musculoskeletal dislocation,
I eagerly, readily willingly confess.
Ideal for someone whose height
trends toward above average
unless you don't object tilting
head back in...
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Categories:
genre, 12th grade, celebration, encouraging, fun, hilarious, husband,
Form:
Free verse
Argh Fresh Out of Reading MaterialArgh...fresh out of reading material!
Hence... what better opportunity, I aver with zeal
presented to one local everyman token schlemiel
keystone state (Pennsylvania) three score lifelong
trumpeting resident in United States commonweal
experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms I feel
plenti linkedin with...
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Categories:
genre, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, angel, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 1, Part 6The curtain rises on Bumblebee Babineaux walking self-confidently along Chartres Street.
Bumblebee [singing]: Ain’t nothin’ gonna break my stride, nobody’s gonna slow me down. Oh, no, I got to keep on movin’…
Tom Sickley, a disingenuous...
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Categories:
genre, allegory,
Form:
Prose
British Blues Explosion By Joe BonamassaBritish Blues Explosion Live, a five-show tribute to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, records 14 songs.
The 2016 recording took place at Greenwich Music Time at the Old Royal Naval College in London.
Joe Bonamassa,...
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Categories:
genre, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, music,
Form:
Bio
Translation of Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly With His Song By T WignesanTranslation of Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly with his Song by T Wignesan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgl-VRdXr7I
Refrain :
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my...
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Categories:
genre, how i feel, passion, romantic, song, words,
Form:
Ballad