Long Gran Poems
Long Gran Poems. Below are the most popular long Gran by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Gran poems by poem length and keyword.
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:
grandmother, hero, space,
Form:
Rhyme
The Tea LeavesPart 2.
Come on in, the phone is on the wall there. I’ll go and change. You’re on the Massey farm. Do you want a bite to eat with your coffee?
Yeah, thanks. Genecia looked around, the...
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Categories:
gran, anger, hope, journey, love,
Form:
Free verse
January 13th 2024 Happy Lxv-th birthday Matthew Scott HarrisJanuary 13th 2024 - Happy Lxv-th birthday Matthew Scott Harris
date of conception:? ~ Late March – mid April 1958.
date of parturition: January xiii, mcmlix.
date of expiration:? January i, eminem,
where earth, wind, and fire...
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Categories:
gran, age, appreciation, birthday, celebration, dad, humorous, january,
Form:
Free verse
Happy Lxiv Birthday Matthew Scott HarrisHappy Lxiv birthday Matthew Scott Harris
date of conception:? ~ Late March – mid April 1958.
date of parturition: January xiii, mcmlix.
date of expiration:? January i, eminem.
A gangly, measly, and scraggly bundle
of lovely bones even as...
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Categories:
gran, appreciation, birthday, boy, celebrity, creation, happy birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
Ice Cream Gran 8 - Journey To the Centre of the OeufGran glared at the general. ‘So tell me where we’re at
What’s a chicken got to do with me and Nitro Cat?’
‘That chicken,’ said the general, ‘has laid a special egg
It’s got a micro chip in...
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Categories:
fantasy, grandmother, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
Moderna Commedia, Canto 1, Part 1Dopo lunghe vicende della vita
Mi ritrovai seduto su un divano
Con un telecomando fra le dita.
When my life struggles were to their end
I found myself sitting on a sofa
Holding...
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Categories:
gran, dream, , western,
Form:
Terza Rima
Ice Cream Gran 9 - Grans Hawaiian AdventureWho snored the loudest was open to question
But each would deny such an insane suggestion
The phone rang just once and she opened one eye
‘Up you get, Nitro, we gotta fly.’
Nitro Cat yawned and he leapt...
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Categories:
cat, grandmother, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
Go Out There And Vote EarlyRemember
In September
Or October
To register
To vote
In November
Write a reminder sticky note
To do so, like your life
Depends on it. Bring your ID
To the polls. Encourage your wife
Encourage your husband. That’s a good idea
Encourage your children. That’s...
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Categories:
gran, future, november, patriotic, people, political, race, rights,
Form:
Rhyme
NEW YEARS BAKE OFF
My Greek grandmother and godmother, cousins,
My grandma baked and cooked homely,
My Nona, my godmother exotically,
Each one perfect, one couldn’t fault either,
Their husbands, playing backgammon
Looked up and winked at each other,
Each one betting a fiver!
Their competitiveness...
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Categories:
grandmother,
Form:
Rhyme
Melter Man - Ice Cream Gran 10The Melter Man, the Melter Man, he upsets kids for fun
And when they've been to Ice Cream Gran, his fun has just begun
He’ll kill their ice creams pronto, like they’ve left them in the sun
By...
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Categories:
gran, fantasy, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
Tom Cunninghams Cunning Marmite Conspiracy - An Ice Cream Gran SpecialIt’s dreadful, a disaster, it’s a terrible calamity
Housewives going frantic for the thing they seek but cannot see
Supermarket workers helping those who shout the most
Try their best to find a jar of spread to spread...
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Categories:
cat, grandmother, hero, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
A Conversation With Little Red Riding HoodA Conversation With Little Red Riding Hood
[I’ve always loved the fairy tale, “Little Red Riding Hood”, and I’ve used it to teach many lessons, especially on perspective and morals in my classroom, so this contest...
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Categories:
gran, books, character, education, fairy, humorous, school,
Form:
Rhyme
Grandma“Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while…but our hearts forever.” —Unknown
With eyes bright, azure like the skies
Welcoming me to be with her,
Twinkling, sparkling, shining with love
Love so wise, so warm –...
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Categories:
appreciation, encouraging, family, grandmother, love,
Form:
Free verse
Soup Creek Meets Flush[Inspired by Jenna Logan’s epic ‘No Politickin in Soup Creek’]
FLUSH = First League of Unlikely Super Heroes
...
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Categories:
gran, hero, humorous, western,
Form:
Rhyme
Ice Cream Gran 7 - Gran Goes DeepThe Hammer and the sickle were emblazoned on its tower
This underwater enemy would demonstrate its power
The submarine, in covert mode, torpedoes at the ready
The crosshairs on the monitor were holding nice and steady
The captain said,...
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Categories:
cat, grandmother, hero,
Form:
Rhyme
In the Sun's Rosy VicinityLittle Arabella Miller lived in town, but far enough out in green country,
To watch the raspberry sun go down, and to climb a lavish, plum tree.
Arabella was seven-years-old, and had a three-year-old, baby brother;
Like the...
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Categories:
gran, beautiful, color, fantasy, happiness, insect, nature, nursery
Form:
Couplet
Surrender CompletelyEnglish Verse
Verse 1.
I'm a big boy/girl;
I got this Lord;
All the problems;
All the pains...
All them shames;
I can handle it;
I got this, I got this, I got this;
What do I want to burden you with...
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Categories:
gran, appreciation, assonance, engagement, god, gospel, meaningful, uplifting,
Form:
Lyric
I Need QuietQuiet! Everything around is too loud
I can’t stand to be in this crowd
Their voices go silent but I can still see their mouths moving
They’re giggling, obviously find something amusing
Are they laughing at me? Why? What...
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Categories:
gran, anxiety, bereavement, child, deep, depression, family, feelings,
Form:
Lyric
Facing Poverty If I went barefoot for a lifetime,
shoes would be pointless.
Toes ate board, concrete, grassland, shoreline.
Me, Tarzan to pedicurist!
~
was poor but didn’t own it.
~
Text-book...
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Categories:
gran, africa, appreciation, black love, dedication, identity,
Form:
Free verse
Thaddaeus Haenke (Sentanka)Thaddaeus Haenke
A man of thousand talents
Scientist and musician
His heart belonged to the Indios
His grave will never be found
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Thaddaeus Haenke
Ein Mann mit tausend Talenten
Wissenschaftler und Musiker
Sein Herz schlug für die Indios
Sein Grab wird man nie finden
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Tadeo...
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Categories:
gran, history
Form:
Senryu
Through the DoorCan you see them run to me – arms wide and laughing,
calling me, Mama: keeper of the stars, moon and hearts?
Can you see them kiss away my pain, healing every hurt
that’s ever marked me broken,...
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Categories:
gran, dedication, forgiveness, love, mother, sorry, teenbaby, me,
Form:
Free verse
Gran's Last WishOur Gran, that’s on my mother’s side, was British born and raised,
until the age of ten it seems, then Gran was quite amazed
to find her mum and...
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Categories:
gran, funny, old, home, home, me, old, cousin,
Form:
Rhyme
The WomanSee the woman.
See the face behind its age.
See the beauty of her form.
See the way her way becomes her.
See past her once taught skin, as it was
when it enflamed many a man.
See the way...
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Categories:
dedication, family, life, love, motherwoman, grandmother, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Who Are YouWho are you?. And where are you from?. The document enquired
I was not in the mood for this for I was feeling tired
The first bit was quite easy, as I simply wrote my name
The second...
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Categories:
gran, mysterylove, may, men, mum, , cute,
Form:
I do not know?
PEEK INTO NEW YEAR’S EVE 2199
For dinner we are going to the popular ‘Stars’
Restaurant, we have booked some years ago,
We also booked to see the famous show,
We don’t know if the actors are
From the human race or from the
Growing robotic...
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Categories:
grandmother,
Form:
Prose