Long Gusto Poems
Long Gusto Poems. Below are the most popular long Gusto by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Gusto poems by poem length and keyword.
An Uppercut I RememberDad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
gusto, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
Tips For Modern PoetsDear Novice Poet,
Welcome to the wide open wonderful world of poetry! Today more than ever before, a poem can easily be whatever you want it to be. The rules are simple. There...
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Categories:
gusto, write,
Form:
Prose
The Craft Can Capture ItOh well I got an angry email to begin my day
Because of my last post on the Jabidah thing yesterday
Galit sa akin but greeted me with Assalamu alaykum.
And kung personal Moro friends ko naman ito...
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Categories:
gusto, adventure, art, brother, dedication, me, people, peace,
Form:
Narrative
Sending Magnificent Flowers For Valentine's DayFor the Valentine’s season
Send forth a tastefully written card
To any wonderfully wise person
Is a good endeavor. That’s not bad.
However, sending exquisite flowers
Is the best, sweetest archetypal way
To say, I love you many times over
Over, and...
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Categories:
gusto, best friend, chocolate, flower, inspiration, love, poems,
Form:
Rhyme
Freak Accident ProneI was a diligent safety engineer, modifying the hazardous work practices,
Like the thrilling festive celebrations, when you open up pretty packages!
I took my work very seriously, and my motto had long been safety first,
Like waiting...
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Categories:
gusto, blessing, confidence, dedication, faith, fantasy, people, work,
Form:
Couplet
Seaside VillageLife for a child at this seaside Village, wild and free
A band of misfits come together, boys and girls
They Gathered overlooking the village, a day of adventures waited
Through grassland over boulders, passing fisherman’s cottages
Clothing colours...
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Categories:
gusto, childhood, children, confidence, emotions, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Enthused By Tough Grafther life had been a rollercoaster of moody upheaval
manic fervor from sheer in-exhaustible passion
...
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Categories:
gusto, analogy, courage, depression,
Form:
Free verse
You Did Not Invite Me To Your Birthday PartyAngry Face is so Angry with Pink Face, I gesture for her to sit in the chair the farthest from my chair.
She glares at me hard, stomps over and plunks her butt down in my...
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Categories:
gusto, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th
Form:
Free verse
Broken DreamBROKEN DREAM
At any time in your life, did your dream of whom
you wanted to be when you grow up came true?
Or it did not and at this time in your life you
are thinking what it...
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Categories:
gusto, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th, 1935 - May 4th, 2005Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
untimely death sentence ordained
approximately six months prior
to mother dearest celebrating
her seventieth birthday,
though the last three years of her life
impacted courtesy hysterectomy
to remove...
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Categories:
gusto, absence, age, anniversary, birthday, death, family, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Xlvi - Tongue-Twisting EpigramsUNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLVI - Tongue-Twisting Epigrams
An aborted foetus never stops growing in the mind of the aborted mother. She never tires of making more babies to nurture the memory of the aborted baby.
The Heart and...
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Categories:
gusto, humor, irony, people, satire, word play,
Form:
Epigram
Bully-Proofing Your LifeMy friend told me that she said that I was a pooh pooh butt.
Who told you?
My friend said that he was talking about my mama.
Your mama is wonderful.
Is it possible they were saying something good?
I...
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Categories:
gusto, 6th grade, 7th grade, anti bullying, bullying,
Form:
I do not know?
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky circa November 13thHarriet Harris née Kuritsky circa November 13th,
1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)
I trot out a poem acknowledging birthday
of dear ole mom, who succumbed,
lost lease on life
nearly...
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Categories:
gusto, absence, age, america, anniversary, appreciation, bereavement, birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
The clocks tickingTime continues to slip past.
Like a river, a never-ending stream of micro seconds passing by.
You can't slow it down.
You can't halt it.
No matter how much you try to hold it back
It is still slipping past...
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Categories:
gusto, time,
Form:
Free verse
Radical RavagedSacrifice made when selecting abode
Unit not ideal, but affordable close to City
With a three year old daughter, I worried
About noise transference below and above
Three level town house style was unique
Huge unit fronted four smaller...
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Categories:
gusto, angst, animal, bird, character, conflict, garden, horror,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
The Man In the MirrorWho is the man in the mirror that stares back at me through eyes of blue that can scarce seen behind lenses reflecting bright light?
Those eyes appear so young and vibrant, though cast behind a...
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Categories:
gusto, age, celebration, courage,
Form:
Prose
A Star Twinkling In the SkyA STAR TWINKLING IN THE SKY
Music lifts my...
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Categories:
gusto, art, dance, feelings, freedom, happiness, music, star,
Form:
Free verse
Making GemsMAKING GEMS
love and procreation
All, is all I want of you,
Satisfy my neurosis -My aesthetic desires; Deep in the mines of your mind. Allow me to collect my jewels: Allow me to search your very core—...
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Categories:
gusto, beautiful, fantasy, for him, passion,
Form:
Verse
Waithera,My First LoveSometimes I feel I know nothing about life
But I do know something about Kenya
I come from the gustily, hilly terrains of rural Ingavira
Where huts form bungalow sorts of flawless beauty
An ambiance of warm soothing atmosphere
And...
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Categories:
gusto, africa, devotion, history, symbolism,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Popcorn MusicPop (corn) Music
Introduction
It’s time to dance, time to tango
There’s a Canadian on the banjo
When he sees the guitar strings
Jack’s mirth grows soaring wings;
As he scans the rhapsody drums
While busy the Banjo he strums!
He strums with...
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Categories:
gusto,
Form:
Rhyme
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th 1935 May 4th 2005Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)
Test teasing prophylactics embarrassing
purchase never made at local drugstore
unsurprisingly, obviously, invariably...
birth control taboo subject, best to ignore
subsequently intercourse...
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Categories:
gusto, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Elegy
In Our Feasts, We Both Drank Lover's Wine , Second Poets Tribute Series, Gerard Manley Hopkins(1.) First poem
In Our Feasts, We Both Drank Lover's Wine
Second poets tribute series third poet Gerard Manley Hopkins
Blood that entices with its red-glow appeal
Its bright warmth into a wanton soul seeks
She that drove passion, ate...
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Categories:
gusto, appreciation, art, dedication, poetry, poets, tribute, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Our Peoples' Values, Part Ii...Todd was surprised by his stern eyes,
he seemed serious about it.
Todd said, “There’s a town two days on,
my horse can take double a bit.
“But I don’t know about this ‘debt,’
I just did what any would...
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Categories:
gusto, culture, friendship, history, hope, humanity, people, sad,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Gustybot Melly - Not For Refined FolkThis the story of Gustybot Melly
His really small nose and his very large belly
He'd finished the biscuits, the cake and the jelly
And munched all the crisps like the ones on the telly
And when he was...
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Categories:
gusto, marriage, sick,
Form:
Rhyme
In Our Feasts, We Both Drank Lover's WineIn Our Feasts, We Both Drank Lover's Wine,
Second poets tribute series, third poet Gerard Manley Hopkins
Blood that entices with its red-glow appeal
Its bright warmth into a wanton soul seeks
She that drove passion, ate my youthful...
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Categories:
gusto, betrayal, dark, deep, imagination, mystery, perspective, writing,
Form:
Rhyme