Long Gutting Poems
Long Gutting Poems. Below are the most popular long Gutting by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Gutting poems by poem length and keyword.
Sick Art
"Sick Art"
I walk the streets
still and quiet
I do not lie
I do not betray
what the heart belies
pickled kidneys
I am a ghost
of my former self
ears lent to hear
the sweet music
of the sounds so fraught
caught up...
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Categories:
gutting, dark, horror, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
You MatterThe last time you felt good, you played along with them, and they were fooled
The feeling inside was blue and you always considered the suicide rendezvous
It’s when you can’t laugh or cry, and feel it’s...
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Categories:
gutting, suicide,
Form:
Rhyme
Catch of the Dayby sun-kissed shoreline
patiently I cast my line
waiting for a catch
Fishing was my family’s go-to, inexpensive recreational sport. Many weekends were spent at the lake checking trout lines for fish or standing on the...
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Categories:
gutting, fish, fishing,
Form:
Prose
Letter To EdenMy deplorable emotional collapse.
Lucky for me, she happened to be in her many hour siestas!
My dear sister amelie came over (previously arranged to pick up some rocks that z mama rolled in a pile)...
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Categories:
gutting, angel, beautiful, caregiving, child, dad, daughter, father,
Form:
Narrative
Righteous SundayBands of sunlight
Streamed through the curtains
Woke up to a glorious spring day
In Lowndes County Georgia 1918
Little Sara and Clint jumped in our bed
For morning hugs around
A day to remember
Filled with love, legacy
Our people
Slipped on my...
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Categories:
gutting, america, anger, christian, death, discrimination, power, racism,
Form:
Free verse
The Proliferous TreeDawn broke fiercely in my proud face
forcing me quickly through the broken gate
Everything was so still but I kept walking
until I reach the bottom of the hill
curious cars passed by honking...
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Categories:
gutting, anger, break up, change, conflict, courage, farewell,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Death of a Parisienne Housemate Monsiere L'VampyreDEATH OF A PARISIENNE HOUSEMATE--Monsieur L'Vampyre
The death of me lay waiting in the dark
down candle lighted steps, before mine eyes
as my love held the blade, to leave the mark
upon my neck before I'd realize
yes I...
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Categories:
gutting, angstdeath, sweet, death, silver, sweet,
Form:
Sonnet
Silver Tips For My Love Monsieur L'VampyreSILVER TIPS FOR MY LOVE--Monsieur L'Vampyre
The death of me lay waiting in the dark
down candle lighted steps, before mine eyes
as my love held the blade, to leave the mark
upon my neck before I'd realize
yes I...
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Categories:
gutting, angst, death, depression, imagination, sweet, silver, sweet,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Charlotte 2Charlotte and the bear came out of hibernation at exactly the same time.
The bear was irritable and hungry, and she looked tasty.
Don’t even think about it, I’ve killed bigger people than you before breakfast.
The bear...
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Categories:
gutting, conflict, dark, death, horror, humor,
Form:
Free verse
Tea PartyBring them a cup of sea for lighted candles
Tell them taste and tell, and tell, and tell
The ancient salt, the bitterness it kindles
While creation groans at the brink of hell.
...
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Categories:
gutting, allegory, faith, politicalold, prayer, sea, old, sea,
Form:
Ode
The GuttingMy father hauled a dead sea turtle
from a beach in the Florida Keys
he coveted that shell.
I was not allowed to...
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Categories:
gutting, boy, childhood, family, father, marriage, mother, parents,
Form:
Free verse
Post Cod War Blues Part 2Blood money isn’t paid in silver these days,
just transferred to your account
with a sheet of computerised data
to tell you their proffered amount.
I’m standing over the fish sheds,
to my front near empty docks,
to my rear swift...
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Categories:
gutting, anger, betrayal, emotions, fishing, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
WoundedLonely and alone, single now with the children my only comfort and yet a reminder.
The divorce a tug of war between me and her for what once was mine, I thought.
My heart lies languid and...
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Categories:
gutting, confusion, depression, devotion, family, father, forgiveness, husband,
Form:
Free verse
You Can Never Go BackCan you ever turn back?
................ the words that
whirl from your lips harsh
and wicked they lurk
aiming to cut, leaving dust
in your throat.
Can you ever turn back?
................ the grip of fear baring
its teeth, spit...
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Categories:
gutting, life, lost love, sad,
Form:
I do not know?
Go Gentle Into That GoodnightGO GENTLE INTO THAT GOODNIGHT
Crunch of gravel - and a boat grounds its prow:
Cloud and wind hide its arrest
From the small cottage near the dark forest
With its candle...
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Categories:
gutting, mystery
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
An Important Discovery Hushed-Up As UsualBurly men hauled her onto a fishing village beach.
She was rotund, impressively pump,
...
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Categories:
gutting, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
A Feynman Principle“What do you care what other people think?”
Is a posed question with attempted answer in ink,
And Feynman did fine, but there are thoughts of mine,
That when I’m drunk on wine, they both...
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Categories:
gutting, life,
Form:
Rhyme
As the Vultures Gather To Suck Beautiful Venezuela Drynow that Chavez is dead,
the american oil companies
chomping at the bit
begin to salivate & lick their lips,
seething
with the foam
of potent country-gutting
rabies---
for while he was alive,
Venezuela was one of the only
countries left,
who resisted the empire’s...
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Categories:
gutting, life,
Form:
Free verse
The Sun Is Shining, But It's a Dark DayI gave you my soul, I trusted you.
You inspire the things I do.
You made me feel warm with emotion
I gave you my life, I gave you devotion.
You know better than the rest.
I love you, I...
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Categories:
gutting, sadme, me,
Form:
Rhyme
QuickReading diaries of different discussion blots is considered to be akin to perusing the top shelf of a historical library section. Each label once worn drops like stones sinking into the carpet and creases of...
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Categories:
gutting, baby,
Form:
I do not know?
My Last DayMy Last Day
The morning light it had lifted my soul
In these early hours, as I left my home.
I was unaware he was following me
He had patience he waited until I was alone.
I...
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Categories:
gutting, death, evil, murder,
Form:
Verse
All Thoughts Falling Shortemperors run empires
kingdoms are for royalty
religion owned by paedophiles
and numpties run the countries
democracy is a mockery
communists and conning tricks
socialists are emotionalists
and dictators are just total pricks
people need controlling
but never trust...
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Categories:
gutting, death, humorous, life, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Deckie HeavrnIs there a place in heaven
Where old deckies muster
A sheltered safe haven away
From any wild storm's bluster
From sail to steam to diesel
United one and all
By the harvesting of the sea
And the handling of the...
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Categories:
gutting, death, fishing, heaven, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
And You Will Know Me By the Trail of DeadAnd you will know me by the trail of dead,
the whistle of wind in cutthroat pipes,
the jolly japes and spring heeled capers
in the sepia pulp of the Sunday papers
and in all the Jack Tar bilge...
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Categories:
gutting, allegory, death, history, people, places, social, time,
Form:
Verse
The ChainsawIt sits on the ground
Running, but not cutting
Ready for gutting
Violent with sound.
It reminds me of a race-horse
Jittery in the gate
Looking much like fate
And strong in the force.
I imagine that I see
In its calculating eyes
We cannot...
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Categories:
gutting, adventure, funny, imagination,
Form:
I do not know?