Long Kleenex Poems
Long Kleenex Poems. Below are the most popular long Kleenex by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Kleenex poems by poem length and keyword.
Of Winks and Wings - Part 1I have a little story to tell you ... it's absolutely true, of course, at least as far as I'm concerned, but you can take it as you wish - as a tale, a fact,...
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Categories:
kleenex, autumn, life, lost love, nature, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
That Nasty Lactose - Forgive Me - This One's Just Too Hilarious Not To PostThis embarrassingly irreverent piece is loosely based on a true story for which I've paid the price for pretty much causing it to happen more than once...PLEASE, no hate mail! PS: "Bonnie" is...
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Categories:
kleenex, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
High School Sadness Sans Shana Aubrey Harris - Part One HalfSubtitled: A Quiz Sic Hull Emotionally Test Ting Senior Event
Valedictorian treads across makeshift platform
i.e. most likely auditorium stage
marked by pronounced hushed audience,
who exude a collective sigh...
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Categories:
kleenex, celebration, class, dedication, father daughter, february, freedom,
Form:
Ballad
SickBeing sick with a snotty nose
A cough, fatigue, one of those colds???
For goodness sake's everyone knows
Grandmothers are too sophicated
To wear anything but fancy clothes
Surely not a Kleenex box attached
To their chair, and looking unkempt
And...
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Categories:
kleenex, feelings, funny, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
One, Two, Three, FourTry as I might....I could not get it right
Small fingers that stretched over the chipped ivory whites
While scrunching her face, with that crabapple frown
She would tap out the beat, with her eyes looking down
"One, two,...
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Categories:
kleenex, childhood, dedication, sound,
Form:
Narrative
The Mirror 1As she stood in front of the mirror, sliding her hand
slowly across the silken sheen covering her form,
she hoped John was satisfied being married to her.
A faint line appeared in the corner of the mirror.
As...
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Categories:
kleenex, lovelove, me, mirror, time, i love you,
Form:
Free verse
A Senior Moment - Part Unoenjoy the reed
now displayed as a satisfactory deed.
* * * ...
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Categories:
kleenex, dedication, happiness, high school, how i feel,
Form:
Elegy
The Past Is AshThe past is ash, you gotta rise like the phoenix, don’t like it call your mama and ask for a Kleenex. The time is long past due to stop thinkin’ and start doin’, start rootin’...
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Categories:
kleenex, absence, addiction, adventure, age, beautiful, birth, depression,
Form:
ABC
His Last Love SongHis wife left him in intensive care
After saying her last good-bye
She just couldn’t stay with him in there
For the moment he would die
They were married for over thirty years
He wrote lyrics for love songs
Words that...
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Categories:
kleenex, love, song-lyricwords, me, romance, song, write, friend,
Form:
Rhyme
I Broke FreeWhat happened to the man I loved? Why did he lose himself?
The strong hold his demons had over him was tearing us apart
Dilated pupils, slurred words, stupid grin worn when drinking,
a fool...
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Categories:
kleenex, emotions,
Form:
Narrative
The Love That Lasted a NightImagine a lovely garden, tea for two, and this story . . .
I had never seen anyone like him before in my life. We met on a Thursday... or was it a Tuesday...? It...
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Categories:
kleenex, love, sad, me, work, me, work,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
One, Two, Three, Four......Try as I might,...I could not get it right
My small fingers that fumbled over the ivory whites
While scowling her face with that crabapple frown
One, two, three, four...one, two, three four...., her eyes looking down
"Try once...
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Categories:
kleenex, childhood, dedication, music
Form:
Rhyme
Soul of a "jewel" Vs...Life As a "mule"He always says..."She has the "soul of a jewel"!!"
I always say...."She rides like a stubborn old mule"!!!
So...he wants me to ride in his old pick up truck..???
Well, I'm glad to tell you....he has run out...
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Categories:
kleenex, funny, husband, me, old, dog, dog, life,
Form:
Couplet
Straighten Up SoldierI never possessed time.
Time that I would call my own.
You see, amidst a broken heart.
I had heard a friend cry.
She said her own heart had been broken.
So I listened, counselled and wiped away her tears.
There...
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Categories:
kleenex, emotions, how i feel, life, longing,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
kleenex, allegory, angst, life, parody,
Form:
I do not know?
Poverty's Angels.wreckless.
no one is less a man than a cadaver, high on good guy philosophy. too much for me.
white wash.
there is a room w/ no walls. there is no room.
Pandora; show me that your box isn’t...
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Categories:
kleenex, inspirational, political, social,
Form:
Blank verse
That Day I Had Courage
San Francisco, 1978
Now. stop thinking, that this is a story online.
There I stood, about to board a...
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Categories:
kleenex, character, courage, encouraging, evil, fear, inspirational,
Form:
Bio
Letter to a step fatherDear Robin there are so much I can say to you. Things I should have said. But you know how I was about things. If one emotion crashes through the wall everything does as well....
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Categories:
kleenex, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
ButterfliesWe were on a 2nd floor garden terrace. The three-quarter moon was doing its best to set a romantic, gin-mood, pouring a soft pastel-blue on the world, that softened hard edges.
A cool breeze wafted jasmine...
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Categories:
kleenex, joy, kiss, romance, student, success, teen, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Parent's WeekendLast weekend was “Parent’s” weekend at Yale. A time when parents are formally invited to visit. They have receptions and other events - but no potato-sack races (which is disappointing). My parents couldn’t come, they’ve...
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Categories:
kleenex, daughter, friendship, horror, parents, school, student,
Form:
Free verse
A Surprise In My PocketA SURPRISE IN MY POCKET
A pocketful of change, a pocketful of keys,
A pocketful of credit cards—I have a lot of these!
A pocketful of Kleenex and little mints to chew;
What would I do without them? ...
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Categories:
kleenex, god,
Form:
Rhyme
The Trash HeapNote: All lines in this heap are from failed sonnets that I tried to stack without having any two consecutive lines come from the same poem. I had to break the rule twice....
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Categories:
kleenex, silly,
Form:
Sonnet
They Call Me the Boogie ManThey call me the Boogie Man
They call me the Boogie Man...cause, that's my name
I'll always be around to drive your kids insane
Nobody wants to have what I got
When I get sick, man I'm covered in...
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Categories:
kleenex, children, kids, funny, humorous, parody, sick, silly,
Form:
Lyric
Compensatory IllusionsA hierarchy of antecedents
an inverted pyramid or
joy that precedes heart break
and well wishes
tears that cascade after facts
and unchecked plane tickets
sentiments divulged, rearranged, displayed
like an Muslim at inquisition
Scientist's solution burning
on a Bunson burn
making sense of what...
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Categories:
kleenex, bible, happiness, jobs, money,
Form:
Free verse
My Wife's PurseThe other day I was rootin' around in my spouse's purse,
And was astounded by the contents that were so diverse.
If caught, I'd surely have hell to pay or maybe even worse,
And fer that very reason...
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Categories:
kleenex, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme