Long Malt Poems
Long Malt Poems. Below are the most popular long Malt by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Malt poems by poem length and keyword.
Marat and Charlotte 2
Act 2. A dark, empty stage.
Marat
(standing up)
It's all a blur. It’s all a little dizzy.
I just have dreamed a scary dream as if
two vagabond philosophers robbed me
and killed. I must admit it's a...
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Categories:
malt, death, love,
Form:
Blank verse
When We Were Young
When We Were Young
He left for work each morning,
Wearing steel-toed boots and a tin hat.
He took long strides that were three times
The length of mine.
In one hand he carried a lunch pail and...
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Categories:
malt, childhood, family,
Form:
Free verse
Crime of Passion
One Sunday afternoon in spring,
i was tending my garden,
trimming and watering the roses,
when he first passed by.
I remember standing up to break the ache,
and as i ran my hand across the face,
to wipe off the...
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Categories:
malt, lust, sexy,
Form:
Narrative
The Job - Part 1
The Job
I got a plane to catch in the morning. 8:15 AM out of Austin, destination Orange County, CA. Never cared much for California and I don’t think anything about this trip is...
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Categories:
malt, death,
Form:
Narrative
A Field Day Shoe Fit For Mother Goose
A field day shoe fit for Mother Goose
Fruitless effort squeezing figurative juice
Pandora called triggering
helter skelter to get loose
necessitating Bullwinkle J. Moose
to usher at yours truly
(an aspiring wordsmith) vamoose!
Hey diddle diddle the...
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Categories:
malt, 12th grade, adventure, age, animal, bird, color,
Form:
Rhyme
close
We’re (my roommates and I) at a specific time of youth - a time I’ll call “close.” We aren’t fully adults but we’re close, we’re not completely out and independent, but we’re close. And once...
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Categories:
malt, character, growth, humor, psychological, school, student,
Form:
Free verse
Towards the Horizon
Towards the Horizon
Sitting in a corner, absorbing the incandescent hue,
A malt for company, awaiting a magical cue,
I often wonder, all these years, where were you?
I reflect upon the days which could have been,
I reminiscent our...
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Categories:
malt, birthday, cheer up, encouraging, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
The Boy of Silence Rewrite
The face behind the harlequins gaze
hides the scars of yesterdays man.
Born in an Attercliffe slum
in the rags of fathers graft,
with a pencil for a voice
stolen from milk mans note.
.
A boy in possession of...
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Categories:
malt, voice, youth, boy,
Form:
Free verse
Selector Is Dead
I chose the reggae mix
Not because i have long hair
Not because i have read eyes
Not because I chew the cud
Just because i love selector
I chose to listen
Because of Selector
He reigns in the...
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Categories:
malt, humor, humorous,
Form:
Elegy
A Messanger From Hell
I am sitting in my light brown leather reclining chair
after a strenuous day at my office glad to be home
no more stress no wife just my dog Bandit at my side
I'm holding in my right...
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Categories:
malt, angst, confusion, death, faith, imagination, life, dog,
Form:
Narrative
Admirable People
alone inside with me, less than inspirational
so look out for the more interesting folk
momentary excitement, the fiery motivational
beyond the familiar, to stoke and provoke
daydream departure from mundane...
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Categories:
malt, character, inspirational, life, motivation,
Form:
Verse
Five-And-Dime Store
Five-and-Dime Store
by Odin Roark
Maybe I remember ‘cause…
Everyday was a holiday
At Woolworth’s Five-and-Dime store.
Colored things were...
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Categories:
malt, christmas, , literature,
Form:
Free verse
Old and Classic
I am getting old now, I can only turn over
They can’t get me to run, but I not all done.
My valves are leaking, I often misfire
My fuel gauge will sputter my heart will flutter
I go...
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Categories:
malt, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Brunchez Witcha:Rehersal
we were talking about the good ole days
and wondered how these people would remember us
we got on a conversation about food and
those special items we liked from our favorite
grandma's.
we came up with some new recipes...
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Categories:
malt, devotion, fish, food, guitar, music, sea, voyage,
Form:
Ballade
Clutched By Anxiety Compliments Vladimir Putin
Yours truly borrows a phrase
courtesy the great bard
also known as
William Shakespeare's Hamlet:
"For 'tis the sport ...
Hoist by one's own petard
meaning "victimized or hurt
by one's own scheme”.
The aforementioned excerpt
hopefully describes the fate
to befall president of...
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Categories:
malt, 12th grade, abuse, angst, anxiety, bereavement, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
Toxic Amalgamations Can Be Beautiful Too
They are too foggy,
Dreams, visions, etc.;
I don’t know, I don’t remember,
but o’ wait!
Yes, a distinct memory.
I started remembering words
hoarse, dry words mixed
with the lemonade air.
a conversation?
The smell of heated leather
chains...
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Categories:
malt, dream, family, hate, mom, mother, mother daughter,
Form:
Free verse
Banjo Bobs Barber Shop
Banjo Bobs Barber Shop
Ill meet you there he’s open eight till late, right off hope street down dead end lane,
It can be quite a journey his reception worth your pain, no matter your passion, ignore...
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Categories:
malt, adventure, life, time,
Form:
Rhyme
The Chosen One
The Chosen One!
(1)“Be grateful dear friend that I don’t marry you!”
(2)For all beauty, man’s weakness, is really an act
Women master (in spades!) Turn it off, turn it on!
Each man born plays a part,
Drones raised crippled...
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Categories:
malt, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Jack 77
I remember when I held my children for the first time
I remember when I spoke at my dad’s funeral ad libbing in a mix of joy and grief
I remember when Saturday was THE most important...
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Categories:
malt, memory, mental health, mental illness, poetry, remember,
Form:
Free verse
The Boy of Silence
The face behind the harlequins gaze
hides the scars of yesterdays man.
Born in an Attercliffe slum
in the rags of fathers graft,
with a pencil for a voice
stolen from milk mans note.
A boy in possession of...
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Categories:
malt, voice, boy,
Form:
Free verse
The Slipper
In the black and white days of the 1950’s schools made youngsters learn and learn well or else,
Uniforms were as important with short trousers and knee length grey socks with elastic garters,
Garters would get so...
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Categories:
malt, nostalgia, class, education, blue, class,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Honor Thy Father is a Punchline
It don't hurt.
—Johnny Thunders, lead guitarist of The Dolls, last words
My ancestors are made of malt and barley,
barely a drop of water left—
Midas in jorts and Nikes,
overplaying hands, turning...
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Categories:
malt, abuse, addiction, anger, growth,
Form:
Free verse
Clutched By Anxiety
Unseen talon sharp claws...
dig deep into mine
psyche soft underbelly
piercing bedrock of
core (puss) being
akin to butter knife
slicing thru peanut
butter and jelly
unable to preserve
an iota of calm,
which...
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Categories:
malt, analogy, angst, fate, longing, pain, psychological, raven,
Form:
Bio
44
No it's not a gun,
a malt drink minus one
a waist size
or a world war II year
it's not the temperature
in early springs
not a Vick's cough syrup
it's none of these things
it's the number of volumes
of journals/diaries,
call them...
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Categories:
malt, angst, death, history, hope, inspirational, life, me,
Form:
Ballad
Dear Son
Just a few lines I hereby write to let you know
that I, in my entirety am still alive,
care I give, when with pen perceiving you so slow
the words upon these lines, just in time will...
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Categories:
malt, fantasy, funny, baby, baby, mum,
Form:
Rhyme