Long Maniacal Poems
Long Maniacal Poems. Below are the most popular long Maniacal by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Maniacal poems by poem length and keyword.
Halloween PoemsIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
maniacal, children, grave, halloween, horror, myth, silly, surreal,
Form:
Rhyme
It's HalloweenIt's Halloween!
Michael R. Burch
If evening falls
on graveyard walls
far softer than a sigh;
if shadows fly
moon-sickled skies,
while children toss their heads
uneasy in their beds,
beware the witch's eye!
If goblins loom
within the gloom
till playful pups grow terse;
if birds give...
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Categories:
maniacal, cat, children, evil, grave, halloween, horror, moon,
Form:
Verse
Salvation of a Formalist, An Ode To EntropySalvation of a Formalist, an Ode to Entropy
by Michael R. Burch
Entropy?
God's universal decree
That I get to be
Disorderly?
Suddenly
My erstwhile boxed-in verse is free?
Wheeeeee!
Eternal Currents
by Michael R. Burch
How can I write and not be true
to the rhythm...
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Categories:
maniacal, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, satire, write, writing,
Form:
Light Verse
Pale Though Her Eyes: Vampire PoemVampire Poetry
Pale Though Her Eyes
by Michael R. Burch
Pale though her eyes,
her lips are scarlet
from drinking of blood,
this child, this harlot
born of the night
and her heart, of darkness,
evil incarnate
to dance so reckless,
dreaming of...
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Categories:
maniacal, dark, death, desire, evil, gothic, grave, horror,
Form:
Verse
Vampires Are Such Fragile CreaturesVampires
by Michael R. Burch
Vampires are such fragile creatures;
we fear the dark, but the light destroys them...
sunlight, or a stake, or a cross—such common things.
Still, late at night, when the bat-like vampire sings,
we heed his voice.
Centuries...
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Categories:
maniacal, dark, death, gothic, halloween, horror, lust, night,
Form:
Verse
Bionic Betty: Another True Tale From the Mental WardBetty was bonafide crazy. She had shot her husband after a night of drunken quarreling, and was in the state mental hospital instead of being in the slammer. She'd shot the louse in the stomach...
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Categories:
maniacal, crazy, woman,
Form:
Narrative
The Girl of Light and the Fly Peoplea collaborative work with Alfred Vassalo
The Stars sparkled in her eyes
As light interlaced with her shadow
Causing her to question her senses
Even though she closed her eyes
light continued to seep out
Her brilliance, competed with the sun...
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Categories:
maniacal, beautiful, depression, desire, dream, fantasy, fire, loneliness,
Form:
Epic
Ripped-Off DeniersYesterday I heard a happy Republican
crediting President Trump's self-proclaimed successes
to his training and experience with consumer-driven accountability;
meaning,
I presume,
his for-profit experience with market-driven consumerism.
Now I realize this for-profit wealth of experience
outside Washington,
untainted by prior government experience,
appears...
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Categories:
maniacal, conflict, earth, environment, health, money, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Nicholas Street Jail
The structure is imposing, massive and fearful. Built in 1862 as a jail and
gallows for the worst of humanity. "Living" conditions were sickening and
appalling. The top floor was reserved for death-row...
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Categories:
maniacal, scary,
Form:
Narrative
Over the Edge
Jack and Sam
were two inseparable souls
Best friends tend to be like that,
especially if both were born on the same day
They were two good looking kids,
who liked to play rough and tumble
Didn't mind scraping their knees...
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Categories:
maniacal, best friend, death, horror, sad,
Form:
Epic
I Cannot Single Handedly Rightly So Manageprimary idiopathic palmar/
palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
despite taking Glycopyrrolate
2 MG Tablet three times daily.
Aforementioned physiological malady
the bane worse than death
unwanted and unwonted figurative
(metaphorical) beast of burden
linkedin with matrix constituting mine
corporeal essence genetically
gifted to yours truly,
invariably, objectionably,...
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Categories:
maniacal, 11th grade, 12th grade, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form:
Rhyme
Damn Bad Reputation Counts 500 Plus Paw Whet Tick StintsDamn bad reputation counts 500 plus paw whet tick stints
The following fictitious poetic vignette attempts a feeble tale of one ordinary day in life of anonymous miscreant.
"I don't give a damn
about my bad reputation."
I...
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Categories:
maniacal, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse,
Form:
Free verse
I Cannot Single Handedly Rightly So ManageI cannot single handedly – rightly so - manage...
primary idiopathic palmar/
palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
despite taking Glycopyrrolate
2 MG Tablet three times daily.
Aforementioned physiological malady
unwanted and unwonted figurative
(metaphorical) beast of burden
linkedin with matrix constituting mine
corporeal essence...
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Categories:
maniacal, 11th grade, 12th grade, allegory, anxiety, body,
Form:
Free verse
A Tale of Cosmos - Part 2the Universe, a self-defining everything
but then, what of the Cosmos wherein we all dwell?
that big bang blast, forever on a far-flung fling
from beyond and within which, lurks heaven and...
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Categories:
maniacal, philosophy, science, universe,
Form:
Verse
I Cannot Single Handedly ManageI cannot single handedly manage...
primary idiopathic palmar/
palmoplantar hyperhidrosis
Aforementioned physiological malady
unwanted and unwonted figurative
(metaphorical) beast of burden
linkedin with matrix constituting mine
corporeal essence genetically
gifted to yours truly,
invariably, objectionably, and unquestionably
afflicts, impacts, and upsets
emotional (mental) health
diagnosed with schizoid...
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Categories:
maniacal, angst, birth, dad, fate, grief, me, pain,
Form:
Free verse
Enabling QuestionsDo those fully enabled,
Do those powerfully SuperElite viral
hoard water, land,
energy, educational resources
needed for WinWin revolutionary thrival?
I asked this landscaping class
of young adults
with diverse-languaged/unlanguaged disabilities.
I learn more from my silent challenges,
losses,
weakness
than the WhiteHouse has ever heard
while...
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Categories:
maniacal, earth, green, health, humanity, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
another voyeuropen …
I keep my eyes open
to watch you as you kiss me
to think on all that you are thinking
all the carnal thoughts that
might be stirring behind those lids
our lashes so close …
like little feathers that...
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Categories:
maniacal, kiss, metaphor, passion, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
MasqueradeA colourful array of falsehoods
Intricately designed disguises
Fools, fortunes, phantoms
Masks clinging on their faces
Lives hidden away by an illusory veils
Veils that cannot be removed
Cannot be seen
Secrets tucked away in their eyes
Each a pair of...
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Categories:
maniacal, extended metaphor, freedom, imagery, imagination, insect, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
A Hero Is DishonoredAlas, a US Marine saved a baby in Afghanistan.
The USA, as a way to say thank you, puts him
under investigation?
Yes, a true hero, made the horrid mistake?
Of being honored at a Trump rally, ...
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Categories:
maniacal, america, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
Encounter With Guardian Angel January 20th 2022Encounter with guardian angel January 20th, 2022
We (myself and thee missus)
experienced shell shock
analogous to war weary soldiers
back home from the western front
experiencing battlefield flashback
analogous to awakening dormant
post traumatic stress disorder.
Mental health challenged renter
twice threatened us
(think...
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Categories:
maniacal, angel, discrimination, health, hero, judgement, lost, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Peril Us Aye Grant This To Be a Civil Yet Hurried Lee Red(Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life)
Armageddon wold be a morbidly amazing,
concluding (reign of Homo Sapiens)
fascinating albeit simultaneously catastrophic boon
dog gull to accompany
...
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Categories:
maniacal, 10th grade, 12th grade, future, howl, image,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Grant This Civil Yankee To Doodle Till He Gets Blue In the Faceblowing balloons signaling 158 years since Appomattox
(Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life)
Armageddon would be morbidly amazing,
concluding (reign of Homo Sapiens)
fascinating albeit simultaneously catastrophic boon
dog gull...
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Categories:
maniacal, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, april,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Donald Trump Must Be Permanently Barred and Furloughed Like YesterdayDONALD TRUMP – RE: DUCKS --
this portion dashed off (while dry ving an open white hearse slay
so many months back before sale him slotted the most coveted
Casino biggest win - before the...
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Categories:
maniacal, 11th grade, 12th grade, abuse, america, anger,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Tale of the Pretty TalkerThat's where her house used to stand
smack dab in the middle of a dead end road
The prettiest talker you'd ever want to hear
Known for her elegant tea parties in her grand abode
Red roses adorned the...
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Categories:
maniacal, evil, jealousy,
Form:
Rhyme
Theater of Utter Charm Part 5she left me defenseless again
for reasons that cannot be spoken
but that can be further diagrammed
worthy of forensic dissection
deep into the cauliflower folds
branching like rivers of lightning
all at once one at a time
lighting up the display...
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Categories:
maniacal, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse