Long Nibs Poems

Long Nibs Poems. Below are the most popular long Nibs by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Nibs poems by poem length and keyword.


Seeking Meaning

on fibers coarse
	with little clay
nibs are stained
	with indigo ink

lines of cursive
	carefully formed
seeking meaning
	to come forth

chrome plated steel
	and laminate wood
plastics cast
	a cage formed

aligned in rows
	of boys and girls
trying to find
	what to know

classroom did form
	a prison dark
locked out the sound
	of the Muses song

warm air to flow
	through wildflowers bright
bees there to hum
	and birds take flight

castles to float
	on scented breeze
grasses to tickle
	bare running feet

through glass so hard
	that kept at bay
what could be seen
	but a world away

beyond the confines
	of what was taught
forms that did constrict
	the youthful mind

beauty unseen
	did fill the thoughts
where wonder did dance
	of what might be

blackboards of chalk
	filled with empty words
to teach of things
	that were not sought

with quills of ink
	in cursive words
seeking the meaning
	of the unknown


Billionaires hunker down in their Queenstown bunker lairs

Let’s pester Uncle Fester

After dafter Luxon 

Pushed the button

Welcomed every glutton

To the isles of mutton


Theme of the meme

Team New Zealand 

It does seem

No longer a

Stronger eclectic sceptic


Spanked by the rank 

Septic tank stream

Peptic Pyramid scheme


Grand slam.. glam sham scam

Desperate Dan or Tangerine tan plan

God damn..American dream


Our rancour on social media

Danker seedier leaders crimes 

Hanker for every greedier 

Rhymes with banker


Sleazier golden geezer visas 

Accept any offers to

Fill their many coffers


Brokery.. jiggery pokery 

Immunity without impunity 

To the unity of community

Profanity of their vanity


Insanity of their depravity

Clarity...disparity not charity

Tramples ample wokery


Our amazing landscape

Instead becomes their escape

Coined..after all they’ve purloined

Jolly jape…no red tape


Not being rash

But it is a rash

Debunk the gunk & funk

Forsaking the avarice 

Taking the pis*

Bliss abyss monk


Crass..brash..flash git

S***k a chunk of cash

From their balderdash stash

Making..a complete hash of it


Fake elite on the take

As they see fit

Billionaire boys ploys annoys

Replete yet still cheat 

Have your cake and eat it


Our government just envoys

For a small fee..sweet

Deploys the swanky..w**ky

Yankee all about me

Time to flee plea


They lit the fire

Liar & denier

Dug the quagmire


Piety for impropriety

Moolah Messiah ruler

High flyer pariah

Crueler society


Who when the s**t 

Does hit the fan

No fibs..his nibs gets

First dibs on cribs


Outlier masterplan zen..know 

Then where to go


Can always hunker down

In a spick & span den

Their Queenstown bunker


Amen
Form: Rhyme

Description Diatribe

Description, O my diatribe?
Stand before the court!
O comedians, with thy jibe!
Paragraphs to sort!

Where is hope on gallows hill?
Couldn't be real sure.
Yellow priestess, queen until?
Revelation tour.

Humble as a humbug?
Pride raises high the pain.
Dancers, rhythm! Cut a rug!
Doom is to disdain!

Death, thy destiny. Live free.
Placards of the plea.
O ye angels, come for tea!
Demons, how about ye?

Tyrant of deep waters?
Alliance Black Abyss.
Daughters, commit slaughters!
No one we will miss!

Rivers, needing rivets?
O lampreys, rub thy ribs.
Deadly are such divots!
Just nibble on the nibs!

Unify the endless hordes?
Bid them sharpen swords!
Watercress, thy water boards!
Mother Sin, thy gourds...
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member My Collection Reflects Me

My obsession with writing implements is getting out of hand,
while not quite turning out as planned. I’m still without
that vintage Montblanc, but I’m saving a place in my cabinet
for it, right in the middle where it’ll really shine.

a good pen is 
necessary for writing
rivers of ink

I collect all sorts of pens, varieties of nibs allow me to create poetry and illustrate it too; it allows me to create universes. With the ink, I am in flow. 

the power of
the fountain pen
creating worlds

My pride is a toss-up between Parker Blue Diamonds and Esterbrooks; if they don’t glide like silk across the page
my creativity stalls.  What is given to me, echoes through my soul.

the rivers that flow
from my soul onto the page
channeled scenes


3-24-2021
ALL YOURS (Mar 26) Poetry Contest
Brian Strand
Form: Haibun

Premium Member diamonds

Flying across the white expanse
a dull day becomes coloured 
with the distant foggy 
black marks of flight
opening wings wide 
like a murder of beaks
thirsty for the blood 
of the ink of others 
on their blunt dry nibs, 
it ruffles their feathers
colourful for a short while
between the lines
of a vacant pride, the 
worthless worthiness 
of removing veils 
from other brides,
Faust flapping crows 
disguised as angels
come calling like 
unclaimed friends 
from all quarters, then,
curious bluebirds 
dissecting their purpose,
discover something 
shining and beautiful 
found in the dirt
between the cavities 
in all their walls,
behind the ugliness,
jewels like Ariadne
(writer not myth)
possessing 
the opposite title 
held to the mirror -
"he ventures she wins",
are fished out
and discarded
in the swirling ice,
cubed in the depths 
of a dark well 
like unclaimed
diamonds,
solid gems, waiting 
amidst all those other
melting treasures
to be, or not to be,
found







Candide Diderot. ‘24


Premium Member Sea Glass

The Sea Glass Fifth Aquarius,
a glass menagerie,
as their bios serenade us,
sea views anemone.

I swarm betwixt a Sea of Glass,
a can of worms opened,
we dove had fluttered peace a chance,
debate and hook defend.

Dolphins parlayed high nibs false skies,
the Sea Glass crample them,
their dimpled snout closer to eyes,
in blues abyss, they swam.

Little shop around four corners,
the which is of Sea Glass,
Stew astir perpendiculars,
Suze, Miche, Cher, picturesque.

Sea Glass, Scottish accents; you rain,
ode Yellow River,
shove all our rights tad off the lane,
bowl poetry Super.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Black Cat

"BLACK CAT"



SILENCE
prowls on soft paws 
with sharp claws
Cutting up the 
Middle Road
Dark shadow moves 
SILIENCE
In absentia 
Empty Absynthe
Puncture wounds
Cold wind blows
Over tracks
Skids softly
like warm 
gants de Suède
on 
Poets’ Row
Rat goes 
Rat goes
Red scream 
scarlet ribbons 
LIFE
flows
Le Mort
blushes colour
a trite persuade
different streets
different gutters
Torn canvas sheets
contained between
prison bar margins
Drafts on the floor
crumpled
Blue fountain
Heart bursting
Love and Hate
Grows
Save Our Souls
Save Our Souls
Sins 
Sisters of Mercy
and 
Salvation Army Sargents'
Tambourines
Communion
Nibs lying next to
Garbage Bin
Finally Ash Felt 
Rain on her 
Bitumen face
Black Minx 
Fur Pelt
Unfurls lazy stretch
Glass eyed
Minx
Back Alley Dreaming
Bad Luck
Bad Luck
Rolling loaded dice
blood boiling steaming
Brush strokes 
Like glyph a glitch
Like glyph a glitch
Familiar mirror
Walks through Witch 
Yesterday
Screams
Like glyph a glitch
Repeat curse
Repeat curse
Black Cat purring
Never lose
Hold tight 
Pearls in Purse
7 Devils Dreaming
Sleepwalking
Graffiti Warning
Black Cat
Witch
Glebe 
Last Stop Station
Rehearse a 
Hearse
LIFE
Glyph a glitch
Reverse


(Lovejoy-Burton/May 2018)




1. Hanged Man
https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/hanged-man/

2. Death
https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/death/

3. Temperence
https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/temperance/

4a. Glyph
noun
a pictograph or hieroglyph.
a sculptured figure or relief carving.
Architecture. an ornamental channel or groove

4b. Glyph
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-glyph-2086584

5. "Black Cat"/Ladytron (Translation)
http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858716200/

6. Silience
http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/post/49792543182/silience

7. Seven Devils
-  Is a Solitaire card game.
-  Seven Deadly Sins
-  The Seven Devils of Mary Magdeline
-  Florence and the Machine, Seven Devils

8. La Morte, Le Mort, La Mort 
Le mort = dead man = un mort, a dead man 
La morte (with the e on the end) = dead woman, une morte = a dead woman 
La mort (no 'e' on the end) - death; as in the concept of death

Premium Member Woman, Whenever, Wherever, Whoever You Are

womankind has been around for a while
  hypno-teasing men with her wicked smile
  been known by many names starting with Eve
  Boadicea, Cleopatra and Genevieve

  she can fly-by-night, be out with the bats
  purring and prowling with sly slinky cats
  never a tame girl, sometimes receptive
  with hidden secrets, deep and deceptive

  see her in twilight, creature in the dark
  flames flickered when she was Joan of Arc
  think she has been here for just a few years?
  think again, them hills they flow with her tears

  woman has been teacher for aeons of time
  wrote most of " Homer ", taught Plato to rhyme
  as Archimedes' hand-maid, she had a laugh
  when he shouted " Eureka, get me out of the bath! "

  around when Adam gave out those spare ribs
  her name is on parchment writ with rare nibs
  her time here with us, a mere interlude
  battles over centuries, a bitter feud

  with men from the past and future I'm told
  man on her arm, just her latest cuckold
  well-rounded dame or seriously slim
  cheerful demeanour or chief sister grim

  close-quarter woman talking loud and fast
  words over-taking like a blast from the past
  so hard to keep up, so hard to break in
  leave you behind in the wake of her din!

  what's this I hear, is she now slowing down
  pausing for men, is she wearing a frown?
  perhaps she's starting to shuffle the deck
  departure dreaming on a very long trek

  maybe no point in moving on once more
  the greater challenge is here at the door
  as men they shout " I am invincible
  I've the biggest Archimedes Principle! "

  late at night she now walks the floorboards
  seeking a new role, a song with new chords
  " where and when will I go, who will I be
  will I stay in this land or else oversea ? "

  men of the future and men of the past
  treasure this woman as head of the cast
  whenever, wherever, whoever you are
  she will always twinkle, shine like a star

  bring her some chocolate, bring her some wine
  make sure she stays and has a good time
  but watch at midnight in case she's outside
  all alone by the road hitching a ride

  silver moonbeam and finest curb crawler
  then down to the port and onto a trawler
  far out to sea where she thinks of those days
  when Gods fought Neptune for sight of her gaze
© Ian Love  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Premium Member Her Nibs

Day in, and day out, from the ripe old age of five
I’ve take to sharp objects and whittled at their sides.

Plotting the precise angle with penetrating gaze,
the slant of slice, just so nice, as memory replays.

With curt tongue and tireless ire, I shred the sages
Burroughs, and Asimov, the Shakespeare past ages.

Butchering with rare delight, the language on the page
lancing every metaphor and simile upstaged.

and so I've arrived her in rhythm and in rhyme  
killing the English language as other people dine.





*Nibbs are the pointed ends of fountain pens
as well as being an important or self-important person
Form: Couplet

Notes On a Wrist

"Notes on a Wrist" 

the pulse felt
under nibs
of fingertips
translates a life

the semicolan
stretches like 
the devil
hungers 

it can 
wait a long time
eternally feeding you
drip by drip

ever present
the missing 
hovers, like a  
hummingbird

never sits

beak and feet 
wet in the detail
tasting the temptation 
to cut strings

fleeting
and fickle
like a child 
switches graces

the keys 
black and white
the forest contains
all your precious things

hard to leave 
leaves, all their 
autumn winter stories 
sentences written 

and spent 

like veins
singing stinging 
the body of work 
temporary rent

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)





"There is a fable in the forest
whispered by branches as they blow,
a tale about the truth of leaving
things that no longer help you grow.
For on the surface it looks simple;
like you need only lace your boots,
but there is nothing quite as painful
as untangling your roots.
And proof is found in tree stumps
of the price some pay to flee,
that they would cut 
their lives in half, 
to cut the time before they're free.
Yet from the little left behind
Life has been known to grow again,
for unless you take your roots, 
a part of you will still remain."
Form: Narrative

Get a Premium Membership
Turn off ads, get more exposure for your poetry, and get more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Diverse Voices: The Poetry of Human Rights and the Pursuit of Peace