Long One shot Poems
Long One shot Poems. Below are the most popular long One shot by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long One shot poems by poem length and keyword.
Mad Molly Shaw
This is the story of mad Molly Shaw
She might be mad now but she wasn’t before
she came home to find her man dead on the floor
She lay down her bible and let out a roar...
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Categories:
one shot, western,
Form:
Rhyme
The Messenger
"The Messenger"
Love is rich with
venom and honey.
there was a female ...
snake,
it watched
with green-eyed
avarice, covetting
a dove’s nest
the dove,
was white as snow,
not young, getting on,
tiny flecks of grey
the dove
alone,...
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Categories:
one shot, dark, journey, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Translation of Eric Mottram's 28th Legal: Letter Jan 2, 1966 By T Wignesan
Eric Mottram on the American literary and cultural scene during 1965-66 while he was the recipient of the American Learned Societies’ award for a year. (begun in the last post and to be continued)
January 2,...
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Categories:
one shot, america, art, creation, culture, music, poetry, writing,
Form:
Free verse
And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," President Abraham Lincoln was shot.
President...
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Categories:
one shot, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, age, america,
Form:
Rhyme
Ford's Theater April 15th 1865
Ford's Theater, April 15th, 1865...
Petersen House, Washington, D.C.
I admit to own a passion
for the Civil War in general,
and the life and death of
the sixteenth president in particular
between a hard spot of whiskey
and draughts of arrack;
nonetheless...
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Categories:
one shot, absence, age, america, anniversary, april, bereavement, cry,
Form:
Rhyme
Lego Narcs - Under the Cover of Night
Night!
It’s around nine thirty
maybe ten.
The phone rings.
The voice is irritating, the words frightening.
Within minutes I’m in a car with my mate.
Within minutes I arrive at my own ground zero.
Exit...
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Categories:
one shot, abuse, angst, betrayal, bullying, perspective,
Form:
Narrative
Reflection Mindset
I I’m constantly rehearsing
On my versing
Never sliding or swerving
My Rhymes play
Like a wordsmith
I’m Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult
Remembering to stay humble
And claim my guilt and my fault
The Wisest Man once said what’s...
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Categories:
one shot, bible, black african american, god, growth,
Form:
Free verse
Tench
There is a water glint,
just shining through the copse beyond.
Autumn's sinking sun,
barred by spindle trees and the last
of summer's brindled reeds
and sedge and rush that fringe this stilling pond.
.
Damp leaves hide...
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Categories:
one shot, fishing,
Form:
Rhyme
Gun To Head
If you were to ever be placed in the situation in which there would only be one way out, would you hold our secret tight to your chest like a solemn vow
Just like the traditional...
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Categories:
one shot, sin,
Form:
Rhyme
No Pirate’s Lament
When the ocean’s calm and shiny it be joyous to behold
When the spyglass sights Port Royal there be good rum to be sold
When a pirate holds the spyglass and his ship be filled of gold
Might...
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Categories:
one shot, sea,
Form:
Rhyme
Van Helsing
A gentleman dressed all in black, hides amongst the shadow realm,
This inquisitions exorcist fights on the altar of justice
And faith, a white knight of the elliptical moon, defending
The mortal souls of humanity, on this thin...
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Categories:
one shot, adventure, betrayal, gothic, halloween, heartbreak, history,
Form:
Free verse
The Gunslinger
The Gunslinger
There once was a honest man, a man of iron and steel
Vengeance filled his heart, a lust for blood so surreal
No one knows what calamity has forged his evil ways
Or of what rages...
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Categories:
one shot, sad, violence,
Form:
Ballad
Dante's Hell Translation Canto Xxxii Part1
If my rhymes rugged and clucking might be
As it would better fit to wretched hole
Above which are pointing all rocks to see,
I would express my concept as a whole
More clearly; but since I do not...
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Categories:
one shot, fantasy, universe,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Passion With Which I Write
I’m a renegade
When the pen to page
Sharp enough
To give your tongue a fade
Verbally I’m like a razor blade
I cut straight to the point
Ain’t got time to waste
I’m not tryin to rap
Cause I stay writing
Strike...
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Categories:
one shot, bible, god, growth, life,
Form:
Free verse
The Night the Truth Stayed Silent
The road was long, the night was cold,
A stranger walked into the town.
His coat was torn, his hat pulled low,
His weary eyes fixed on the ground.
The streets lay still, the lamps burned low,
Behind locked doors,...
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Categories:
one shot, anger, evil, hero, hurt, journey, recovery from,
Form:
Free verse
The Succubus
To the lord’s holy house did I this honest man so go,
On this Sabbath day of rest, to praise the almighty God
In the ancient chapel of worship, but low if I’d only
Known what lurked in...
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Categories:
one shot, adventure, conflict, fantasy, halloween, imagery, mythology, religious,
Form:
Free verse
Fords Theater April 15th 1865
Petersen House, Washington, D.C.
(i admit to own a passion for the Civil War in general,
and the life and death of
the sixteenth president in particular).
between a hard spot of whiskey
...
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Categories:
one shot, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, america,
Form:
Free verse
Hey Joe I Gotta Gun
Hey Joe ,I gotta Gun, you know you better run, this time your woman shot you down
' anywhere you run you know she 's gotta gun..so go on baby try and hide.'
...
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Categories:
one shot, music, passion, song,
Form:
Lyric
He Died With A Smile, Part II
The man shook and said, “They wanted some fun,
but the boy was small, he started to bleed.
Patrick threw him out back, said, ‘This one’s shot,
but we have others to see to our needs.’”
Dalton’s face darkened...
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Categories:
one shot, abuse, angel, children, dark, death, evil, sad,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
My Funny Valentine
Vino
Vinny
Vino
Vinny
There was no doubt I was seeing double
Vinny poured another glass
I actually think it was whiskey
There we sat, at the back of the Angelos Steak and Kill
The joke wasn’t lost on many
The joint was dark...
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Categories:
one shot, art, death, nostalgia, valentines day,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Magnificent Indifference
Something strange did come over me
just a couple of years ago,
a way of confronting the world
that I think many never know.
The realization that others
will never truly know my mind,
so living by their opinions
would be truly...
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Categories:
one shot, freedom, how i feel, life, philosophy, society,
Form:
Rhyme
Blame Me
Last night, I stared out of the bedroom window
As I did, a few long years ago
I saw the fading image of a lost sad man
Wandering frantically in a twisted limbo
Subtlety I asked “why was he...
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Categories:
one shot, introspection, lost love, loveme, heart, lost, heart,
Form:
Narrative
My Age
MY AGE
My age is nothing but a number, nothing but a slumber that I can’t wake from, this is what I’ve done. I’ve looked around and found that the matter of the fact is life...
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Categories:
one shot, age, deep, for teens, truth, world, youth,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Little Pen That Tried To Get Drunk
That goofball husband of hers brought her to this joint to see her get drunk for the very first time. She actually plugged her nose trying to sip her first glass of beer. Good grief....
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Categories:
one shot, funny, husband, drink, husband, morning, time,
Form:
Narrative
No Limits, No Life's
No limits
No life’s
Dark storms run & hide
Commit to the thought of living sewer side
In the grime and grit of a rat plagued sewer
Thinking an end to the problem, the pain, the cure
Drowning in sorrow,...
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Categories:
one shot, death, depression, emotions, feelings, life, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme