Long Onus Poems
Long Onus Poems. Below are the most popular long Onus by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Onus poems by poem length and keyword.
A Journey Through Time Final Part RevisedNow as the years passed by everyone became so tired
the heaps of things scattered around became too much to bear
some benevolence was certainly grand but this was too much
the two felt unable to undertake ...
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Categories:
onus, journey, symbolism, visionary,
Form:
Epic
Packed Up PachydermYou know when I think about it now and what I have to do,
a lot of you folk out there would have a bit of envy too;
you see I'm a 'lacky' for a vet, well...
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Categories:
onus, humorous,
Form:
Epic
I Wonder Far But Wander Near- a Rant'N'RhymeI wonder far but wander near and wish to know if there is treasure here. Would it be buried underneath the sand or way off in a different land? Perhaps it is simply already in...
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Categories:
onus, dog, dream, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Emotional Fatigue Courtesy Exhaustive Vituperative HarangueEmotional fatigue courtesy exhaustive vituperative harangue...
Lobbed and unleashed upon the heads
of (yours truly and the missus)
so called selfish "monsters."
The evening of Wednesday April 19th
witnessed us (birth parents of our first born)
weathering blistering telephonic brickbats.
She (unnamed...
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Categories:
onus, 7th grade, abuse, angst, anniversary, anxiety, birth,
Form:
Free verse
My Little BoyMY LITTLE BOY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Its so hard for me to accept and understand
Why fate dealt me such an unpleasant hand
I was perfectly happy as a household companion
I never had a cause of my own to...
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Categories:
onus, anxiety, baby, deep, depression, heartbreak, introspection, joy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Last LambasteTim’s resolution surpassed all shadows cast upon him
they had grown longer over time and hell had frozen
Rain had relegated him to a trough of his own making
He sat in a muddy pit once ice thawed...
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Categories:
onus, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
Under the Mango TreeI ask for answers to my problem around midday, carpenters nailing tables beyond their voices. Thinkers building fence of gold, wiping the devil under the shadow of death. Callers piecing information together to make me...
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Categories:
onus, allusion, anger, confidence,
Form:
ABC
The Sacred DropsForth from the heaven, from the misty moorlands of all sacred woodland greens,
drop by drop by striking the pebbles and untouched vegetations oozes,
the intoning hallowed water of evergreen woods' crystal cascades, brooks and streams.
to...
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Categories:
onus, beauty, journey, nature, philosophy, romance, senses, solitude,
Form:
Romanticism
Bittersweet pyrrhic victoryBittersweet pyrrhic victory...
if a 2024 November presidential Biden win
pandemonium likely to occur,
subsequently figurative tectonic upheaval
might set United States in a tailspin.
Though discouraged, disenchanted,
disheartened, et cetera Democrat,
I intend to exercise enfranchisement
wherein human made...
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Categories:
onus, 12th grade, abuse, america, angst, animal, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
Voyeurcold rain
to slow-streak the
glass I watch you through -
you and your
christ ...
the ginger bread man,
sugar daddy savior, all that
I was not, (and less) ...
choices of
compromise, to provide
the lifeblood of your
"needs" ...
you, admiring
your bullion reflection in...
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Categories:
onus, analogy, angst, heartbreak, imagery, lost love, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
When First These White Walls Were New and Porcelaneously GleamingSpartan are the white walls were once hung draperies
And things papered, paneled, plastered...
Yet, 'tis so no more.
Now all is white and wan and sickly,
And the ghostly shadows of the accoutrements and impedimenta that...
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Categories:
onus, absence, allegory, angst, anniversary, anxiety, art, bereavement,
Form:
I do not know?
The Broken Piggy BankThe broken piggy bank
strewn into a bajillion little pieces
Unexpected largesse
yours truly patiently waits,
a metaphor of my dire financial straits
courtesy papa's unsuspecting muse
the missus, this wordsmith notates
unwittingly linkedin to his misfortune,
a situation he hates,
especially, an unavoidable...
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Categories:
onus, america, analogy, anger, animal, appreciation, august, cry,
Form:
Rhyme
Lines More Lunatic Than the Sun 1-3Lines more lunatic than the sun – 1
.
making my friendship with the water-pigeon does not mean
that i’ve acknowledged all devotion of the land-lotuses to river
without putting any note of dissent
i’m still plunging...
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Categories:
onus, allegorysun,
Form:
I do not know?
Incumbent Onus To Stem Tide of Global WarmingPlethora of humans (think overpopulation)
directly linkedin to planet Earth dire strait
re: environmental catastrophe, née debacle
teeters along brink tipping point inevitably
pitching civilization headlong into oblivion
Homo sapiens (minus those living off grid)
admirably self sufficient unto themselves,
perhaps ecological...
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Categories:
onus, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Free verse
An Impermissible and Impossible ThingWere it not a thing impermissible,
I'd take handfuls of all these silly bits of
Simulacra, and detritus, dross and debris:
The minutiae and impedimenta that are all these
Constricting, confining rules and bylaws, codes and...
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Categories:
onus, allusion, anger, angst, anxiety, art, beauty, betrayal,
Form:
I do not know?
Ice Age Cometh Moot Point 1st GlacierNo matter unseasonably
blustery March like weather
prevails across my neck of the woods
(Southeastern Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)
and across the main body
of these United States of America
particularly original Thirteen Colonies
global warming alive and well
and promises to return
with a...
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Categories:
onus, adventure, analogy, anger, appreciation, april, beauty, break
Form:
Free verse
I'M Sorry I'M WrongI expressed how I'm feeling again,
that you dread
After you left, my words went through my head
I listened painfully to myself,
my same old song
it's not only your fault, I'm sorry
I'm wrong
To say; you've hurt feelings,
what...
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Categories:
onus, conflict, how i feel, inspiration, loneliness, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Orlando Massacre and Afghan TragedyThe policy of hate and date,
You may not like but it’s the truth,
The bitter truth mate!
Was it a lone wolf terror or was it a coordinated fight?
Who cares since it targeted souls
Despised by night.
But you...
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Categories:
onus, conflict, death, evil, hurt, murder, political,
Form:
Free verse
Below Cathedral PeakAlone, I camp below Cathedral Peak –
God, I know you’re not whom we say you are
and you should have a good case for slander –
What fantastic tales we tell about you;
I wonder if...
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Categories:
onus, mountains, nature, philosophy, religion,
Form:
Free verse
When Love DisappointsWhen love disappoints does it mean you’re not loved,
Could it be that the blame’s perhaps shared,
Assumptions in place that you’ve never discussed,
Or a grievance that you’ve never aired?
Is mind reading really a love merit badge,
Or...
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Categories:
onus, life, love, integrity,
Form:
Rhyme
Dept MattersA great new loan rate
for your New Year plans
it is the very best
each week we gain more fans.
We"ll screw you blooming silly
yes we will milk you dry,
have you paying interest
till the day you ...
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Categories:
onus, funny, world, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
Blame"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." _ John Burroughs
In the Garden of Eden, an ominous silence spread.
From the Heavenly Paradise, all grace...
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Categories:
onus, betrayal, break up, destiny,
Form:
Rhyme
Fraud, Friends and FearFirst day on the job, co-worker confides
“Bullies here get rough.
When...
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Categories:
onus, 10th grade, bullying, trust,
Form:
Rhyme
Saddled With Onus of Penury No More Second Pleabloated girth deceased,
not surprisingly packed orotund
size appetite conveniently weighted
gravity helped fell
giant gourmand chowhound
demise linkedin automatically tightened
neckerchief doubled as noose clothbound
neck, the luckless bard dead -
poets society he didst cofound
oh captain my captain compound
suffering no more,...
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Categories:
onus, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Unconditional LoveWhen did you enter into my life?
Was it when the crying baby in the cradle received a warm hug from her mother?
or was it when the children cheerfully ran home after the school's...
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Categories:
onus, love,
Form:
Verse