Long Out(a) Poems
Long Out(a) Poems. Below are the most popular long Out(a) by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Out(a) poems by poem length and keyword.
Potpourri of new verse - some could be better, some could be worse
I always wanted to be a medieval jester,
the one who sneaks up behind the queen
and makes her guess who caressed her.
I always wanted to be the Lord of Misrule,
King Lear's sad fool,
and the one who...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), angst, dark, i am, identity, psychological, self,
Form:
Rhyme
Gluttonous Connoisseur of Ethnic Culinary Cuisines
Yours truly would never be confused for a gourmand, nevertheless I could enjoy experiencing taste testing select food samples if offered an opportunity of attending a fancy feast viz smörgåsbord, whereby oral indulgence would arouse,...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), addiction, appreciation, birthday, blessing, chicago, dream, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
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...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), western,
Form:
Rhyme
Kaos In -Part 5- Final Part
Hate the feelings of ew's and ugh's...let's pause before we put our paws on this unmanageable cause with silent applause (quiet interest or hushed enthusiasm)
What's the cause of these negative, gross, worthless flawful laws that...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), abuse, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Fully Employed Now
Humanity keeps looking forward, toward the coming of a birth,
and we’re all deemed as equals on our first day on this earth,
but as the years go quickly by our lives become our own;
we’re seen as...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Sappho Translations
Sappho fragment #155
translation by Michael R. Burch
A short revealing frock?
It's just my luck
your lips were made to mock!
*
Sappho fragment #156
translation by Michael R. Burch
She keeps her scents
in a dressing-case.
And her sense?
In some undiscoverable...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), girl, girlfriend, love, lust, sensual, woman, women,
Form:
Epigram
Food glorious food
Food glorious food
Asia generic guy gastronomy (and how gourmet foods eat destructively clearly beyond any) excess enthusiasm, the necessity to feed and clothe this lean mean exercising machine gunning corporeal essence christened Matthew Scott Harris...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), 12th grade, adventure, america, appreciation, blessing, celebration,
Form:
Rhyme
Native American Translations
Native American Translations
Cherokee Travelers' Blessing I
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I will extract the thorns from your feet.
For yet a little while, we will walk life's sunlit paths together.
I will love you like my own...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), america, earth, native american, nature, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
Salat Days
Salat Days
by Michael R. Burch
(dedicated to my grandfather, Paul Ray Burch Sr.)
I remember how my grandfather used to pick poke salat ...
though first, usually, he’d stretch back in the front porch swing,
dangling his long...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), age, america, appreciation, depression, endurance, poverty,
Form:
Free verse
At the Footbridge - Limerick Collaboration
At the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his erection
For his love life it was a massive blow
To the hospital fled poor...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Old Pharaoh - 2 of 2
For Pharaoh still exalts himself and thinks he’s in control,
But if he won’t release my folk, he’ll pay a heavy toll.
Tomorrow I will bring down hail like Egypt’s never seen,
On plants and trees and man...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), bible,
Form:
Ballad
Rum n Raisin 11 - One Hundred Million Years BC
Sneaking into the museum to avoid the sudden rain
Raisin said, “I don’t want to get soaked right through again,
It was bad enough when that truck through that puddle dashed
And you and me - but mainly...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), adventure, cat, fantasy, time,
Form:
Narrative
Once Upon a Halloween In the 50's
The excitement mounted as we rummaged around in the attic looking through old steamer trunks for discarded clothes and props to make Halloween costumes. With an old suit and hat of Granddads, I became a...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), nostalgia,
Form:
Prose
My Sweetest Gift, a Childhood Memory
My auntie came to visit when I was three, but nearly four.
I proudly and lovingly wore her name gifted to me, a sweet legacy.
I...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), angel, childhood, love,
Form:
Free verse
Sarah’s Origin
My eyes stare straight,
fixated on something in the distance,
humming a song that would send chills,
if you ever got the chance to listen.
A padded cell and a straitjacket,
the doctor giving one of his ‘visits,’
his moans...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), dark, death, gothic,
Form:
Epic
Where Do We Come In
Where do we come in
in medias res not knowing nor caring when
doesn’t everybody pine being number one we leave behind our lives in pages pictures or else make for images of what...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), caregiving, character, humanity, leadership, people, rights, sports,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Silent Cries and Agoraphobia
I remember feeling so empty the abuse had escalated after four hurricanes witnessing a murder horrific traumatic brain injury I was now uprooted leaving my beautiful home in Fort Myers Florida at the behest of...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), allah,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
FBI ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION CRISIS TEAM OF CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCES
CRISIS TEAM : HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP
AGENT BROWN: I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT IN TOTAL FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AFTER WEARING WIRES PREGNANT BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FEARING FOR MINE AND MY CHILDREN...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), america, analogy, anxiety, forgiveness, hero,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
HEALING COPING
ONGOING HOME INVASIONS JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY TALISA SHAW KIWANI BUGGS ALICIA HILTON DANITA DELMONT AGENT MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND PETER GARGANO CIRO GARGANO THE PLAYERS THE DEALERS THE BANK TELLERS THE INSURANCE CO BUYING...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), allah,
Form:
Naat
How I Got Richer and What I Did Next
How I Got Richer and What I Did Next
I struck a sly deal with some Wall Street investors.
I shorted 'em stocks that didn't exist!
But they got me back (those post-empty-nesters)
by making fake deals I couldn't...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), allegory, funny, heaven, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A new day begins and new promises made
The child guiding his way
Finally warmed he seemed less afraid
As through the snow they slowly made headway
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“Who is this child?” he whispered to...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Canto Xxix Hell Translation
So many people and the various sores
Intoxicated in such a way my eyes,
That wanted open to crying their doors.
But Virgil told : “What for you look this guise?
Why now your sight is so carefully brought
Down...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), fantasy,
Form:
Terza Rima
Room 123 Part 1
Here I stand outside this door heart beating out of my chest, knowing that once I cross this threshold there will be nothing of me left
I got myself into this predicament I wanted this so...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), heartbreak, i miss you, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Home Sweet Hell
"That also has a steep drop off the far side of Home Sweet Hell" said my soulless guide as he pointed in the direction of the nearby screams.
I could see what resembled silhouettes or...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), anxiety, death, future, life, scary,
Form:
Free verse
My Corporate Life and How It All Ended
I met with some bankers in fine textured suits.
I struck a deal quick. (I had such a knack.)
I offered rare cacti and tropical fruits –
a cure-all for things that ail your back.
I served 'em...
Read More
Categories:
out(a), business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form:
Couplet