Get Your Premium Membership

Long Over your head Poems

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


Premium Member Magic Bagpipes and the Five Jelly Tykes
A Bagpipe am I,
My drones point to the sky!
I am magic they say, since the wizard ‘spelled’ on me that day.

He gave me the gift of immortal time,
I could travel through centuries,
T’was a gift.
It was...

Read More
Categories: over your head, 5th grade, children, fantasy, imagination, magic,
Form: Rhyme



What Do You Know
I sit here waiting, waiting to go to a comfortable place where by  spirit can be at ease but you continue to play your dirty little game and I am going to bring the...

Read More
Categories: over your head, america, community, education, endurance, judgement, mountains, strength,
Form: Narrative
Perche Sono Me
Perchè Sono Me (Why I am me)
I keep learning because I am tired of watching others fail. 
I speak because my mind wants to gain more knowledge. 
I will not follow others by the tail....

Read More
Categories: over your head, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
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...

Read More
© James West  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: over your head, bible, god, growth, life,
Form: Free verse
Self Inflicted Pain
It is hard to explain the thoughts that run through my mind or the feelings that run through my soul,
It is hard to explain the emptiness I feel; it is hard to remember the last...

Read More
© Caty Rose  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: over your head, addiction, depression, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme



Winter Rainbow
Daylight breaks through the gates humming a solemn tune in my ears, here I am standing on the anxious hill gazing at the moon rotating on the hidden sphere.

Its bright light sends ripples of hope...

Read More
Categories: over your head, america, beautiful, business, city, dark, fire, flying,
Form: Narrative
Self Inflicted Pain
It is hard to explain the thoughts that run through my mind or the feelings that run through my soul
It is hard to explain the emptiness I feel; it is hard to remember the last...

Read More
© Caty Rose  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: over your head, depression,
Form: Rhyme
Time
The days pass 
But I wish the time would move at my pace
One day I wish I could stop
One day I wish I could jump
One day I wish I saw you
Everyone wishes for a dream...

Read More
Categories: over your head, deep, depression, life, recovery from,
Form: Free verse
A Euphemistic Dinner Conversation On Idioms
Avoiding the unpleasantries of the Barbarians At The Gate                          ...

Read More
© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: over your head, allegory, humorous, political, satire, spoken word, words,
Form: Free verse
Marry a Woman
A conversation between a lady of noble birth and a certain gentleman as recorded by Steven Ureke in one of his Poetry Journals. 

O, maiden! 
What beauty you portray. 
For a mother, 
You are perfect...

Read More
Categories: over your head, deep, devotion, first love, marriage, memory,
Form: Prose Poetry
He's Kind of Crazy
He's Kind Of Crazy
By Roy Merritt

The ambassador arrived at the presidential palace 
A very humble man
He looked at the president and said. "Cuz 
You gotta understand
Our president didn’t mean it 
He’s a little off you...

Read More
Categories: over your head, angst, change, humorous, perspective, political,
Form: Lyric
An Invisible Dictatorship Subtle Tyranny and Mask To attentive Observers is now Slipping and Fast
An Invisible Dictatorship Subtle Tyranny & Mask - To attentive Observers is now Slipping & Fast

Overture toward false Maritime Law,
Commercial illegality Certificate of Births,
What on Earth then are we really here for?
Is but one query...

Read More
Categories: over your head, history,
Form: Prose Poetry
Benny Rafter
Awakened by a noise from in the attic floor,
		Your adrenaline says it may be something more;
		Darkness echoes a disturbingly different sound:
		Rocking on attic floorboards slowly up, then down; 
		
		Whatever be next be warned not to...

Read More
© Jim Bolone  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: over your head, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Comparatively Speaking
if you’re reading this piece 
right now,
you’ve got the world at your
fingertips---
might not feel like it, might
feel like your own life is gonna
come crashing down upon your 
head, might have a thousand
skeletons in your closet...

Read More
Categories: over your head, life, world,
Form: Free verse
Yours Truly,Shadow
YOURS TRULY, SHADOW
Good morning infant friend maybe you may not hear me 
But am yours unto the ages of ages 
Just because my friend 
Just because it looks nice your kind 
Just because the light...

Read More
Categories: over your head, analogy, art, death, emotions, humanity, life, love,
Form: Verse
Grandmas Hands
Grandma’s Hands


You wish me plenty good things
Your safe travels and good fortune 
I rightly claim 

Your purpose and plan you’ve acclaimed
Your poise and gentle grace , angelic 

Your only spoon of rice you gave your...

Read More
Categories: over your head, age, blessing, care, childhood, christian, dedication, grandmother,
Form: Narrative
Open Windows
I stayed awake all night listening to the sounds fighting with the night and battle raging in the street erupting my heart beat, one bad news after the other the body lie waiting in the...

Read More
Categories: over your head, absence, beach, beauty, business, courage, deep,
Form: Narrative
Fight
Fight 

I’d fight for you, you know. But I know you aren’t asking that of me. So I’ll be here for you, to fight beside your side if you need me. Because you shouldn’t have...

Read More
Categories: over your head, abuse, grief,
Form: Free verse
Trust a Stranger
You're walking out the front entrance 
Leaving work behind you 
Forgetting the hustle of the day 
Looking forward to a quite drink 

Chilling out 
In your 
Soft 
Comfy 
Favourite 
Chair 

Staring into an open fire...

Read More
Categories: over your head, imagination, poetry,
Form: Prose
The Show
The show must go on from evening till morn; the show must go on in the midst of the storm, get the manuscript and recuse that man from the pulpit, get the director, producer, crew...

Read More
Categories: over your head, appreciation, city, community, confidence, courage, culture, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Randomness Vs. Orderliness
if the universe were ruled by unpredictable events, there would be no sustainable structure 
to it.




you go through live living day after day the same way. wake up, turn off your alarm, get out 
of...

Read More
Categories: over your head, day, work, day, work, universe,
Form: I do not know?
Unrequited True Love, Part One
Now I don’t know if I really learned about love
Or if I got to explore what it’s made of
Is it a warm feeling when you hold hands?
And kiss and laugh at each other’s stance
Are there...

Read More
Categories: over your head, crush, feelings, first love, funny love, middle
Form: Bio
A Flower's Funeral
A sweet flower's funeral
displayed in the cold months
of snowy weather and bone chilling shivers.
A sweet flower burned away, dried up;
buried six feet under.

Oh, my sweet flower,
how you once bloomed with no remorse,
like a madman blooming...

Read More
Categories: over your head, beautiful, beauty, blue, cry, death, death of
Form: Romanticism
Letter Written In Fetters - 6
Dear son,
              Thanks for being patient with me
              Though...

Read More
Categories: over your head, father, father, me, father, feelings, love, me,
Form: Free verse
This Is Goodbye
It's sad when the only light in your life is one that is held under an object. It stirs and creates a demon that can't wait to get into your veins,
  and one day...

Read More
Categories: over your head, abuse, addiction, drug, farewell, inspiration, moving on,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things