Long Perm Poems
Long Perm Poems. Below are the most popular long Perm by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Perm poems by poem length and keyword.
From Sunday School To Monday Morning
Once again I tip the scale
And mutter, whoever invented it was a man from hell.
It was not a woman who created weights for size
For women can look past the outer shell
And search deep for what...
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Categories:
perm, art, history, love,
Form:
Ballad
Patience, Not My Middle Name
Beauty shop smells insult my nose.
The bleach, the lifters, the perm solution.
They all smell bad.
I could not work here for two seconds.
A child behind me is playing a video game.
The volume is up, in my...
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Categories:
perm, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, anger,
Form:
Free verse
Hair Washing Heralded Huge Happening
Earlier today April 4th, 2022,
which supersedes bald faced headlines
pointing finger and
Putin blame for Bucha killings
squarely on head & shoulders
of Russian autocrat, née
yours truly lathered
his hirsute higglety-pigglety
thinning oily tresses.
Hark….the herald angels...
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Categories:
perm, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, april, dad,
Form:
Free verse
January 24th, 2023 Hair Washing Heralds Huge Happening
January 24th, 2023 Hair washing heralds huge happening
Hark….the herald angels sing, and twitter
for mass communication
mediums stop the presses
when I, a regular schlemiel
take shampoo to mine matted mass mop
(no less than...
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Categories:
perm, adventure, anxiety, devotion, fun, hair, happiness, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Princess of the Ball
The black and white ball is on
The twist this year is
You my dear, have to wear men’s cloths
A black suit
You may be the prettiest girl that ever walked the earth
But there is no way...
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Categories:
perm, poetry, romantic,
Form:
Prose
My Hairied History
Day one out of the womb – had a full crop of hair,
black like my daddy’s (it later went more fair).
Early childhood – Mom kept my brown hair short
because I’d twist it into knots. What...
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Categories:
perm, growth, hair,
Form:
Other
Inexplicable Quirky Memory Unhinged Clasp Two
when into scaly claws, sans first
to sixth grade Precambrian relic
(Missus Batson, Missus Rittenhouse,
Missus Wells, Mister Stout, Missus Shaner,
or Miss Rinderle).
Invariably the majority
of elementary grades didst accord
accredited ancient authenticated creatures bored
(with...
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Categories:
perm, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Free verse
Mistakes I'Ve Made a Few
I’ve made a few mistakes in my life. I can say that with aplomb
I wore a blue brocade tux with a top hat and cane to my junior/senior prom.
I once let a beautician curl my...
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Categories:
perm, humorous, inspiration,
Form:
Verse
Wuz Up Brother of the 70's-Huh
you perm and prime you shun;
You polish up your own stone;
You talk trash and jive;
You shine of uncertainty;
While yet you continually promise me;
Heller Shelter relish tones;
Cut my landline telephone;
Imprison me where you say I...
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Categories:
perm, analogy, appreciation, brother, cheer up, community, funny,
Form:
Free verse
Dear Chris Rock: a Word About Good Hair
I'm a black woman and I cry
I'm a black woman and I cry
You've been telling me
all my life
that everything was going to be alright.
But I cried when I was a little girl
when I...
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Categories:
perm, beautiful, beauty, black african american, hair, pride,
Form:
Rhyme
King Me-
KING ME!!
"Another date you and I !!"
Sharing moments ~ "Eye To Eye!!"
Lost of words and you know why?
Your trophy is to kill,
mine's to hang you out to dry.
Testing your skill,
simmering my skills down to your...
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Categories:
perm, funny, slam, me, games, love, me,
Form:
Narrative
The Dance of Waves
Written: October 11, 2023
As I Watch The Waves Crash Sponsored by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As I wait with anxiousness on the edge, I gaze.
As the...
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Categories:
perm, analogy, water,
Form:
Rhyme
The Medusa's At the Hair Salon
Mr. and Mrs. Medusa
Put their huge hats on their heads
To constrain their hair that always
Looks like they just got out of bed
They drove off to the hair salon
Even though they remembered
That when her mom...
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Categories:
perm, fun, hair, mythology,
Form:
Rhyme
Your Teddy Bear's Creed Will Prevail
Your Teddy bear's call will prevail,
No matter how many times it fails,
One million attempts of peace treaties,
But you're still keeping on and on,
Just go...Joy go,
And show the world that you're still brave,
And firm,
I've just started...
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Categories:
perm, beauty, devotion, peace, pride, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
Framing Moments Past
Hazy pictures were displayed
Old oaken frames contained them
Hanging slight off kilter right
The walls littered like leaves in autumn lawns
Grandma keeps glimpses of every leaf pile we made
Remember that Day? Indepence Day, we...
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Categories:
perm, family, funny, nostalgiaeaster, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
2 Syllable Rhymes
Thinking about Brian's recent Footle contest (my crazy eyes had been seeing FOOTIE all this
time and just realized yesterday it is called FOOTLE with LE on the end) I proceeded to drive
to the...
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Categories:
perm, funny,
Form:
Monorhyme
Remember the times, remember the days when beauty was an untouched gift
Remember the times, remember the days when beauty was an untouched gift,
before combs straightened and broke, before curls were burned and hidden,
under artificial wigs, when we were beautiful, oh, so white and beautiful,
when white character...
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Categories:
perm, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Miss Mister
Mister Miss
Mr. Miss is a man indeed.
He can't catch a cold let alone cold feet.
He lives in a house with his mother and sister.
Mom is named Louise Mister and his little sister is Missy miss...
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Categories:
perm, humor,
Form:
Light Verse
The Fussbudget
She wakes at dawn, clock set for eight
she tried to rest- but work won't wait
cooking, cleaning, coffee to brew
“Oh without me, what would they do?”
Breakfast done, she clears the table
bustles down to meet with Mable
whose...
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Categories:
perm, humor, humorous, people,
Form:
Quatrain
Baby It Ain'T Me
Baby It Ain’t Me
Copyright July 8, 2009 Corinne Curcio
After a hard day at the office
And needing to unwind
I lay on the couch to watch TV
And ease my worried mind
Fell asleep with my love beside me
But...
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Categories:
perm, funny, song-lyricbaby, baby, may,
Form:
Rhyme
A Collage For Dale
Here you are, only twelve, at our kitchen table.
Such a carrot top you were! Strangers used to think
you were our red-head mother’s natural son.
And here’s that photo you took of me at college.
Though you’re not...
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Categories:
perm, brother,
Form:
Free verse
Black Women
Short tall, big or small, i love black women.
Weather she got red bone, caramel, or jet black skin,
it don’t matter cause I love black women
Don’t care if she got a fade, micro braids or...
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Categories:
perm, womenlove,
Form:
Rhyme
First Dance (Circa 1957)
Crinkling crinolines creating
a ballooning circle rising
out from my shins.
They are itching.
Socks neatly rolled...
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Categories:
perm, history, school, social,
Form:
Free verse
Ghost In the Kitchen
Ghost in the Kitchen
My friend has an interesting occupation
In Manhattan, I spend a great deal of time
So in winter, he hangs out in my location
Eating chicken, drinking liquor, beer and wine
During this time snow is...
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Categories:
perm, mystery, friend, friend, time, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
When We Were Beautiful
Remember the time.
Remember the days.
Before the weave…..
After the straightening comb and fried dried perm, wig…….
When we were beautiful,
Oh, so black and beautiful.
When the character of black was natural beauty.
Full shaped, shaved afro, natural "angela davis...
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Categories:
perm, black african american, change, race,
Form:
Free verse