Long Portfolios Poems

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


Anemic Checking Account

This Citizen Banker 
     safely in his compound doth attest,
sans donning his typical 
     gabbling and trumpeting ways, 
     while legally tendered, 
     currently being cents 
     less lee swept away
     soul fully - bellow 

     wing from my chest
(with fortissimo, the
     whirling wide webbed 
     watery tidal swells
     rivaling the peak 
     of Mount Everest)
reef furring to being 
     nearly reduced to poverty

     hence, essentially buck
     king the tide while washed out -
     since day short and dollar late 
     circumstances force me 
     to cash worthless buffalo chips
     astutely as you correctly guessed
from deep pull horrible
     United States economic situation,

     where option non
     existent against invest
ting, nesting, and squirreling
     financial resources jest
accessible for wealthy people
     to sync investment portfolios
     region of popular tax haven,
     viz Cayman Islands lest

hefty costs accrue
    keeping scrupulously stashed re:
     sources untouchable,
     where Uncle Sam canst
     access ex cell lent
     healthy maturing outlook
     king monies, and understandable
     at rage against the machine

     if rainy day funds messed
up, but solvent versus 
     debts drowning oneself
     unable to stay afloat,
where declaring Chapter 7 bankruptcy 
   doomed to bobbing
     within a sinking boat,
and where pointless

     to pull out all the whistle stops
     including abandoning resorting
     to heroic measures
     while additionally futile
     to shed tears and emote
only kidding self to seek out goat
tam ma Buddha, nor will 
     I resort to gofundme

(cuz ma last name NOT Kardashian),
     but matter of fact lee
roll with the figurative punches 
     feigning tubby Jew Dee
or an incarnation 
     of Muhammad Ali
during his ready for prime time Box
sing rebellious jabbering
 
left fist out fox
sing prize fighter un
     defeated champ with mox
see, his champion modesty 
     oozed muscles like rocks,
a bankable one man
     Gibraltar with precious 
     mettle to the core,

not wanting with his pugilistic,
yet homegrown genteel 
     ringing true mark
solid core state athletically valued 
bankable bonded stocks.


Premium Member Standardized Tests

S	Sorriest type of assessment
T	Two answers always sound right; one is author’s idea of more right.
A	Assumes we have identical life experiences, exposed to same words
N	No one likes them- not the students, teachers or parents
D	Do not guess, but what to do when you have no idea whatsoever?
A	Assumes students have computer skills and typing skills.
R	Ridiculously limited as to what they are measuring
D	Depressing to students who do not test well or have test anxiety
I	I believe portfolios are a better indicator of student accomplishment
Z	Zany questions never asked in real life, strange vocabulary also
E      Excellent grade for ten students per school, demoralizing to the others
D	Depressing to the student who gets a low score.
T	Teachers threatened by their students’ test scores, tied to evaluations.
E	Every parent needs to say “No, thank you."
S	Students are over-tested before the real test. 
T	Teachers cringe when they see their students’ test results
S	Students feel badly when they get a low score
Form: Acrostic

The Entrepreneur

A recent share on a post, that is so relevant to poets writing in a world seeped in instant self gratification.


Title.

The Entrepreneur

(A lone voice whispers)

We do what we do, because we are old school

Inspired by the likes of visionaries such as, Michelangelo or, Vincent van Gogh

For in a modern world driven to seek immediate validation, and the trappings of success

We may be becoming a rare breed

For deep down, we know this unconditionally 
Unconsciously

We are a work in progress

We who do the hard work constantly, through patience, and resilience 

We know we will eventually see the journey has been worth it

As we are blessed

When the world eventually sees or embraces our portfolios 

For that immense need driven by relentless consistency, patience, and resilience

Will eventually knock on a certain door to be opened by us

Marked 

"For the brave
Who conquered the Lands of Broken Dreams filled with Regrets"

(C) Copyright John Duffy
Form: Rhyme

For the Late Gungalo and Erich Goller

Hello Everyone.  My entry below is a dedication to both the late Gungalo and the late Erich Goller.  These two poets left earth and the poetry world before their time.  Gungalo left us what will be three years next month and Erich left us a year and a half ago in November.  His birthday is this coming week.  Both people have a place in my heart and life forever.  Pam and Erich you are missed by me and others as well.  


"gungalo and erich where are you"

gliding through heaven
unveiled are your words
never alone they will be
gracing heaven or earth
alongside the poetry galaxy
love and more you both expressed
on any given day to your last breath

always you were there
night or day and in between
drawing images with images themselves

everlasting are your creations
resting in your portfolios 
it tells me you were here
countless memories flash
hoping your shells are at rest

when I think of you both
hovering over words from the past
everything was right
relentless were you both 
expressing and pushing me time after time

and although I replied my thoughts
remember this oh mighty ones
everything now is because of you

your work inspired me and the world
on this day I think of you and your legacies 
uttering words of thank you


SkyWatcher  -  05-06-17

If there is anyone who knew of Gungalo or Erich please let me know.  I would love to know your connection and words of these two fine people and poets who not only wrote poetry but created their own formats and style thus always redefining poetry as well. Thank you.

Please know it is also an honor being here on PoetrySoup with all you marvelous talented writers.  I feel privileged to be in the same membership and association.

Rest in Peace Pam and Erich
© Lisa Ricci  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Cinqku Mindscapes

Grass verge
Blooms swaying
Breezy sparkles;
A wandering stray dog
I see


Moments
Smiles punctuate
This waiting game;
Sudden monsoon downpour
Stranded


Bus stop
Long wait here
Dehydration;
Fondle mobile device
Self-talk


Old place
Nicole Green
Freehold condo;
Once upon a time there
We stayed


Flowers
Plumeria
Red and yellow;
Pathway for a warm stroll
So nice


Darling
There you go
Waltzing my heart;
Purpose, puzzle, passion --
That's love


Dawn light
Sparrow song
On window ledge;
Morning thanksgiving hymn
Of praise


Start here
Toil and work
Cramp To Do Lists;
Schedule endless meetings
New day


Meal time
Well-earned break
Gulp food and drink;
So many things to do
So how?


Big crowd
Gathering
Now at our house;
Noisy get-to-gather
Beer fest


Story?
Tell me now
What's going on;
People playing board games
Rowdy


Urban
Adventures
Pandemonium;
Party portfolios scream
Madness


Who knows
The way out
Unending maze;
Escape from sanity
Takes time


Words paint
Strange pictures
Vague feelings cue;
Question your stumbling ways
To be


Listen
Laughter sums
Pulse, pun and wit;
Humour packs a sure punch
Right here



Leon Enriquez
03 Mar 2014
Singapore
Form: Cinqku


Premium Member Crazy Gods

CRAZY GODS

      Several Gods placed in religious compartments
      with varied portfolios on different departments.
                How do they actually operate?
               In each religion they are separate.

     Same Universal Moral Values world- wide fly
     irrespective of religion each human to abide by.
           Do Gods in different religions interact?
          Or on collaboration they act or react.

     People belonging to different religion
    have to undergo different administration.
      Societies run, Nations being busy
   ‘Gods get no role’: They must be crazy. 

  01/07/16

  Edited on 04/25/20

'STRAND PICK E' Contest by Brian Strand.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Wealthy

I have a dream of affluence.
Of dripping gold and bread..
To feed the mouths of children 
Save the hungry from their dread 

I have a hope of heaven.
Where the generous are free
To liberate the captives
Where compassion is the key 

It's not the stash I'm after.
It's genuinely not.
My rainbow ends with colours
Not some ever roving pot 

I have a dream of fruitfulness 
That though my days are few
I hope  investing wisely,
Is the thing that I can do. 

For wealth is not possessions,
Acquisitions, portfolios or stuff.
It's justice, hope, contentment
It's being just enough 

It's sharing and it's caring.
It's not a hand-out spree..
It's never so a spotlight
Lands itself on me 

Quietly I'll gather 
All the will I can
To be the earthly angel
Out to help my fellow man. 

So when the curtain closes
As I'm sure it will one day
Those seeds that have been scattered
Bearing fruit to plant an orchard;
Feed the hungry on their way
Form: Rhyme

Karen Butler

“Our own Festival of Youth Sport reminds
us that the potential to achieving the highest
starts with home grown talent.” It's no jest. 
Karen works for the Girl Guides, the finest. 

She has spina bifida causing weak legs, 
And started shooting in the year of 1984,
With the Duke of Edinburgh, open door, 
The top award scheme where you core. 

Stoke Mandeville introduced her to guns, 
And she first shot in 1991 at the Euros, 
Which were there with Belgium portfolios, 
In the big West Flanders city of Bruges. 

Karen made her debut at the Paralympics
Of Barcelona in Spain in the year 1992, 
And went on to enjoy more Paras, due:
Three - Atlanta, Sydney and Rio with ado. 

She thoroughly enjoyed Operation Raleigh, 
Which was a disability trek to two islands, 
Over the Atlantic to Turks, Caicos sands, 
Where she dived among the coral strands.

Jeanette Chippington

Jeanette struck gold at the Worlds and Euros, 
The non-Paralympic Worlds and Euros, that is, 
In the sport of canoeing and she has portfolios, 
In the Paralympic world as a swimmer, the biz. 

She’s won a total of twelve swimming medals, 
At five Paralympics going way back to Seoul, 
But took up canoeing recently - one of her pals, 
Nagged her into it. And has kids, a partner soul. 

At the ICF Worlds in Milan in the class of K1,
Jeanette won the gold medal, and then in 2016, 
At the ICF Worlds in Dulsburg, Germany’s lung, 
Jeanette won silver in the K1 200m KL1 mean.

She took the gold at Rio, making it thirteen 
Paralympic medals in total, and she said: 
“I thought I’m never going to like it, [not keen], 
but once I did it I absolutely loved it [dead].”
Form: Quatrain

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For eample, if problems continued with Iraq or Iran,
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Their population would give such an outcry 
That their governments would fall or be compelled to comply.
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One ten ton HBML Launch 
Would be the penultimate sucker punch.
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All garbage launched will hit the target ground.
Invest now while our stock prices are still low;
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Form: Couplet

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