Get Your Premium Membership

Long Sallied Poems

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


The Dancing: the Return Thereof
Prelude

After banishing my foe off to hell
The Lord took pity on my soul 
And returned it to my undead shell
Again, I was alive and whole

But the consequences of a second chance
Meant that I would have...

Read More
Categories: sallied, allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety, dance, dark, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Battle At Beaver Creek
The Hunters sallied forth... their hearts aglow
    with a fearlessness displayed.
A pugnacious merry band of brothers
    who to a boy were not afraid.
To find the foe they hoped to...

Read More
Categories: sallied, adventure, humor, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Little Red
It was a waxing, gibbous moon and Cassandra felt calm and at ease
as she stepped out that February night with frost upon the trees..
It was only a mile to grandmothers house, she'd walked it many...

Read More
© John Jones  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sallied, allegory, dark, emotions, evil, fantasy, mythology,
Form: Ode
Premium Member Joey and Dragon Graduate
Today was the day Dragon’s brother Joey graduated from Nursing School.
And yes, Dragon wanted to be there, it was, really, going to be Sooo Cool!
Parents and students gussied up in all their finery, a sight...

Read More
Categories: sallied, celebration, fantasy, funny, graduation, humor, humorous, imagination,
Form: Light Verse
Fancy Dudes
The work was hard out on the ranch, the days were hot an' dry,
An' fancy things you find in town had caught ol' Jim Bob's eye.
When evenin' came he'd sit the fence an' crave to...

Read More
© Jim Fish  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sallied, adventure, cowboy-western, funny, people, socialcity,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member In Dreams, Her Spirit Sallied Forth: With Lin Lane
In Dreams, Her Spirit Sallied Forth: with Lin Lane

Through frigid months, she waited for Spring rains
to give relief and ease heartbroken pains,
Nature will award that which Life commands
placing her true love, in its gentle hands.
O'sweet...

Read More
Categories: sallied, appreciation, art, creation, marriage, meaningful, passion, soulmate,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Cast
Little children slip and get hurt sometimes, in their daily play.
Mine was worse than others… he’s All Boy they would always say.
Not a comforting thought… when my little love, would do it all again.
Frustrations and...

Read More
Categories: sallied, adventure, angst, caregiving, childhood, family, life, mother,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In Dreams, Her Spirit Sallied Forth: With Robert Lindley
Through frigid months, she waited for Spring rains
to give relief and ease heartbroken pains,
Nature will award that which Life commands
placing her true love, in its gentle hands.
O'sweet promise of passion's fine delights,
candlelight dinners and intimate...

Read More
© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sallied, loneliness, love,
Form: Rhyme
BAT SONG
BAT SONG 

(This Song was written in 2009 for a dramatised Rap Music & Dance Group in Rural South Africa. They wanted an amusing song with a message incorporating an unusual rural image. It unfortunately...

Read More
Categories: sallied, 12th grade, africa, color, deep, extended metaphor,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member Death of a Poet
“When the pen falls silent that once danced to the muse’s command and when the poet’s heart no longer beats with rhyme, we realize that the poet in us is dead. It is a sad...

Read More
Categories: sallied, death, pain, poetess,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Fancy That
Have you ever woke up one morning, and wondered what ever have you done?
Well that is exactly what happened to the troll this story is based upon.

One night he went out a partying with some...

Read More
Categories: sallied, adventure, blue, fantasy, hair, happy, humorous, life,
Form: Rhyme
Deific Interference
This is the day the Lord gave.
His blessing is guiding our way.
He has manifested the extraordinaire.
He is why we live.
His intervening in human affairs has brought forth humanitarian events...
Insofar, our episodic existence augments our intelligence.

Stated...

Read More
Categories: sallied, baptism, inspirational, prayer, religion, religious, voice, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
That's Wrong
The scuffling duo sparred in the park
Their screams and shouts so very marked
A bag was clutched in the woman's hand
A man had grabbed it while he harangued

"Let go!" He shrilled and tugged it more
"Tis mine,...

Read More
Categories: sallied, funny,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
No More Games of Racquetball
Words we sallied back and forth, 
  I feel the burn, all right, behind my eyes; 
Slow faltering motions, pained waves of sound, 
  Decision made, my life goes on, yet strangely dies....

Read More
© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sallied, angst, lost love, love, nostalgia, me, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member She Is Balancing On the Edge of Something
She accidentally unleashed her pleasurable inner real
It pranced out from the belt at her throat
Traveled to the edge of her somber aura
Showed itself to be intuitive and wise

She watched carefully, mirroring her inner real
Fixing things...

Read More
Categories: sallied, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Flood
The sky awoke and the clouds broke
With a flash of light like spear thrown
Thunder cracking splitting ground
Cascading water flowing down
Rivers bursting embracing all
A land once fair now full of gall
Embraced by watery cast spell
Changed face...

Read More
Categories: sallied, environment,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Cobra's Nightmare
The Cobra’s Nightmare

By Elton Camp

Carl the Cobra has little to fear
Few enemies to him draw near

He can flatten his neck and hiss
When striking, he’ll seldom miss

His venom is the most toxic around
One bite & his...

Read More
© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: sallied, funny,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry