Long Scrimped Poems
Long Scrimped Poems. Below are the most popular long Scrimped by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Scrimped poems by poem length and keyword.
Excerpt From Fake Encomium Given Years AgoExcerpt from “fake” encomium given years ago...
at Lake Wobegone High School (my alma mater),
and recently discovered ridiculous rough draft
amidst plethora of junk emails
while practice reading some lines
regarding Midsummer Night's Dream
upcoming performance.
Arch...
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Categories:
scrimped, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, america, angel,
Form:
Free verse
By George Burning Hard, I Shaw Tried To PlaywrightBy George (burning hard), I Shaw tried to playwright
offers his unsolicited tidbits
as scene courtesy
the following virtually
staged philosophical insight.
Arch back like
a professional ballet dancer
to stand out from other pedestrian applicants
seeking...
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Categories:
scrimped, adventure, age, angel, appreciation, beauty, celebration, character,
Form:
Free verse
Just One More Time Before We Part And Say GoodbyeSometimes
When we have a loving relationship
Life gets in the way
The pressures of work money worries
Piles of unpaid bills
Not enough time for each other
The relationship erodes and folds
You try but you go separate ways
When we were...
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Categories:
scrimped, absence, conflict, cry, goodbye, heartbreak, sorry,
Form:
Free verse
Innocent of the RacketI was strolling to the entrance of the Barley Tavern,
when I was passed at quite a rate by angry Billy Brown.
He’s mumbling and cursing before he kicked the Tavern cat,
and blamed it as the reason...
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Categories:
scrimped, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Not a Ballpoint To SleepNOT A BALLPOINT TO SLEEP:
I dare blame them for any detriment,
As I care more to rubbish these bait flip men.
So simple having their downfall predistined,
Can sense struggles thrown from their pritched den.
Easily showcasing their uproot's...
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Categories:
scrimped, abortion, adventure, judgement,
Form:
Lyric
Thanks For Your HelpAll her belongings fitted into a suitcase and a small carry-on bag.
After 18 years, my helper was going home for good.
During those years, not a dime ever went missing in the various apartments we’ve called...
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Categories:
scrimped, appreciation, family, goodbye, loss, memory, old, retirement,
Form:
Prose
Wistful Accursed Penniless Fate God Dime MittWistful Accursed Penniless Fate...God Dime Mitt!
(neither defamation, nor blasphemy meant, sans Title)
Despite ingestion of
anti anxiety medications
ferocious hellish onslaught
pummels me aback
finds...
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Categories:
scrimped, 12th grade, allusion, analogy, chocolate, cry, death,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Dead Man's HandDEAD MAN’S HAND
He sat the longest time
Staring at his cards
It was a good hand – 3 Queens
Better than average considering
There were six men at table
“Whatcha say, Luke?” Jake Rich demanded
“Pete raised yer...
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Categories:
scrimped, lifehorse,
Form:
Narrative
Good Food BoxWhen I was a lad and I went to school,
My situation was strange.
They had what you’d call a food exchange,
And that was pretty cool.
My dad’s job was good; he made a lot
But he spent it...
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Categories:
scrimped, anxiety, food, school,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
An Immigrants TaleWe arrived like windblown dirt,
the steamer vomited us out
then wallowed into a smug stillness.
We migrants stood
to be led somewhere, anywhere
slowly we disembarked, disorganized
and straggling,
lingering on the dock for leadership,
for welcoming hands,
we were examined,...
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Categories:
scrimped, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Separated"There are some choices in life that can never be made. One of them is, the family where you are born Into."
- by Poet
Let me tell you a story...
She is a member...
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Categories:
scrimped, death, family,
Form:
Narrative
Traditions For the Next PresidentTraditions for the next President
by Edmund Siejka ...
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Categories:
scrimped, life,
Form:
Narrative
My Daddy Was a PreacherMy Daddy Was a Preacher
My daddy was a preacher
Not the kind now on TV
But a back-woods country preacher
For they’re the best you see
He came through the Great Depression
Where his parents scrimped and saved
To send him...
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Categories:
scrimped, father daughter, remember,
Form:
Rhyme
The Day My Life BeganTHE DAY MY LIFE BEGAN
The day my life began, my friends,
Was back in nineteen sixty-two.
It was a romantic story,
That I'll now relate to you
When Mum and Dad first married,
Things were hard for a time.
There wasn’t...
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Categories:
scrimped, dad, house, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Land of OpportunityI take my hat off for the flag
I stand up straight; let others sag
I get all weepy for Old Glory
thinking of my family's story
They came from Russia with naught but hope
...
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Categories:
scrimped, america, cry, grandfather, grandmother, patriotic, success,
Form:
Couplet
The Piano Squabble“Mama, please make Brenda get off the piano now,”
My twin sister Barbara whined with a scowl.
“I have been waiting forever for my turn to play.”
She was a 10 year old picture of dismay.
Mother did not...
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Categories:
scrimped, childhood, funny, memory, music,
Form:
Rhyme