Long Shirley Poems
Long Shirley Poems. Below are the most popular long Shirley by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Shirley poems by poem length and keyword.
My Best is at RestMy Best is at Rest.
This is a tribute to my Lifelong Best Friend Katrina.
My Best friend/Sister has passed on from this life.
She lived a life of love. To know her was to automatically love her....
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Categories:
shirley, best friend, cancer, god, i love you,
Form:
Narrative
A Song AgoA SONG AGO
Our cousin filled a flash drive with songs
From the Fifties to date,
I would like to share some, beginning with the late,
Mr. Frank Sinatra, Frankie boy,
Still my favourite, to listen to, such joy!
‘I did...
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Categories:
shirley, star,
Form:
Verse
Joe Bonamassa InspirationJoe Bonamassa is famous for more than just guitar skills.
but as for the lovely array of ancient antiques,
His "Nerdville" house is filled with tools and artifacts.
Joe Bonamassa hankers for blues-rock as pioneers age.
Danny Gatton taught...
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Categories:
shirley, analogy, appreciation, celebrity, history, music,
Form:
Bio
GrandpaAllen “Gene” Claibourn
08.12.1932-08.05.2013
Grandpa showed me the way to
get things done and how to do
them right, he showed me how
to make a knot but i could
never get it quite as...
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Categories:
shirley, grandfather
Form:
ABC
Momma's Bible
The first time I saw her face, dripping water from stands of dark brown hair, eyes bright and innocent, she spoke to me, telling me her name, date of birth, and the date of...
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Categories:
shirley, bible, birth, blessing, caregiving, death, mother,
Form:
Personification
Translation of Yesterday When I Was Young By T WignesanTranslation of YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG
By T. Wignesan
(Written by : Herbert Kretzmer)
(Variously sung in a host of styles, moods and orchestration by
exquisite soul-movers like Roberta Flack, Shirley Bassey, Charles Aznavour, Glen Campbell, Andy Williams,...
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Categories:
shirley, joy, life, song, sorrow, youth,
Form:
Ballad
My Future FateI keep on observing couples pass me by oh so merrily,
Getting me all perked up, but at the same time, a bit of jealousy
I am deserving of no one and I know you'd disagree
Getting me...
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Categories:
shirley, depression, funeral, future, hope, jealousy, loneliness, lost
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Xlviii - Tongue TeasersUNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLVIII - Tongue Teasers
If the « Yellow Race » could have invented the alphabet, they wouldn’t still be seeing « Images » when they close their eyes. Picasso, Dadaism, Surrealist and Abstract painting...
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Categories:
shirley, humor, imagery, irony, satire, word play,
Form:
Epigram
Friday NightHere's a penny for your thoughts
Maybe a nickel or a dime for your thoughts
Maybe even a quarter or dollar bills for your thoughts
Perhaps, you don't care enough to be around me tonight
Moreover, I'll be...
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Categories:
shirley, deep, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
A Tael To TailEarly in the MOURNING I usually went out,
To ride my bike on a FLOUR filled route.
BUTT because of the WHEATHER, today I changed,
A nice ride in the evening I had arranged.
I found myself riding THREW...
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Categories:
shirley, adventure, bible, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
NINE MILES OF BLUNINE MILES OF BLUE
By
Tony Adamo (Nov.25,’05) Hip
spoken’ Word
I walked into a little jazz dive off 125th and Lex
a cold wind blew me through the swingin’ doors/
Beer, peanuts, dark smoke and the smell of...
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Categories:
shirley, spoken word,
Form:
Spoken Word
Who Remember the Good Ole DaysOnly the Real OG's will remember.
All of these old movies are from back in the day.
Some of you will remember and some of you won't have a clue of what I am talking about.
Let's...
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Categories:
shirley, change, growing up, life, memory, people, remember,
Form:
Narrative
SickBeing sick with a snotty nose
A cough, fatigue, one of those colds???
For goodness sake's everyone knows
Grandmothers are too sophicated
To wear anything but fancy clothes
Surely not a Kleenex box attached
To their chair, and looking unkempt
And...
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Categories:
shirley, feelings, funny, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
Yes Lord : Confident, Courageous and CalledWomen are the womb
And the backbone of society
So in this women's season
We celebrate how we came to be
When I look back in history at the many women
Who have come and gone...
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Categories:
shirley, black african american, encouraging, spiritual, woman,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Yes Lord: Confident, Courageous and CalledWomen are the womb
and the backbone of society
So in this women's season
let's celebrate how we came be
When I look back in history at the many
women who have come and gone
And the impact...
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Categories:
shirley, confidence, courage, faith, women,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Shrouds of LightCome out of the black hole…
Lie face down on the bed…I’ve been bedshaped all night long
Heaviness of my eyelids takes it toll on me
Fly…fly with your top speed…keep your head
Above the surface and take...
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Categories:
shirley, angst, beauty, confusion, deep, desire, devotion, encouraging,
Form:
Rhyme
Reporting Live Across the WorldReporting live on the soup, with Americas MOST. WANTED. POETS.
Standing here with our host John,
With an exclusive update on criminal poets, captured and on the run.
Switching over to you John,. "Thank you P.D.,...
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Categories:
shirley, dedication, friendship, funny, sweet, lost, lost, poetry,
Form:
Narrative
Some New Shiii just want to write some new shii
not on some i wish i was rich tip
but on some if i ruled the world shii
wouldn't be no school you had to pay for
last time...
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Categories:
shirley, life, baby, me, world, old, winter, baby,
Form:
Blank verse
There Are Many Casual Progressive Left Wing ChristiansThere are many casual progressive left wing Christians in the world today! Who still honestly believe that they are saved! When they are blind guides leading other blind guides Hosea 4:6!
There is only one...
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Categories:
shirley, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Narrative
SpectatorsDedicated to my dear friend Sarah (with an H) for pointing out God's creation of nature in Isaiah 55:12
There are many trees in my yard
Beautifully made by our creator
Those admired most have names
All of the...
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Categories:
shirley, natureday, tree, day, hope, me, tree,
Form:
Narrative
The Florida of My Youth - My GenerationThe Florida of My Youth - My Generation
By Franklin Price
10/13/2019
Was born in mid November of nineteen forty five,
Was the last of seven siblings (only four are still alive).
Four sisters and two brothers, I was to...
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Categories:
shirley, family, life,
Form:
Couplet
Three Score and Fifteen Years AgoThree Score and Fifteen Years Ago
By Franklin Price
11/14/2020
Three score and fifteen years ago
I was born upon this earth
Joined a family of eight,
Was the ninth, for what it's worth
Four sisters and two brothers
A mother, father there...
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Categories:
shirley, birthday, celebration, family, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Lame Name GameSilly Billy had no fear, he drowned it in a case of beer.
Handy Andie so adept, kept so busy, she never slept.
Dirty Donna did what you wanna, she lived just down the street.
You didn't have...
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Categories:
shirley,
Form:
Rhyme
Unfortunate TessieA Saturday morning in June on a sunny day,
three hundred villagers were in the town square today.
For two hours, all the children, each man and his wife,
made a choice amongst themselves to sacrifice a life
While...
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Categories:
shirley, adventure, fantasywife,
Form:
Rhyme
Survive-Book 8~Survive~
I want to tell you a story about a lady I knew
And some things in life she had to go through
Trying to survive in a world that can be cold
So I’m making sure that her...
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Categories:
shirley, cancer, dedication, life, lost, love,
Form:
Rhyme