Long Sidled Poems
Long Sidled Poems. Below are the most popular long Sidled by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Sidled poems by poem length and keyword.
Interview With a Goldfish
I'm the most unlikely one to interview a goldfish
but we've lived in the same house for a few years.
It's really hard to tell, but I think I've seen her tears.
I wonder what she'd want if...
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Categories:
sidled, care, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
Innocent of the Racket
I 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:
sidled, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
My Hero
It was slightly overcast, that day in April. The crowd was cheering. They always
cheered for him. He was over age, over the hill, and over indulged. But, god how
he...
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Categories:
sidled, sportsme, old, me, old,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Odyssey From Africa 12c
Chapter 12 c The fireflower (cont.)
When at last they had descended
Back down to the forest clearing
Rosy sidled up to Lisa
Yielded up the flowering branches
Now they had secured the fire flowers,
Now achieved the day's...
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Categories:
sidled, adventure, africa, history, mythology, nature,
Form:
Narrative
Good Parenting, Part I
He moved about the shopping mall,
was having a hell of a time,
he knew just what he wanted here,
but it was proving hard to find.
He had quite a specific type,
you could usually find it here,
he’d always...
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Categories:
sidled, abuse, celebrity, corruption, daughter, fear, mother, world,
Form:
Narrative
Wiz Away
Wiz Away
I entered the empty funeral hall.
Am I not at the correct memorial gathering in visitation room H?
“Excuse me, sir, but is this the memorial for Mr. Wizby?
There is not a posting besides the...
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Categories:
sidled, age, crazy, magic,
Form:
Narrative
Berth
She wanted to go back
to the place that expelled her-
Octopode ink on a birth certificate.
Black smoke, not blue,
Dark smatter hid from view
Pale pink sunrise
Baby blue skies...
It rained the day she cried,
newborn, still womb warm.
Instinct to...
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Categories:
sidled, identity,
Form:
Alliteration
I Found the Courage to Speak
No torrid steel rod cauterized my wounds
for I couldn't lick the festering gashes clean.
Your sharp-bladed tongue bit too deep,
fangs plunged with each vile cursed scene.
No mere prick or scratch did you inflict
as thorns draw drops...
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Categories:
sidled, anger,
Form:
Rhyme
As Thorns Draw Blood
No torrid steel rod cauterized my wounds
I could not lick the festering gashes clean
Your sharp-bladed tongue bit too deep
fangs plunged with each vile cursed scene
No mere prick or scratch did you inflict
as thorns draw drops...
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Categories:
sidled, betrayal, emotions,
Form:
Rhyme
Rotgut Town
A coyote pack was howling as the sun crowned
Zack Waverly was weary, he'd travelled around
Zack takes up the narrative, better I found.
High noon, I rode the bay into Rotgut town
With fixed intention, I weren't playing...
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Categories:
sidled, character, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Stank Breath and Funky Shoes Blues
Stank Breath and Funky Shoes Blues
I was at the soda shop the other day.
Met a cute girl there by the way,
Only thing about that I can see
She had terrible stank breath...whooooeee !
On top of...
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Categories:
sidled, funny,
Form:
Rengay
Welcome Back, Spring
At last weave bin released from winter's frigid jaws!
Spring has sidled upon us as delicately as if on kittens' pause!
April hath drenched hour land with life-sustainin' showers,
Two ade inn springin' fourth Mae's myriad of pretty...
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Categories:
sidled, spring,
Form:
Rhyme
Not so platonic
Yellow in your eyes—
seemed bright, but honeyed words didn’t feel right.
Letters that questioned truth and dare,
asked other girls—
green-eyed, now I won’t spare.
Engraved in my head, the lesson’s clear:
Don’t forget.
Player, player—why would he care?
Saw those...
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Categories:
sidled, 11th grade, beautiful, confusion, crush, friendship love,
Form:
Free verse
First Date
I was around fourteen when the charms of girls began to beckon,
And I was about fifteen when I had my first date, I would reckon.
'Way back then there were certain rituals that must be observed,
Some...
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Categories:
sidled, humorous, teenage,
Form:
Rhyme
Tartar Blues
WELL … Ah woke up this mornin’,
Had a ringin’ in ma head.
Ma backbone felt like rubber,
An’ Ah wished that Ah was dead …
Ah crawled into the bathroom,
Pulled myself up to a lean.
Saw ma choppers in...
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Categories:
sidled, funny, parodysad, green, sad, drug,
Form:
Light Verse
Labradoodles
Come on Jiggles, let’s go for our walk, and remember, walk with pride
That’s my girl, my beautiful standard poodle, with your sexy stride
Jiggles short tail pounded from side to side,
Her excitement she could never pretend...
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Categories:
sidled, cute,
Form:
List
First Date
I was 'round fourteen when the charms of girls began to beckon,
And was about fifteen when I had my first date, I'd reckon.
Way back then there were certain rituals to be observed,
Some of which left...
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Categories:
sidled, funny, teen, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Lonely
Lonely Lenny lizard was as sad as sad can be
He lived in the rain forest in a leafy green tree
Prayed his dreams for a lady lizard would finally come true
But he was so quiet and...
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Categories:
sidled, fantasy, romantic,
Form:
Rhyme
Beastly Appetites (Repost In Original Dialect)
Well, 'e sidled up the sofa, and he snuggled up right close…
I said, “Now, watch it, Charlie, you’ll get fag-ash on me toast!”
'E said, “D’you think…?” I said, “Not much…” 'e said, “No, well, I...
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Categories:
sidled, funny, girlfriend-boyfriendme,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
I Saw You Standing There
That day we met
‘twas summer ‘63
at the local hop
you sidled up to me
You took my hand
we danced
my heart
...
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Categories:
sidled, boyfriend, dance, husband, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Bad Ol Frank
BAD MOORAH-FRANK
Now Bad-Moorah-Frank he weren't a yank
He was Canadiannnnnn.
He didn't like the burglar Hank.
He'd stuff him up again!
Old Hank arrived at quarter to 5.
With jimmy bar and bag...
He sidled up to a window Clive
And stopped...
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Categories:
sidled, art, satire,
Form:
Rhyme
Miranda On the Ecliptic
Miranda orbits along a path of time and ice
Rotating Uranus almost in her retrograde near by
Moves upside down while dancing with the stars
On the ecliptic, by the equator they go on
The belly of the...
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Categories:
sidled, appreciation, image, inspirational, moon, perspective, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
A Case For Insomnia
It’s Friday night down at the depot,
and it’s closing in on half past four,
the knock off bell won’t send us home …
Friday night it’s the pub we adore.
The pub’s a great place to relax,
and spend...
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Categories:
sidled, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Barbwire
We had started preparing dinner,
but when I told her they were grazing out back,
she wanted to go see them for herself. I folded the dishtowel
and put dinner on hold.
...
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Categories:
sidled, life,
Form:
Free verse
Falling In Love
A beauty! I saw her strolling in main street,
A face that launched a thousand ships.
And a mere working boy with no glamour,
How could I aspire to kiss those lovely lips?
Oh well, you can have...
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Categories:
sidled, friendship, longing, love,
Form:
Rhyme