Long Straights Poems
Long Straights Poems. Below are the most popular long Straights by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Straights poems by poem length and keyword.
Loving JoseYes, Jose,
this is another love letter
from anthroprivileged me
to LeftBrain dominant you
for multicultural us.
I'm still here
sinking into my deep blue camp chair
with feet resting on a weathered
wooden platform
for my monastic tent
Now folded
and masterfully squeezed into its...
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Categories:
straights, depression, happiness, health, lonely, longing, love, passion,
Form:
Narrative
The Curse of Black BeardDown deep beneath fathoms icy keep, where deadmen’s
Scream in utter silences aquatic hell, amongst the devils
Graveyard of wreckage's carnage, there exists a ghostly harbor
Of phantom ships!
Anchored are the souls of the undead, and vessels craft...
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Categories:
straights, adventure, boat, evil, fantasy, imagery, imagination, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Liberating Perfect PrideIn a perfect world
maybe everyone would have opposite and same sexual attractions,
ambiguously passionate attachments
of compassion's resilient arousal.
On a perfectly sanctified Earth,
maybe every species would incarnate only opposite sexual attraction,
attachments of passionate ego-arousal,
male dominant belonging in...
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Categories:
straights, earth, health, integrity, paradise, peace, sexy,
Form:
Political Verse
Beneath the SurfaceHave you swam the forests under the seas
glided it's waters wandered it's keys
watched the gray giants ...
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Categories:
straights, boat, creation, earth, fish, imagery, nature, water,
Form:
Verse
With a Capital RYou're slipping away again ...
Will you return this time, or are you done?
Are your feet set on the path to oblivion this time,
...
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Categories:
straights, death, father son, feelings, life,
Form:
Free verse
Mr Epic Generic and Dj ClicheDerek and Eric said I'm Generic,
a weird name but I'll wear it,
I'm cool, it's epic, Generic's so original
like the South Park ginger kid,
"gingers have souls bluur".
MC Generic the genius generates
with DJ...
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Categories:
straights, metaphor, smart, word play,
Form:
Free verse
Of DreamsDreams are but fancies of a deeper place
Found in the realm of the mind asleep
Played out like old films in a movie palace
Starring phantoms freed from a dark, dusty keep
What meaning bestowed save only the...
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Categories:
straights, dance, dark, dream, journey, night, visionary, voyage,
Form:
Rhyme
Old Glory KnightsWe the redeemed were sitting together amongst a celestial crowd whom had gathered outside the front of the main castle. Pavilions had been set up, benches had been erected for the massive crowds to sit...
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Categories:
straights, soldier,
Form:
Free verse
Old Glory Knights Full Version Part IWe the redeemed were sitting together amongst a celestial
crowd whom had gathered outside the front of the main castle.
Pavilions had been set up, benches had been erected
for the massive crowds to...
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Categories:
straights, soldier,
Form:
Free verse
ApparitionWe were a poor Yacht Club, lacking prestige, but with knowledgeable sailors who believed in one another and more importantly, our club. We also had the best boat. A 65' two masted...
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Categories:
straights, boat,
Form:
Free verse
Bell's BluesStaring, vapor locked, at my Hammond B-3 console organ, which dominates my
kitchen. Surely a symbol of my madness. I can't help, but think, if the keys were
the days of my life,...
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Categories:
straights, adventure, death, family, friendship, music, sad, uplifting,
Form:
Prose Poetry
TentaclesIn the heart of the blackest abyss, down,
Down, in fathoms deep crypt, where light
Does not penetrate, and the structured protective hauls,
Of men, are crushed beneath pressures massive
Weight, of the oceans deepest depth.
This is truly...
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Categories:
straights, boat, fantasy, halloween, history, imagery, mythology,
Form:
Free verse
TygerPt 1
He represents his set, with
Every breath he draws,
He makes color his priority,
Matisse with machine gun,
Splurging Rothko’s’ vengeance
On the blue bodies of Americas renegades.
A Blood, from Compton
The roar of stolen
Car engines, echoes...
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Categories:
straights, red, animal, animal, red, mum,
Form:
Blank verse
A Small Glimmer of Lightwhat is my claim to fame
a face in a crowd
no name
that stands me out from the multitude
wading aimless in this bottomless vat
searching
for a glimmer of that somewhere light
climbing on ladder straights
that bend and break
from...
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Categories:
straights, black african american, inspirational, introspection, life, light,
Form:
I do not know?
Reality CheckReality check let’s look around us
conspiracy theories mean feet ain’t grounded
heads in clouds like white powder buzz
black man screams white power just because
not what is but cliche what was
Media feeding but...
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Categories:
straights, allusion, people, perspective, society, urban,
Form:
Rhyme
Song of the Mystic WhalerSong of the mystic whaler
Come on board to play and work
come on board to learn to sing and praise the mystic whaler
sailing on the mighty Hudson
Come sing the mystic whaler
hoist...
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Categories:
straights, environment,
Form:
Free verse
Woman What I Lovewomen what I love
the waves and curves
and soft linen to disguise what lies beneath
my gaze surfs, in lines
up and down from bottom to crown
the straights too
and the curly cues
like mine
and their eyes
better than heels, jewels...
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Categories:
straights, poetry,
Form:
Light Verse
Adhd Sleepless RantOh my god is this 1787,
Was the constitution just written today?
Because the WiFi is down,
And I don’t know what to say,
I’m about to perform a bitch-face frown.
If I were frowning much harder my lips would...
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Categories:
straights, addiction, america, humor, social,
Form:
Rhyme
Spiritual BelieversUp early one morning a few days ago,
Just couldn’t sleep I tried to figure out something I didn’t truly know.
Pondering, studying, the solution to this problem eluded me I was in dire straights.
My mind said,...
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Categories:
straights, faith, god, me, evil, god, life, love,
Form:
Rhyme
Modern WasteTrain winded whistling and chugging,
leaving behind the city concrete,
it swiftly lunged into the green expanse,
fresh air blew ,trees swayed ,
as the blue yonder and bright sun,
set the terrific backdrop to the moving,
eyes do seldom settle...
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Categories:
straights, tree, city, green, me, tree,
Form:
Free verse
A House DividedAbraham Lincoln saw it happening and tried to stop it…a nation getting out of hand
he knew a house divided against itself would not be strong enough to stand…
Today we are a country divided..no longer...
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Categories:
straights, independence day,
Form:
Verse
Inner Peace On An Inner TubeAn old man and an old woman down an old river decided to float.
They opted to glide on inner tubes instead of in a boat.
In an inner tube, they heard…stress and troubles will decrease…
So in...
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Categories:
straights, peace,
Form:
Verse
Goodbye Mr PresidentI remember in 1968 when the President decided not to seek reelection. ...
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Categories:
straights, america, christian, death, god, leadership,
Form:
Prose
Burn Those BooksI don't see no harm in asking questions
But somebody gonna tell you you’re outta your mind
I don't see no harm in a frame of reference
But somebody gonna accuse you of bein’ blind
I don't see no...
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Categories:
straights, america, angst, books, conflict, confusion, corruption, fire,
Form:
Lyric
7th Inning StretchWhat happened to the 50 stars and 13 stripes of these United States of America? What happened to "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal"? When did the nation...
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Categories:
straights, america, bible, blessing, christian, god, prayer,
Form:
Free verse