Long Tonic Poems
Long Tonic Poems. Below are the most popular long Tonic by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Tonic poems by poem length and keyword.
ALLAH WILL PROVIDE FOR EVEN RATS DURING WAR 47:4 QURAN
THE UNSEES EMOTIONAL WARTH OF WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI LIFE AND DEATH YOU CARRY A LOVING FETUS INTO HOSTAGE SITUATIONS BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM JUNK SICK OFFICERS WORKING SECURITY FOR GANGS JAMAICAN...
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Categories:
tonic, allah,
Form:
Naat
Impossible Mission To Captcha Infinitesimal Moment
Impossible mission to captcha infinitesimal moment
alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck
seconds elapse imperceptibly
leaving me dumbstruck,
how quickly fleeting tempus fugit;
ofttimes imagined as time thief.
Hence following vignette: quiet as a mouse lurks the time thief...
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Categories:
tonic, 12th grade, analogy, butterfly, death, farewell, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Epigrams V
Epigrams
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.
Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch
If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we'll discover...
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Categories:
tonic, giggle, humor, humorous, irony, literature, word play,
Form:
Epigram
Used To Go To This Bar
Red light, the neon beer sign on the distant wall reflects off the long expanse of polished bar top, overpowering the quiet brown wood. It’s after lunch, only a few people in to stir the...
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Categories:
tonic, addiction, beauty, drink, religion, society, solitude,
Form:
Prose
The Reunion
They came from as far a way as New York and Dallas Texas. The class of 1981 wasn't a large class, it was the very first class of a very very private school. Their school,...
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Categories:
tonic, allusion, death,
Form:
Prose
Brownian Motion Writ Large
Brownian motion writ large...
within small medium
as light brainstorm doth
hail forth the following poem.
Across the realm of gray matter
slowly percolating within tissue
composed of neuronal, glial
and endothelial cells, and although
there must be biological...
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Categories:
tonic, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, appreciation, business,
Form:
Free verse
Harmless Foe
White old men are kind
White old men are divine
White old men are my brothers
White old men are inviting me to supper
White old men are my dream
White old men are very clean
White old men want to...
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Categories:
tonic, betrayal, bullying, community, confidence, conflict, confusion, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
A New Mythology
There is a new mythology emerging,
Howling from the hind end of the pack,
Scorching the composted leavings
Of established orthodoxy as a pillar of flame
Showing the way for true rock & rollers.
It’s...
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Categories:
tonic, allegory, mythology,
Form:
Blank verse
I Got Friggin Heebie Jeebies
I got friggin heebie jeebies
Cuz buzzards circle o'er me
eyeing these lovely bones prithee
id est Roy L. T. Canard, Si
hence impossible mission
to be lovey dove vee.
Vague remembrances of dream
which recurred with frequency
transfixed by...
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Categories:
tonic, angst, anxiety, betrayal, community, environment, faith, how
Form:
Rhyme
The Silence In Me
The Silence In Me
I have been on this road several times, and I have been contemplating
the movement of the clouds, the direction of the trees, and the depth of the sea. The heart of...
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Categories:
tonic, appreciation, beauty, celebration, character, community, holiday, hope,
Form:
Narrative
The Raven Has Fled
“The ribbon is cut
The die is cast
The cement is dry
Yet nothing lasts
The brazen rewarded
The hero a fool
All reason outdated
New fury the tool”
A journey presented
Your ship to go far
With...
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Categories:
tonic,
Form:
Rhyme
The Plot
From whence did you come?
With your cherry picking plum?
From whence did you come?
When everything is done?
Which door did you come through?
With your unrealistic deja vu?
Who invited you to come here?
When you have nothing pragmatic to...
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Categories:
tonic, betrayal, character, community, corruption, courage, encouraging, future,
Form:
Narrative
Maselimbo
Masalembo
2016 © Fleetwood
Blue-green ocean tipped with whitecaps rolling toward the shore
Plane is humming with the pilot talking about life and your ride is there parked on the hill for easy starting next to the palm...
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Categories:
tonic, work,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Hubs Of Heaven
Catalytic cascade of mirror gleam relish on sleep encrusted eyes,
such sylvan surreal therapy aligned to dulcet bird lilt,
garnish to the willow weave wayfarer of iridescent poetic inkling,
vernal vivid verse drought a derelict damnation for...
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Categories:
tonic, beautiful, beauty, celebration, city, deep, engagement, environment,
Form:
Free verse
Bartender Tales
I am Kerris Hakim, bartender trade by night. Here at Fahrenheit Lounge I've heard
Stories of patrons who dared to live, and lovers who had suddenly died.
Graduating from law school without a dime....
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Categories:
tonic, baby, beauty, death, heartbroken, hope, , cute,
Form:
Prose
Argh Daylight Savings Time Ends Two Am November 6th 2022
Argh daylight savings time ends – 2:00 AM November 6th 2022
Hour hands of o'clock get set back
sixty minutes gaining extra hour of Autumn
round about this same day of November
every year, what a bum
er,...
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Categories:
tonic, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, america,
Form:
Rhyme
Letter to Sam Hunt
Dear Sam, hello it’s me, don’t fret
old friend whom I have never met.
I wrote a letter time forgot,
you may ask why, I ask why not?
A sad meditation of late
on our nation’s new police state -
its...
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Categories:
tonic, how i feel, perspective, writing,
Form:
Couplet
Prelude
Tonight the act of naming fell through the floor.
We speak permeable solids inflect’d by light.
Things move indistinctly: a pine palette floats
momentarily from semi truck’s bed, crosses
its body with windshield; ovidian shift from a
Forest to an...
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Categories:
tonic, angel, art, assonance, beauty, myth,
Form:
Blank verse
Prose
Shane walked to the back of the bar and found the door opened to an alley littered with the garbage of the bar and the restaurant beside it, the one whose neon sign has two...
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Categories:
tonic, brother, dark, money, woman,
Form:
Prose
My Twilight Dream Catcher
My twilight Dream Catcher.
Sweet melodies tug at my heart strings.
The waves roll in as the blue whale sings.
As empty moonbeams fade,
In the cosmos evenly laid.
Layers of complexity.
Clouds meandering are a formality.
A tonic of love, a...
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Categories:
tonic, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
The Rage
Sometimes I feel the rage when you throw dirt in my face
Sometimes I feel the rage when destiny is locked behind the gate
Now I understand why people kill and commit such a terrible sin
The murder...
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Categories:
tonic, bereavement, celebration, community, corruption, culture, death, environment,
Form:
Free verse
March 8th International Women's Day the World Over
March 8th - International Women's Day The World Over
Down to the wire, before this
calendrical occasion doth expire,
though arbitrary twenty four hour
time set aside for guide
ding hand of the supposed/purported
fairer gender, yet human race, yet hide
bound...
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Categories:
tonic, appreciation, beauty, daughter, hero, husband, inspirational, tribute,
Form:
Elegy
Yoga In Poem a Novel Approach Step 3
VAJRASANA - The Hardy Hose STEP 3
POSTURE
Vajrasana is one of the few Asanas, which is suitable for all and everyone. It is perhaps one of the few Asana which is not...
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Categories:
tonic, health, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Shane
Shane walks in, hurries to the back of the bar. He finds the door opened to an alley littered with the garbage of the restaurant beside it, the one whose neon sign has two lights...
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Categories:
tonic, anxiety, best friend, betrayal, brother,
Form:
Prose
Bartender Oh Bartender
Bartender Oh Bartender
(a stout rendition of O Captain! My Captain!
Perfect rhythmic rhyme with tonic
when the doth ale).
Mine eyes espy the glory per the ending
of another work day beckon Baileys Irish Creme
with Absolut certainty...
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Categories:
tonic, absence, addiction, adventure, america, appreciation, bereavement, courage,
Form:
Rhyme