Long Tricky Poems
Long Tricky Poems. Below are the most popular long Tricky by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Tricky poems by poem length and keyword.
Warrior
“Warrior”
When the Argonauts, came across
the abandoned Starship, they
found within the wrecked
command console, a DNA code
with encrypted message.
It took several attempts to
reactivate, but when opened,
the following was translated: ...
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Categories:
tricky, humanity, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Brain InjuryPain settles in quite instantly your senses
are totally unprepared for this graveness
the notion to sleep sets in like an energetic
twilight phase the injury abruptly strangles
thought my ears are always ringing with this...
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Categories:
tricky, america, anxiety, beautiful, lonely, mental illness, peace,
Form:
Free verse
Thelma Lou - Both Audio and TextThe biggest funeral I've ever attended...
Thelma was a waitress at the diner on the corner of 4th and Oak, across from Ron’s DX, in Abilene.
They had an old brass register that rang when it was...
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Categories:
tricky, heart, love, memory,
Form:
Narrative
The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes
"The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes"
“Well, where would you suggest I commence? Should we begin with the concept of pasteurize?”
This said to the earnest listener, who views the protagonist with a bon vivant confused expression. To...
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Categories:
tricky, dark, light, muse,
Form:
Narrative
The Car Club Meeting Lament - Text - Part 2 of 2Note: This is the 2nd half of one of my MANY long story works, and the 1st half can be accessed, of course, at "poems by Mark Stellinga" on the soup.
My wife and I were...
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Categories:
tricky, car,
Form:
Narrative
Why I Don'T Trust Psychics - 1st ThirdHere's the scoop, friends...
This is, as indicated, the 1st THIRD of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd and 3rd parts had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No...
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Categories:
tricky, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Light On the Devil's Chord - the ChallengeMy hair bristled in the crisp breeze
Excitement spreading throughout my body
Even the sudden cold amused my fingertips,
Tingles spreading through my hands and up my arms
Soon I would be there too. . .
In the murky shadows...
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Categories:
tricky, adventure, change, cool, imagination, music, sick, strength,
Form:
Narrative
There Comes That MomentFortunately, when I was young, what I perceived - 'my kingdom' -
spanned - and I'm not kidding you...seven - city - blocks!
But being neither worried about - nor having fully mastered -
the tricky...
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Categories:
tricky, childhood, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
Shaggy Dog Limericks: the All-Time Best -- Vote For Your FavoriteThe Spaniel
A Spaniel that uses its head
Can tell when its owner’s unfed
So instead of a duck
That is down on its luck
Will deliver a pizza instead
The Afghan Hound
The Afghan’s a dog groomer’s...
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Categories:
tricky, animal, cat, cute, dog, fun, humor, pets,
Form:
Limerick
Marat and Charlotte 3Act 3. A dark, empty stage.
Marat
(standing up)
My eyes went blank. That's how it goes when
you have been doubly knocked flat on your back
in half an hour. He went, he went,
he went, he went, he went,...
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Categories:
tricky, death, love,
Form:
Blank verse
We Are Freedom Destiny{intro}
One step closer to you
I want to fly into your arms,
My freedom park
My daytime lark
You're my freedom destiny
Even when times get scary
You give me childlike cheer
Instead of gullible, childish fear
Bullet...
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Categories:
tricky, deep, depression, desire,
Form:
Lyric
Marat and Charlotte 2Act 2. A dark, empty stage.
Marat
(standing up)
It's all a blur. It’s all a little dizzy.
I just have dreamed a scary dream as if
two vagabond philosophers robbed me
and killed. I must admit it's a...
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Categories:
tricky, death, love,
Form:
Blank verse
If All of the Weird Ones Were CroppedThis piece has a fairly tricky rhyme scheme = a-a-B /c-c-B
If All of the Weird Ones Were Cropped
I was sittin’ alone in a booth in a deli in Cody, Wyoming one day,
When a...
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Categories:
tricky, animal, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Duping a Broker - For a Change - 2nd Half In Text - Plus Full Audio VersionHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
...
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Categories:
tricky, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Joe Versus the RaccoonJOE VERSUS THE RACCOON
By Kate H. Stark
Each night ‘twas the same old proverbial shout.
“Hey Joe, will you please take the garbage bags out?”
Joe sighed, rolled his eyes as he walked toward the door....
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Categories:
tricky, animal, dedication, funny, giggle, humor, humorous, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
My Sorrowful Soul“Sometimes, a hug can mend a sorrowful soul like mine” – J W M Earnings
What’s the point of sorrow when I have tomorrow to look forward to?
What’s the big deal with people who just don’t...
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Categories:
tricky, angst, anxiety, deep, depression, grief, lonely, words,
Form:
Free verse
Angels and Demons
"Angels & Demons"
The Soul never sleeps
battered and lonely, the lesson
Life spent in The Hard Sell
Soft-served you become
melting Insomnia
mouth sucking a loaded gun
blue ribbonned and veined
pulsing electricity
from heart to lung to brain
you’re a...
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Categories:
tricky, abuse, addiction, angel, depression, forgiveness, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
The Job - Part 4By 9:00PM I was ready to go. Dark pants, shirt, shoes, and watch cap. The classic night on the town combo setup for a not so hip killer. But these days...
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Categories:
tricky, death, life, drug,
Form:
Narrative
Let's Go To RobotvilleI have the greatest of the great ideas!” My husband said.
“Best one I have ever had!” He uses this line weekly
Since he is in sales, and we have been married a long time...
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Categories:
tricky, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Narrative
A Letter To All Women From All MenLetter to all Woman from all Men
Now this is very tricky and difficult because I'm also going
to speak for those males that don't know nor will they
ever know that they also represent men as...
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Categories:
tricky, beautiful, christian, men, women,
Form:
Rhyme Royal
Rhymes For Shared TimesRHYMES FOR SHARED TIMES
Maintain shared possessions - clean, tidy and in working CONDITION
Share responsibilities, or allocate them in a fair and balanced PARTITION
Keep your promises and earn TRUST
Be as truthful as possible and do not...
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Categories:
tricky, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Tricks With TreatsEconomic Tricks as Political Treats
from the Peace Council of MotherTrees
Herein lie my tricks with treats,
said she.
I imagine with my family,
and my on-line cooperative Allies,
and then my most wildly cooperative neighbors,
how we can best eco-trick
and poli-treat...
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Categories:
tricky, education, games, health, humor, magic, peace, science,
Form:
Political Verse
The Day Before the Sale --- 2nd Half“Might you have an opening for an auction fairly soon? If I move, I'm gonna have a ton of stuff to sell.”
“I'm trying to find a building at the moment,” he replied, “a...
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Categories:
tricky, humor,
Form:
Verse
Free Power - Part Threefrom state dinner pent-up flatulence
...
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Categories:
tricky, political, satire,
Form:
Free verse
Stranger Than Fiction Part 1My name is Tom Cunningham, I’m retired now but thirty six years ago I had a very strange experience that I have never mentioned to anyone until now.
It was November the seventh, nineteen eighty six,...
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Categories:
tricky, religious, scary, world war ii,
Form:
Prose