Long Uppercut Poems
Long Uppercut Poems. Below are the most popular long Uppercut by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Uppercut poems by poem length and keyword.
An Uppercut I Remember
Dad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
uppercut, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
Hero For a Moment
Us kids on the scrap heap estate, we were never going anywhere
poverty deprivation criminal activity was here to stay
Social Services, poor bastards, had no idea what to do
no, no one had a blasted clue
then, some...
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Categories:
uppercut, death, grave,
Form:
Free verse
Hopscotch In Harlem 1948
EXCERPT (Approximately 30% of Poem)
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Categories:
uppercut, black african american, familywork, sick, work,
Form:
Ballad
Infidelity
I don’t deserve
This kind of punch to my pride
You used your best left hook, uppercut and jab to my ego
Here desperately griping the corner of the ring
Unable to believe the idea
That he ever felt that...
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Categories:
uppercut, lost love, words, me, light, light, me,
Form:
Bio
Experience: Part I
around 2:30 in the AM one morning in the middle of
the midwest
upon leaving his office after studying for exams up until the
last moment
he decided to take an alternate route when walking back to his apartment---
a...
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Categories:
uppercut, life,
Form:
Free verse
B-cup Collecting Tips on the Southeast
the city's sick scar, fuels my descent, into this abyss, where twisted creatures writhe, in the darkness. cyclops with one eye, on the ball, three-headed puppies, sealed behind glass, strippers selling tickets to the apocalypse....
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Categories:
uppercut, art, corruption, courage, crazy, dark, deep, desire,
Form:
Free verse
The War That Lost Score - Pt1
To claim more imperialist Russian land.
An invasion of a neighbor was planned.
Unbacked slander was said about them.
Creating for the world a major problem.
Putin claimed they were a pro-Nazi harbor.
But the...
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Categories:
uppercut, anti bullying, bullying, grief, horror, military, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Cinderella Man
On the ring, there's this championship match
...
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Categories:
uppercut, history, identity, imagery, inspiration, life, sports, strength,
Form:
Imagism
Songcatcher In the Street
songcatcher in the street and i see you walking by
(oh how i wish that i could talk to you)
i suddenly have a taste for a fresh bagel and hot cocoa
(oh how i wish i could...
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Categories:
uppercut, song,
Form:
Lyric
Reaching
rudiments of the day progress like every other
matches burning 1 by 1 so quick
one can lose count &
if the practice is to tally up the path to death
step by step by step
(as if the...
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Categories:
uppercut, life,
Form:
Free verse
A New Kid On the Block
So this is Fremont, California
Circa nineteen sixty-nine,
Nice and bit of a tight-knit
Neighborhood, that is fine.
I am a honey tanned Hawaiian
In a nearly all white community,
With the only swimming pool
Thinks there is another opportunity.
Learned later that...
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Categories:
uppercut, anti bullying, boxing day , character, community, friendship,
Form:
Narrative
Boxer
Yes mom I'll be fine
Don't worry dad I got the combo down
I grab my gloves and head to the ring
Dont forget to cheer loud ok?
My match is next
It's do or die
I wisk away a bead...
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Categories:
uppercut, life, me, success,
Form:
Free verse
Ain'T An Ornery Yahoo - Colloquialisms
Ain't An Ornery Yahoo
Old widow lady of ninety-two
Lives by herself with nothing else to do
Except sit in her chair next to the window
And stare out for hours with dreams of her past...
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Categories:
uppercut, bullying, woman,
Form:
Free verse
Boxer
BOXER
The late October day
marked the last of the tragic
encounters framed by the ropes
he preferred to the streets where a
journeyman boxer needs more than
taped hands for the troubles he sees
There had been no title shot,...
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Categories:
uppercut, age,
Form:
Free verse
Dogpaddling the Styx
Dogpaddling the Styx
Dogpaddling cross the Styx
To be with old Tom Mix
But Charon was there
Demanding he be paid
So an uppercut a bit
sorta laid back the twit
the deal was made
We reached the foreign shore
Side stepping...
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Categories:
uppercut, adventureold, old,
Form:
Ballad
Potholes
11/22/16
Got to get that cheese pronto
Those that talked guano
Got hit with an uppercut combo
mano a mano
I had a dog named Bronco
And landlords named Helga and Poncho
Knew this lady that lived in a condo
And worked at...
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Categories:
uppercut, poetry, rap, word play, words, work, write,
Form:
Rhyme
The Boxer's Arena
He steps into the ring pristine
From thousands of hours training
Featuring a sleek, lightning speed to match
Dynamic power punches and delivery
But all that is a secret
The opponent comes in unknowing
Facing off to determine
The nature of...
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Categories:
uppercut, passion, tribute, power,
Form:
Free verse
The Boxing Match
'Ding-Ding-Ding'
Round 1
Your knees became weak
Learning that your opponent was The Great Enah;
The one to never lose a match.
The one to tear you apart from the inside,
with a double right hook to a left
uppercut combo,
and finally...
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Categories:
uppercut, allegory, death, family, health, life, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
Leads With Her Right
Old mean widow lady of ninety-two
lives by herself with nothing else to do
Hunkers in her chair next to the window
stares out for hours with dreams of her bingo
She is labeled mentally unstable
Plays solitary on the...
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Categories:
uppercut, bullying, grandmother, lost love,
Form:
Quatrain
Damn Kangaroo
Damn kangaroo stole my hat
As I was beating him, with a baseball bat,
Will it ever end? The thief never stops
He got up and kicked me in the chops.
I pulled on his...
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Categories:
uppercut, art,
Form:
Rhyme
Nostrilvartu
Nostrilvartu :)
Old Nostra took a swallow dive
bounced off the river bloody Clyde
a shark spat him out n then
to the bloodbank suck it in again
got so filled with pink he'd have to hide
a wheelie bin...
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Categories:
uppercut, adventureme,
Form:
Light Verse
Classics
A moment never fades or is far behind.
An ex of yesterdays playback in reverse.
When the feelings hit, they'll knock you down.
You allow it and take the fall.
Relentless jabs of the...
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Categories:
uppercut, memory, time,
Form:
Free verse
He Lay Down Defeated By Lover
He was tough, he’d been raised to be big, fit and strong,
To hide any hurt, pain or fear.
He’d prepared for this fight, bottling his feelings,
Living an unemotional atmosphere.
Then the time had arrived,...
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Categories:
uppercut, emotions, love,
Form:
Quatrain
What Cha Say Bout My Mama
Look at him.
Despecable human being.
I just wish i could,
beat him,
just for breathin'
Lying his way through, life,
like a boxer bobbin' and weavin'
I just wanna beat him for decievin'
like a politician running for office,
buildin' up our hopes,
pretendin'...
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Categories:
uppercut, funny, mother,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Violence In the Workplace
In today's society everyone is operating
on a short fuse,
It seems as if no one has time to spend
on ideas they do not comprehend,
Most people are drunk with power,
and receive satisfaction from seeing
others cower,
Points of views...
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Categories:
uppercut, business
Form:
Prose Poetry