Long Vivant Poems
Long Vivant Poems. Below are the most popular long Vivant by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Vivant poems by poem length and keyword.
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:
vivant, dark, light, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Letter To Taeljejohnuncomfortableness, and hesitation arose that you might reassess a possibility for friendship or.... whatever with me.
A disappointment set in place in the event that based on some facet of my being (inexplicable flaws within this...
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Categories:
vivant, angel, beauty, devotion, friendship, history, introspection, life,
Form:
Narrative
A Tale of Dark Angels
Expectations high did not pan out, ...
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Categories:
vivant, angel, anger, angst, character, god,
Form:
Metrical Tale
SurvivalLisa and I finally tested covid-free! When we saw our results, we began an impromptu dance that felt like levitation.
Although my covid case seemed much milder, Lisa’s been nothing but supportive. Why just yesterday morning,...
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Categories:
vivant, celebration, emotions, freedom, friendship, fun, humor, teen,
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th, 1935 - May 4th, 2005Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
untimely death sentence ordained
approximately six months prior
to mother dearest celebrating
her seventieth birthday,
though the last three years of her life
impacted courtesy hysterectomy
to remove...
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Categories:
vivant, absence, age, anniversary, birthday, death, family, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky circa November 13thHarriet Harris née Kuritsky circa November 13th,
1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)
I trot out a poem acknowledging birthday
of dear ole mom, who succumbed,
lost lease on life
nearly...
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Categories:
vivant, absence, age, america, anniversary, appreciation, bereavement, birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 3, Part 4Steve: This sounds like the traditional Hindu caste system. I get it; all that Kama Sutra stuff.
John: You mean Kama Sutra IPA? It’s a local brew. Not bad.
Steve: Douche bag say wha?
John: Wha?
Steve: Please continue,...
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Categories:
vivant, allegory, society,
Form:
Prose Poetry
50 Words For Poe: Strangelove
"50 Words for Poe: Strangelove"
Strangelove was waiting
in Holdnerness
He was anticipating
with a certain glee
The “Arrival” of
Ms Bon Vivant, her sharpness
and sharing conversation
over Kumquat Jam, Scones and
clotted cream at High...
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Categories:
vivant, adventure, freedom, fun,
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th 1935 May 4th 2005Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)
Test teasing prophylactics embarrassing
purchase never made at local drugstore
unsurprisingly, obviously, invariably...
birth control taboo subject, best to ignore
subsequently intercourse...
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Categories:
vivant, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th
Form:
Elegy
Le Rat Noir - Translation of Iris Clayton's the Black Rat By T WignesanLe Rat Noir – Translation of Iris Clayton’s « The Black Rat » by T. Wignesan
(Iris Clayton of the Wiradjuri tribe in New South Wales was born in 1945. One of nine children, six of...
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Categories:
vivant, discrimination, hero, political, war, world war ii,
Form:
Quatrain
French Invasion: Whine and CheeseSince the bloody Battle of Hastings
When 'Arold got killed by French Bill
We've seen an endless invasion of French
And I've just about had my fill
Don't we have enough words of our own
In this wonderful language of...
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Categories:
vivant, french, language,
Form:
Rhyme
Epiphany Part 2(continued from part 1)
But we’re all witnesses here,
Right from the very start,
Veiled from conception,
Driven by Heart.
Dieu vivant grâce à vous et à moi,
You ever think to wonder,
Who it is that smells the rain,
Or...
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Categories:
vivant, angel, blessing, dream, faith, heaven, inspiration, visionary,
Form:
Epic
Decisions Part 2je n'ai pas choisi mon nom
ma couleur ou ma religion
je n'ai pas choisi le liban
ni d'etre arriver dans ce temps
cependant mes amis
je vais choisr ma vie
il ne me reste plus beaucoup de temps
profitons...
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Categories:
vivant, life,
Form:
Free verse
Overflow InflictionUnswallowed lumps of lobster immodest
Crustacean returns to pincers persimmon
Waitress whisk indiscernible clears linen
Custom of one equates her eight...
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Categories:
vivant, bullying, how i feel, silver, wine,
Form:
Free verse
ResignationLittle did I realise when I swung
Into the car park at Calder Glen
That by the end of that week in August 2009
My days of teaching would be over.
It all began so well
Meeting an old colleague...
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Categories:
vivant, age, analogy, confidence, farewell, high school, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
the life of an elephantI wonder now,
If the life of an elephant is worth less than the life of a man,
Men are so vulgar, wicked and vicious,
Men are so inhuman, poor country,
Why shouldn’t an elephant be allowed to...
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Categories:
vivant, animal, environment, life,
Form:
Free verse
Vincent and PaulIt’s fall of 1888, the south of France,
In the verdant fields of Arles,
Two artists shared a single dream,
And so began their quarrel.
Vincent paved the way for Paul
With bold sunflower sprays.
Paul dissembled, stating plain,
“More practiced effort...
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Categories:
vivant, allegory, art,
Form:
Ballad
Vermeer and His GirlsVIRGINAL GIRL
begin the beguine..
Make your music mine
LAUGHING GIRL
joy's outflow-from eyes aglow
GIRL WITH EARRING
a look of love-
into eternity's mirror
LACEMAKING GIRL
intricate detail
patient design-
portrait of time
MUSIC GIRL
when the music ends-
we no longer can pretend
LETTER GIRL
a few words
can make...
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Categories:
vivant, art,
Form:
Ekphrasis
A Bon Vivant LifestyleA bon vivant lyfestyle
of the Bohemians de Paris,
has always saddened and deluded me...
by seeing it in someone's happy smile.
Mademoiselles and jeunne hommes,
exchanging artistic and poetical ideas
at the Cafe' de Flore, or at the...
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Categories:
vivant, loss, people, sad, sea, seasons, social, work
Form:
Quatrain
RaptureCandid and fully exposed as the theatre’s light dims
She stands poised, dauntless disciplined and statuesque
A stance both stalwart and defiant yet supple are her limbs
Mango hued flower, shoulder's thrown back thrusting her breast
He...
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Categories:
vivant, romantic,
Form:
Quatrain
The Will To Want© Ben Burton Feb 5, 2014
I view beauty with desire
But am seen through abstract eyes
Which begats a mystery
For I don't try to be that kind
The shattered pieces in my wake
As tea leaves wither in the...
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Categories:
vivant, evil, farewell, metaphor, pain,
Form:
Rhyme
Thirty Years HenceWhen she gave birth to you, your mom
lay resting in her bed
and wondered what you would be like
three decades up ahead.
She thought you might decide to be
a monk withdrawn from life.
You'd ponder all the...
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Categories:
vivant, birth, birthday, career, destiny, future, hope, mother
Form:
Rhyme
Suicide CafeAnd now, a word from our sponsor:
Has your sirloin lost its flavor? Do you gag on fish filet?
Have you grown a morbid hunger for a terminal buffet?
Ok! There’s a menu made to die for down...
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Categories:
vivant, allegory, suicide,
Form:
Lyric
Nous Lui Apparitions We Belong To Him --French VerseWE BELONG TO HIM-nOUS LUI APPARTENONS--French Verse
Nous avons
Tellement de
Haine
Méfiance
Comment pouvons-nous
va et viens
vivant
Nous devons prier ensemble
Pour nous permettre d'aller mieux
Nous devons louer ensemble
Être une communauté que Dieu voit s'améliorer
L'adorer
Nous lui appartenons
Nous...
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Categories:
vivant, adventure, dedication, devotion,
Form:
Lyric
Venetian Visitthe light breeze
cooled the morning sun
daytrip Venice
had begun
vantage views
from a vaporetto
inch-by-inch
the skyline...
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Categories:
vivant, nostalgia, places, vacation,
Form:
Rhyme