Long Aftershave Poems
Long Aftershave Poems. Below are the most popular long Aftershave by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Aftershave poems by poem length and keyword.
A New MythologyThere 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:
aftershave, allegory, mythology,
Form:
Blank verse
What You Do Not See Is Not Necessarily Not ThereI
Take out the caked grimy faucet plug
Let those unseen crawlies dive and duck
...
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Categories:
aftershave, health, philosophy, care, care,
Form:
Free verse
Egocentric DragonDragon polished his nails and admired himself in the mirror once again; a daily ritual getting so old. The one lousy hair on his chin, protruding from a small wart which he called a,...
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Categories:
aftershave, animal, cute, fun, funny, giggle, humor, myth,
Form:
Free verse
Queen Anne's Revengewishing he had sung his prayers last night
from both ends to the middle
fell to the ground in adoration
tore a wake through the ink stains
but not from satisfaction
plastic Jesus hold my head
a round of applause for...
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Categories:
aftershave, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
In Days of OldIn days of old when men were bold
And they didn’t use moisturiser....
They shaved with a sword,
slapped whisky on their chin
And didn’t use aftershave in an atomiser
The scraped the dirt off with a shell, they...
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Categories:
aftershave, funny, men, old, me, men, old,
Form:
Limerick
The Poem My Mother Liked“THE POEM MY MOTHER LIKED”
smoking a cigarette in the bathroom
at 4 p.m. I wonder what my son is doing;
I wonder if court will run smooth. I sit in
the midst of my greatest...
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Categories:
aftershave, anger, anxiety, betrayal, conflict, death, depression, god,
Form:
Free verse
The Barnicle On My Bum Part 2I could never really understand
Why some women
Won’t give me the time of day
And seem to look the other way
Or I feel like I’m being hunted
And I’m their prey
I just don't get it.
I get so confused
You...
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Categories:
aftershave, confusion, desire, fantasy, funny love, girl, sometimes,
Form:
Free verse
-the Sparrow In Me-failing to see which road would be best,
not knowing how much i've really been blessed-
too much time on my hands with too much fear,
wishing you, my father, were still near
cramped in a box without room...
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Categories:
aftershave, bird, dad, death, love,
Form:
Couplet
Map of Your FaceTo never see your face again
To lose the map of your body
To misplace memory itself
For example
Today I lost your nose
I couldn't remember which nostril
Was bigger
Last month it...
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Categories:
aftershave, absence, divorce, farewell, grief, loss, memorial day,
Form:
Free verse
Total AbandonBarreling down the mountain of forgetfulness,
I raced to Wal-Mart for that last minute gift.
We’ve not seen his children since Christmas.
Despite their quicksand of un-thankfulness,
I want him to have something for this...
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Categories:
aftershave, 11th grade, children, husband, wisdom,
Form:
Verse
Being LateBEING LATE
Here we go, I’m late again, and I’m going to miss the bus
I won’t get to work on time, and there’ll be the usual fuss
The alarm forgot to ring, or else I pressed the...
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Categories:
aftershave, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
The Barnacle On My Bum Part 2My tale about the barnacle I bared upon my bum
has now passed into legend and folk law
The battle I thought was over and now long done
Just when I thought I could sit down and...
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Categories:
aftershave, crazy, fun, funny, nonsense, romance, silly, women,
Form:
Free verse
The Best Man YetFor you were such a gentleman
your smile sincere and true
For your hair was always in it's place
your funniness shone through
For the love you had of sport's
anything would do
football, tennis and many more
will always remind...
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Categories:
aftershave, appreciation, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
GuyI remember the moment I fell in love with you
I can still smell your aftershave, see the shine on your shoe
I feel your arms around me holding me tight
I can remember everything that happened that...
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Categories:
aftershave, death, grief, heartbreak, heartbroken, i miss you,
Form:
Ballad
When I'M Dead and GoneWhen I am gone you can spread the word
And leave your cage like a big black bird
You can tell your world of my dreadful deeds
And give your hungry lover all the food he needs
You...
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Categories:
aftershave, death, loneliness, love,
Form:
Rhyme
A Tear Is But a Whisper From My SoulI stood there and gazed at the tidal wave of traffic surging down bellow.
I hovered frozen in time until by chance I glanced upon a troubled fellow.
He was sitting in his car surrounded by the...
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Categories:
aftershave, angel, death, grief, i miss you, love,
Form:
Narrative
Ghost Town TrainsBy a rotted down shack
Near an old railroad track,
The trains rattled past and sometimes came back;
There’s a thin plume of smoke
From the old chimney stack,
An underfed scar on a night painted black.
Hangs a dead...
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Categories:
aftershave, allegory, history, social, night, old, night, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Something For Your MindMy arm is a shooting gallery,
a roadmap of Switzerland in
needlepoint decked grey flesh;
running out of targets fast -
and I need something for my mind.
Haunting rainy streets, opium deprived,
with crusted...
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Categories:
aftershave, angst, confusion, death, introspection, life, me,
Form:
Blank verse
I Committed the Perfect CrimeMy husband acted like a complete jerk
had countless affairs with women at work
He wore spray on jeans which fit so tight
and aftershave called ‘Tonight’s the night’
I knew for sure that things weren’t right
as he’d hide...
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Categories:
aftershave, dark, murder,
Form:
Couplet
SweptHe took my hand gently
his skin soft velveteen
i think he smiled
or at least the corner of his mouth arched
in synchronicity with his perfectly lined eyebrow
as his fingers entwined them selves in mine
and he pulled me...
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Categories:
aftershave, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
You Never Know#
YOU NEVER KNOW
Did the Russian brewer know his vodka’d splash the face,
Of a thin, dying, sailor, about to leave this place?
Did the cargo captain know his ship would plunge and plow,
Through stormy, gray, swelling...
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Categories:
aftershave, art, brother, death, giving, inspirational, life, love,
Form:
Couplet
A Wintry NightA wintry night
Beam of scorching sunlight
Eventually stifling inside through the curtain's strands
Loafing over the escritoire and olden snaps
(some years ago i spend the time snapping him)
Indulging in traditional afternoon tea
Some dainty sandwiches,...
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Categories:
aftershave, 12th grade, best friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, january,
Form:
Epigram
The Witch of Halloween DoomThe witch awaits her chance to ride her broom
On Hallow’s Eve she does so love to zoom
Dressed in her black cape and stunning costume
Her cat on the back they fly o’er the moon.
Witch prepares...
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Categories:
aftershave, fantasy, halloween,
Form:
Monorhyme
UpstagedClutching at straws — to be willing to try anything to improve a difficult or unsatisfactory situation, even if it has little chance of success
“And Then He Will Carry Me Away To His Castle, Where...
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Categories:
aftershave, beauty, humor, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
How I Lost YouThe cold wisps of wind on the hard wood floors makes your toes cringe in holy socks.
The cabinets give room to store house spiders, they fill every crack and cranny.
Money spent on you alcoholic breath.
Why...
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Categories:
aftershave, confusion, lonely, longing, spoken word,
Form:
Free verse