Long Polka dot Poems
Long Polka dot Poems. Below are the most popular long Polka dot by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Polka dot poems by poem length and keyword.
Travel Light* This poem was written for a contest originally, but was used by Professor Anne-Marie Thornton of Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, to teach her WAR POETRY class in the spring semester of 2017. My...
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Categories:
polka dot, child, children, loss, war,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
travel lightHer small angelic face ...
Once a place where broad smiles bloomed like butterflies on marigolds,
is streaked with the furrows that countless tears have etched into the
layers of dust and dirt and explosive residue that now...
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Categories:
polka dot, child, conflict, courage, war,
Form:
Free verse
The Day Before the Night Before ChristmasI wrote this poems some years ago when I was invited to be on a television program to read a Christmas poem to children as they gathered around me...I had not written a Christmas poem...
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Categories:
polka dot, holiday, christmas, write, night, time, child, children,
Form:
Rhyme
What Color Are YouWhat color are you?
You! You! You! You! You! You! I could do this all day. Smirk.
I am not talking about hair color, eye color, or skin color.
I am not talking about teeth color, or freckle...
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Categories:
polka dot, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 6th
Form:
Free verse
Ban Me ThuotBan Me Thuot
By Franklin Price
8/31/2018
Out in the Central highlands, far away from Cam Ranh Bay,
In the town of Ban Me Thuot was a place where I would stay.
There was no space available at any compounds...
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Categories:
polka dot, memory, military, war,
Form:
Couplet
Call and Response Poetry SparesI quite enjoyed writing these two line poems for the Bantu contest - the idea of the call and response with two different statements but the same sensory response to each line. A bit like...
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Categories:
polka dot, imagination,
Form:
Imagism
Coccinella MagnificaA mystery to some, but not to me,
why one would call thee, "Lady"
Other beetles could be called fair,
some would even argue scholarly
But gentlemanly?
Now that's a stretch
if I ever heard one
Have you ever seen a bloke...
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Categories:
polka dot, adventure, cute, friendship, happy, humorous, journey, nature,
Form:
Light Verse
Diana At the Ides of August, Part TwoShe's a Messenger, a standard bearer of a Message of Love. She's Love's unforgettable fruition and flower. With Her trusty hounds bounding along beside Her, She suddenly races ahead, crossing the beach, down...
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Categories:
polka dot, absence, bereavement, betrayal, courage, encouraging, faith,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Parts of SpeechIn English there are different types of words.
Like articles, prepositions, nouns, adjectives and verbs
They have special functions and they teach
Us to distinguish the various parts of speech.
NOUNS of course are words for "things"
Some we can...
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Categories:
polka dot, word play,
Form:
Light Verse
Our World Without Colour - RemasteredClassic silent films
Redundant technicolour
Piano plays mood
Panther and snow leopard duelling with chess
Under a scintillating firmament
A dome of diamonds floating on infinity
Moonlight softly slicing the shadows
Illuminating their world of concentration
Alternating attrition
Pawn takes pawn
Bishop takes pawn
Rook takes...
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Categories:
polka dot, allegory, animal, color, conflict, food, parody, surreal,
Form:
Free verse
Our World Without ColourClassic silent films
Redundant technicolour
Piano plays mood
Panther and snow leopard
Duelling with chess
Under a scintillating firmament
A dome of diamonds floating on infinity
Moonlight softly slicing the shadows
Illuminating their world of concentration
Alternating attrition
Pawn takes pawn
Bishop takes pawn
Rook takes pawn
Knight...
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Categories:
polka dot, allegory, animal, color, fantasy, humanity, light, parody,
Form:
Free verse
The East Silver BridgeI was outside of Philly walking in Bucks County
As I climbed the Tree of Good and Evil
A voice spoke to me about the future
Because of my free will I was asked to make a choice
A...
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Categories:
polka dot, courage, faith, inspirational, introspection, metaphor, motivation, surreal,
Form:
Free verse
The Weeds of Avalonlife is a messy slurry
Tyson fury
an Olga tumble
an Ali shuffle
a low cal rumble
in nuclear jungles
hammer and sickle
stars and stripes
a polka dot pickle
citizen cocaine in the middle
PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS
living is a tsunami ripple
a wobbly foal
a...
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Categories:
polka dot, life,
Form:
Free verse
Ennui Sets In"Ennui Sets In”
Whenever pen is placed
Between purloined phalanges,
When my mind unfolds and tears along the seams,
I know it’s time to move my thoughts,
Through the underground;
That dark crusty void
Of dreary dreams diminished,
Where loose hell raisers floss...
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Categories:
polka dot, city, life,
Form:
Free verse
Hanky PankyHanky Panky
Honey
My foot is taping
It’s been a while
I figure it’s gotta be almost
An hour
Baby
You know you
Drive me crazy
How you do it
Constantly
You tease my eyes
It’s no surprise
Your naughty smiles
Make me so ravenously hungry
Aw come...
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Categories:
polka dot, funny, love, passionme, love, me, drug,
Form:
Free verse
The Dimension of LoveOn a balmy evening, I was out enjoying a walk,
Admiring the flowers and scenery on my block;
Moonlight poured, and nobody else was about,
Because I had become restless, I had gone out.
Fireflies were dancing, reminiscently green,
As...
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Categories:
polka dot, adventure, joy, love, nature, nice, peace, people,
Form:
Couplet
Engelbert Effleflump For Dr Seuss ContestEngelbert Effleflump put on his disguise
Climbed in his orcetector and rose in the skies
For his mum hated flying and must never know
That Engelbert’s job was in an aerial show
Poor Engelbert hated deceiving his mother
He’d go...
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Categories:
polka dot, fantasy, flying, kids, mum,
Form:
Couplet
Loves WindowLove feels like it has gone far away
She used to exist everywhere it seems
Now she hides in fear of being used up or let down
Most now, don’t even remember what she feels like
I remember long...
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Categories:
polka dot, life, love, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Silly Mug, the Red Polka-Dotted Pug -WizOh, I’m nothing but a red polka-dotted pug.
I’m silly and smug and my name is Mug.
I need to see the Wiz to remove these dots,
I don’t care...
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Categories:
polka dot, dog, silly,
Form:
Rhyme
Pixie Sue and Little Old Me“The fairy was flying in loops and swirls around her,
shedding fairy dust as she went. Throwing it at Wendy.
Delighted, the human girl raised her arms up
to fully experience what was happening. Delicate
golden sparkles floated down...
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Categories:
polka dot, fairy, fantasy, hope, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Polka Dot PeopleWhat would we all look like ... with polka dots?
I am now ... the enemy
By simply being a white middle-aged man
...
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Categories:
polka dot, analogy, hate, humanity, prejudice,
Form:
Free verse
Cosmic ParadeA cosmic parade today fell from the starry sky
As nations lined up to watch it all pass by
Beauty to behold, a bit hard to believe
Paraded down all the worlds cities streets
Chrystal spears of every color...
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Categories:
polka dot, magic, myth,
Form:
Free verse
Never Ending LoveNever Ending Love
Born in a cold basement on Valentine’s Day,
She grew up on newspaper and constant radio play.
She was the runt of the litter and very poorly fed,
When I first laid eyes on her, she...
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Categories:
polka dot, petsme, dog, dog, love, me,
Form:
Rhyme
The SixtiesThe flower children were in full swing, selling love, less woe.
I was not old enough for Woodstock, but wanted to go.
Hip hugger bell bottoms with navels peeking were the rage.
Boys were sent to Viet Nam,...
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Categories:
polka dot, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
NeuronsI’ve sat here all night just trying to write
But nothing would spring from my brain
I looked in my mind and what did I find
I think that I’m slightly insane
I’ve been unaware of things that...
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Categories:
polka dot, nonsense, surreal, writing,
Form:
Rhyme