Poem Examples

Nia, Poem Example

In barrooms where smoke curls around the microphone stand, Nia’s been and gone and left the 2 a.m. crowd calling out for more. The echo of her rauccous rasp lingers [...]

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The Road Puppets, Poem Example

Out in the desert mornin’ Bakin’ up like toasted bread, Sittin’ ‘longside of dusty roads ‘Til I’m burnt up good and dead. And some nobody out there, Known as a [...]

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All I Am, Poem Example

You always tell me too late But what do you expect of me? I don’t even know your name, But that’s alright with me.   A blank canvas Filled with [...]

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I Don’t Want to Play House, Poem Example

Love the family… Love the life Love the happiness, even the strife Home is where the heart is That is what they say today But the situations, they change let’s [...]

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After the Auction, Poem Example

Going back sunlight failed to leave the stumps of what used to be my father’s forest. The new parking was sunbeams and tar. A few serious-looking crows ballooned overhead, mysterious [...]

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Picasso’s Eyes, Poem Example

What crime were they designed to dream? Coils of darkness like the shadow twisted under a black cowboy brim, slipping through alleys so black the pupils shined like coins struck [...]

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