Akron Poems - Poems about Akron

The Hopeless Case

...A mother left crying alone in her pew Begging the Lord for a miracle new … The only thing he was good at was being bad Bus stations train stations corn maidens in drag He came a......

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Categories: akron, grief, mother, son,
Form: Rhyme

New Hobohemia

...Hopped a rattler out of Akron. Rode the high end all the way. On the Erie-Lackawanna, Made North Jersey by next day. Between a bottle and a biscuit, And that’s all I’m gonna say. ‘Twas a rude......

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Categories: akron, allegory, freedom,
Form: Lyric

If Heaven Has a Garden

...Footprints through his garden. My uncle and I once played tag amongst his greenery; With muddied shoes and fear getting the best of me Surprisingly, I had shaken my head yes when he asked......

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Categories: akron, garden, grandfather, heaven,
Form: Prose Poetry

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

aspiring parrot

... once a parrot named kevin wanted to fly to heaven so he flew and flew but when out of view was forced to land in akron. ......

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Categories: akron, city, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Topic of Conversation

...Topic of Conversation (Heroic Couplet) Say what you want about the man in black You think he cares about that, he got stacks. Akron Ohio was his home sweet home LeBron is the man dunking on ......

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Categories: akron, anniversary, basketball, betrayal, business,
Form: Heroic Couplet

This Poem Wants 2 B a Revolutionary

...This poem wants to make a change . . . To be a strong yet silent raised fist in Mexico, 1968. To stand at a window w/a shotgun writing the words “By any means necessary” To sit in at a lunch count......

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Categories: akron, analogy, discrimination, inspiration, political,
Form: Free verse

Ohio Poets

... From the Ohio River to the Great Lake Erie. If they come from Cleveland, or south in Cincinnati, these talented persons’ works are the ones we should see. They have written some of this site......

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Categories: akron, dedication, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

But Especially East Lansing

...BUT ESPECIALLY EAST LANSING Cell phone with a woodywoodpecker ringtone; Russian style of guitar-playing with strummed beats; Regina-Saskatoon red-eye with “collapsible” seats; Getting a tick......

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Categories: akron, slam, old, me, old,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

Going Back

...GOING BACK It was not an endearing place, a storybook place With little cottages and Loaded fruit trees from which apples could be casually filched, Nor were there sparkling streams ......

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Categories: akron, introspectionsong, dark, dark, places,
Form: Narrative

England

...ENGLAND England is a changing country Not the place I left thirty five years ago. Oh yes, they still have Ann Hathaway’s Cottage, And Buckingham Palace, and even fish-and-chips. But it’s a......

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Categories: akron, introspectionpeople, people,
Form: Prose Poetry