Allegheny Poems

Death Doesn'T Know Compromise

...Near the local library in my sweet little town lies
Greenlawn Cemetary where peace abounds..
An open field bursts in tawny golds like a Monet.
Flitting yellow butterflies land briefly and then fly...

Trade Winds

...Last call for alcohol, embargo 
              on the cargo headed for Fargo? 
                      Bootlegging articles of? 
                          "ConfederationNow", 
Boot logger, droned Ov...

October 6, 2022

...OCTOBER 6, 2022

Fall in the Finger Lakes,
a meeting in Canandaigua,
a nature reserve visit on West Hill
north of Naples, the season at early 
peak, all the colors including green,
the thick, ...

Farmer Fred Talks Politics Vol Ii

...Let me explain the numbers I see
The first chart illustrates the five states that flipped
Notice how close the totals are
So, when folks dismiss the evidence of fraud
As being inconsequential I t...

Farmer Fred Talks Politics Vol I

...Farmer Fred was out in his field making inspection
When I snuck up on him without detection
I stated my greetings with great voice inflection
Which caused Fred to jump in the opposite direction
T...

Friday May 13th 2022

...Friday May 13th, 2022

An excerpt taken from a lengthy tome,
written courtesy a favorite poet of mine.

Paraskevidekatriaphobia  struck within a blink,
I swear yours truly never took a drink,
...

Blues Therapy

...BLUES THERAPY

She’d had a tough day,
her aging mother struggling
two siblings wounded and worried,
a gray day with snowfall, darkness
early and long
The husband knew what she needed
and when...

Train - 1958

...TRAIN – 1958

On a warm summer evening
at North Philadelphia Station
the 6:19 on track three, the "Spirit
of Saint Louis-Limited" from Penn Station
New York, Newark and Trenton bound for
Thirt...

A Bit of History

...The word "Cherokee" is believed to be derived from a Choctaw word meaning "Cave People". Another explanation says it came from a Creek word "Chelokee", meaning "People Of A Different Speech".
It was...

I Ain'T Buyin' It Baby

...Have you heard the national pundits scream?
Joe Biden won the election all clean.
But the numbers look crazy
And if you are not lazy
You can take a look and see what I mean.

Observe Allegheny,...

Journey On the Rocks

...Allegheny rail train has been rolling along since dawn.
I can hear the patchy sounds of the horn ushered by the wind.
Sounds at first are muffled but become distinct as the train gets closer.

Gu...

Three Rivers

...Three Rivers

Down the singing, winding rivers and,
under spans of big city bridges,
a steel town grew up out of a fort.

Not one, but three singing, blue rivers
made a daily choru...

Miss Allegheny Mountain

...Miss Allegheny Mountain

On her stone back the sleeping lady lies,
while on upward ride to the Western skies,
in blue lavender treeline's veiled disguise,
Miss Allegheny Mountain gro...

Spring Growth

...Let the wild mustard and tansy grow
   both tall and prolific, spreading freely
   along the edges of the garden, seedlings from the wood.
Beneath the plum and pear, near the sycamore and cherry,
...

Longing

...The meadow reverberates with delightful pleasing harmony………….
The little brook meanders and dances over polyphony;
Remember the distant mountains surpassed with drizzling snow,
Through the flurry of ...

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