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Altoona
Altoona Poems - Poems about Altoona
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...there was a young man from Altoona who went to the ocean to catch tuna the boat lurched to starboard he was flung overboard and he met a shark that was out to catch humans ......
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Oliver Mckeithan
Categories:
altoona,
humorous,
Form:
Limerick
The Ghosts of Altoona
...Some daysI feel it's time to move and live by the sea, especially when the ghosts of Altoona are haunting me.. Many cities in Pa., so rich in history, They were hey days in their time. It's no......
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©
Nancy Kaufman
Categories:
altoona,
death,
Form:
Light Verse
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......
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©
Emanuel Carter
Categories:
altoona,
childhood, dream,
Form:
Free verse
The Fisherman's Catch and Release
...There was once an old man from Altoona Who decided to cast for some tuna 'Twas a mermaid he landed He sighed saying off-handed "How I wish I had caught her m......
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©
Robert L. Hinshaw
Categories:
altoona,
fishing, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
A
...Arnold, an arrogant associate assistant at American Airlines at Altoona Airport, and Allen, an aspiring actuarial apprentice acquiesced after an aggressive, although adult altercation at Arby's, Arn......
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Jeff Martin
Categories:
altoona,
word play,
Form:
Alliteration
Seal It Please
...A lady once hailed from Altoona. A man on a freight train had mooned her. She speeded away With just this to say, "Cold air from a crack is a boomer!"......
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Marty Owens
Categories:
altoona,
funny
Form:
Limerick
A Fisherman's Tale
...Once an old man from Altoona, Decided to fish for some tuna. His fortune was made, When he caught a mermaid, But he sighed, "How I wish it was soona!" "If only I'd been a young buck, When I h......
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Robert L. Hinshaw
Categories:
altoona,
funny
Form:
Limerick