Arkansas Poems - Poems about Arkansas

... Wham-o’s old Pluto Platter, gets a brand-new name. Fred and Ethel say farewell, Dick Clarke gets his fame. The Cat in the Hat is born, Bogie has moved on. Hurricane Audrey rages, while Pau......Read the rest...

...Come one, come all, down to the Candy Cat Paw! The most fabulous kitty store in old Arkansas. We have Animal Twists and Meow Mix too. Mom and Dad, there are kitties waiting for homes with you. ......Read the rest...

...That be cold sun rose yonder, our heads be hot, I'd declare, I'll get Whitey my critter, worked all night, best she nicker. 'Bout saddlin' her real tight, or I'll headlong out of sight, I ......Read the rest...

...Preface: On February 4, 1861, the seven states that had seceded by this point convened and created the Confederate States of America under the leadership of Jefferson Davis. Just under two m......Read the rest...

...What is her name? They asked Bright, full of awe. I was going to call her Arkansas. But look at her coat, unique markings right? I call her Q said my cousin, Bright. Q? I said. What kind of nam......Read the rest...

...A woman on her daily walk was serenaded by a cardinal, a blue jay, and a Carolina wren— or so she thought. Imagine how surprised she would have been to learn it was I, a mockingbird perched on a l......Read the rest...

...Parents pass away slowly after their death; come back as your face in a mirror. Our days are a code written on the blind side of our skin. You watch yourself coming out of a childhood bedroo......Read the rest...

...Jarvis was a goner the second he saw her bouncy hair She recognized this and reeled him right into her lair Her amber eyes gave him the stoplight green. Jarvis from that moment was never again see......Read the rest...

...Go to Massachusetts for its chowder, in Maryland you’ll find tasty crab cakes. Texas has their famous beef brisket rub, KC says it’s good BBQ they make. Head to Maine to dine on some lobster, ......Read the rest...

...Obituary The following notice recently appeared in the Toad Suck Monthly News Express. The management apologizes for the tardiness of its publication: Ms. Villonia Beebe has passed awa......Read the rest...

...The Middle Years She'd been wooed by dukes and diplomats From Nome to Nagasaki, Kept by mobsters, bishops, bureaucrats, And a movie mogul's lackey. She'd been plied with jewels, a fancy......Read the rest...

...Wild women of Woolie Woods of Oakie Snout Whispering wise words within and without Whimsical wisdom with wishes whisking waywardly We mortals held back, observing but giving space, willingly Wh......Read the rest...

...With all-knowing third eye the white tiger king floated to Arkansas In his sculpted golden Venetian gondola, in that majestic way he had. Regular Italian tigers hid behind birches, quietly but resp......Read the rest...

...The sun raises up over the ridge The sky shines a multitude of colors Pink with a tinge of purple That only lasts for a few precious moments Some mornings the clouds Come down from the sky ......Read the rest...

...A dead blackbird here A dead blackbird there Six more dead blackbirds Over there and there and there. New Year’s Eve 2011. I counted five, six, twelve, maybe twenty-seven. Wait! Four more. W......Read the rest...