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Asphalt Poems - Poems about Asphalt

Asphalt Poems - Examples of all types of poems about asphalt to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for asphalt.
Premium Member Pennsylvania's trip and fall laws
...Before relocating out of state, take a moment to pause.. It's well worth the time to examine the new state's laws. Six weeks ago I had my trip and fall. Previously I've never sued any one at all......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, health, perspective,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member To a Dead Mouse
... I Friend, whatever brought your life to end had no appetite for mouse flesh, nudged your small gray body on its side with a thorough sniff and left your corpse exposed on the asphalt path, ......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, in memoriam,
Form: Free verse
The Dowry in The Skies
...The smell of fresh baked cakes keeps floating in the air and daylight burst through the sky spilling coffee latte on the roof and I stood still inside and watch the cream drips slowly from the ceilin......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, best friend, culture, dark,
Form: Narrative
DAYS OF OLD 50's
... East of Eden and The Tingler. The lady killer and Julius Caesar. A star is born and Vertigo. The Killing and Ace in the hole. Godzilla and The night and fog. Jo......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, memory,
Form: Rhyme
my way
...My way (edited) the three famous tenors sang, MY-Way the fat one died, and the two others hates each other never appear in public together One looks like an aging matinee idol the other suff......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, adventure, anti bullying, art,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member A very Good Friday
...I never would have thought a fall on asphalt could fracture so easily.. The x-ray's said it was my femur, offered prayers to our redeemer and now things look brighter for me. Hospitalized with s......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, faith, fate, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member - Haiku X 318 - strength -
... volcanic asphalt the absolute monarchy - nature's rebellion......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, nature, power,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member When things go sideways
...I took an unexpected trip to Accidental city, bruised ribs, torn ligaments, a state most would pity.. Yesterday I experienced a trip and a fall on uneven asphalt outside a local mall.. There wer......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, health,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Rain
...I am summer rain for whose arrival you eagerly await. Sitting on your porch, you watch my descent. As I mix and mingle the elements, kneading pulverized dust, Petrichor rises, making you ......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, nature, rain, summer,
Form: Personification
From Harlem To Heaven
...From Harlem's pulse, a symphony untold, Stories etched in a brownstone, dreams unfold. Streetlamps pierce the twilight, jazz ignites, Hope flickers, a flame against the nights. Laughter rings o......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, image, imagery, imagination, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member MOSEY ON DOWN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY -
...Traveling up an interstate highway Round down about in a midwestern cove Speedometer cruise control sets low Going down interstate by the way Full tank of E-15 gas, eating on a corn cob Every......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, adventure, assonance, car, travel,
Form: Rhyme
The Road Home
...I stand here on the corner, steam of breath rising into the frozen air, staring, eyes fixed, longing to see... will lights ever emerge on the horizon of distant hill? I’ve turned asphalt int......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, depression,
Form: Free verse
Flagger- PS
...My partner called out cars she sent as we stood at opposite ends of the work zone, and when hers had passed, I called out mine sending them along a narrow passage. We found a common language ......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, allegory, career, friend, home,
Form: Free verse
Life is a Song
... In the gritty alleys of city schemes, Life's grumble rides on subway beams. Rhythms clink in the rusty car, Street-wise notes play on sidewalk tar. Concrete cracks hum a tired tune, City pigeo......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, america, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Carcass
...In this landscape, lies a nest made of brown brittle leaves, cracked asphalt, and tire flattened filters this creature, stands broad shouldered and stupid with a flat face and eyes open so......Read the rest...
Categories: asphalt, extended metaphor, irony, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse

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