Backhoe Poems - Poems about Backhoe

The Column

...The night was not for sleeping.
It was for the drag of headlights
against the skin of wet asphalt,
for the torn-down column
spitting its weight into the earth —
too heavy for a backhoe,
too stu...

Taking Down Trees

...Between two houses on my street,
There is a plot of land 
Where many trees have towered,
Just as Nature must have planned.

But ribbons tied around the trunks
Appeared out of the blue
And now ...

Mass Murderer Gets a Backhoe

...Mass Murderer thought about changing careers;
the chase was still chill, but the cleanup, too hard.
He bought him a backhoe, and oh, what a thrill!
He’s burying bodies all over the yard....

These Parts

...Some parts have regenerated
not backwards, local history
cannot be expunged with a backhoe and eraser.
There are facilities, collection plants,
distributions centers, storage units.
Where once s...

Lost To the Wind

...
A fierce tornado passed our home that day,

with mighty winds that tore the land apart.
 
Downfallen trees dredged up huge roots that lay

bare everywhere- how this did break my h...

Backhoe

...backhoe
digging in the road
mantis

concrete dust in flight-
fog

cricket 
on a window sill
frog

backhoe engine stops
hunger quenched


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Black Widow

...i express my love
rigor mortisly
ah the little
death

except mine for 
me for you is 
completely
deadly

i have a toe
tag with
more
then

John Doe
Dear John
or John Deere
which is a...

Being Followed

...Walking down the street one dark night; I passed some road working equipment.  Down the road a bit, I felt I was being followed.  I glanced back and saw a backhoe that I’d passed at the wo...

Forgive Me, I Beg

...I said goodbye today….
  saying for months
  what I’d been trying to say

Alone in the throng
  staring down at the hole
  they had laid you upon

I remember
  the laughter
  and the joy th...

Poetic Schedule

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Monday ... hit ‘em with a hard ballpoint slam
Shake the weekend ‘nish out of their veins
Tuesday ... hot comb straighten out the political wigs
Give the trough lap dogs some cynicis...

Simile Whim

...Once upon a whim
As an excavating limb
of a tractor under-tucked
the feed it hoisted up,
It seemed as though it goes
Akin to an elephant’s nose.

When later the machine
Departed from the scen...

I Love My Tractor

...My John Deere tractor is my favorite toy.
There’s nothing better that I enjoy.
I have many attachments I use every day,
That are used for more than just play.

My backhoe, chipper, and snow-blow...

For My Deep Thinking Friend Who Is Coming To An End of Things

...I came to see you at the remodeled hospital
there were bright tiles, statuary Marys, and assorted saints
"full code" was on the door.
We talked about your eventual escape and some summer plans
No...

Sperm Motility

...nature's way of saying
I love what you do with your tongue
mom used to lick her hanky 
to clean my face I want to kill her
aided by my only allies
the hobo armies of doom
resulted in a sweet to...

Two Feet In the Air

...the two footed tackle
we would deem most likely to raise authority’s hackle
so better the elbow
to the back of the head like a blundering backhoe....

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