Best Backwater Poems

Way down south at the edge of the swamp,
Was a little town known as Backwater.
A peaceful town that most folks found,
Was a good place to raise sons and daughters.

A plague hit the town and people fell sick,
And soon they were dropping like flies.
No doc could...

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Poor Earl Crabtree, they tried him for murder
He claimed innocence; he’d never hurt her
   But Earl was transgender
   He’d gone on a bender
Pleaded guilty ~ he’d tried to pervert her...

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The witches of Backwater were two sisters who,
Never caused harm or concern.
One lived in the swamp well away from the town,
The other chose wages to earn.

She taught the town's children as local school marm,
Reading and writing and numbers.
Quiet and kind she taught tolerance and patience,
And...

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Backwater junction in a backwoods town
Rusty and creepier than a carnival clown
Timber rattlesnakes hide their slanted eyes
No one visits this woodpile, no big surprise...

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