Best Cast Iron Poems
Below are the all-time best Cast Iron poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of cast iron poems written by PoetrySoup members
An Old Cast Iron PanI imagine when you first see it…all you see an old cast-iron pan…you don’t see where it’s been…you only notice the outside…not the history within.
But...
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Categories:
cast iron, family, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
The Lady of the HouseIt’s siesta, yet one can hear from the second floor of the house the animated sharing of juicy news some visitors have brought to the...
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Categories:
cast iron, abuse, analogy, black african
Form:
Haibun
A Place Called BeautifulThere is a place called beautiful nestled deep in my mind's eye
Gingham curtains crisply pressed frame periwinkle summer sky
Brass kettle on the old gas stove...
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Categories:
cast iron, beautiful, family, grandmother, imagery,
Form:
Rhyme
Never Stood a Chanceeggshell dreams
porcelain heart
cast iron sky
5/12/2019
MAY 2019 PREMIER 4 Poetry Contest
Brian Strand, Sponsor...
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Categories:
cast iron, heartbreak, sorrow,
Form:
Free verse
Making TeaIt's styles of a nameless brand pristine day
an exclusive star-sheathed shadow after
overwhelming luminous glare fainted
a somewhat true-to-life footpath in
a back of structured quaintness
Encountering myself...
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Categories:
cast iron, allusion, analogy, blessing, celebration,
Form:
Concrete
Having Enough-Remembering ThanksgivingI awoke to the familiar sound of dishes rattling in Mother’s kitchen and to the thick scent of coffee wafting through the air. I glanced...
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Categories:
cast iron, thanksgiving, thanksgiving day,
Form:
Free verse
Simple PovertySimple Poverty
I think that I was maybe three
When memories started following me
They called us poor and, I guess, we were -
These things will tell if...
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Categories:
cast iron, childhood, family, growing up,
Form:
Rhyme
The Funny FarmThe love we shared is now no more.
With bitterness she slammed the door.
She said I've had enough I'm through with you.
...
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Categories:
cast iron, loveme, life, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Country Livin'Cans to kick, Sticks to whittle
Blow that jug, or saw that fiddle
Roll up your jeans,Go grab your pole
Wade right in, to the old fishin' hole
If...
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Categories:
cast iron, introspection, life, nature, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Melted Ice Cream Promises
You swear your word is solid
as a silver serving spoon
Well, why does it always feels like
another mis-spoken dog day afternoon
Hotter than July
in the middle of...
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Categories:
cast iron, allusion, metaphor, perspective, truth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Good Life
Mornings, light and smiling
Coffee brewing, black
Meat frying in a cast iron skillet
Grease, flour and milk, stirred together
Gravy poured over steaming biscuits
Granny’s breakfast – typically
Grown to...
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Categories:
cast iron, appreciation, blessing, celebration, grandmother,
Form:
Free verse
Moonshine Shuffle - Moderate Country WaltzMoonshine, diesel fumes, and chicken wire.
Laundry hangin’ on the line.
Bible open to the Book of Job.
Backyard thick with prickly pine.
Jacket pocket full...
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Categories:
cast iron, allegory, marriage,
Form:
Lyric
PotsI came from a place of bean pots and tea pots
I love my trusty three-decade old crock pot
One holer, two holer, three holer, four
Another kind...
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Categories:
cast iron, culture, drug, how i
Form:
Rhyme
Betty's SwingBy Valerie D. Staton
Down a long winding road there lived Old Betty Ann
In an old wooden house, the color of sand
Her home was surrounded by...
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Categories:
cast iron, color, death, fun, garden,
Form:
Rhyme
Mushroom Picking
In the cool of an autumn morning
my father and his friend,
Jimmy Kerin, would go
mushroom picking in paddocks
way out past the last suburban fence.
I...
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Categories:
cast iron, autumn, dad, memory, mother,
Form:
Free verse