Best Cincinnati Poems

There was a wee one they called Patty 
Who made his home in Cincinnati
From Dublin to Ohio
He left and decided to go
His friends thought he was quite batty

His mum thought it was a pity
But he brought his green to the new city 
He brought over...

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For all of you, here is a little history:
Professional baseball got its start in Cincinnati.
The “Red Stockings” played in the Queen City.
That was in 1869; over a century ago.
Players were paid on the banks of the Ohio.
With gloves made of leather, and bats made of...

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this is not a poem but I might be coming to Cincinnati in about a week because my grandmother's last sister has finally passed....she Lived to a ripe old age and was very Loving and caring....the few times I have seen her in my Life,...

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LEAVING  CINCINNATI



Rumbling south over  1000 feet to freedom :
The  Roebling bridge, and  below,
Its Stars and Stripes hanging limp in the wind,
A tugboat slowly pushing  
Sixteen blue-black coal  barges,
Almost sinking in the waves.

Over the Kentucky  line
Turn  right onto...

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There was a woman from Cincinnati
 
Who'd put up jars of favorite spaghetti

Think not her action was kinda nutty

Flavor was great

Hunger did sate

The hearts of friends did send up confetti....

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An old lady in Cincinnati
is mean, vindictive and chatty
She has fifty-three kittens
She calls them all Mittens
It’s no wonder she’s frazzled and catty

Written 3/19/22...

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Fake pyrotechnics bloom inside plastic strips.
The night gets colder
as Christmas carols limp on.

I slip away from the dull concert
into the unlit zoo,
sure that among the sculptured
caves and enclosures
beasts pace their plots.

Close by a large animal looms.
I smell the weight of it, a matted moonlight
awake under...

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An old lady in Cincinnati
Is mean, vindictive and chatty
She has fifty-three kittens
She calls them all Mittens
It’s no wonder she’s frazzled and catty

2/11/22...

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