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Best Dashboard Poems

Below are the all-time best Dashboard poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dashboard poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Close Encounter
I'd finished work at ten PM and got in my car
It was dark as I drove home and in the sky noticed a star
Could be...

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Categories: dashboard, car, fantasy, surreal,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member His Old Pick-Up Truck
He begs me to come, but he's run out of luck
You won't catch me dead in that beat-up old truck!
It was painted blue...now the color...

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Categories: dashboard, dog, funny, me, old,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Concert
Drumming along on steering wheel
And dashboard, to rhythm and beats
8-track drowning out giddy squeals,
Till butts plopped down in venue seats.

The buzzing crowd was everywhere
All walks...

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Categories: dashboard, adventure, music, people, song,
Form: Rhyme
Driving To the Light
driving away
	from a long pristine shoreline
where waves roll upon sand
	corralled by crumbling cliffs

driving toward
	a haven for sunbathers
listening to ice cream vendor’s jingles
	on boardwalk backed beaches

In...

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Categories: dashboard, change,
Form: Free verse
Rage
Riding a scotch high
down
a twisting
river road past
midnight,
his grip tightens
on the steering wheel
in sync 
with the pressure of his foot
on the accelerator.
He convinces himself
he is chasing
meaning
in...

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Categories: dashboard, depression
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ground Hogs and Roses
soft roses, held in bloodless fingers,
bleed a scented redness
caressed by lusts ache
masquerading as a gentle touch

each petal  a charade
a “loves me – loves me...

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Categories: dashboard, valentines day,
Form: Free verse
Changing the Clocks
Certain clocks obeyed
By springing forward on their own – 
The ones on the computer
Or the TV or the phone.

But my old-fashioned watch
Required a turning of...

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Categories: dashboard, time,
Form: Rhyme
Black and White Keys
I have always tinkled
From a very young age
On the ivory dashboard
From the dots on the page

The musical freedom
Of the song never sung
The releasing of passions
On...

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Categories: dashboard, love,
Form: Rhyme
Akula
AKULA

Mark and I caught the last plane from Ft. Lauderdale to New Orleans to escape Hurricane Andrew, leaving Akula ,our boat, tied up at Rolly...

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© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dashboard, adventure,
Form: Narrative
Social Status Effect
Miscommunication, is fabrication of reality
When actually it’s a matter of perspective.
She was a standout, with a name similar to yours
With pure intentions, painful convictions but...

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Categories: dashboard, deep, high school, internet,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member My Old Jalopy
Just had to buy a new battery

For my seven year old beat up jalopy

Actually I'm exaggerating just a little

As cars go it's a very fine...

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Categories: dashboard, memory,
Form: Narrative
How To Have Sex
Begin by swinging from chandeliers when home
Wear matching multicolored harlequin costumes
Equip yourselves with harmonicas and bazookas
Keep lubricants and trampolines near by for safety

Practice lunar landings...

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Categories: dashboard, crazy, education, happiness, inspirational,
Form: Didactic
Leaning On a Failure Mentality
{intro}
You keep-you keep-you keep flying,
Though I’m honestly crying…...weeping…..sighing…..
Extra careful not to snip your heart strings
Tattoo your tune in my heart that pleasurably stings
Pain is what...

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Categories: dashboard, angst, anxiety, deep, depression,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Dance
A funny thing happened 
On the way to the dance 
An hot ash from my cigar 
Fallen onto my pants
 
Driving in my car
A fast...

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Categories: dashboard, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Farewell Old Friend
‘Cream Puff’ you were my faithful companion for many years
I recall you were a birthday gift from an old school friend 
And I adored you...

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Categories: dashboard, i miss you, sad,
Form: Personification

Book: Shattered Sighs