Best Diesel Poems
Below are the all-time best Diesel poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of diesel poems written by PoetrySoup members
Just a Tree - a RequiemSomeone who knows
Said You were an old ancient Tree,
But at the time, it didn’t really matter,
Or seem important to me.
I knew You only for...
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Categories:
diesel, conflict, earth, heartbroken, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
The DraglineTHE DRAGLINE for Pete Brett
One hundred foot boom
7-½-yard bucket
The tracks are like
Ones on the tracks of a tank
They...
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Categories:
diesel, family, dance, me, old,
Form:
Free verse
Wild Orchid; Is She the One
filling the radio with words of availability
lot lizards selling their souls to diesel driving “Joe-s”
in and out of truck cabs under a weeping moon’s protection
Jane,...
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Categories:
diesel, daughter, death, lossnight, night,
Form:
Quatrain
SeasideThe see-saw backsides of obesity traverse across the promenade
Led by bustling torpedo breasts thrusting through the hustling throng;
Past tarnished chromium espresso bars, burger...
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Categories:
diesel, parody, people, places, sea,
Form:
Verse
He Was Smoking HotWell he was smoking
The stream that came
From his mouth
Looked like the exhaust
From a fast moving
Trailways diesel bus...
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Categories:
diesel, funny
Form:
I do not know?
From the Tower(A New Zealand Poem)
In thought as I sit here, 747 flying by, in contrast to the isles of white clouds cruising eastwards across the Manukau...
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Categories:
diesel, anger, angst,
Form:
Haibun
Yesterday's GristmillSometimes, I can hear that happy, bubbly brook
bouncing over stones and under the wheel…that giant wheel.
It would drone along groaning a wooden song;
each night luring...
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Categories:
diesel, environment, memory, music, nature,
Form:
Free verse
They Shall Be OneWhen The Lord called to His angels
there was thunder from the throne
He said there is a child of mine down there
who's been too long alone
So...
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Categories:
diesel, love, child, prayer, angel,
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:
diesel, allegory, marriage,
Form:
Lyric
End of An EraShe became a symbols of American pride,
as she made her run down the tracks.
Those big drivers turning eight wheels
and smoke pouring from her stack.
Pulling cars...
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Categories:
diesel, eulogy,
Form:
Rhyme
My Darkest DayI have always loved you daddy and I always will
Even though its been 2 years I feel it stinging still
I miss your touch, your laugh,...
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Categories:
diesel, cry, dad, death,
Form:
Lyric
Uncharted CoursesSixty thousand pounds
One hundred sixty horses
Snorting like leviathan
On uncharted courses
Eleven feet of width
Thirty-two of reach
Tank-like tracks that crush the rock
With a metallic screech
Carving up the...
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Categories:
diesel, appreciation, corruption, creation, nature,
Form:
Quatrain
Beyond the Black FenceBeyond the Black Fence
By Sy Roth
The land lay fallow
Beyond the black fence.
Growth once dressed in a white blanket of hoar in winter landscapes
Lush...
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Categories:
diesel, angst,
Form:
Free verse
WildflowersAspen leaves flutter like birds
as a breeze ponders the lake's surface
and I brush away a willow leaf of cold jade.
Soon there will be a face...
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Categories:
diesel, metaphor, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Soul of a TruckerThe ever present sound of a
diesel
Going through its gears
Is the steady beat and constant
rhythm
He’s known for many a year
And it’s the lullaby that...
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Categories:
diesel, courage, dedication, devotion, identity,
Form:
I do not know?