Best Everett Poems
One Big Thing - With Apologies To Edward Everett HortonIt was once upon a nursery rhyme,
An old familiar story line –
The prelude to some fairytale disaster
Where the trail of breadcrumbs through the woods
Is known to lead to damaged goods,
Bad coffee and a wicked morning after.
But I took the bait and...
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Categories:
everett, allegory, fantasy, romantic,
Form:
Lyric
No way do we want my adopted hometown, Everett Washington, to become another sanctuary citySeattle Washington of King County is where I was born in early October of 1954.
And it already has become another sanctuary city. What is a sanctuary city? In
the case of the USA and Washington DC--'it is nothing more than a sanctuary for
dangerous criminals and...
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Categories:
everett, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Prose
Poetry IsPoetry is watching the sail boats go drifting by
on Port Gardiner's Bay.
Poetry is the happy laughter of children playing
at Forrest Park
Poetry is free out door music concerts
at the Everett's Marina.
Poetry is watching free outdoor summer's
movies at Box car park
after dark.
Poetry is watching people...
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Categories:
everett, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form:
Free verse