Best Fresno Poems

“THE GIRL FROM FRESNO”


HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
I HOPE YOUR DAY IS ONE TO 
REMEMBER.
12:02pm my message goes out. 
12:03pm her message comes in.
I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM...

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The Empty Academy Schoolhouse

It stands on a vast green lot,
No trees to shelter it from heavy, gray clouds
on the rolling foothill horizon.
Its thin coat of...

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Botched Artwork Saves Town

Sometime last year, in late August 2015, something unusual went viral..
It was an ancient picture on the wall, vastly unlike its original...

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Doing The Right Thing

Somewhere in Fresno, Central California....
A family popped into a diner for a meal together...

When they left, they left behind a canvas pouch...
A...

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I walked up to the church
(And I swallowed my pride) 
and asked the lady 
can she please step aside 
That my children are hungry 
...

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The madman chalked red X’s
on the sidewalks of the houses 
if he suspected 
or had evidence
that people there 
were unkind to each other, 
or their...

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I once had a friend named Sally
Who loved the Fresno Valley.
Her desire to travel
Soon did unravel
A wee one dubbed Callie O'Malley....

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I tried balancing a bowl of hot oatmeal on my lap and reading his poems in my tired and
worn, green chair.  

On the back...

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YouTube.com is the best home movie website all users have ever visited. this website is as
the same as the episode of "America's Funniest Home Videos."...

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There are boats resting on the Idaho shore.
The west coast we once knew is no more.
Frisco and Los Angeles we can no longer see.
They have...

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Trucker Duckie

His P.I.C handle is:
TRUMP DOGG

Road incorrecto políticamente 
rolls his 18-wheeler Hogg

Transporting border illegals is the 
			  Primary cache crop haul
Outfoxing blue Smoky Bears
			is...

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As I’m bowed, in cares distraught
Lightness unbends, thru an arbor caught

In the rigid coils of tight binds
Gladness interlaces with vines that unwind

Netted in a shadow...

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Instead of names, we're often called
By where we do reside,
So, "Hey, New York!" we're greeted with,
A simple ID guide.

Thus Texas, Fresno, Cleveland
And Kentucky we have...

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pork steaks, cut into small bits
an onion, chopped fine
a nice hot fresno pepper
strong, yellow curry
garden-fresh peaches
combine and
feast!
...

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Make for the corner, Fresno-Whittier
(there’s neighborhoods a whole lot prettier):
it’s probably ten-ninety-six,
but don’t draw weapons – that’s a Nix.
The man before you’s not a “perp”,
so...

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