Best Front Porch Poems

Oh, bushes, which near my front porch bloom
between the months of April and of May,
when I see you greening, I can assume
your petals’ unfurling is on the way!

I leave for work one day not knowing when
the magic I anticipate will be.
I come back home that...

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Sitting on the front porch in the evening shade,
strumming on a flattop guitar that was made
to play along with a country song 
about a sad heart who was done wrong.

Old Shep beats his tail to the tune,
enjoying the breeze and the croon
of the melodic voice...

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My two tribute poems- composed to honor this truly gifted
and totally amazingly brilliant poet…

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As I Sit Here Chilling On My Front Porch

 
As I sit here chilling on my front porch

Yet still wonderment in this aged soul

Tho' I feel far too fast fading life's torch

Seeking...

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Me and two old men
one black the other white
sitting on the front porch
along with Jesus
dippin and sippin wine
contemplating the seeds sewn
with Peter, James and John
and the coming day we'll see the great white throne...

Once there they will tell
the Good Lord all they troubles
when they get...

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 Timber bones moan and mumble
The creaks each old plank familiar makes
Every step back a memory humble
Wakes the spirit of this home and lets it tremble

Ignoring me, phantom kids run outside to play
Past this dog august in my remembrance
And clearly I can hear our mother...

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Flowers and Front Porch Steps
I come from the painted front porch of my first house 
That is tainted with my laughter like the colors
It blooms in the summertime, like the weeds in the cracks of the sidewalk
That the kids used to pretend were flowers

Well eventually...

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sitting on the porch with a bowl of cookie crisp
reminiscing about the times when everything was cheap
sitting on the porch with a bowl of cap' n crunch
thinking about the times when one radio station was all you needed
sitting on the porch with a bowl of...

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I stop now and again,
on the inter sanctum that is my porch.
Always trying  to calm my racing brain,
I stop to gaze out into the beyond.

I sit on my old wooden bench,
and watch the summer unfold.
So much happening,,
so much beauty to behold. 

Hollyhocks tower gently...

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i could not find muscle in your milk
so i starved until i found out that 
bread was just as good. 

i could not hide a moth in a whisper, 
so i learned to speak loudly and throw
things across the livingroom.

i could not wait for tomorrow...

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Struck by lightning – 
Writer’s block
I came to believe that I have a hard time sorting out my thoughts into each file…
Into eloquent verses and the pain worsens...
As I see paper flying all around me, I'm a fish without fins
Running this race with beads of...

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FRONT PORCH
 (Hospitality Headquarters) 

 Just the spot
 For taking in a cool breeze
 And watching the world go by
 Friends and neighbors out
 For a leisurely stroll
 Stop and sit a spell.
 "Lemonade"?
 "Iced Tea"?
“Co-Cola?”
"Did you hear about...?"
 "Do Tell!"
 "You Don't Say!"
 "My,...

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A house ain't a home 'less'n there's a porch on which to muse.
A place to sprawl upon a swing an' take a restful snooze,
Er prop yer feet on th' railin' to ponder th' settin' sun,
When supper is finished an' all th' farmin' chores is done!

There...

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It was 1947 the big snow had lay
It started in February and ended in May.
It ran to the top of the telegraph pole
And over thatched houses as if they were stole

The people did shiver the old ones pasted on
The turf was well saved but crusted...

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Laughter and the sound of rhythm and blues
Some front-porch boogie with my baby doll

Drinking the moon from an ole Mason jar
Lovely hot midday sun upon our feet 

Stutter rhythm dancing, her in my arms
Head leaned back and lovely long hair swayin

Lost in the music as...

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Facing the north
Rallying all of my sight
Outside in the chill of this starry
Night
Thinking


Placed also where the sun
Outside the halos hit
Right in my eye
Crying as I sit
Hopeful...

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