Best Guthrie Poems
Below are the all-time best Guthrie poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of guthrie poems written by PoetrySoup members
LamentationLamentation
born among the travelers of her day
she played in the sandpile with Woody Guthrie
sung in the chorus with Allen Ginsberg
walked in...
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Categories:
guthrie, america, conflict, feelings, life,
Form:
Light Verse
The Big AppleI made a trip to New York
and surely looked like a dork
staring at the sky
scrapery so high
(and sometimes ogled a nork*)
I took a walk to...
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Categories:
guthrie, nonsense,
Form:
Limerick
On a Runaway TrainWritten January 8, 2013
The morning blues in a lily on the pond
Wake on the wrong side of the road
Penniless pockets play the vagabond game
Ride the...
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Categories:
guthrie, adventure, america, beautiful, introspection,
Form:
Lyric
Can We Feel MusicCan We “Feel” Music?
By Carol Geyer
Can we “feel” music? Can the notes cool or warm us?
Soothing like green aloe balm, or warm as flaming Yule...
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Categories:
guthrie, music,
Form:
Free verse
GypsumI don’t get that much time alone these days but I’m not complaining.
She’s at the gym she says but who can say for sure; you...
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Categories:
guthrie, funny, me,
Form:
Rhyme
The Wolf's Pockets
“The Wolf’s Pockets”
Virginia knows
what’s written
in the mass of a rock
the heaviness of words
not soluble
anchored to life
that does not float
A Wolf swallows Woolf whole
Hungry...
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Categories:
guthrie, birth, death, journey, love,
Form:
Free verse
Alice's RestaurantIt wouldn’t be Thanksgiving,
Despite the turkey meal,
If I missed Arlo Guthrie’s song,
My husband at the wheel.
For every year, Thanksgiving Day,
As it approaches noon,
We find the...
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Categories:
guthrie, family, holiday, music, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Outlaw MccurdyBorn in 1880
to a single mom
back in Maine.
He volunteered
in the army
after school.
He did many
robberies
bank's and trains.
He stayed in Oklahoma
but broke...
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Categories:
guthrie, history,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Wainwright Smith Rides Away, Part IHe’d been on the trail many a month,
When he reached the town of Gulrith,
A mining village high in the peaks,
His named was Wainwright Smith.
He searched...
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Categories:
guthrie, adventure, brother, crazy, dark,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Translation of Eric Mottram's a Faithful Private - 4 With a Clive Bush Comment By T WignesanTransl. of Eric Mottram’s A Faithful Private - 4 with a Clive Bush comment on Mottram's poetry
Excerpt from an article, “From space to caves...
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Categories:
guthrie, england, poetry, poets, political,
Form:
Free verse
WoodstockThey came from The South, The North and The West Coast
450,000 together for peace and music, half a million at most
Richie Havens inspired all while...
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Categories:
guthrie, celebration, culture, dedication, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Bob Dylan Is GreatBob Dylan is great
And he is real mate
He started out like Woodie Guthrie
But only roughly
He told us the answer was in the wind
He was all...
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Categories:
guthrie, celebration, celebrity, god, history,
Form:
Ballad
Behind the Bars BluesTo my right is Tommy Two-Face
He murdered his wife
He is pleading insanity
I bet he gets life
To my left is Little Lenny
He weighs three hundred and...
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Categories:
guthrie, lifedog, dog, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Soothes My SoulRemember when "Suzie" wore her dresses tight
When Elton John was Singin' 'bout "Saturday night"
Singin' bout the rocket man and his old blue...
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Categories:
guthrie, music,
Form:
Lyric
Music To Drive ByMUSIC TO DRIVE BY
Manitoba. Dashboard music. The west ahead.
At last the sun is gone - relax...
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Categories:
guthrie, travel
Form:
Quatrain