Best Hank Poems

hi-jack my haiku?
Hah! You jacked the wrong ku
You stole a senryu

I hide my haikus
safe and sound beneath silly
senryus such as this

Hark and heed this Hank!
Stealing somebody’s senryu
is scandalous but

heisting a haiku?
holding a haiku hostage?
That's horrible Hank...

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Thar was once an old buckaroo named Hank,
  
   Who was very absent-minded and lank.

      He told his hoss to skedaddle,

         Fergittin' to mount the saddle.

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There was once a daydreamer called Hank.
It was thought that he was just a crank.
He was labelled a con.
His ideas caught on.
Then he ran all the way to the bank.


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Quote from Mark Twain: 
“A crank is someone with a new idea, until it catches on.”
Contest:...

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Barry out-homered Hank
His inspiration? May I be frank?
'Twas McCartney and Lennon and the poem they penned
"I get high with a little help from my friends"

***Hammerin' Hank was Hank Aaron's nickname...Barry Bonds broke his all-time home run record "with a little help" from his steroid friends...

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Where I grew up; Texas 
Country music is king
Three songs for a quarter
And the Juke Box would sing

When it’s Saturday night
It’s Grand Old Opry time
Turn the radio on
Grab a chair and recline

Hank was the top singer
His songs came from the heart
So much great music lost
Because...

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He was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama.
Soon, he was famous all over America.
He played for the Braves in Milwaukee and Atlanta.
Considered to be among professional baseball's elite,
watching him hit homeruns was certainly a treat.
Hank made the chief do a war dance beyond the outfield.
Mr....

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Hank
a Limerick
By: Miracle Man
12-17-2019

I awoke this morning, mind most blank,
Thinking of a neighbor who we call Hank.
With little intention,
He had an invention,
Now his smile accompanies him to the bank
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Prospector Hank rode down the canyon cold
Ten years on the trail, out looking for gold,
Hank found a camp, not long abandoned then
In the dust lay tracks, of cows and of men.
Why cows would be here, it did not seem right
He figured somehow he was facing...

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Sun's going down
Drinks are filling up
Been a hell of a week I'm bout to turn it up

Crowds coming in
Bands starting up
Drinks are kicking in I'm bout to turn it up

Bartender asks what brings ya in
I shot em' a wink and said don't be silly
I'm on...

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Meeting Hank Williams Sr
I was setting in a store back 20 years ago.
When a car pulled up to the door.
A tall man in a cowboy hat came out and came in.
He sat down and began to tell us a story.
He ate a piece of pie...

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Walking With the Ghost of Hank
Walking down the road one day.when i was joined by a man 
He was wearing a cowboy hat and caring a old guitar. 
He did say anything just smiled.
As we walked i could hear him start to sing.
The first song...

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The saddest man you ever saw
Sang through his nose, his notes were raw,
His teeth were bad, his voice was flat;
Hank Williams wore a cowboy hat.

A hundred songs upon the shelf,
He loved us more than loved himself:
He sang of you, he sang of me,
To set our...

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I read a poem of Hank’s and something caught me happy
Suddenly my own poem came flipping out of my mind.
She skidded down my nose and skipped onto the page, slip slappy.
I watched her progress; she was a marvelous new find.

The pig has flown, she said...

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I sell propane and propane accessories and my name is Hank Hill.
I took Ladybird to the veterinarian today and I may have to kill.
That vet is scum and he's a creep.
He wants to put Ladybird to sleep.
He wants to put her to sleep because of...

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I used to be 
Afraid Of Poetry
Until I read
Bukowski...

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