Best Horn Poems

He assembled in darkness the corroded horn
by familiarity and sense of touch.
Then cast as thunder into the empty night
long tones void of musical melody.
Sustained tones, fierce and woeful
in succession paraded the street.
Each note precisely chosen, unfurled
and carried aloft in chilly air.
The flickering street lamp understood
as...

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In a chariot of fire in the sun
  blew a pale horse and pale rider’s last breath,
and on your grave sings a boding raven
  in the shadows of the valley of death.
Where no graven image rise from its bones,
  only a cold...

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Christmas Yule Tide Horn Haiku

what a dearth of mirth
welcome Jesus and His birth
beyond all worth on earth

saw star in the skies
by three men who had been wise
met with much surprise

much to our delight
brought star did show in the night
Jesus brought much light

waited for a while
then...

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A captive of your ontology,
a tiger in a cage

Doomed to look with borrowed eyes,
your life played out on stage

You pace the floor incessant,
as anger builds within

And hear the distance calling,
feeling trapped, an alien

Will that trumpet ever reach you,
by whose Archangel you’re reborn

Will redemption come to...

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when we cut and paste
even if we made much haste
will not have any waste

when where what why who
we only needed a few
which we know will do

with eight different words
which will start with w

My other favorite word
which I will like is wonderful.

Can you imagine when we...

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Through whispers that furrow the silence, the cursing horn sounds,
Over plains of shadow the dusk of night descends all around.
Hyperion of night glows with embers beneath lids of silver light,
In silence watches over sparse poplars, caressed by the moon's delight.
Dreaming of the scent from deep,...

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Written By:  D. Collins 6/14/24


There's nothing better than a trumpet, trombone, and sax.
Screaming out tight tones on full blast.
Synched and tuned to make our hair stand up.
Cracking all glass products around the club.



Then, a sweet-talking flute comes in underneath.
Followed by a little Lee Oscar,...

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Haiku was by Horn
Soon again will be re-born
Night or early morn. 

Want to inspire 
Give God my whole entire
Set world on fire. 

Bring best out in you 
By letting God always do
Make your dreams come true.         ...

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Jazz Horn

Now put your left foot forward.
Next put your right foot ahead.
See how that works?
See how the workings of these two appendages
Facilitates the outcome
Of one continuous forward motion
To where you’re going … in this world?
Welcome, my friend, 
To this deliciously dark dish of desperate cravings!
Look...

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pillar of trumpets
are no match in a garden
for the hummingbird...

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Pollution Control Horn Haiku

Pollution control
Clean environment for soul
After taking poll....

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Another Gin and Tonic Horn Limerick

Must I drink another gin and tonic
To tolerate Trump who is moronic
Jumping from hole to hole like a rabbit
Constantly complaining when cannot have it
Grows on you like a plague that is bubonic.

Jim Horn...

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Really Good Rap Song Horn Haiku

There are scores and scores
Of stores that have gone away
Too much have to pay.

When small star twinkles
Will we see all the wrinkles
As each one mingles.

Can you mingle late
Because you did have to wait
And anticipate.

Might mingle later
And prefer percolator
Coffee creator.

When things...

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Hey little horn, where are you born?

Hey little horn,
where are you born?
Hey, little unicorn,
do you eat corn?
I'm a narwhal and want a treat
do remember I can't stand too much heat
I am very sweet and clear
and I don't fear       ...

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Round about nineteen 1971-2, yours truly bid adieu 
to Henry Kline Boyer Elementary School 
   (situated at crossroads – then beau
colic rural routes of Evansburg Road and Ridge Pike), where nary a clue
prevails today of such pristine farm country due
to undergo radical urbanization...

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