Best Ice Chest Poems
Hot!...HOT!
HOT!
Inspiration?
Low
Humidity?
High very high
One really doesn’t feel like writing poetry
But what does one do on a hot steaming day?
I’ll tell you what one does not do –
Work!......
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Categories:
ice chest, fantasy
Form:
Narrative
Cold One...Silence sits between us on this sofa
Even after I apologized
'Thought I might.... be in for some lovin'
But lately...I just haven't seen no signs
Chorus:
Tonight..I'm sitting here with a Col......
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Categories:
ice chest, anxiety, conflict, football, how
Form:
Lyric
Hurricane '05 - Katrina...The entire city is in darkness
Yet the brightness shines through you
People left to get away, in their cars they drove
I stayed - flood water is used to flush the toilet
I'm glad to have a gas st......
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Categories:
ice chest, appreciation, change, endurance, grief,
Form:
Narrative
Flip Flops...Flip flops slip off slowly
My barefoot touches the warm sand
Cold waves crash against my body
I feel the hot sun on my legs
Smell of salt water is in the air
The ocean breeze lightly blows thro......
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Categories:
ice chest, happiness, peace, sea, beach,
Form:
Monofilamania...It is so hard to let go of love,
lovingly.
It sharks,
unpeels more gut more quickly
than reel or reeler ever lost
in all those years of lazy inches
in and out:
casting,
winding in and playing out,
......
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Categories:
ice chest, allegory, passion, woman, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 1...Overflow of the waters of Lake Itaska
You carry your wealth to the waiting world,
Mighty Mississippi, half savior, half sewer,
Plant and animal wastes, dissolved minerals,
Venting prairie delu......
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Categories:
ice chest, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form:
Blank verse
Dennys Death Breakfast...Swimming pools
And motel inns
A holiday with no end
Pull up the car
Empty the trunk
Leave the ice chest by the pool
Pop tops and a future on ice
Kids in bathing suits
And Dad’s on guard
Mom’s sit an......
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Categories:
ice chest, vacation,
Form:
Free verse
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 4...Extra weight no longer a problem for shallow water,
We bulked up for the next leg of our journey,
Water containers, even some canned goods
An acceptable luxury in our seventeen foot canoe,
A c......
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Categories:
ice chest, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form:
Blank verse
A Summertime Poem...IN THE SUMMER IT WOULD BE NICE
TO BE IN A COOL MILD JACUZZI.
WITH A NICE SLUSHY MOSCOTO.
OR BE IN THE SHADE AT THE
PARK,HAVING A NICE
PICNIC,DRINKING SODA PLAYING
VOLLEYBALL.
OR AT THE BEA......
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Categories:
ice chest, summer
Form:
ABC
My Geatest Fishing Trip...THE MORNING WAS PLEASANT, THE WEATHER WAS FINE,
BREAKFAST OUT OF THE WAY, FISHING WAS ON MY MIND.
I’D WAITED ALL WEEK, BUT IT HAD FINALLY ARRIVED,
GOING FISHING AT LAST, THANK GOODNESS ALIVE.
WIT......
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Categories:
ice chest, fishing,
Form:
Out of School...Out of school~it is summertime, we can swim~run and climb. ......
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Categories:
ice chest, food, fun, kid, school,
Form:
Quatrain
Fishing Is Like Golf...Grab the cart
Grab the beer
Fill the ice chest
When the beer's gone
The Game's Over!......
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Categories:
ice chest, introspection
Form:
Free verse
Those That Tell the Truth...Those That Tell the Truth
God wanted to make world that was grand
Forever and ever He planned and planned;
What if He will put this thing over there?
With only one thing you cannot compare.
......
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Categories:
ice chest, humorous,
Form:
Couplet
Animals and Iron...Cattle guard rattled teeth
Dummy locked gates swung open
Loose gravel wound roads
Descending into deep rutted
Belly washing mud paths
Bouncing and shaking
Halting and laughing
Long bending m......
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Categories:
ice chest, nature, youth,
Form:
Free verse
Fishin'...He called me, on the phone,
Asked if I was gonna' be home.
A smile just appeared,
Soon he'll arrive, here.
Now a full blown grin ...
He just walked in!
I said, "ALRIGHT!" ...
"We're gonna' ha......
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Categories:
ice chest, adventure, funny, love, passion,
Form:
Couplet