Best Jalopy Poems

Each crescent moon rewinds time’s notes 
and sweeps me back to our blessed haven
where long has stayed my peaked presence.
I would love to be back in our cozy cabin
where we grew magical feelings of happy.

All of our shared yesterday seconds
were love expressed while money distressed
and both such ways were my life’s best days.
We could barely...

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J'aime la vie…I love life, with all that it brings
Alleviating the jarring pain of potholed roads
Labour uphill, thankful for easy descents, 
Observe the rules, most watchful for red lights
Plagued at times by ailments, wear and tear
Yet, like a defiant aging car, I chug on and on.


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11th July, 2023...

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Just had to buy a new battery

For my seven year old beat up jalopy

Actually I'm exaggerating just a little

As cars go it's a very fine copy

A four door sedan with all the extras

And a dashboard readout to die for

Numbers as big as all get out

Couldn't really ask for much more

But sure can't fool police officers

Saying...

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There's no horn or radio
The heater and air is broke,
Paint faded with some chipping off
Been told it even has a bad choke.

Tire's are all worn even the donut tire
Around every corner they squeal,
Exhaust drags with some parts missing
There defently is no real car appeal.

The transmission slips in gear
No more is there get up and go,
I...

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The old jalopy feels unloved and unwanted.
Many years now she has languished
in this long-abandoned junkyard.
Unhinged, she is an utter wreck.

She had been kept for her "parts" but now, not even for that! 
Very rarely, a young boy wanders by.
He sits inside her frame, pretending to be her driver.
But nobody can take the place of her...

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In nineteen-eighty-five, so long ago,
a dark red B M W became
our son and wife's new car in Germany
while stationed there as Army officers.

Though many cars replaced it since that time,
the B M V remained with them
because their son eventually declared
he hoped it would become his car someday.

Fast forward to today- a dream come true;
the B...

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Jalopy 

J unkyard  treasure discovered under a pile of  worn tires held together with bailing wire duct tape and faith.

A ntique veteran of time traveled back roads before the miles of asphalt Interstate highways were laid still refusing to retire

L and yacht Titanic once admired by wanting eyes viewed now with glares seeing...

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Jalopy Memories

The old jalopy still proudly rumbles down a street now paved with asphalt
Flying tattered banners and trailing mists of smoke and steam in circles
Riding on thin tires held together by shiny spokes glinting in the sun
Remembering the brightest summer Sundays with ladies holding lacy parasols
Sitting on leather seats next to gentlemen sporting summer straw...

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On pavements of pink hued highway
Ocean smiled in eyes of children
Roadside toads croaked with joy at the
Old Jalopy looking sublime

Pain in both knees and heart pounding
Still purple smile on blooming lips
All vintage cars looked with envy
At the swinging old Jalopy

Thin chin bald head dry skin still strong
How old are you asked the Fiat
Well past hundred...

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Ye old jalopy of the junkyard
spiffed up
   with spinning tires
hydroplaning of the weather vane
    no ejection seat
    no buckle to fumble
open air
     hit from behind
the child held with grandma’s wrought iron arms
   grandpa’s at the pearly gates
chooses lemon-lime

7/8/2018...

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Just saw a fancy new jalopy go by
At least that's what we used to call 'em
Guess the ad men would surely cringe
Jalopy wouldn't cut it for them!

With all of today's sexy new cars
Jalopy is a blast from the past
The pace of life was much slower then
Less frantic and surely not as fast!

Any of you remember...

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On a farm in a community of drudgery and toil lived a man alone
He had lost so much in his life and had so little to show
For the multitude of years, sweat and love that honed his bones
It left him with a life that filled him with weariness and woe

His hands were worn and spoke...

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That jalopy is still puttin' along
Slow start on cold mornings
Loud stinky foul exhaust
And the finish is quite weathered

His seat is lumpy
He uses a lot of fuel
Not as fast anymore
And has a screw loose somewhere

But she tells her girlfriends
She still loves her husband
After forty two years
Even if he's not the man he used to be

The Old...

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They say jalopy, I called her Ethyl
She was a tough one, and she was special
Could have called her cranky I suppose
She needed lots of cranking the Lord knows
There was a crank for the engine up front
And cranks for the windows you had to hunt
A crank for the jack to change a spare tire
Crank the steering...

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the old jalopy...
manufacture Oldsmobile;
daily drove to work;

inside my garage,
also dad's 1915 Model J car;
old that jalopy...

that old jalopy,
manufactured by Lozier;
three-three horsepower;

slobmodel auto;
designed with rocket tail-lights;
that old jalopy...

my dad drove in style;
his nineteen-fifty eight Olds, 
drove old jalopy;

7/12/19
The Old Jalopy Poetry Contest...

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