Best Kansas City Poems

Kansas City girls
laughing and dancing life
with golden long legs....

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KANSAS CITY  I 70 West
Across the miles unhampered by the scene
the majesty of space, the vacant sky,
the interstate that long ago appeared
as yellow brick that led to places where
a girl could have her way, or so it seemed,
past meadow lark and pheasant set to...

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There once was a young man from Kansas City
Who considered himself very witty.
For him others wrote a little ditty
"He jokes with bartenders,
snaps his suspenders,
jokester no less, that’s his nitty gritty.”...

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K C DOES NOT MEAN KANSAS CITY TO ME
it as a winsome time
it was a wondrous time
it was a time of woe
because even the universe didn't know
as i'd watch him grow
i didn't know that which i needed to know
or where to go
as i'd watch him...

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I hear them in the hallways
They are using raised voices
Everyone is excited
Because the KC Chiefs mascot was here
They are running flat out now
Too excited to stop
Their voices are higher, they are thrilled
Even the ones who know nothing of sports.

The mascot lumbers around and gives high...

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it is Christmas in Kansas City
Patrick Mahomes is taking us to the Super Bowl
We are all Chief’s fans now
Barbeque restaurants are feeding the homeless
There are more of them this year than before
Our famous fountains are blinking in Christmas colors
Jesus peeks in on us....

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Kansas City. Barbeque beef. Black power and white power working alongside Power and Light.
Sprint Center, Royals Stadium, many small towns, Crown Center, Fritz train deliveries, a real delight.
Aquarium, Union Station, Lego-land, fountains too beautiful to see all at one setting.
Street car, Steamboat Museum, culture as...

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My ideas are in hiding 
Afraid of the secret police
For they are in Kansas City
My poems are not wanting to goosestep
I hear glass breaking
It does not wake me up at first
But when it does I am in Minneapolis
And my poem is standing on a man’s...

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Kansas City is on fire with love for the Chiefs
I am only one of two people who forgot to wear red today
School has been cancelled for Wednesday.
The mayor called it.
We are blasting fireworks into the sky.
Sad for the 49'ers, but we are aglow with glory.
It...

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Our airport is so small, that if you visit Kansas City
Many of the workers will get to know you personally
And greet you by name on every visit after this one.
They might even offer to take you home for a home-cooked meal.

This meal will be barbecued...

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Met accidentally in Kansas City’s Halloween alley
Our eyes met a couple of times; I know yours are brown
No idea what color mine are now, or my name even
Do not remember much of anything else

Except your looks
Your hair
Your nose
Your smile

I knew you were going to be...

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We were at an Oklahoma halt
Sitting on a grey hound bus
Second hand smoke and dust
Just when I thought it was, oh too much

A painter in ballerina slippers
Singing her way onto our stop
An artist with a pen and a pad
A worried free smile is all she...

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Kansas City
Fountains of Lights
Beautiful Sunsets
Friendly Natives
Bar-B-Q

Kansas City
Friends galore
Stetson hats
Cultures from around the world
Hallmark cards

Kansas City
Royals
Chiefs
Easy Access Airport
My adopted hometown


Kansas City
Aquarium
Polar Bears and Giraffes
Tigers and Lions 
Zoo Friends

Kansas City
Fountains of Lights
Beautiful people
Welcomed me eleven years ago
My adopted city
Bar-B-Q...

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Patrick Mahomes may be world’s nicest guy.
Kansas City shows him off with pride.
Chief’s quarter back hails from Texas, Ty.
Hall of Fame MVP, at  twenty five.
He exudes a joyful mask every day.
Injury does not slow him or delay.
We love him in every single way!...

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I took a stroll through City Market 
Kansas City's cultural queen, with vegetables and flowers
Concrete words leaning against their water buckets.
Old women's hair unnatural colors shining from restaurants

Enough of that, inertia at work here, Kansas City's pride
Cracks on sidewalk, ugly giant tracks for new street...

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