Best Neighbors Poems

There was a fruit seller named Schaber
And she was a peculiar neighbor
With kids named Cherry
Apple and Blueberry
Who were all the fruits of her labor

Well sometimes she would drop by
And have a weird look in her eye
But that made us wary
With kids named berry
When she offered...

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About head high, two bluebirds built a nest
Outside my window, in a young oak tree
They built their house complete with nursery
Last spring she chirped a lover's sweet request

It wasn't long before their home was blessed
Three little ones that chirped incessantly
They raised them to live independently
Last...

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As Miss Luby watches from her window
a moving van backs up
the driveway across the street

BEEP!  BEEP!  BEEP!  BEEP!

its warning cry has a beacon-like effect
on the neighborhood
arousing interest from all corners
everything suddenly shaken awake

Even the squirrels stop, stock-still
save an occasional flick of the...

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Very Welcome Neighbors II

The Reticulated Woodpecker mates, made it through the winter……
					…..offspring, one of each gender arrive with fanfare!
	About one quarter the size of each parent, of course the female is the smaller bird…..Ohh, the splendor of the male sibling born with a complete fiery...

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a worm and hook plop
orange koi gather around
like nosy neighbors...

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I am just finishing my morning meditation when I hear my doorbell ring. It actually sounds more like that buzzing sound you hear if you fry a fat fly on one of those electronic bug swatters. On my way to the door I hope it's...

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Dear neighbors,

I realize we have not met,
other than the guy next door
but that doesn't really count
cause that was just to put up a fence between us,
and I have met Marvelously Mad Max,
behind me, on the River,
but primarily because I could not run away fast enough.

Regardless,
I...

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NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS
by

JOHN M. ARRIBAS




There  are beautiful persons on this planet of ours
I’m not talking about politicians nor movie stars
I’m talking about plain folks who are always available
To give you a couple of bucks or a seat at their table
They serve as volunteers at...

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An old man went
Out deer hunting
And shot a horse

When the neighbor 
Realized that his 
Horse was dead

He went to the man
And asked him
Why he shot his horse

The old man fell into his yard chair
And stared ahead
“I shot your horse John”

“You shot my horse
Frank and now...

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Very Welcome Neighbors!

                                  the sun has popped up
    ...

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 I died some eggs for Easter to celebrate the season.
How was I to know what would happen when, I’d leave them.
Upon the counter top they sat, drying for awhile.
When I returned, they’d come to life;
giggly, jiggly, wiggly cartoons met my eyes.
They were having a...

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My Neighbors Untimely Demise

Upon a late and dismal night, I sat to drinking, full of spite, my glass by me was drained, the jack and coke now pre ordained by me to empty whilst it poured outside, that frigid autumn sky.
A problem, seemingly absurd yet...

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I saw a light on the side of the road
Shining like a star in the dirt
Dusty diamonds in the rough
Cosmic talcum in the night
Fey child
Old little Good Neighbor lost to this time
Will-o-the-wisp in the gravel
She backed into the grass as I walked up
Wings to the...

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Take my name
deface it
make it taboo
break every letter in half
my last name too.
grab my middle name
laugh at it
throw it down stream!
make the alphabet forget
how it arranged to spell me.
my name is not me!
it does not explain my person
it labels me for labeling
and defines me by...

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Give me the olden days
Before I-pads, I-pods, and I-phones.
When phones were attached to walls.
Summertime people sat on their porches.
Listening to and scolding each other’s children.
Before “self-esteem” was invented.

Conversation ran rampant, people were not afraid to laugh
At themselves and each other.
No one was offended.
We were neighbors.
Everything...

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