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Best Norther Poems

Below are the all-time best Norther poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of norther poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Redneck Santa
T'were the night after Christmas, 'n' the house was all dark.
Not much money for 'lectric in the ol' trailer park.
Ma waitin' tables at the club...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: norther, christmas, parody,
Form: Rhyme



Winter's Beginning
A cuddlesome babe when
The norther came
Wind-brushed cheeks,
She cried.


Mama pulled over a blanket on her face,
Ducked her own snooded head
Walked toward home
And warmth.


Off to school another...

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Categories: norther, age, life, winter,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Something Poverty Can'T Deny You
Northern winters harbor harshness.
Freezing confetti and sun lit bottlecap.
Snow angels can never warm the backs 
of cinderblock children and gray eyed cats.

Norther winters push the...

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Categories: norther, hope, people,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mid Spring
MID-SPRING

It is mid-May,
Mid the welcome of spring’s changes all
Over the norther hemisphere;
Amid still growing joy with strolls through
Parks and fields, admiring the all
  ...

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Categories: norther, flower, god, growth, light,
Form: Imagism
Canada Squared
I live in a place called Canada
where it's always hot or cold
Our bodies adjust accordingly to the freeze or burn of toes.
We have four season's...

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© Kyla Pit  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: norther, absence, beauty, body, community,
Form: Haiku



Walk Your Line
Walk your Line 

A word to the blind:
From the day your first mount and ride
Till the moment you die
Walk your line
Walk proud and high
Through each...

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Categories: norther, metaphor, strength, stress, true
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Cayo Real

"Cayo Real"

HarHo! Says me now then do I so say~
Then let us with words so then now play~
Take up yer swords o'plumes so grand~
As to...

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Categories: norther, adventure, words, me, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Punkin Center Tack and Feed Store
There's a quaint little cross roads town that nestles in the shadow,
Of majestic Pikes Peak called Punkin Center in eastern Colorado.
The prime business in town...

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Categories: norther, cowboy-western, funny,
Form: Rhyme
A Cowboy's Last Will
A Cowboy's Last Will


The old cowboy struggled for breath,
Heartbeat faint, his eyes set
He whispered softly before death -
"Wait! I ain't finished yet! "

"Don't lay me...

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Categories: norther,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Premium Member Ridin' Out the Storm
The cowpokes is settled 'round the pot bellied stove all snug and warm,
A-bracin' fer snow and gales frum the advancin' winter storm.
Some enjoy Bull Durham...

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Categories: norther, cowboy-western
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Old Red Barn
crumbling foundation
leaning precariously
blue norther blowing...

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Categories: norther, allegory, imagery,
Form: Senryu
Opaline
Translucent and absorbing light
Opaline and burning
A piece of farther norther glass
Death and nightmares earning

Silhouetted against the dawn
Flashing in mid-sun’s light
Laying on the burning sand
A crystal...

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Categories: norther, fun,
Form: Rhyme
A Panhandle Christmas
The snow was blowin' and the cows roamed free
Outside Amarillo in fifty three.

It was Christmas eve, my fingers was froze -
I swore and cussed at...

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Categories: norther, christmas,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Maybe Ill Go For a Walk
Maybe I’ll Go For A Walk
David J Walker

Maybe I’ll go 
	For a walk
Old men think such thoughts
	About 
How to spend time on
A cold December morn

Maybe...

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Categories: norther, death, december, weather, wind,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things