Best Parachuted Poems

Dirranbandi River

Dirranbandi river,  grows the cotton,
Waiting for the rains to come,
Dig into the sandy bottom, 
Fill your bucket, water some,

Three years of drought,
And then...

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CABIN FEVER

A dream comes true, a nice log cabin within a glade in the forest
Bought as advertised; with not a soul to be seen, this...

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Sonia Esmee Florence Butt   ( work in progress )

The year 2014 comes to a close
Another unsung hero passed on, from a time long...

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Down south on the small alligator farm
Alligators grown to size to alarm
All the workers there too scared
Of young gators as they aired
Parachuted food to keep...

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There once was a parachutist called Norm
Who parachuted into an alligator farm
      He said with a hell of a shout
...

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My uncle went to West Point Military Academy, 
Was the second US citizen to be a licensed pilot, 
So I thought my knowledge would help...

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Hippocampus

What a memory trickling down my limbic system
Pure deep emotion released from a firing brain

	Neurons transmitted untainted joy 

A night dive at Stackpole Quay in...

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I reached out my hand to you
The sunflowers burst with smiles
You knew the reason for tears I cried
You’ve walked with me for miles

Your soul is...

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"When I stand with this silence
between us all, we are still never here --
and then I move and your whole world
shifts, and there you are....

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The eagle is perched at a firing sight!
And pebbles salute
Converged in a cannon of salutation 
Swift & smooth & sharp!
Bowing near her golden wings 
All...

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A green chunky over stuffed frog named Turtle
one tortuga de rio
went home with  a little boy 
The little red-headed imagination drenched boy dressed Turtle...

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When you're addicted to drugs, we can admit we've gone off the deep. But it's that pill, that line, that shot -- it infuses belief....

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She is 98 and sweeps sweeps sweeps her patio away
Every day for hours
Arms wrapped around her broom
Bride groom
Lifted over the threshold of twigs and torment

She...

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The Umbrella

It was a rainy sort
Of afternoon, when I crossed
The bridge didn`t notice 
Half it was missing.
Held on to my brolly when I fell
Parachuted landed...

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Quote: Don't let the lilacs die without a touch of sweet perfume 
send forth, from life to grave  

She scented her wings with a...

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