Best Smokestack Poems
Below are the all-time best Smokestack poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of smokestack poems written by PoetrySoup members
Last Train To Auschwitz ContestAshes to Ashes
Smoke
rises in the distance.
The boxcar
rocks,
rocks,
rocks;
stones
are placed along the ties.
Were they placed by Chance
or left
as gently as Kaddish.
I lift my hands in the...
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Categories:
smokestack, angst, death, death of
Form:
I do not know?
If Shoelaces Sang Little Rich Town BluesNot in tea leaves, in shoelaces tie existence--their harsh and meshing material
bound, tethered, undone with a gentle pull.
The bunny ears
and clumsy fingers bouncing...
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Categories:
smokestack, home, old, lost, lost,
Form:
Free verse
Up In Smoketruth steeped in lies is no truth at all - wind collaborates with smokestack
3/27/2019...
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Categories:
smokestack, judgement,
Form:
Monoku
My First Steam Engine Train RideSunny, hot, humid, summer morning, taking my first train ride
I'm so excited and it's thrilling can't wait to go north where it's cool
to...
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Categories:
smokestack, imagination, summer, travel,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
smokestack, political,
Form:
Free verse
28 Cracks In the Ceiling28 Cracks In The Ceiling
I take my red-inked dagger in hand
And succinctly spew its secrets for all to see.
28 cracks in the ceiling, and I...
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Categories:
smokestack, confusion, old, lost, lost,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A PortraitThe restless night had ended
abruptly. Caught between dreams and
consciousness, the town was arching towards
the sprinkled light of dawn. A perpetual regularity
reigned over the dusty...
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Categories:
smokestack, aubade, death, humanity, life,
Form:
Concrete
Memories of the Sydney TramMemories Of The Sydney Tram
This fabulous road transport vehicle had it's humble beginnings
in the 1880s, were horses pulled the double-decker trams along
the various streets of...
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Categories:
smokestack, history,
Form:
Narrative
Winter WalkFloating in the river, there are
Chunks and bits of ice,
Lazily meandering,
Their journey imprecise.
The water’s gray, the sky is blue;
A smokestack bellows white.
An early morning winter...
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Categories:
smokestack, city, morning, winter,
Form:
Rhyme
Bird By RehabThey unload life’s lead
into unseen enemies
machine gun memories
flying rapid fire
recollections and musings
spent shells amassing
mental turbines spinning
smoking the room.
And they yawn and doodle
ink stains for amusement
their...
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Categories:
smokestack, addiction, recovery from,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
smokestack, poetry,
Form:
Ballad
Lincoln SpecialLincoln Special
Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train
Ma, pa, and I dressed in our Sunday outfit, excited for the “Lincoln Special” to come up the track...
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Categories:
smokestack, political, presidents day, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Augustinian ChronicleFeelings of despair dredged from the murky dephths of my past
Hoisted through my corroded conscience's porthole
Reconnoitering barge of restitution pushes despondent thoughts through my inner...
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Categories:
smokestack, allegory, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Melancholy SoundStanding on the top of the cliffs, overlooking : Melancholy Sound
The ominous black whistle of...
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Categories:
smokestack, death, lost love, love,
Form:
Free verse
Picture This
Picture This
Your body contains eight hundred
Trillion trillion Carbon atoms.
And that’s not just
Hyperbolic hype!
What is even more astounding is…
That one in eight of...
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Categories:
smokestack, adventure, appreciation, body, change,
Form:
Didactic