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Best Spokane Poems

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Speakin' In Spokane
I ain't got nutt'en to say,
I be shy, an scared anyway,
To public speak,
My mind too weak,
I'll only go on if you pay......

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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: spokane, angst, confusion, funny, life,
Form: Limerick



Russian Mountain
Sacred and pristine Russian mountain;
here I am to ponder on your beauty;
From photographing you I cannot abstain!
Sacred and pristine Russian mountain.

Dear Russian mountain: 5861 miles...

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© Ivo Cos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: spokane, beauty, journey, language, mountains,
Form: Imagism
The Road Trip
For Naomi, life was beginning to get exciting in the fall of 1952...
At the age of 25 , a widow and the mother of two.

So...

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Categories: spokane, adventure, travel,
Form: Ballad
Old Pals Espresso and Deli
We are not your average - coffee shop and deli.
Here the atmosphere is happy - and the owners are friendly!
We can start you out with...

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Categories: spokane, celebration, drink, food, giving,
Form: Rhyme
Irish Broth
I have been to Ireland
Noticed the Colour Green
Is predominant in the fields
Where the produce is seen

Besides the grand potato
Of which Ireland is renowned
The green bean...

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Categories: spokane, funny,
Form: Rhyme



Greyhound
Cowboy boots
and vintage wool psychedelia (poncho, jazz shades)
and cool drip slow burn tea
and electric notes of Bob Dylan, Maggie’s Farm
and that dude, he has meth...

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Categories: spokane, adventure, philosophy, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Around the Us On a Greyhound Bus - Part One
I once traveled around the U. S. on a Greyhound bus,
My wife thought I was crazy, but she made little fuss,
It was, by far, the...

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Categories: spokane, adventure, america, places, travel,
Form: Narrative
Say Our Name
Spokane needs no cane,
Like the little train that could,
Spokane really can....

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Categories: spokane, life
Form: Haiku
Route 66ish No 5
Route 66ish No 5

There was a young girl from Spokane,
Who drove both her parents insane,
She was cursed with a stutter,
And would sit in the gutter,
Screaming...

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© Tim Riding  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: spokane, america, funny,
Form: Limerick
Portals In Time
Portals In Time is  a name that is precious to me,
A Magickal space - a place to be free.
Portals is a Gateway - a...

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Categories: spokane, books, clothes, dedication, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme
Travelling Back In Time To Kill Hitler
Ich binn ein Berliner
I somehow went to Berlin in 1937
it was time travel I can't explain
I saw the date on a newspaper in the Alexanderplatz
After...

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Categories: spokane, history, holocaust, science fiction,
Form: Prose Poetry
Peace In America
PEACE IN AMERICA



Radio turned down in bed,
Late night 2 a.m.   Unhurried
Man’s voice speaks of the weather.
It is the only tiny sound in the...

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Categories: spokane, peace, universe,
Form: Prose Poetry
Somewhere On Golden Pond
It was a hot summers evening 
With a stringy haired blonde 
Out drinking Tequila on the rocks 
And fishing in Golden Pond 
Someone was playing...

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© Will Karry  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: spokane,
Form: Free verse
When There's Friends
when there’s friends hallucinations
dissipate when there’s friends you don’t have 
to start any revolutions when there’s friends
you get your mind off it you can walk...

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Categories: spokane, friend,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dapper Yan
Dapper Yan was born in Sudan 
in the back seat of a van 
his mother's name was Ann  
His father's name was dapper dan...

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Categories: spokane, cousin, father, father son,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs