Best Springfield Poems
Springfield, By the WayIn the one skip of light fantastic
Stands the butler dressed in black plastic,
Then from under the kitchen table
Crawls the sister who's near disabled;
Watches brother run with his cohorts
While his hands are shoved into white shorts.
Then appearing out on the pavement,
Near the old shop that sells...
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Categories:
springfield, time,
Form:
Rhyme
tailgating in Springfield OhioCiting cats some immigrants ate
Was his weirdest part of debate
While this barbecue
Could ignite a few
It won't make America great
He's mired with the syndrome Tourette's
The point he should make--Trump forgets!
Supporters have pain
That his tired dead brain
Is consumed by those eating pets...
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Categories:
springfield, food, humor, mental illness,
Form:
Limerick
Springfield AvenueThe street lights blink yellow and red,
No traffic to stop,
Cars are parked,
Shops are closed,
All is quiet,
All is still.
The wind sweet and warm,
Conceals all the unsatisfied desires,
The pain, the sadness,
And infuses hope
In the new day awaiting.
The moon, the trees,
The sound of sleep in the air,
The...
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Categories:
springfield, angst, lonely,
Form:
Free verse
1969 Abraham Lincoln Tomb Springfield IllinoisMy first grade field trip begin Joseph Medill school of journalism Chicago my first grade class sang African American spiritual hymns performing at the Schubert theater the museum of science and industry the museum of natural arts Du Sable museum finally the freedom riders arrived...
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Categories:
springfield, allah,
Form:
Kyrielle
SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS ABRAHAM LINCOLNS HOMES MY VOTE FOR OBAMA FIRST TERMI ADORED THIS INAUGURATION OBAMA AND MICHELLE THAT DANCE YES WE HAD JOHN MC CAIN HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK I WAS TORN BY THE GAZA STRIP GEORGIAN THE SHEER HORRID TIMES AS I GAVE MY VITE PROUDLY AWAY FROM MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND I ALLOWED...
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Categories:
springfield, allah,
Form:
Naat
MY ASSASSINS MY OWN SUICIDE SOLILQUY LINCOLNS HOME SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS MY ASSASIN HIDDEN OUT OF SIGHT AWAITS ME TO LEAVE MY HOME AT WHICH TIME SHE POINCE RIPPING PAGES ON MY NIGHT STAND SCRATCHING THE LOCKS ON OUR DOOR MY DISABLED FAMILY PANICS AT FIRST REALIZING THIS ASSASIN HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO MY MURDER OVER...
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Categories:
springfield, allah, film, military,
Form:
Quatrain