Best Tallahassee Poems

A crooning owl sang me to sleep each night
From beyond the great oak that held my torn kite
 
Ripples from the pool filter heard each...

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There once stayed a dove in Tallahassee
With blond hair the bonniest of lassies
    She helped with my writes
    Morning,...

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Down Tallahassee
Down Florida way
The talents of a poet
Make this Highlanders day

The writes we read
The tales she shares
Incredible words
Just make me stare

The more I read
The more...

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upon hard grey streets of asphalt I drive
through morn’s muted orange glow 
white headlights shine, red brake lights blink in time
with changing signals red, yellow,...

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Down in Tallahassee
An American lassie stayed
Her poetry is a joy to read
It's the way her writes displayed

Writes on subjects cool
They en captured all our thoughts
Of...

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Lifeless were the eyes of infamous Ted Bundy
No remorse, all emotion had been doused
His gaze pierced my soul as I gave testimony
 
He maintained there’d...

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“In this life there’s been heartache and pain”
How could I begin to find love again
Desperado walking a tightrope
I looked down and Daniel gave me hope
...

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From a list made long ago
I’ve kicked my bucket many times
Yet, I’m still alive

Night’s impetuous canvas
Memories painted in broad strokes
Bold images color my dreams

First a...

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From Deion Sanders to Warrick Dunn
Bobby Bowden coached some of the best
Highly regarded by team and staff
The FSU coach withstood each test

With two national championships
And...

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With my recorder I pursued my quest
This assignment seemed like a courage test
     That’s why my boss sent me
  ...

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New Orleans thieved my heart at the start of spring, 
my stomach dropped along the bayou 
across to Mobile on train.
She stopped long enough to...

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He pulled into Birmingham, one cold,November day,
Having just come down from "Tulsey town" and Memphis by the way.
Time to call in to locate his next...

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Middle age woman from Tallahassee
believed she was something very classy.
Finger rings
Brooches, things
But time had warped her hourglass chassy...

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High noon beckons
For this trio of men
With a flick of the wrist
And the write of their pen
 
Words transcend from thoughts to paper
Like a delicate...

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Some temples are cluttered.
Everywhere there are
wrathful-playful-sexual-vengeful-
gesturing-carousing-beckoning-
ascending-descending-riding-
weeping-flying-singing,
or just sitting around
   Gods.

The congregation ride luggage carts 
in the dead of night,
sing drunkenly, slam doors, 
or...

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