Best Tennessee Poems

Oh Tennessee, bard divine, what gems you've given,
Of truth and pain from your wrecked life riven.

Though critics scorned, your genius shone  
In shabby rooms where oft alone,

You typed amid plumes of smoke, your soul's sad cry -
A Streetcar Named Desire, my oh my! 

Your...

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Resting In These Tennessee Hills

Lazy mornings in these Tennessee hills
Horned owl in tree behind house hoots all night
Sometimes annoys but often gifts a thrill
As country-fired moon sends us brighter light!

Mellow breeze, waltz morn rays with soft touch
Tall trees wrapping such gentle slopping yards
Often this beauty...

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One percent milk chided the butter about its worth,
And the eggs got all cracked up at the stock boys’ jokes.
Nutty candy bars laughed joyfully at all the mirth,
But all shunned the outcast; a pack of generic smokes.

Ground Chuck had just been through the grinder
Yet he...

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Did ya hear the whispering in the breeze, 
It’s the great Smokey Mountains calling me homewards,
Listen to sweet tones of the Tennessee hills, it’s the great 
Gateways of Gatlingburg, singing with the softness of the
Alpine mists, welcoming all to come and join in the
Rhythm of...

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Clear blue color stretched accros the skies like paint on a blank canvas
Fluffy white cloud float lazily through the fresh air
Green grass carpets the soft brown earth beneath it
Nothing but the sound of a sweet bird songs fills the air
Lost in the peace and beauty...

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the men are pretty
the woman,fair and larsoned
the bargain for a wife...

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'Been walking my music...by music row
Over and over...sweet yes turns out NO
Searching for something....they just can't refuse
Me and these Tennessee Blues

At this pace I'm going...I won't last long
'Can't love my lady...Can't write the right song
Midnight in Nashville...what can I do
With these damn Tennessee Blues

'Can't start...

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Sometimes it’s not so easy to see, or recall when we thought so easily 
Rememberin’ what we were like back then, don't think I was even ten
The world, so big, just there waitin’ for me
I’d run away from home, on my own (with a note...

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               The beautiful trees,
               In RED country! 

         ...

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White trees-dogwood,
Purple trees-redbud,
Magnify beauty
As only Tennessee could.

Yellow jonquil-slips
Colorful tulip-cups
Enhance Tennessee
As spring interrupts.

The chill of the ice-white
The winter wind-long
Gives way in Tennessee
To a palette of song.

Oaks in squirrel-scurry
And birdcall-ring
Announce that  there's nothing
Like Tennessee in the spring.

by E. Marshall Evans...

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Blountville, Tenn - Police Report

A woman from Blountville’s East High
Accused of what she did deny
She said “search me- you can
Here, I’ll give you a hand”
The policeman said “Go on comply”
She quickly stepped out of her skirt
Next to come off was her shirt
Her bra then came...

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Well I am called Captain Owl Talons and my ship is called the phantom dragon
I carry precious jewels, incenses, spices and priceless works of art 
And hide my booty in the wide open caves no one else knows about 
But the Cherokees to this day.......

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Knoxville, Tennessee, is where I was born 23 years ago. The city is home to the Volunteers
of the University of Tennessee. Knoxville has almost everything any tourist like: there's
shops, theaters, including the infamous Tennessee Theater, and the Women's Basketball Hall
of Fame. The city of Knoxville...

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My Mom was born and raised in Sneedville, Tennessee.
She was very special and I loved her and she loved me.
She was born in an ambulance that was parked on the side of the road.
Everybody always loved Mom because she had a personality that glowed.
She grew...

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Some lost their lights, the brilliance
	Electricity, burning through the night
		Inviting, inspiring, igniting our lives.

Some lost their water, the gentle flow
	Source of hope and wonder, graceful
		Moving over the spirit, sweet fulfillment.

Some lost their ability to communicate
	Cell phones grew quiet, the internet – silent
		Most felt some anxiety,...

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