Best Tony Poems

TONY THE PONY

Last weekend our friends invited us
To their farm,
And we were introduced, to their 
New pony, who had delectable charm.
His name was Tony,
Such a...

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Oh! How like you, I long to be a singing lark
Who in the blue firmament like a tiny speck
Remains invisible, drowning the air in music...

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On the eve of All Saints Day known as Halloween
We've a night where nothing is ever as it seems
 
Abraham, Martin and John hosted...

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A well-appointed cowpoke, of whom there are still a few,
Wanted to be properly clad for his first job interview.
So, to impress his potential and somewhat...

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One winter’s day we walked in snow
as twilight kissed the sky.
And though it was so long ago
I still try not to cry.
I think about the...

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Walking all night
On the glittering wet sand of a sea shore.. 
In the shadows of twinkling stars..
Through a silver airial fabric
of a tiny waning Moonlight...

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Several months on poetry soup
Having Crossed paths with poets afar
I would like to share my perception
Of who I think some are…..

Firstly, 
There is “Happy Jack”...

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In grandeur, a leaf of grass is no less high
Than all the glittering stars in the sky

There is beauty alike in weed and reed
When each...

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I have attempted to capture my favorite major league baseball players in this little shape poem of home plate. Included are (in no particular order):

Say...

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He pulled up to the Triple "T" Ranch in a shiny Cadillac.
In his trailer was an Arabian steed with the finest tack.
He wore Tony Lama...

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Four years ago today my brother Tony May passed away
A bullet in his head 51 years ago as he lay on his death bed
When we...

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Is something wonderful in store for me?
I feel it near and almost hear the pulse of it!
What’s around the corner? What can it be?
So far,...

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breakfast with the mafia
an early burbs Thursday
we watch them through the window
trying to figure out what they're saying
 
eating their new york bagels
while they plan...

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SYRIAN REFUGEES

I'm watching a programme on telly
About the Syrian refugees
Men and women and children
Humanity brought to its knees

I'm watching the desperate faces
The terror and hunger...

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My car is equipped with maps and a GPS
With a great fear of getting lost I am obsessed
 
Men seem to have a different navigation...

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Oh, My Brother ...
     you caught me off guard -
          of all...

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With no guidance—love— or compliments from you  
it is no wonder — why — she fell in love with men she never knew... ...

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the happy ever after, 
is what we need to find,
the perfect friend and lover,
 not just any kind,
found is caught, 
when sometimes sought,
lock your eyes...

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"Invisible World"



seen but not heard
behind our masks
the mind hides
from our reflection
caught in each other’s eyes

the light being borne 
from butchered past
leaves us confused and blind
we...

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Years ago this story I am told
Of a bullet that came from a tree
No combat yet a peaceful day
One walking to gather water to shave

Helmet...

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I will never know why, a baby of four months, 
I was left abandoned, trampled in dirt. 
At the mercy of adoption. 
To fill the...

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Once glorious, but now rusting buildings, lined every dusty road.
Somehow everywhere clung the smell of cow dung.
My heavy bag, a giant rucksack,
Most of it I...

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Bright shiny new marbles, we knew just what to do 
Bro and I slid them on the floor as the door went smack clickety clack...

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if ya get 2 over 60,
it gets harder oh so swiftly,
to make that great connect,
have the faith, no time to waste,
blue satin dress wears next,
be...

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Waltzing sheep 

in Waltzing Matilda he stole the sheep,
 Ba BA didn’t come so cheap. 
Cooked them lamb chops on the coals,
 Down by the...

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