Boston Poems - Poems about Boston

...In the final weeks of Summer, let's have some fun Instead of getting baked to a crisp in the sun. I played video games and swam in the pool, But I'm still bored and that's not cool. What should w......Read More

...Natural soporific narcotic Recurrent suicidal thoughts vaingloriously wend along winding road within windmills of my mind (o'er a death cab for cutie weeknd) yakking, yanking, and yawking zea......Read More

... RED States/Blue States Finances: RED or Black? Cincinnati REDS Boston RED Socks Chicago White Socks Detroit RED Wings RED Blood Cells White Blood Cells RED Tape RED Cars RED Socks I ......Read More

...order 'round it, Notch the sticks and more. He'd mix the flour and water To make a basic glue, They lay the sticks across And tie them taut and true. The paper next, he would affix And the "Boston" flare took shape. It was not like all other kites With it's rustic, six-point drape. We watched with eager eyes As our kite was finally formed. We got the string and tail attached, An......Read More

...Lisa and I finally tested covid-free! When we saw our results, we began an impromptu dance that felt like levitation. Although my covid case seemed much milder, Lisa’s been nothing but supportive.......Read More

...The word of discovery of gold in '49 in Californy raced across the nation! Why, it was said you could fill a bushel basket full with little botheration! This appealed to a young feller in Boston to......Read More

...It’s Friday night and a group of us, the ‘university summer fellows’ (Quinn, Jammie, Monique, Lisa and I) are going groovin’. Quinn, a Harvard man (we’ve shed our jaundiced opinions of him), assured ......Read More

...It’s a holiday weekend, all of the ‘fellows’ have Monday off. At lunch Wednesday, Lisa said, “We need a throw-down.” So, we made some invites and started spreading word around. “You know, we all......Read More

...Canada is afire and I’m confused, shouldn’t the snow put that out? The Boston sky is an interesting shade of mustard yellow, and there’s a pale orange haze where the sun should be. Lisa, drows......Read More

...I’ve only been at my fellowship gig a week, but It’s official, I’m a candy-striper. Sort of, I wear a blue vest, not the old, red-striped dress, but it’s the same job. I shadow my surgeon (Rebecca) m......Read More

...Holidays go by quickly, as if they don’t want to hang around. My life seems to be happening at warp speed. Lisa and I start our two-month summer fellowships tomorrow. It’s hard to believe it’s act......Read More

...If you miss Arizona that much, It’s not best to write a poem, The best thing is to take a plane ticket, If California tempts you as before, The best thing is to take a plane ticket. O cross th......Read More

... Old-time fans called him 'The Great White Hope' Larry Bird had to 'walk the tightrope' He was no dope; he knew he was special So he focused hard on crossing that threshold By 19......Read More

... Fortunately, when I was young, what I perceived - 'my kingdom' - spanned - and I'm not kidding you...seven - city - blocks! But being neither worried about - nor having fully mastered - the tr......Read More

...He sat on a bench in the Boston Common one day and watched children play, people drinking LATTE’S walk their dogs, the homeless scavenge, and the alkies and addicts beg for money. A somewhat disheve......Read More