Carnies Poems - Poems about Carnies

...The hum of the motors that run the rides, watching cars on tracks going up and down. Squeals and screams from all those children that ride, scrambler, octopus, and merry-go-round. From the exci......Read the rest...

...They came in hot, and they came in hard. What are they? Asked our strangest bard. They were readily lead in by a lark bunting bird, We had not a guess, not an idea, not a word. They were at th......Read the rest...

...Our Kitty’s allergic to peanuts, Most don’t eat meat anymore, Lynn and Tim are Vegans Alex is a staunch carnivore. Vegan, Veggies and carnies All coming to visit for lunch Sue was tearing her h......Read the rest...

...As the Dime Store sirens flared bolts of irradiated invite, my query was denied. Their pimp-striped pilots only moaned, their lust fueled by encapsulated stench carried only by ......Read the rest...

...Iowa should have two state fairs a year; one is simply not enough. I am running past the freak shows, and the spin art now. Lots of screams from the sky glider; I threw up on that last year. I ca......Read the rest...

...Chalkware was a 40’s hit in our small Midwest town. The carnies let some win, when the gamblers came around My aunt had a collection Cherished them with affection Put them in her dishwasher and m......Read the rest...

...Have I been too long at the fair? by Michael R. Burch Have I been too long at the fair? The summer has faded, the leaves have turned brown; the Ferris wheel teeters . . . not up, yet not dow......Read the rest...

...In only a moment of maritime mirth My ship's maiden voyage was missing at birth The King's Royal Navy reduced me in rank By flushing my ship in the place where it sank I fell in the sea with no......Read the rest...

...Tree Top Dancers and Circus Clowns The neighbors moved away. They said nothing to anyone, they just left. New people took the home. There was a big truck. It was full of boxes, and a ......Read the rest...

...I’ve got no beef with McDonald’s or Jack ‘n the Box weighing down American towns with greasy sacks in thin hospital gowns. They’re just a couple of clowns selling crack to cavalier carnies who’d ......Read the rest...

...Two carnies Eighteen small town county fairs Six furiously hot summer days. Jax , boisterously handsome, kept the women entertained, While Grandpa Ralph picked items out of their diaper bags ......Read the rest...

...When I was young, I wanted to run away to the circus. Then one day I realized the circus was life! Are we not the clown, the strongman, the freak, the daredevil? Is there not personal sorrow and t......Read the rest...

...Time and Tides by W.A.STOFER We are the Carnies in the world circus, always being ......Read the rest...

...I suppose the prez is proud of his mealy-mouthed spokesman Carney. ('Carnies' are carnival touts famous for spewing a heap of blarney!) I think I'm quite well-versed and understand the English lang......Read the rest...

...Hearsay on what love is today Lives stretched thin for parchment paper bridges Twice over crossed Trampled, trodden, lost hearts in clouds While rain was wringing out my hair Let down my gaurd Tastin......Read the rest...