Chimneys Poems - Poems about Chimneys

The Farmer's Rain

...Drops.
In clots they come,
Jetting down festers of
The mean clouds that soar even higher.

Down here, the feet of the soil are mere clod.

Furnace rules upon the face of the waves,
Brewed and...

The Weight of Elsewhere 'Part Two'

...To: The Immigration Office  
Date: November 11th, 2024, 9:15 AM  
Subject: Application #47291  
Focus: Limbo

To Whom It May Concern,

I am writing from the plastic chair
in your fluorescent-...

The Greatest American Generation

...They came with dust on their boots and a morning star,
Shadows of boyhood still clinging to their shoulders—
They were sons of the land, faces bright with the dew,
Carrying small, cherished photog...

Black or White

...
In the Sistine chapel where frescos peep,
away from watchful devote eyes that weep,
a conclave gathers in reflection deep,
to choose a shepherd for gospels to keep.

Amidst partisan whispers, ...

Evening Ember Glow

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Written: March 14, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Constance La France

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After the rain, the air smells musty and moist,
and smoke swirls clumsily upward...

Brian Short

...Your album cover
Anything for a Laugh
seems candlelight lit
arched churchways
and smoke from village Chimneys
sepia daybreak
angel clouds jettisoning
with yellow filter

You died in Newcastl...

Old man and young

...This is a familiar village, with a few homes,  
Smoke rises straight from the chimneys’ domes.  
Today the streets are desolate and bare,  
Houses decaying, no one to care.  

Did the children d...

Meringues

...
The yolks sit alone in the garbage can,  
tiny suns extinguished by my own hand.  
This is how I learned to hate abundance.  

I whip the whites until they stiffen,  
peaks forming like Fairy ...

Christmas

...Candy canes with red swirls.
Hollies strung across the fireplace.
Ring-a-ling, go jingle bells from carolers.
Ice skating with your friends.
Saint Nick gives yo...

In Winter

...In Winter

In winter shovels hide up 
chimneys, icicles cross 
stitch, jumpers go swimming in 
lagoons, ice skates go hunting for 
gold bars, bonfires make 
bed quilts and 
pillows, the 
dar...

The Shadows We Cast

...Beneath the sunlit dome of sky,
Where whispers of winds and rivers sigh,
Lies a shadow, a wound unhealed,
The truth of mankind, long concealed.

We stand, architects of dreams and light,
Yet bu...

There's No Coal In My Stocking?

...

I'm heading home for Christmas
(Snows on the way)
In a plane, then a cab and a sleigh
Bringing presents and prizes I've made
Giddy yup horsey! I musn't be late
Of God we are saints, of myth ...

SANTA GOT STRANDED IN FLORIDA

...SANTA GOT STRANDED IN FLORIDA

Santa, on an extended vacation in Miami
Heard news that Rudolf’s leg was gammy
It was the middle of December already
And with wine he was feeling unsteady

For t...

A Christmas Story

...Sit around as I tell you a Christmas story..where the lights hang low, the chimneys are stuffed and the carolers are stuck in snow.

 ‘‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the night, a...

Anti-Semitism

...Students asked if they were Jewish going into University lectures. Synagogue fire bombed. This is Australia and we don’t allow this to occur!!

Antisemitism 

Children cut out of line
Being Jewi...

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