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Corvettes Poems

Nostalgia

...Remember stuck on 
band-aid brand,
Because band-aid 
is stuck on you?
  Remember when
 the furniture was
Made from wicker 
and bamboo?

  Remember three
 on a bike with
the banana-seat.
 ...

Categories: corvettes, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Maelstrom

...Midst mild and wild tumults like eddy, vortex, swirl, and whirl,
A maelstrom is a summation of curl and twirl and hurl;
Weather and season get amalgamated with currents,
Winds, storms, gales, squa...

Categories: corvettes, nature, ocean, sea, water,
Form: Rhyme

Men

...men led me to sex
and sex led me to webcams
and webcams led me to corvettes
and corvettes allowed me to drive right by you...

Categories: corvettes, analogy, dream, friendship, hurt,
Form: Quatrain

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Under the Overpass

...Was it his destiny to die in that sleeping bag
curled up like an infant in the womb
unnoticed, unseen
undiscovered for days
until others found the odor of death disagreeable
more obscene than th...

Categories: corvettes, celebrity, death, fate, poverty,
Form: Free verse

A Matter of Stuff

...Gramps knows a minister
who collects classic Corvettes.
He rents another garage whenever

he buys another Corvette.
He says his estate will sell the cars 
when he passes away.

The money will...

Categories: corvettes, poverty,
Form: Blank verse

The 60s

...American Bandstand, Aqua Velva Ads, Aretha Franklin, and, the Andy Griffith Show
Black lights, Bewitched, bean bag chairs, beads, Batman and the Beatles
Cleopatra, Corvairs, Corvettes, Chevelles, C...

Categories: corvettes, america, angst, fashion, history,
Form: Abecedarian

Antique Knights

...A summer Saturday night brings them all out grates shining
spit polished chrome, driven by bald men with pates shining.

Candy apple red antique corvettes with white wall tires
soft topped conver...

Categories: corvettes, car, cool,
Form: Ghazal

No Regrets

...Maybe I'll stick my tongue out at you
Maybe you'll shoot me a bird.

Discard your seven of diamonds.
I'll discard my black three.

Revved up corvettes
Thought I'd never forget

Glad I didn't tattoo t...

Categories: corvettes, happiness,
Form: Free verse

Hello Mary-Lou

...(MaGowen’s Pizzaland Monroe, CT 2008)

The caterwaul of the jukebox blends seamlessly with the screech of infants, 
and the fumes of garlic hanging heavily in the air.

The true mama’s and pa...

Categories: corvettes,
Form: Free verse