Fencepost Poems - Poems about Fencepost

Juncos

...Pretty juncos flutter in my backyard.
One sits on a fencepost, clearly on guard.
They wander through the weeds,
eating insects and seeds,
but fly when they hear my big Saint Bernard!...

Burma-Shave

...They stood like rhymes
on fencepost spines
with wisdom scrawled
in shaving thymes—
a roadside gospel,
terse and sweet
that preached with
meter, grit, and heat.

Rosemary likes
a clean-shave...

Still Blinking III

...First, remove the eyelids—
they hold too much fiberglass.
Grind streetlight into gunpowder,
cut it with gravel—snort the cocaine dusk.
Take the sidewalk like heretic communion,
metal-flake wine,...

Midnight Confessions

...First, remove the eyelids—
they hold too much fiberglass.
Grind streetlight into gunpowder,
cut it with gravel—snort the cocaine dusk.
Take the sidewalk like heretic communion,
metal-flake wine,...

Gifts of the Winter Witch

...A venetian red yearling’s head
Pops up
From behind a fallen log
Licks rouge from its lips
And the syrup sipped from dark maple bark
Ears tweaking
To the snow-crunch creak
Of my dog and me appr...

acknowledgement

...
I’m a fencepost 

With barbed wire

Leaning 

On the prairie



I don’t know 

What I’m keeping in 

Or 

What I’m keeping out


I’m just a fencepost 

With barbed wire

Lean...

Life's weariness o'ertakes me

...Life’s weariness o’ertakes me
Each step demanding more
Calling forth a shivering strength
Leaning on a rickety fencepost
Turning its face from the stinging gale
Whispers of weakness winnowing re...

The illusion of timeless silence

...The ILLUSION of a TIMELESS SILENCE
Drenched the RUSTIC creaking barn
Its tortured wind scarred face
Snarling at the SWIRLING winds

A lonely BLOSSOM sprouts atop a fencepost
Mice scurry about a...

I'm Here

...I won't leave you Bluebird 
Forever I will be
Your troubadour in waiting 
Where no one else can see
My heart is yours, it has been
I penned a little note
Then hid it in a fencepost 
So many ye...

A Heavenly Rest In Peace

...“Perching on a fencepost, the meadowlark calls in sweet trilling tones like a solo marimba.” L. Milton Hankins

The meadow lark happily sits along the fencepost singing away
and watches as Milton ...

Autumn Still-Life

...Perching on a fencepost, the meadowlark calls
in sweet trilling tones like a solo marimba.

I mimic her voice and watch her curiosity
as I stroll among the goldenrod and yarrow,
the ...

Winter Robin

...In the meadow a single robin winters over
A hearty bird of sturdy disposition and feather
Oblivious to the cold, he thrives; moreover,
Appearing now and then despite the weather.

A ...

The Greeter

...yellow meadowlark
offering sweet melodies
atop a fencepost
my mood suddenly lightened
I stroll toward the woodland 

Written May 23, 2022...

Pranking

...When morning comes too early in the day,
And I have not yet begun to plan the afternoon
I shall make some time for myself to play.

For such a day leaves room to be the buffoon,
And find the tim...

Hot Yoga Chick

...She’s a switchblade, blackjack,
Knuckle-duster dame.
Got the proper block and tackle,
Lash your rigging to the frame.
She put the drill press to your taproot
And the grindstone to your saber.
G...

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