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Firetruck Poems - Poems about Firetruck

a sailor goes ashore

...The sailor goes ashore.

the night in the hallway paled into a yellowish screen
showing a black movie, 1963
A time machine of memories sent him back to the years
to meet people long since gone.
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Categories: firetruck, adventure, angst,
Form: Blank verse

ashore at last

...Ashore at last

The night in the hallway paled into a yellowish screen
showing a black movie, ca 1963
A time machine of memories sent him back to the years 
to meet people long since gone.
A fa...
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Categories: firetruck, absence, age, anger,
Form: Blank verse



home at last

...Ashore at last

The night in the hallway paled into a yellowish screen
showing a black movie, ca 1963
A time machine of memories sent him back to the years 
to meet people long since gone.
A fa...
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Categories: firetruck, cinderella, confidence,
Form: Blank verse

mariner ashore

...The Mariner ashore

the night in the hallway paled into a yellowish screen
showing a black&white movie ca 1963
A time machine of memories sent him back to the years 
to meet people long since go...
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Categories: firetruck, anxiety, best friend, creation,
Form: Blank verse

Too Late

...A 5-year old girl laughs and plays
A loving mother cooks her daughters meal
A kind a farther works hard to earn money

It only took an instant to start
2 minutes to spread
20 minutes to take ev...
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Categories: firetruck, fire,
Form: Lyric



Fireman

...Through the wind
and heat
he answered
the shrill call,
jumping 
onto a red robin
firetruck
fast as light....
with ear piercing
sirens
a bright motion
of urgency
climbing the foothills
ju...
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Categories: firetruck, appreciation, fire,
Form: Free verse

Home From the Sea

...Home from the sea

The night in the hallway paled into a yellowish screen
showing a black& white home- movie ca. 1963
a memory time machine had sent him back to his years
of youth to meet people...
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Categories: firetruck, absence, betrayal, devotion, heartbroken,
Form: Blank verse

Premium MemberThe Highway Doesn'T Care If You'Re On Your Way Home

...The Lord gives us so many blessings. I am lucky to have him on my side.

 I woke tired, not too motivated to do much. I use my age for my slowness, I guess a crush. I did walk Peanut my dog a few t...
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Categories: firetruck, death, emotions,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberJoanne Jumps Over Skyscrapers

...Joanne jumps like a deranged jack rabbit, my grandma said.
I have seen her leap over sofas, cars, and a firetruck red.
Her legs are longer than your Dad’s or Uncle Ed.
She hops over skyscrapers, m...
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Categories: firetruck, age,
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberWildfire

...geese fall migration 
firetruck Waaaaaahhhhhhh   echos
dense smoke bellows...
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Categories: firetruck, bird, fire,
Form: Haiku

Premium MemberI Drive Defensively

...I drive as if the rest of the vehicles are speeding bullets
because in truth they can be, except they might do more damage.
I drive defensively with my window cracked about an inch.
I do not want ...
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Categories: firetruck, me,
Form: Narrative

Premium MemberA Sad Day

...*A true story.  If you don’t like this, please ignore, because I will delete any rude comments.

As the Christmas season approaches with the new fresh fallen snow,
And there are thoughts of pretty...
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Categories: firetruck, anger, angst, endurance, sad,
Form: Rhyme

Firetrucks

...Ma came in my room and put a pair of shoes on my feet
It was hard to say if we would be returning so we should prepare to leave 
She took my hand and walked me through smoke and past the fire 
To ...
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Categories: firetruck, cheer up, emotions, fire,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSanta's Unseemly Parade

...Santa arrived on our street yesterday
spewing considerable exhaust
while riding atop a parade of firetrucks and vans,
floodlit like a nativity display at night,
full sirens and blaring Christmas ...
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Categories: firetruck, christmas, giving, humor, wisdom,
Form: Political Verse

A Firefighter One Might See

...A little girl I stand, awakened early morning hour.
The sound of shuffles preparing, for coffee one will scour.

Muffled voice all too familiar, for only one it could be.
Dads words saying, “I Lo...
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Categories: firetruck, angel, dad, dedication, family,
Form: Rhyme

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