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Flagpole Poems - Poems about Flagpole

Premium Member BUTT ME- dedicated verse for Shasta Simms
... BUTT ME-- Oh Jazz Age of prosperity and dissipation Jazz bands, bootleggers, raccoon coats Bathtub gin, flappers, flagpole sitters recitations Bootleggers, and marathon dancer......

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Categories: flagpole, adventure, allusion, analogy, celebration,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Ran it up the flagpole
... ‘Intimate gathering’ advertised Curiosity piqued... poked my head in ~ cozy canoodling ......

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Categories: flagpole, desire, passion, together,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Ptsd
...Staunch, spine straight as a flagpole Chin tucked into neckfolds of flesh Face itch, lips blubber incessantly... Hips thrust forward... twin bulldozers Life expectancy, a speck in ......

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Categories: flagpole, anxiety, mental illness, pride,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Surface Whispers
...Written: August 3rd, 2023 ______________________________________________________________ Through the shallow depths of my soul, I sail on a wild surface with no control. Passengers ......

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Categories: flagpole, analogy, appreciation, beauty, character,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Quiet
...The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. Albert Einstein When whisperers are seen and colors are heard The......

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Categories: flagpole, analogy, appreciation, inspirational, silence,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Miracle Woman Miracle Woman
...I wish I could run straight up a flagpole. I would stand on the top, on one foot. My other foot at a ninety degree angle, People would ask, “Is that a statue?” I would look wee, tiny, petite, w......

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Categories: flagpole, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Four Cafes
...Riotous revellers' laughter drifts up from their apricot lit late night haunts, four cafes are notoriously avoided venues for overindulgent consumption of alcohol. Across the street, from my thi......

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Categories: flagpole, character, fashion,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Lejna Tasha Belle
...A slack line slaps a flagpole as the wind gusts through the park. The band shell stands abandoned, but for dogs that sniff and bark. I'd take my lucky penny, drop it gladly in the well That all......

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Categories: flagpole, father daughter,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member The Book of Ruth - With Apologies To the Notorious RBG
...Came from Baltimore by Pigtown Where they like to lay the law down. He rebelled against the ground rule. Had to grow up in reform school. Got acquainted with a curveball Dealing pepper by the ch......

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Categories: flagpole, allegory, baseball,
Form: Bio
Flagpole Annie
...My grandma was a steeple jack, Of heights she had no fear. The crowds would gather round to watch. They came from far and near, To see her swing and pirouette, Doff her hat and wave. And ......

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Categories: flagpole, grandmother, humor, humorous, jobs,
Form: Rhyme
Thick
...Enter the quickening Earth wind and fire sand Pulsating purple pork pie presence Varacus viscus veinns Like bullets piercing brain baloon targets Knocking them from scaffolding blo......

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Categories: flagpole, slam,
Form: Free verse
Thunder Child
...The way metal sounds tapping against a flagpole Flash of brilliance In the form of light To be born Bright child lightning strike Loud thunderstorm Shine The earth like a bow Thrown ......

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Categories: flagpole, cry, environment, freedom, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Shade
...A skinny yellow dog walks 'round Needin' to find some shade. The dusty little one street town Is hot as God has made. He eyed the flagpole in the square No shadow could he see He raised his l......

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Categories: flagpole, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Straight Ghetto
... Poverty chained to a flagpole — I was ivory told, my ebony soul got set free by a publican vote A historic hot mess was cleaned up with a profitable confess Anthem chimes tolled ......

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Categories: flagpole, allegory, philosophy, truth, wisdom,
Form: Bio
Premium Member January---
...J just as cold a March and December A always is the month of the wolf N National spaghetti day on the forth of the month U usually on the 3rd day it’s Festival of Sleep and Fruitcake Toss day......

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Categories: flagpole, celebration, january,
Form: Acrostic

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