Flagpole Poems - Poems about Flagpole

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...

Ran it up the flagpole

...
               ‘Intimate gathering’
                  advertised
               Curiosity piqued...

                  poked my head in
               ~ cozy canoodling  



              ...

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 ...

Surface Whispers

...Written: August 3rd, 2023
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Through the shallow depths of my soul,
I sail on a wild surface with no control.
Passengers ...

Quiet

...The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. Albert Einstein


                        When whisperers are seen and colors are heard
            The...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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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