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Gittin Poems - Poems about Gittin

1910--- DEDICATED VERSE FOR SHASTA SIMMS

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1910 Asogio slow the music, as the music freely slows
Heart ears hearing the abundant free flows
Jazz bebop axe percussion drumming a beating
Pirouette on point one foot tappiN
Cadence ragtime ...

Categories: gittin, analogy, appreciation, community, dance,
Form: Lyric

Shush Didn'T I Tell Yawl Ta Be Quiet

...Shush...DIDN'T I TELL YAWL TA BE QUIET

Be quiet, hush now;
Says the Librarian;
Mama says “Shush! Do you want to wake everyone?”
Toddler mocks mama shushes every one else;
What's the rush;
Gra...

Categories: gittin, sound,
Form: Free verse

Da Microsoft Hoe

...Da Microsoft Hoe. (sing it sort of to the tune of 16 tons.)
verse 1
Some people say we're nuthin but bits 'n' bytes.
I grew up fightin' on Sa'day nights.
Nevah thought we'd evah even need a passw...

Categories: gittin, metaphor, rap,
Form: Lyric

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

For the Love of Cake

...WHAT'S THAT YA SAY, YER DIETIN'?
AINCHA HEERED ABOUT OLE JAKE?
HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT COULD GIT A GAL
BY JUS' CUTTIN' BACK ON CAKE

WELL HE KEP' A-GITTIN' THINNER
TILL WE ALL BEGUN TA FEAR
IF WE ...

Categories: gittin, food, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Lyric

Jenny, I'Ll Be Home To Tend the Crops This Fall

...Private Joshua Bronson wrote this letter by the camp fire where he lay,
Nigh a place called Gettysburg where a great battle loomed next day.
He'd bid farewell to Jenny and his children at their hum...

Categories: gittin, love, war,
Form: Rhyme

Steamboat Is A-Comin'

..."Steamboat is a-comin' 'round the bend!"
My! Oh my! The wonders it might portend,
As it stopped by sleepy towns along the Missisip',
Dodgin' stumps and wayward rafts on its monthly New Awlins trip...

Categories: gittin, boat, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Santa's Disgruntled Reindeer

...'Twas time once again to saddle up for the annual world tour,
Another flying trip around the earth that they must again endure!
"I'm a-gittin' too old fer this flyin' business!" declared Prancer!
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Categories: gittin, christmas, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

A Soldier's Letter

..."My dear Hannah:  We're camped nigh a town called Gettysburg tonight.
I take pen in hand to write to you, my love, by the flickerin' candlelight.
From afar I hear the beat of Rebel drums preparin' fe...

Categories: gittin, sad, war,
Form: Rhyme

Hank's Waterloo

...Cowpoke Hank hired on fer a dollar a day and found.
He wuz knowed as the best bronc-buster around!
They wuz allus a roll-yer-own a-danglin' frum his lips,
And he wore a pair of 44 shootin' arns on hi...

Categories: gittin, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Hank's Waterloo

...Hank hired on fer a dollar a day an' found.
He wuz knowed as th' best bronc buster around.
They wuz allus a roll-yer-own a-danglin' frum his lips,
An' he wore his jeans an' chaps low on his hips!
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Categories: gittin, cowboy-western
Form: Rhyme

Hmmm....

...Hmmm... 

'08 I hate and disregard, as we bring in a new year;

'09 should be fine, and  I have plans; to shift into a new gear.

Excuse my bitchin and whinin, but this last year was a bust;

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Categories: gittin, funny, holiday, life, timeme,
Form: Rhyme

Theys True Love Story Part 3

...Her grand gals axed her one time
How did hers ever gits a date
Her done went ta a all gals school
Theys wudn't let no boys in
Ut makes me's won ders 
Yep ut sure do

Theys at that datin age
A...

Categories: gittin, cowboy-western, funny, imagination, wedding,
Form: Free verse