Hayes Poems - Poems about Hayes

...after Gwendolyn Brooks & Terrance Hayes In this dim-lit hall, gathered close, we Chalk our cues, faces worn but real. Eight-ball in the corner, staying cool, Brothers in the game, that's who we Are. Schoolyard dreams we long since left, Traded books for pool cues after school. In this smoky haven loitering, here we Find our place, amongst shadows we lurk Quiet-like. Clock ticking,...

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Entry for the Golden Age of Music Poetry Contest, sponsored by Oliver McKeithan, March 2025, Second Place. I dreamed of Johnny Cash last night, his music spoke to me, I said I thought that you were dead, but music lives said he, but music lives said he. From Folsom, to Fort Bend, for every soul behind bars, he asked if we could say...

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good old dead Rutherford B Haves most do not know he was president his name is not famous like Lincoln or Kennedy because he was not assassinated probably But he could be famous for one thing He was the first president to allow a phone into the White House His phone number is so easy, you may be able to remember...

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Gabby Hayes once said it best Of an icon of the West: “It’s Hoppy’s laugh I recall As we rode on down the line— Like water over a fall, Makin’ the whole world just fine.” Memories now ride the night, Knowing Gabby Hayes was right....

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Those days of faithful sidekicks have all but passed us by, We’d rather watch car crashes or someone blown sky-high. Playing the second fiddle was Gabby’s first jackpot: For Tom Tyler, Hoppy, Roy and even Randolph Scott. But in a world gone loco and too-filled with this and that, We still wonder what became of Gabby Hayes’ hat. He was the...

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