Hondo Poems - Poems about Hondo

Painless? Suicide is Breathless!

...Go! New York Herald Tribune! Yell it, Jean!
I think that Marcel Proust once owned that condo.
Belmondo never acts – he’s just Belmondo.
You’re no Liz Taylor – no Egyptian queen –
So, New York Her...

Categories: hondo, allegory,
Form: Sonnet

Light Verse and Nonsense Verse Viii

...Wonderworks
by Michael R. Burch

History’s
mysteries
abound
& astound,
found
(profound)
the whole earth ’round,
even if mostly
underground.


The Procrastinator’s Creed
by Michael R. B...

Categories: hondo, fun, funny, funny love,
Form: Rhyme

September Tenth

...How deep
The Rio Hondo?
Mopan, Sarstoon
They flow... deep as gratitude
Deep as our forefather's breath
Fighting on to victory
September Tenth, of
Seventeen Ninety-Eight,
Please remember.

*...

Categories: hondo, appreciation, community, culture, hero,
Form: Verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Boston

...Millions and millions of bricks
Tons and tons of concrete
Lord only knows how many panes of glass
Granite, Marble, and cobblestone too
Build a city strong, steeped in history

The Adams, Otis, ...

Categories: hondo, america, city,
Form: Free verse

John Waynes Red River Buckle

...John Wayne rode across the screen 
And was able to beat the bad guys no matter how mean
Look at Red River as a movie about a cattle drive
With Wayne the trail boss so alive

This movie was one o...

Categories: hondo, patriotic, usa, , western,
Form: Ballad

The Ballad of Rithee Rithwando

...Oh, I'm Rithee Rithwando
And I live in a condo
On a beach called Redondo
With a girl who's bleach blondo.

And we practice Tae Kwon Do
As we're singing in Rondo
With Don Hector Elizondo
Whom ...

Categories: hondo, beach, best friend, betrayal,
Form: Quatrain

Feathery Arrows

...Deep in the feathered woods, my ancestors wait
 Ghostly haunting quite solace
 Lighted forest of there paths connect
 Soft light enters to sooth there souls


 Celeste beings shelter there comi...

Categories: hondo, tribute,
Form: Free verse

Durex

...Durex was popular in  a NY condo
                               His wife was Kimono Toyota Hondo
                                       They went to Okamoto
                                    Pas...

Categories: hondo, fun, nonsense,
Form: Limerick

The King of Rondo

...The King of Rondo       bought a crystal ball
The Queen of Hondo    was young and small
            They married each other
The King of Rondo        sold the crystal ball
The Queen of Hondo     w...

Categories: hondo, fun,
Form: I do not know?

The Song of Rio Hondo

...Beneath the fuschia painted sky of the setting sun,
war torn houses still burning,
razed into rubbles along the river banks of rio hondo,
with walls devastated by bombs' explosions,
and one by one th...

Categories: hondo, sympathy,
Form: Prose Poetry

Hondo Died Yesterday

...

Hondo Died Yesterday

By Rick Rucker
“Hondo died yesterday,”
I heard the news, I said “No way!”

He seemed so big, and strong,
I was sure he would enjoy a life, very long,

Alway...

Categories: hondo, death
Form: Couplet

Who I Am

...Tirzah
Wife, Friend, Ally, Huron;
Daughter of Frank and Deann;
Lover of Horses, Family, and Steven;
Who Feels Desire, Love, and Passion;
Who Fears Loss, Rejection, and Disdain;
Who would like t...

Categories: hondo, life
Form: Bio