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Honkytonk Poems - Poems about Honkytonk


Premium Member Beasts of Burden and Honkytonk Women
...Angie and Ruby, the Honky Tonk Women, wanted to paint the honkytonk.  Their heads started swimmin' when I says, "Ruby, Tuesday's a good day to paint. It should be sunny, but e......

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Categories: honkytonk, humor, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Astral Travelling
...My soul leaves sixteen minutes after I reach the bed. It’s not that I have it timed, it’s that I know Without knowing how I know Hear those gentle puffy breaths? They come from my body, automati......

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Categories: honkytonk, spiritual,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Lune -- Silence
...old honkytonk piano the ghosts of your notes hover above you silence becomes longing for rhythm and rollicking songs lost to time.......

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Categories: honkytonk, memory, music, time,
Form: Verse
Premium Member We Got Tonight
...Friday night beneath the blue neon lights A honkytonk bar near surrounding heights Full of cigarette smoke and loud music, Boilermakers of whiskey and beer... winning trick. Th......

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Categories: honkytonk, dance, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Cryin Clown
...There's a well traveled "Broken Heart Lane" On the outskirts of my hometown People come from miles around Sharing misery from love in vain A honkytonk where sad songs flow Underneath a flashin......

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Categories: honkytonk, drink, heartbreak, lost love,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Cool Nights Asparkin' Sally Ann
...Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:11 am Cool Nights Asparkin' Sally Ann Hard days work completed , done my best driving home on Saturday for a short rest Later a quick show......

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Categories: honkytonk, change, first love, memory,
Form: Rhyme

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