Horsepower Poems - Poems about Horsepower

Have you ever gone out to the garage, slid behind the wheel of that Bowtie, twisted the key and lit off that big Rat … Rolled out to the middle of the culdesac, two clicks down into low, left foot over the brake while you slowly depress with the right ... And just as the squeal of...

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Climb inside and buckle in Anxiously twisting the key As a mechanical symphony roars to life Setting nine hundred horses free The machine becomes an extension Of my own flesh and bone My heart beats in choppy rhythm While eight cylinders scream in tone Launch sequence initiated The green bulb’s affirmative glare Release one button as I depress another The front tires suspend in mid...

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Horsepower David J Walker It occurs to me that while Horses can run Could they actually pull a Rocketship past the moon Headed to the sun? Apollo 11, for instance, And just for fun Is said to have had 32 million horsepower As if each one Was Harnessed with leather straps And brightly polished brass bells And as the crowd swells off they run At the crack...

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Rednecks make parts in the basement They've mastered piston emplacement They'll bore out a block To be bigger than stock Displacement has no replacement Author's note. A really great guy in the office has a classic '67 Firebird that will go really fast and has fun taking it to car shows in the area. This is part of American culture....

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Toot-a-looot!..Honky-honk!..Beep-a-leep! Wash my metal skin and keep me clean, The car is my body..the ideal shape to be in, Look after me , I'm your mean machine. The engine is my heart,hoses and pipes Are the veins and arteries to my heart. The wheels are my feet,headlights my eyes. I can feel,see and feed on water and gas. Sometimes early in the mornings...

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