Houston Poems - Poems about Houston

Rebel Houston (Snaps fingers) Acoustic Digital Hybrid... a breath, a fusion. So, what lurks beyond jazz funk, huh?/ Thinkin' big time, are you? Do you dig? Can you feel it as you pursue your passion for this jazz thing/ The inventive spirit of Rebel Houston burns, A saxophone supernova, learning, turning. Always into what's NEXT,/ not...

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Crime busting Houston police smoke out disjointed fur rats house... formerly an abandoned Amazon warehouse went to pot with mold and magic mushrooms growing in every spot. All kinds of vermin stole into the damp dark environment of particular note concerned medium-sized rodents who belonged to order Rodentia who chomped down illegal contrabands, and quite a sizable portion went into their bellies,...

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Winged words of milk chocolate melody Her gift of soul of ruby song rang Inside me like charismatic cherry cobbler-a blackberry bell That pure poetic power Never will another fuchsia flower Envelope our hearts with Whitney's divine uniqueness You are healed, perfected diva, by The Potter Who made you...

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Were it so that a poet could find it: the perfect combination of words that would enlighten the hearts and minds of all who read them. But we all speak with different tongues, and languages change, and, even if they didn't, the curious, uniquely crafted crystals of our identities interpret the one pure light in different ways. Perhaps the revelation I perceived on these hot...

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Grab Bag Poems and Epigrams POEMS Less Heroic Couplets: Dark Cloud, Silver Lining, Dupes from “Love in the Time of the Coronavirus” by Michael R. Burch Every corona has a silver lining: I’m too far away to hear your whining, and despite my stormy demeanor, my hands have never been cleaner! The Difference by Michael R. Burch The chimneysweeps will weep for Blake, who wrote his poems for their dear...

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The pretty red hair girl at the Houston Station gave me heart palpitation, but she got all my revered admiration... because she resembled a Barbie doll; and I became so emotional! Across the platform two green eyes smiled; was it fate or coincidence? I turned into a maniac without a norm, or control, I waved at her twice and spoke too loud; I didn't...

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Oh sky, heavens... SOS...!!! we only have problems here on earth......

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As a beloved crown prince comes to reclaim, the throne of his fathers from realm afar, the slant of my heart as I drive - the same. The city in eve; she shines like a star. From desert I came; I knew in good time, I'd breathe your fair air and bask in your breeze, with the smell of the sea...

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Houston, we have a lollipop Peppermint Patty is outside the airlock The lemon drops are handy and dandy Secure as Loony tunes on the moon Tasty as caramel popcorn parties The Eagle has landed That's one small step for man And one giant leap for candy kind Be gentle to your rainbows and unicorns Kiss my wife and kids goodbye And billy...

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Stardate 19 Hundred and Something The Minutes taken At the last annual general meeting of NASA The Great and Good of Finance , Politics Must have sat down together at some point A gathering Of the Distinguished League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Or National Geographic and Scientific Society To discuss funding the Exploration of Space Travel To go where...

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She was a songbird like no other Her light, her fire, drugs did smother The impact addiction had on her, tragic But whenever I hear her on the radio, magic Date written and posted: 10/14/2018...

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SUSAN RODE THE TROLLEY TO THE TRAIN TO HOUSTON TO BUY A SPECIAL DOLLY Oh! gee ooh-wee golly, golly; Rode the tracks of the long trolley; Little girl named Susan; Rode the train to Houston; To toy store purchased a dolly; 6/19/18 written by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018...

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Monster Rears It's Ugly Head On Houston To Houston's victims whom suffered the wrath Of Hurricane Harvey's brutal path The country prays for your full recovery A fortuitous bounce of serendipity Long live life, liberty and pursuit of happiness In the wake of the worst storm in US history Trump and cousin Sam did their earnest posture While your cries of uncle...

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Houston I wonder if the summer rain was warm that poured like Pharaoh’s plagues upon the town as people waded from their homes in swarms and small craft was the mode to move around. Memories lost by tempest's hurt and harm float pass as muddy waters flood the ground. The summer rain may be a hurricane, a wicked, wind song made in sad...

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Houston we have a problem Orbiting Safe space In a Bubble Viewed through Hubble We see the trouble Not on the ground But from the window of a station Circulating into critical mass Nature's come calling Evolving forming Death and destruction And repercussions Butterfly Effects God help those left Subside the waters Raise the heaven's Wash away our sin Let the...

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