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Humphrey Bogart Poems - Poems about Humphrey Bogart

Premium Member Humphrey Bogart
...Humphrey Bogart Played a slimy part With- the leeches, scene In- "The African Queen"......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, humor,
Form: Clerihew
Kindness and Lament
...Kindness and Lament Money never to be found or spare Funny how people just sit there and stare Honey now you know this really isn’t fair Sunny for those who genuinely care Affection for thos......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, international,
Form: Rhyme



39 Buick
...I dreamt I owned a 1939 Buick. Later, I realized I did not, but wondered: could tommy-gun wielding gangsters still be historically relevant without running-boards? A very cool car, just ask ......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pronounced
...It’s Saturday morning, and even though it’s Thanksgiving break, Lisa and I are in her bedroom, in NYC, studying. “Ok,” Lisa stops, looks up and says, “give me a 5ex symbol.” “I.. I don’t have o......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, beauty, best friend, cute,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Loss of Innocence
...Cruelty danced 'cross his stencilled mustache Sparks of Evil flashed from his roving eye A wicked Sneer curled 'round his too-thin lips His fingers like claws bespoke a master spy Trench-co......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, dark, evil, film, irony,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Humphrey Bogart
... Tough-talking film-noir luminary, Humphrey Bogart. His distinctive snarling voice and lisp set him apart. Swept film noir leading lady, Lauren Bacall, off......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, appreciation, celebrity, people, tribute,
Form: Clerihew
39 Buick
...I dreamt I awoke in a 1939 Buick as it sped into the 40’s, a decade depleted of running boards. I wondered how could tommy-gun wielding gangsters appear historically relevant without runni......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, poetry,
Form: Free verse
39 Buick
...I dreamt I awoke in a 1939 Buick - the way it seeped into the 40’s without the running boards. I wondered how could tommy gun wielding gangsters appear historically relevant without running b......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Small People
...Some invite my contempt, Others, my ridicule, Some are opposite sublime, But none deserves my time. Inspired by the following exchange between Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) and......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, hate, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mind Bendingly Real
...I wake from a bad dream Hey there new man That’s what they said to me Hey there how’s it been lately? I stand, look and see Elvis, Martin Luther King and John Lennon walk on by so casually. ......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, appreciation, cool, crazy, dream,
Form: Free verse
Hide the Details
... Everybody got a Hollywood life story to tell More meat on the bone give juicier bites to sell Nobody ever turns in a tarnished silver screenplay Those warts and mistakes get Photos......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, allegory, fun, metaphor, word
Form: Vogon Poetry
Soldiers
...We ran deep into the woods from the other side of the wire an enemy came with me. Stripping our uniforms bare we hid in the river A mouthful of oxygen from an enemy's lung And in an embra......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, courage, friend, friendship, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Will Stop Poetry Writing
...Will Stop Poetry Writing Sometimes I will stop poetry writing Another thing may seem more inviting After much further review and scrutiny Read about movie called "Caine Mutiny." Actually, re......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, allegory, analogy,
Form: Couplet
Leading Men
...Errol Flynn a swashbuckler he was also a wrangler Jack Webb loved LA gave us Joe Friday Kevin Bacon brought us footloose many years after Mother Goose Humphrey Bogart had many roles his ......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, men, nostalgia,
Form: Couplet
Film Noir
...Film Noir By the lampost at night with the pale moon shining bright but obscured by the fog I saw her in the harbor standing where my boat lay moored but she knew that her azure eyes beckone......

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Categories: humphrey bogart, remember,
Form: Dramatic Verse

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