Hunkering Poems - Poems about Hunkering

Unknown Soldiers

...We walked briskly across the traveled path
And stumbled upon something peculiar in the dark
We didn’t stop to look around,
Night was hunkering down upon us and we were
All in a hurry to catch the...

June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago

...June nineteenth one hundred and fifty nine years ago

The conclusion of the American Civil War commenced with the articles of surrender agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at App...

The Chilling Winter Storm

...Dark clouds fill the horizon. 
sweeping through the sky 
like soldiers going to battle,
layers and layers of clouds 
spreading all around hunkering
 in th ground where destiny is bound, 
I can ...

Pain

...To love someone who couldn’t love back the same way 

Only to be used and than discarded for there own selfish needs

Left out in a storm filled with darkness, no meaning why, but left 

Hunker...

Over There

...I sit here with sweat dripping from my face wondering what is going on over there; the bell is tolling way over yonder another young man has gone under, big boots and big hats and long guns with hidd...

June Nineteenth One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago

...June nineteenth one hundred and fifty years ago

Juneteenth hint: three hundred
and sixty six days
after eighteen sixty four.

Major General Gordon Granger
led the Union Soldiers to Galveston,...

A Peculiar Day

...The biscuit is sitting on the plate waiting for a humongous date; the sardine is screaming in the can while she waits for the unfaithful man.
He is out dining and casting lot with a dollar fifty and...

Babes of Scorpio

...Winter alights on a carpet of white,
in a glistening gown of ice and snow.
She arrives as migrating geese take flight
and blustery breezes begin to blow,
to the delight of babes of Scorpi...

Sentimentality

...… is a drunkard
Swilling vintage regret,
Tears falling for undared dreams, 
Anger spewing over unrequited love.

… is endless replays of yesterdays
With circular insightful wisdom 
As likely t...

Storm Coming

...
Winds blowing
Hard against the house
Buffeted
Shuddering
Hunkering down for the worst
As the front rolls in

Rain pounding
On the metal roof
Voices raised
Just to hear
Rivers run...

Recalling 2011

...
Recalling 2011
Written: by Miracle Man
August 12, 2021

A violent wind, thunderous, and loudly,
moves some stationary things it touches.
If in the “fraidy hole” hunkering proudly,
yo...

The Day They Closed the Brothel

... Homeless, destitute with nothing more then a backpack and cigarettes 
down the rabbit hole she went, no linen tablecloths just stricken wood,  
in a house of ill repute;.
She could not re...

All I Want For Christmas Is

...ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS

Hello Santa! The last time I saw you was thirty eight years ago.
    I sat on your lap, hugged and kissed you and gave it away.
    Our two year old son figured out i...

Winter of Discontent

...The summer of great outdoors 
Has become the winter of discontent. 
Families hunkering down indoors, 
Tring to find various ways to be content.

Damage of economic uncertainty,
I rather have mu...

Autumnal

...S lowly, imperceptibly, long summer days start to die,
E vening comes down, like a smile to a frown, softly as a sigh.
P atination turns to grey, suffused with rustic hue,
T ides turn and skies bu...

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