Idaho Poems

As Idaho Leaves

For fifteen long years Idaho stayed

Like a rich tapestry laid

From Boise Mountains warm glow

To the Treasure Valley below

Memories now ghostly with edges frayed

Howlin' Like The Wolf

We're goin' out to Idaho where the potatoes grow
honey we're leavin' quite soon
but if you call it quits then I've had my chips
and like the wolf I'll be a-howlin' at the moon
I'm over this Sunshine State yeah I can hardly wait
baby we're leaving at noon
but if you say 'No way!' and you wanna stay
like the

Loud Idaho City

noisy
boise

Idaho Found

sweet deer feeding
black bears thieving
blue sky stooping
   to bless the forest

canyons yawning
salmon spawning
pine trees reaching
   to caress the clouds

wolf packs singing
eagles winging
Clasping talons
   in mating dance

Wheat fields stretching


snowy hills
cold mountain streams
   spawning fishermen

serpentine Snake
proves its name
winding, turning
through deepest gorges

Always ancient
Always new
Timeless beauty,
view upon view

Heal my heart
I give

Randomling 35: Coeur D'Alene

Coeur d'Alene, Heart of the Awl,
     gem of the north,
you tamed my hatred of this desert state
and gave me sunlight sparkling on
blue lakes under scented pines.

State Hood

Don Ho was always in trouble
For blowing a tiny bubble
When Ida was born
His cheeks went unshorn
The egg on his face was stubble

Idaho Potatoes

If you ask just about anyone in the know,
they will tell you the best potatoes come from Idaho.
That is a state located in the Pacific Northwest.
Their underground tubers are undoubtedly the best.
Whether you bake them, boil them, or fry,
they have that special flavor nobody can deny.
The state has potatoes that nobody else can grow.
Whether you

Idaho Why Not

Let’s go see Shosone Falls, Hells Canyon, Craters of the Moon Museum.
Hold up! I said to my excited husband; where are they?
Smack dab in the middle of Montana, Wyoming, Washington and Oregon.
The little “gem” state, Idaho.
Of course I knew then he had gone mad.
During this pandemic I wanted to travel the Oregon Trail?

He has been

Idaho

There once lived a singer from Idaho
But her notes were hard to hear and quite low
               Tried another approach
               By hiring a voice coach
 The coach gave

Muddle

I muddle through the day
like an old tire being
dragged out of a muddy pond.

Words and days come and go -
an expression fumbles 
out of my mouth.
Just another day of tediousness 
and exaggerations.

I would ask you to come
with me but I know
you'd never go back
to Idaho -
days upon days of snow
buckling the power lines
and rooftops.

I muddle

Passing Gas In Idaho

A lady once, passed gas in Idaho
To the guy behind her she made a big show
With a bit of wit,
She said, "Hey, stop it"
He said, "Okay, tell me which way did it go?"

Elk Hunting Above Hornet Creek, Idaho

Yellow pines swaying at base camp,
early October morn greets the avid hunters
with its autumnal briskness, waking any
sleepyheads who are stirring under covers,
generators humming away at varying speeds,
smell of frying bacon and sizzling eggs,
add to the aroma of the great outdoors. 

Pickup trucks filled with camo-clothed hunters
traveling along the bumpy, dirt roads climbing 
higher and higher

Boise Idaho

My faithful friend from Boise, Idaho
Another so true, where to find one, I dunno
He talks a strange lingo
I think hard and then bingo
The “words” he creates make sense, well sorto

I-Do-Wa

Not Iowa---Idaho
Not Ohio---I-DA-HO
     That's a very old joke, you know, 
     and it's still not funny.

No, I hate skiing
And mountain biking
No, not corn. Potatoes
And Mormons

Yes, it really IS a state. Look it up.
What's there?
Endless desert
What's there?
Nothing
Nothing but me.

Idaho Sunset

Slate sky 
streaked with a painter's acid dream
caresses the mountains, bleeding on their peaks.
Cloud curtains
lower, then rise, on an ever-changing
 psychedelic happening, 
but 
fracturing fingers 
of darkness pierce the canvas,
draining the colors,
drawing the curtains closed.

                    

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