Long Hoosier Poems
Long Hoosier Poems. Below are the most popular long Hoosier by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Hoosier poems by poem length and keyword.
A FugitiveA Fugitive
Bus Stop Overland Park, Kansas 7:35 PM
A furrowed brow and furtive eyes
that refuse to engage another,
striding quickly through the crowd
and putting people between him
and the police car.
He is hardly the drifter or...
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Categories:
hoosier, destiny, identity, tribute,
Form:
Narrative
Fifty-Two Plus One Hike Hypocrisy Part 2Inland Empire Prairie Corn Garden of the West Land of Lincoln ...
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Categories:
hoosier, allegory, america, black african american, corruption, history,
Form:
Free verse
I Knowed It Was Summer WhenI have many fond memories growin' up on the farm as a boy.
Such simple pleasures in times more sublime brought me great joy!
I knowed it was summer when in June Dad bought me a straw...
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Categories:
hoosier, childhood, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Exotic Places I Must SeeI've traveled this celestial ball visiting many places of beauty and renown.
My world travels are over, but there is many an American city and town,
That I really pine to visit before I cease to function...
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Categories:
hoosier, humorous, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
TatersThey're known by many names - taters, potatos, pertaters and spuds.
As a Hoosier lad I toiled hoein' taters and flickin' bugs off their buds!
So I was very well qualified when I entered the service, by...
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Categories:
hoosier, food, funny,
Form:
Rhyme
Memories of June 1944I was a mere lad of fourteen way back in June of nineteen forty-four.
I recall so well the Sixth of June when brave men stormed Normandy's Shore!
They were called 'news bulletins' in those days that...
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Categories:
hoosier, nostalgia, war, men, prayer, day, june, men,
Form:
Rhyme
Sixty-Six Years Ago Today - 7 July 1948Sixty-Six years ago today a very naïve farm-boy left the Hoosier farm,
To seek adventure beyond the horizon since farming had lost its charm.
He enlisted in the Air Force, a knight in blue to keep the...
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Categories:
hoosier, humorous, military,
Form:
Rhyme
Hoosier Hoopla!O'er the undulating prairie where grows soy beans and corn,
Generations of premier basketball players have been born.
The Hoosier State of Indiana, where budding talent is so replete,
Where small towns can conquer titans, shocking them in...
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Categories:
hoosier, sportsbasketball,
Form:
Rhyme
Missing In ActionPrivate O'Toole was only eighteen when he marched off to war.
He glanced back to see his tearful Mother standing in the door.
Across the way he heard the mournful wail of the midnight train,
Waiting to hasten...
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Categories:
hoosier, death, war, mother, mother, , western,
Form:
Rhyme
His First and Only PastorateThe young and eager parson had completed his seminary education.
He girded his loins to battle sin and lead the wayward to salvation!
The pastoral selection committee after a long and deliberate search,
Invited him to pastor at...
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Categories:
hoosier, faith
Form:
Rhyme
An Old ShovelIn 1890, cowboy Bob Womack found gold at the base of lofty Pikes Peak!
In short order a ramshackle town was founded called Cripple Creek.
Hordes of gamblers, 'soiled doves' and prospectors hopin' to make a buck,
Heeded...
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Categories:
hoosier, fate, humorous, mountains,
Form:
Rhyme
When I Was a Mere Lad of TenI was a mere lad of ten living on a prairie farm in Hoosier land,
Roaming the fields in my old straw hat, barefoot, carefree and tanned.
My faithful dog, Spooks, was always with me chasing rabbits,
(And...
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Categories:
hoosier, childhood,
Form:
Rhyme
Demise of the Pennsylvania Railroad DepotI see by the news that they may level a bit of Americana.
Alas, 'tis that old icon, the railroad depot in Richmond, Indiana.
I have many fond and not so fond memories of that old place.
Unless...
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Categories:
hoosier, nostalgiaold, old, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
Hog Renderin' TimeThere are so many memories of Hoosier farm life that I remember,
But one in particular I recall occured each cold and drear November.
Dad would proclaim, "The old boar has reached his maximum weight!"
That meant the...
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Categories:
hoosier, nostalgiadad, old, dad, farm, old,
Form:
Rhyme
Cornbread 'N BeansGrowin' up on the Hoosier farm, Mom fixed very simple chuck.
(We'd never heard of pate de fois gras or crispy Peking duck!)
But never mind such sophisticated and fanciful cuisines.
I'd much prefer a steamin' bowl of...
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Categories:
hoosier, foodmom, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
Springtime In Wayne County Indiana'Tis glorious springtime agin in Wayne County, Indiana!
(Never mind that a blizzard jes' blew in frum Montana!)
Folks wuz beginnin' to till their gardens to plant pertaters,
And wuz bustin' clods to set out plants uv beefsteak...
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Categories:
hoosier, funnysnow, snow,
Form:
Rhyme
I Like To See Things Growin''Tis the farm boy in me yet, but I like to see things a-growin',
('Cept pesky weeds of course and the grass that needs a-mowin'!)
As a lad on the farm, tho', I had a very different...
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Categories:
hoosier, natureautumn,
Form:
Rhyme
The Philco RadioToday as I sauntered 'mongst the relics in the antique store,
My gaze was directed to an old Philco radio standing on the floor.
As I caressed its somewhat scratched and dappled finish,
Pleasant memories flooded my soul...
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Categories:
hoosier, childhood
Form:
Rhyme
Hoosier Summer EveningAnother summer day has ended, the sun slowly sinks in the west.
The western sky a colorful hue, surely God's artistry at its best!
The radiant moon begins its bourne, lighting the eastern sky,
The ebon sky reveals...
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Categories:
hoosier, childhoodsky, , western,
Form:
Rhyme
Ma's GardenMa issued a decree that Pa received with very little ardor:
"A vegetable garden is needed to supplement our meager larder!"
Pa would rather spend his leisure time snoozing on the couch,
But he allowed he'd better get...
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Categories:
hoosier, funnysweet, summer, garden, summer, sweet,
Form:
Rhyme
Union SuitsHoosier winters were mighty frigid on the farm when I was a lad.
Ma insisted no matter what I did, I was to be warmly clad!
With toboggan cap, mackinaw, mittens and lace-up leather boots,
And of course...
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Categories:
hoosier, childhood
Form:
Rhyme
Grandpa's FiddleGrandpa was a jolly fellow so talented and so wise.
He could plant a row of corn as straight as the arrow flies!
He was a very handy carpenter never once hitting his thumb,
And he built...
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Categories:
hoosier, grandfather, music, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Hoosier FarmerLike his fathers before him, he was a tiller of the soil.
He loved the old farmstead that was built with sweat and toil.
He farmed with Clydesdale horse and cantankerous mules,
A sickle bladed mower, sulky plows...
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Categories:
hoosier, on work and workingold, life, old,
Form:
Rhyme
James Whitcomb Riley Amuses MeI suppose it is surprising
And I shouldn't let you know it,
I've a hankering for the poetry
Of that old time Hoosier poet.
Perhaps you think his poems with
Their easy, rustic flavor
Are not poetic offerings
Sophisticates would savor.
"Little Orphant...
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Categories:
hoosier, nostalgiame, poems,
Form:
Narrative
Mr L B Owen's Grocery StoreSmall town grocery stores nowadays are very rare indeed,
But in simpler times they supplied a family's every need.
As a Hoosier lad, I worked in Mr L B Owen's Grocery Store,
In charge of absolutely nothing, but...
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Categories:
hoosier, funny, nostalgia
Form:
Rhyme