Macon Poems

The Story of Boxcar Jack

...THE STORY OF BOXCAR JACK

NOT MANY KNOW OF BOXCAR JACK
WHO LIVES ON A  TRAIN GOING WAY BACK
HEARING THE SOUND OF THE CLITITY CLACK
THAT COMES FROM BEAT OF A NORTHBOUND TRACK

WELL BOXCAR WAS A...

Hamford Hog

...Hamford Hog sat on a log
Waiting for Buford Butt
They were headed to Macon
To buy a pound of bacon
Which to me seemed somewhat odd
When they could shuffle up to Boston
Which I’ve done quite oft...

What I Have Kicked Off My Bucket List

...WHAT I’VE KICKED OFF MY BUCKET LIST.

Kicked off to do’s before I knew, 
the term called,” Bucket List.”.
What we teens termed, “chasing our star”
”our dream” or … our heart’s “wish.”

With tw...

Where the Lights Were Low

...(verse 1)
Oh, she met him by the river
In a place where the lights were low
And the music made her shiver
For there were things she could not know
He asked her if she were taken
She said someda...

Luck of the Devil

...At a Greyhound station in Macon, Georgia I gambled my soul with the Devil.
He strolled in after midnight and told me he was on the level
and asked if I was a gambling man and I said, "Well, that ju...

Megan Makin Bacon-

...Megan Makin;
Bacon!
She lives in Macon,
Georgia;
She baked sweet potato pies and cobblers;
She has a boy whose a toddler;
He no longer crawls he just woddles;

8/28/20
Writt...

Macon Bacon

...So Willy Wonka’s gone and now I’ve got
his factory. Though chocolate is great,
there’s something else to which I’ve given thought!
Because of Covid, livestock’s gone to waste.
Please, Farmers, do...

Newest Limerick

...Newest Limerick

There was a  young lady from Macon
Who cooked up a big batch of bacon
Her boyfriend ate some
And so did a bum
Now both of their bellies are aching

4 February 2020 For the co...

Ohoopee Bound

...Ohoopee Bound
-
She played a six string guitar
With a lowdown Georgia flair
She played it in a tavern
In the sultry Summer air
She played it for the locals
When they came each Friday night
Sh...

When You Ain'T Got Nothin

...Chasing my thirst into the
  desert at night,
  Otis Redding was right….
   “You don’t miss the water till the well runs dry”

And marrying the wrong woman
  for the second time,
  Smokey Robi...

My Softest Light

...Wherever we lived, summer meant 
riding in the car ~
red clay, Georgia bound

My excitement grew with each state
trapped in Daddy’s rearview mirror.
Macon was relative love ...

Georgia Girl

...Gonna see my to Georgia girl
Hanging up my weary blues 
Nothing but a yearning heart
A dollar and my walking shoes

     Georgia Girl, Georgia Girl             
     Take me on a midnight twirl...

Reg Everson

...Kitted out with a uniform, I felt the part, 
But the deesire inside is always the art;
I was enlisted as a pilot under training, 
And inoculated, vaccinated in yearning. 

The medical exam asser...

Philosophy 1

...Philosophy 1

Our side-by-side desks were acquainted. Sadly, we were not.
Sassy and blond, Tammy Sue was a philosophy freak.
Afforded by Macon, Georgia she idolized Julia Kristeva.
I idolized Tammy S...

Now You Know the Rest of the Story

...Outline of a figure in the clouds
Evil eagle on right shoulder
Angel archer behind aiming at the evil bird...

When we are unaware, an angel is always there
Following to protect from harm
How m...

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