Nebraska Poems - Poems about Nebraska

Running back Do running back do? Ha! I Caught ball Come O’ Kansas, come can’t wait To catch me yet Ball caught, clutch against my chest I run the ball a brisk running back receive, Handoffs from run the ball. Catch passes Kansas (catch me) if you can I runnin to ya… running back 2/5/25 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2025© Dedicated...

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Nebraska straw was irritated to be woven into a hat I am as plain as a calf, lion, hoot owl, corncob and bat. you are a beginning, her grandma told her; do not give up. especially if you are adopted by the lovely miss buttercup. Buttercup was a fashion diva who lived on both of their farms. she enjoyed decorating...

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A coworker and I stand along a lone Nebraska highway far from home. I stand on one end of a work zone- a co-worker stands on the other communication by walkie talkie to direct traffic as it comes and goes. A road that’s broken must be made whole as life bubbles forth from underground streams in an unfamiliar place. Work inches forward until the sun bleeds into the sky when night conversations friendships...

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Nebraska has turned herself gray early this year A desolate cornfield stands torn and disheveled A cold front comes in from the north She whips a few strands from the stalks An anticipatory shiver goes through the field An empty feeling of winter saturates the ground Deer have decimated the last few corn kernels Nebraska winters rival those in Michigan...

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The "poem length police have nabbed me again - so I had to put my new piece "Sunny" in the story story section. Here's the URL: https://www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/sunny_9449...

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howling storm clouds Nebraska homestead we hear a train first signs of a tornado August terror...

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Tall cottonwood tree it is leafy and solid with falling broad leaves and many awesome branches as it drools letting go leaves 10/17/20 James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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Native, neat noble Nebraska Cottonwood tattered, talented Trees Tall, so tall those sturdy Trees Nostalgic, gnarly Nebraska Cottonwood teary, Those terrific Trees Our talented truthful trees 7/9/20 written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020 ©...

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cicada magic happy chirping on cornstalks july orchestra...

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AKSARBEN NEBRASKA There once was a lady named Aksarben; To a lot of her friends she's a has-been; Closet wardrobes onlyred Everything she owns "Huskers" Reign Lady Red Aksarben"GO BIG RED" 7/16/19 State Limerick Poetry Contest Limerick poetry form only Sponsored by: Kevin Shaw...

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The Young Man of Nebraska There was a young Man of Nebraska Who rode an old Ass to Alaska His quest was too bold For he found it too cold His Frozen Ass came back to Nebraska Edited for Viv's Traditional Limerick contest 9.4.18...

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Nebraska Nightfall littered with confetti stars, glitter spilled down from the Heaven’s above Echoes roaring in with the wind, wailing across the great open plains Bountiful soil, producing our grains, praying for rain Raging rivers weaving throughout our land, fishing on the bank, floating on a tube, summer fun for everyone Autumn foliage earthly hues, winter snow blinding you,...

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Where the Good Life is Nebraska, old red and white Tried and true, country living....

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(Re tiny box-like homes lining the west side of South Bundy Drive, north of Nebraska Street, in West LA) The soiled feeling comes not From the indignant paradise Scurrying past their frontal lobes It arrived in silence Borne of being first to the party And the ensuing, deafening wars With the partycrashers With their cranes Their progress Their eclectic sense of Civilized degradation Squeezing the life from The...

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The girls in Nebraska can be quite different, It gradually Dawns on you that this is true , Like catching greased pigs at their county fairs, Vast cultural differences come into view. With mothers that have unique info they Share On, The love traps like money, like biscuits, passé, Catching and holding are really quite different, A...

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