Panatela Poems


Good To Be Home In Dixie

......leaving starched shirts and neckties in my rearview,
mission accomplished and to The North, I bid adieu.

I set fire to a Panatela and answered the call - "ALL ABOARD!"
The Caju...
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Categories: panatela, america, character, devotion, history,
Form: Free verse

Where Mrs. Oates Will Sit

...Where Mrs. Oates Will Sit


Waiting in his Cadillac,
silver gray, Dr. Oates 
swerves his lighter   
to his green panatela.

Next to Dr. Oates
a poodle barks, right
where Mrs. Oates will sit...
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Categories: panatela, people
Form: Free verse


In Chesterfield and Spats

...In Chesterfield and Spats


The father of the girl
I stare at now,
as we wait for our morning bus,
stands across the street,
tall and proper in his 
chesterfield and spats.

He is waiting f...
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Categories: panatela, daughter
Form: Free verse

Green Panatela

...Green Panatela


Waiting in his Cadillac, silver gray, 
Dr. Oates swerves his lighter   

to his green panatela.
Next to Dr. Oates, 

a poodle, silver gray, barks  
where Mrs. Oates will si...
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Categories: panatela, peoplesilver,
Form: Free verse
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