Redding Poems - Poems about Redding

...~ A beauty from Redding, alone on a hillside, where dreams play viola and wishes agree Hair spun of moonbeams. as eyes tend to wander. while sharing the shade of a sycamore tr......Read the rest...

... "When I was a kid my dad left me in a bad way .... he was in the lives of my sisters and brothers but he wasn't in mine." Quote ......Read the rest...

...“I’m just sitting on the dock of the bay, wastin’ time.” Otis Redding Don’t quit your daydream, son. You’re just so good at it. Each day we watch you go down to the dock and sit. Your frien......Read the rest...

...Mr. Prim provoked shame, guilt, and fear In every heart, mind, and soul of Redding Pointing his long, boney finger at whoever was near Screaming out sinner, to hell you are heading! Mr. Prim we......Read the rest...

...I've always been a mellow type of fellow Laidback like dem seats in that Cadillac Yeah! Real chill like that sleek '73 Deville Even as a little boy the jukebox was my toy Sweet rhythms of lif......Read the rest...

...I cannot read small labels, my eyes don’t see so well The labels on my spices: a culinary hell. I came up with a system; it’s pretty hard to beat, ‘Cuz most of what I cooked before was not so go......Read the rest...

...What sad fate does all of these celebrities likely have in common? Aaliyah Aaron Hernandez Abraham Lincoln Amy Winehouse Anna Nicole Smith Bob Marley Brandon Lee Brittany Murphy Bruce Lee ......Read the rest...

...What We Need (RESPECT) By Franklin Price 06/24/2020 What we need in times of struggle Is a place we can connect We the people need to search for Common ground for some RESPECT Otis Redd......Read the rest...

...AntiPoem 2 You know only one thing and that is: Dying is not on the agenda. Let us march now inside St. Mary’s, March reverently through these green repentant doors, These holy portals to gr......Read the rest...

...October Visitation A peeking orange smear Talked to the lad inside his head, When he was eight and nine months, On a breezy October twilight in 1960, As the orange light told him silently, To......Read the rest...

...Redding Poem 4 “Flying Down Interstate 5” We departed Redding at 3:45, In the dead of an October night. Those tumultuous streets were morgues then, As we raced to the deserted Interstate 5, ......Read the rest...

...Redding Poem 2 "Sacramento River WordScape" These descendent waters swim like mad lagoon fish, Heading decidedly south with a fiery mindless turn, Their cool liquid urgencies reaching to all ......Read the rest...

...Redding Poem 1 "Oh Noisy Redding" There at the Thunderbird Lodge in downtown Redding, I heard the gods screaming from steel axles with rubber Claws, scratching the timeless asphalt streets with......Read the rest...

...Beheld, the warmth that softens my face Whilst in the coolness that brisk my nose Ere, the queen of day, comforts my space Like petals fragrance; a healthy rose Freckles; suns beckon - hidd......Read the rest...

...i worked on a bay dock hotter than sin but in the winter warmth was remembrance but i never forgot what confused consumed me that i thought that which would be me and please beam ......Read the rest...